Happy holidays from Lily Koto Studios! I have some exciting news for you. I JUST updated www.lilykoto.com with over 50 new works from the past year, paintings from Germany and Dominican Republic are now up and more. All available works are marked as “available” in each title. Please consider buying a unique piece of fine art from me this holiday season as you complete your shopping (and help me survive London rent costs in 2016 when I relocate there). From now through to Dec. 31st, select available work will be on sale. Free gift wrapping and free shipping on all works over $1000. I now accept PayPal too, so email me with inquiries.
NYC Shows:
My painting “I Swear I Have Seen This Before..” is on display at Pleiades Gallery in Chelsea this month as part of a group show organized by Tokyo-based curator Reno Oka. Located at: 530 W 25th St, Fl 4th, New York, New York. (through Dec. 26th.)
In March 2016 (opening date TBA), I will participate in a group show at Mark Miller Gallery in the Lower East Side of NYC, located at:
92 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002
Finally, Lily Koto Studios is moving to London at the beginning of 2016. Be on the lookout for new work, designs, and show updates from the U.K. in 2016.
Happy Holidays!! XOXO, Lily
Curator Luca Curci interviews me about my art film Pelo Amor de Deus I exhibited in Venice, Italy earlier this year! Thanks Luca Curci 🙂
http://www.itsliquid.com/interview-lily-koto-olive.html
Painter Adam LaMothe and I that will be hanging some of our newest paintings in a two-person show for the next two weeks in the LES at Barramundi Bar (67 Clinton St., New York, NY 10002). Soft opening is tomorrow, Monday 3/30 6pm til late. Come day helllooo! Thanks to curator & artist Cameron McCool for organizing this show.
Hi friends! My Kickstarter campaign for my upcoming artist residency in La Romana, DR has 6 days remaining! Thanks for the support, pledge if you can! Great way to get a piece for a good price and help support my teaching career at the same time. 🙂
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1465879422/new-york-academy-of-art-altos-de-chavon-teaching-r
I have a video piece in the group show We’re Coming To Freak You Out which opens in Wroclow, Poland at Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej MD_S tnite! Pleased to be showing with a group of very talented international artists and friends: Klaus Katsu Jan Pötter Weronika Skonieczna Kihyun Park Marco Ugolini Florian Rosier Florian Rosier from Leipzig, Germany, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wroclaw, Poland & Seoul, Korea. Wish I could be there.
Pretty thrilled to have two of my paintings hanging right now at
My Mum and brother Eli came to support me, which really meant a lot. We had an amazing evening, and I want to thank everyone at the museum for being so kind and encouraging to me. Means a lot.
I <3 Sumi Ink so much. Gorgeous material! The blackest of blacks.

My essay on hope and painting are now up on Edelman PR’s blog along with the other winners in their national storytelling contest, Your Storied Future. So exciting and I am very honored that they selected my work to showcase.
Exciting news: I found out yesterday I would have one of my paintings featured next Spring in the New Britain Museum of American Art’s Spring Auction. Extremely excited to have the opportunity to hang there again. Last year it truly was a dream come true to walk into their museum and see my piece hanging on their walls. They have a wonderful collection of works, and everyone I have met and talked to in connection with the institution has been absolutely lovely. Very honored and grateful to have this opportunity.
Hi friends, thank you all for your support.I just opened up my studio for the public during our MFA Open Studios at the New York Academy of Art, and things went very well. Lots of exciting news on the horizon. I am so grateful to know so many wonderful, supportive people, so once again, THANK YOU ALL! <3