Breaking the Walls is a virtual walk through of Chalavie´s construction paintings in the setting of an old house at the raw stage of transformation - where the walls have been taken down. The project is a collaboration between interior designer and art curator Roshi Kamdar & artist painter Chalavie.

Chalavie paints what she sees inevitably in Los Angeles, what most consider eyesores. Some of her work has observed the housing crisis and the rise of the homeless population in the city. As a paradox, her most recent focus has been on the noisy construction sites that have been on the rise as well.

The idea for the project was born when Kamdar was doing some demolition work at a construction site in Silverlake where Roshi is converting a home into three apartments.  

Kamdar said, “during demolition, I noticed a beautiful light coming through the space framed by the old and new wood framing. I always think of unconventional places where art can live. Chalavie’s work immediately came to mind considering her subject matter which I had just come across by luck when visiting artists at Grand View Arts Studios" .