Realm Bound: A MFA Thesis Exhibit by Kailee Bal

Kailee Bal, There's is Nothing to See, Acrylic on Canvas, 2024.

UNO St. Claude Gallery is pleased to announce Kailee Bal’s thesis exhibition titled Realm Bound. Bal paints stills from branching video game narratives to explore the anxieties reflected in everyday decision making. She also takes photographs from the everyday that mimic the aesthetics of video games that blur the line between the escape to the comforts of video games with the refuge found in the acts of painting and photography. Through the scenes, she creates opportunities for the viewer to make their own connections and reexperience their own moments of choice in life.

This exhibition will open April 12, 2025, through May 3, 2025. The artist will discuss her work in the gallery on April 12 at 6:30 PM with an open viewing until 9:00 PM. Refreshments will be served, and the exhibition and reception are free and open to the public. The exhibition is open during gallery hours: Saturday and Sundays, 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Kailee Bal is a painter working in New Orleans where she is graduating in May 2025 with a master’s in fine arts at The University of New Orleans. Bal has exhibited works in the “Emerging Artists Exhibit” juried by Lee Nowell-Wilson at the Delaplaine Arts Center in Frederick, Maryland and the “Art and Earth” juried exhibition in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bal’s work has exhibited at The Bridge Gallery and Evolve in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and has published works in Sans Merci and Change7 magazines.

If you would like more information about this exhibition or to schedule a private tour with Kailee Bal, please email kaileebal@gmail.com. Further information about the artist is also at kaileebal.com.

Kailee Bal. Fractured State, Acrylic on Yupo, 2025

Kailee Bal, Locked Out, Phone Camera, 2024