In this photo from left to right: Taverna Costera Curator Gina Bobina, Artist Robin Slonina, Artist Kim Johnson, Artist Kat Anderson, and Taverna Costera owner Jeff Hwang.

Artists Robin Slonina (@robinslonina), Kim Johnson (@strangedaysandstardust), and Kat Anderson (@katandersonart) are the featured artists for December 2021 at Taverna Costera. The art at Taverna Costera is curated by Gina Bobina who is also an artist.

Artists Kim Johnson and Kat Anderson mingle and talk during photoshoot at Taverna Costera.

Kim Johnson lives and works as a full time artist in Las Vegas, Nevada having earned a Bachelor of Fine Art degree from University of Nevada, Las Vegas and with decades of applied experience in studio art, gallery practice and connecting to community through art. Many of her works she says “hover between abstraction and figurative creating a new figurative style that expresses the unseen in the human psyche and spiritual mystery.”
“Part of my practice is to work beyond scale, tackling both large and small works and practicing not only in the studio but also creating large paintings outdoors and public spaces sharing with community,” Kim mentions on her website at www.strangedaysandstardust.com.

Kat Anderson is a native Las Vegan and former professional singer, she says she “creates fascinating work using a visual, intuitive artistic language expressing a perspective of the new age we live in.”
“I create interpretive and intuitive experiences in my work. There is no beginning or end in its context and each piece has layers of meaning and individual value both to me and those that view it, “ she mentions on her website www.katandersonartist.com. “Life is not mundane. Everything and everyone has the ability to be an inspiration. I want my art to be a joyful inspiration to others as it is to me."

Robin Slonina is a multi-disciplinary artist whose creative output includes body painting, mixed-media painting and mural painting, as well as indoor and outdoor sculpture and installation. Much of her work is interactive, inviting the viewer to experience the art rather than simply observe it. Robin is also a producer and judge on the hit body painting competition show Skin Wars, alongside RuPaul Charles, Rebecca Romijn and Craig Tracy, as well as Executive Producer and Judge of the live runway competition Battle of the Salons with LaGanja Estranja and Samuel Gutierrez.

Robin graduated from the School of the Art Institute in her native Chicago, then spent several years traveling the world with various visiting arts programs. But Las Vegas has been her adopted home for the past 15 years, where she founded Skin City Body Painting studio and is an active leader in the Vegas Arts District. She currently lives in downtown Vegas with her young son Leo and her husband Jimmy Slonina, who is an actor and performer with Cirque du Soleil.

Taverna Costera owner Jeff Hwang talks with artists and patrons at the restaurant.

Taverna Costera is a multi-use destination project that anchors the north end of the burgeoning Arts District, and includes a fine dining restaurant; a coffee shop; and a rooftop bar and live entertainment space offering sweeping views of the Las Vegas valley. Taverna Costera is the flagship fine dining restaurant introducing a new class of coastal Mediterranean fusion, with master chef Leo Herbias drawing inspiration from coastal French, Italian, Spanish, and Greek cuisines and beyond.

More info: Taverna Costera