UNIQUE LOS ANGELES Date: Time: 12/13/2008 Saturday and Sunday 11 AM – 7 PM Venue: Age: California Market Center, Penthouse Address:   110 East 9th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90079   City:   Los Angeles     Description: UNIQUE LOS ANGELES is an exciting two-day shopping event that showcases the best independent design talent at great prices. Just in time for the holiday shopping season, this 'alternative to the mall' brings together over 165 of the best American designers, artists and merchants. Shoppers will find great deals from popular designers that they know and love, while discovering emerging talent and unknown gems. The majority of vendors are from California, though a handful are joining the event all the way from Brooklyn, Portland and Seattle. Vendors include ROJAS, Unhee, Beautiful/Decay, Johnny Cupcakes, Rock Scissors Paper stationery goods, Illume Candles, jewelry by Steven Shein, and sweet treats by Cake Monkey. Whether you’re a hipster, a soccer mom or a tween, at UNIQUE LOS ANGELES there truly is something for everyone! On top of shopping the wide variety of offerings, the event boasts interactive fun for the whole family. Participants can create cards, gift tags and crafts for free in Etsy's DIY Lab. Screenprint shop Fresh Pressed will be at UNIQUE, allowing shoppers to screenprint their very own t-shirts. There will be a cafe and the LA WEEKLY Lounge will offer a relaxing place to sit down, enjoy a cold beer and read a magazine. Unique Los Angeles will feature four special sections to help “on the go” shoppers – Eco Chic (green products), Rockin’ Babies & Cool Kids, and Gallery Row and Rising Stars featuring great art ranging from students to emerging artists. Founder Sonja Rasula designed the event to foster and support the creative community while stimulating the local economy, and to offer shoppers a diverse selection of great gifts created and produced by local talent. "Why would anyone buy something factory-made at the mall, when they can find great deals and one of a kind gifts from emerging talent and top designers? Unique Los Angeles is a one-stop shop for shoppers who will be able to find something for everyone on their lists, all while saving time and gas!”   $5 per ticket (children 10 and under are free) 50% of ticket sales benefiting CREATE NOW, a local charity that brings art and creativity to high-risk youth For more info on Unique LA go to: www.uniquelosangeles.com

Scion Art Tour: Installation Five Date: Time: 12/05/2008 Artist and Press: 5-7pm, Public Opening 7-10pm Venue: Age: The Raleigh Hotel Penthouse Address:   1775 Collins Avenue, Miami Beach, Florida 33139 - Map Link   City:   Miami     Description: December 5th, 2008, (during Art Basel), Miami, FL Raleigh Hotel Penthouse Artist & Press Reception: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Public Opening: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Artists will be in attendance. Music provided by Guns 'n' Bombs & DJ Contra Painting: AJ Fosik, Alex Hornest, Andrew Schoultz, Andy Howell, Asylm, Blek le Rat, Codak, David Choe, Edwin Ushiro, Francesco LoCastro, French, J. Shea, Jeff Soto, Kelsey Brookes, Kofie, Lisa Alisa, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nicholas Harper, Patrick Martinez, Rob Abeyta Jr., Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Skypage, Stormie Mills, Tessar Lo, Todd Tourso, Usugrow, Will Barras, Yoskay Yamamoto Photography: Angela Boatwright, Christina M. Felice, Eriberto Oriol, Eye One, Jamel Shabazz, Logan Hicks, Peter Beste, RETNA, Rick Rodney, Saber, Too Tall Jahmal Video Art: El Yem, Ian Lynam, Something In The Universe "This October, Scion will launch the fifth installment of its Installation Art Tour. The program is designed to give exposure to both established and emerging artists. Installation 5: Self Portraits highlights a diverse array of artists from around the world and will visit nine cities including Miami, New York, Portland, Minneapolis, San Jose, and Los Angeles. For the first time, the tour will pass through the Detroit, Phoenix and Washington D.C. markets. This year each artist was asked to create his or her literal, or non-literal interpretation of the theme 'Self-Portraits'. Video art will be included for the first time in the tour's five-year history, alongside painting and photography. Artists on the tour will include: AJ Fosik (3-D painting), Alex Hornest (painting), Andrew Schoultz (painting), Andy Howell (painting), Angela Boatwright (photography),Asylm (painting), Blek le Rat (painting), Christina M. Felice (photography), Codak (painting), David Choe (video art), Edwin Ushiro (painting), El Yem (video art), Eriberto Oriol (photography), Eye One (photography), Francesco LoCastro (painting), French (painting), Geoff Oki (video art), Ian Lynam (video art), J. Shea (painting), Jamel Shabazz (photography), Jeff Soto (painting), Kelsey Brookes (painting), Kofie (painting), Lisa Alisa (painting), Logan Hicks (photography), Mark Mothersbaugh (rug), Nicholas Harper (painting), Patrick Martinez (painting), Peter Beste (photography), RETNA (painting), Rick Rodney (photography), Rob Abeyta Jr. (painting), Ron English (painting), Saber (photography), Sage Vaughn (painting), Skypage (painting), Stormie Mills (painting), Tessar Lo (painting), Too Tall Jahmal (photography), Usugrow (painting), Will Barras (painting), Yoskay Yamamoto (painting) and more. As the tour travels, more artists will be added to the roster." from the Installation Five Press Release. Download Flyer

