What an intense year it's been! I've put so much effort into each and every project. Even now, I type this through blind spots in my vision as my body demands I slow down. Thankfully the holiday crunch period is over. Have a wonderful new year, keep fighting, and stay safe. #balloons #bestof2025
I’ll be attending Houston’s city hall again on December 16th to stand up for the humanity of my fellow neighbors and the rights we share together. Please join me here or at your local town hall to demand an end to collaboration with ICE. #balloons #protestart #houstonartist #fuckice
"RIFT" is about destruction that can’t be undone.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #whitehouseeastwing #protestart
"The Now and the Inevitable"
This was an installation for the TEM conference in Madrid. Here, I highlight the unique beauty of a medium so short-lived. Balloons are alive only because they also inevitably die, and their existence is all the more precious for it. #koi #balloonasfineart
"The Fount of Our Despair", hosted at The Orange Show's historic Beer Can House, tries to reconcile the existential threat of fascist America with our desire for villains simultaneously concrete and wholly unfathomable.
#balloons #kalisan #balloonsasfineart #theorangeshow #beercanhouse
"Rift" is a contemplation on the irreversible nature of destruction and the distance created between our present and the torn down past.
On display at 8th Wonder Brewery, Aug 29-31. Visitors are encouraged to observe the build process Aug 26-28
#balloons #kalisan #balloonsasfineart #houstonart
My first full length balloon build video is available to watch now on Youtube! Please like, subscribe, and share so as to not miss future videos and help out with an algorithm boost. Hope you all enjoy :)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mRM...
My balloon installation, "Ode to a Falling Star", at The Locker Room in NYC will only be up for a few days. Don't miss it! #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #nyc #nycartinstallation
New York here I come! Don't miss my balloon installation on view from May 6th - May 11th at The Locker Room's group show, "Inflation".
Just dropping this here for no reason in particular 😏
The making of "To Bring Forth Sweetness: A Prophet Slain". Honestly, I consider this painting one of my proudest achievements. Balloons will always play a role in my art but I'm by no means limited to them. #balloons #painting #acrylic #cult #cog #tfi
So proud of what the students at Archway Academy and I were able to put together this year. Archway Academy is a Sober High School—the largest recovery school in the country—and every year, they bring in a balloon artist to help their students create something amazing for prom.
"The Long Night Takes Its Hold"
I'm afraid it's already too late to save this country. "I told you so" is a cold comfort in the face of such cruelty and destruction. Created as part of a NYT article about my work.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/s...
"The Revolution Will Be LiveStreamed" (part 3 of 3 in the Funny Business series)
#balloons #balloonsasfineart #latestagecapitalism #revolution #therevolutionwillnotbetelevised
"Quarterly Profits Are At An All Time High" (part 2 of 3 in the Funny Business series)
The self-destructive nature of late stage capitalism escalates.
#latestagecapitalism #balloondog
Artificial Growth (part 1 of 3 in the Funny Business series)
This series focuses on the cannibalistic and counterproductive trends of short term profits over sustainable growth and the well-being of the general populace.
#balloons #clown #latestagecapitalism
To Bring Forth Sweetness: A Prophet Slain
Part two of three in my series on growing up in a cult. Read my artist statement here: facebook.com/share/p/Wqop...
#balloonart #balloonsasfineart #cults #tfi #cog #samson
A Struggle In Secret: The Wedding Riddle
Part one of three in my series on growing up in a cult.
Read my artist statement here: balloonsinbold.com/2024/07/22/a...
#balloonart #balloonsasfineart #cult #cultsurvivor #cog #tfi #childrenofgod #thefamilyinternational #samson
The Scribe
Part of my first balloon exhibition, "Messengers", displayed at Hardy and Nance Studios as part of ARTCRAWL 2023. #balloonart #houstonartinstallation #hardyandnancestudios #skepticism
Part of my first balloon exhibition, "Messengers", displayed at Hardy and Nance Studios as part of ARTCRAWL 2023. #balloonart #houstonartinstallation #hardyandnancestudios #skepticism
The Council
Part of my first balloon exhibition, "Messengers", displayed at Hardy and Nance Studios as part of ARTCRAWL 2023. #balloonart #houstonartinstallation #hardyandnancestudios #skepticism
Light’s Caress, Shadow’s Embrace. 2023.
Our lives are beautiful experiences with an inevitable beginning and end. We’re all ephemeral balloon sculptures, to be celebrated during our brief existence. #balloons #balloonart #lifeanddeath #balloonsasfineart
I replaced Francis Bacon’s Pope Innocent X with Clarence Thomas in protest of this modern day religious ruler. Keep fighting for pluralism. Theocracy never! #balloonart #francisbacon #supremecourt #clarencethomas #project2025
"The Great Wave"
After recreating several classic paintings, I wanted to tackle the next iconic work with a twist. Created with help of and worn by Lindsey Rae.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #balloonartist #balloonsculpture #thegreatwave #ukiyo-e #arthistory #balloondress #Hokusai
"Take These Seeds"
Inspired by a badass Ukrainian grandma
All print sales are donated to Save The Children to aid their efforts in Ukraine.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #balloonartist #balloonsculpture #houstonartist #illustration #ukraine #sunflower #beksinski #skull
"The Feasting of Jephthah"
This piece is about reactionaries who fight against social progress and women’s bodily autonomy while being blind to the harm caused by their actions, often to those close to them.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #politicalart #abortionrights #lgbtqrights
"The Sculptor"
A contemplation on the death of the author, created for a talk given at the Houston Fondren Middle School.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #balloonartist #balloonsculpture #sculpture #sculptureartist #houstonartist #illustration #deathoftheauthor #marble
"The Ritual"
A Halloween build incorporating Baphomet elements and candle imagery to create a fantastical and somewhat horrifying satanic enlightenment ritual.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonasfineart #ritual #satanism #horror #baphomet
"Reaching 2021"
Sequel to the piece "Reaching" that I made in early 2020. It represents the hope and movement that I felt growing in the following year. There’s still struggle and hardship, but there’s also so much life.
#balloons #balloonart #balloonsasfineart #illustration #depression #hope
"To Need"
Seasons series part 4 of 4.
#balloons #balloonsasfineart #summer #animalart #nature #natureart #drought #cactus #cacti #cowskull
