To celebrate Jessika Cardinahl's move into the Arts District Long Beach, Phantom GalleriesLA and curator, Traci Vaccaro are pleased to present this exhibition, "Enchanted." This collection is comprised of Large Format, mixed media of Animals and Nature. The artist states "My artwork is the most authentic form available in communicating to the world around me. My exploration of various subject matters (Animals, Nature, abstract compositions) as a visual medium offers me the opportunity to travel within my stimulating, inner world. The journey of realization is intrinsically emotional, authentic, a purely intellectual response to the fabric of life. My technique of expression is emotionally direct. The colors flow, lines delineate, form and shapes blossom beyond the height and breath of the paper. In bringing this tangible to paper gives my journey authentication. To the viewer, perhaps an emotional understanding beyond color, shape and stroke evolves. One without the other would either be impossible, or quite meaningless. My audience sees through me what I am capable of offering. It is a pure, direct, sensuous and genuine communication. 

Jessika Cardinahl is the oldest of two children born and raised in Hamburg, Germany, where she is highly considered as an established German film actress and successful commercial model. Originally discovered by the prestigious German modeling agency PARKERSED at the age of 16 she was subsequently mentored by producer Horst Wendtland of Rialto Film. Due to the great successes of two of Germany's highest grossing, commercially released comedic films: "OTTO, DER FILM", and OTTO, DER LIEBESFILM" with established actor/comedian Otto Waalkes, Jessika has received tremendous public attention for her lead roles at an early age in her career. Her professional acting training in the US included The Neighborhood Playhouse, with Sanford Meisner; Mary Warren (voice coach); Sondra Lee Actor's Studio in New York and Larry Moss in Los Angeles.

In recent years Jessika re-discovered art. Following her early educational pursuits in graphic design at the Fachoberschule für Graphik und Gestaltung in Hamburg, she continued her studies at the Parson School of Design and at the U.C.L.A. School of Fine Art. 

She states "Beauty in the eye of the beholder is such a strenuous concept to deliver factitiously to. I keep it simple by speaking from directly within my heart. Where everything is beautiful, I cannot fail. Only by allowing the impulsive, the emotional, the real- to be as an experience desired, can I discover what we all actually see. Often we fail to acknowledge on a personal, subjective level the reality of our environment. This artwork is about the journey of experiences, some fleeting, some lasting, some effusive, while other impressions may remain quite vague. It is this experiential journey I wish to unfold for my audience." "Nature wants to be experienced, engaged and liberated, not necessarily just defined." - Artist, J. Cardinahl