CONCEPTUAL FIGURES Date: Time: 09/09/2008 7 PM Venue: Age: DEITCH PROJECTS Address:   76 Grand St.   City:   New York     Description: Ad Hoc Vox and Deitch Projects are pleased to invite you to a panel discussion for Conceptual Figures at the gallery on Tuesday, September 9th at 7:00pm. Conceptual Figures is Jeffrey Deitch's fourth thematic exhibition to articulate approaches to conceptual figuration. The first project, Lives, presented in 1975, featured artists like Vito Acconci and Hannah Wilke, who used elements of their own lives as an art medium. Post Human, in 1982, focused on a generation of artists including Jeff Koons, Charles Ray, and Paul McCarthy, whose conceptual approach to figuration manifested itself primarily in sculpture. Form Follows Fiction, in 2001, articulated the deliberate confusion between reality and fantasy in the work of artists like John Currin, Chris Ofili, and Takashi Murakami. 2008 brings Conceptual Figures, a twelve-person exhibition that approaches figurative painting as an intellectual construct. In order to explore the evolving conceptual frameworks that have surrounded figuration both historically and in its contemporary incarnations, Ad Hoc Vox has brought together four artists from Conceptual Figures, including Caleb Considine, Sophia Dixon, Ridley Howard, and Kurt Kauper, alongside guests Peter Brooks and Robert Storr, to discuss the use of the figure in painting. Colleen Asper will moderate the discussion, which will be followed by a Q&A with the audience. Organized by Colleen Asper and Jennifer Dudley, Ad Hoc Vox is an ongoing series of discussions and lectures without a fixed location that addresses a wide range of issues in contemporary art. More at: www.adhocvox.com Download Flyer

"PASSAGEWAYS" (Installation Detail) Date: Time: 03/19/2009 tba Venue: Age: JERSEY CITY MUSEUM All ages Address:   350 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302 - Map Link   City:   Jersey City     Description: For her site-specific installation at Jersey City Museum, Priscila de Carvalho creates a work that combines various media including acrylic, vinyl, permanent marker, pencil, photo collage and three dimensional objects adhered to the wall. In her imagery and three-dimensional work, Ms. De Carvalho creates fantastic worlds in which colors, forms and elements of fantasy all meld together. The work combines the influence of Pop Art, Spanish informalism, the monumentality of mural painting, and a reverence for architectural forms. With these varied sources, the artist overlays a complex variety of objects and shapes together, creating a frenetic, laden, urban landscape. She is perhaps most inspired by the ever-expanding and sprawling urban growth in the cities of her native Brazil. Revealing the sense of a huge population constantly on the move, her installations are marked by intense colors and the lines of ever-present winding streets and stairways. For more info:http://www.priscilasoffice.com/ or:http://www.jerseycitymuseum.org/

The Church Of Wife, Wuv & Waughter Date: Time: 01/17/2009 7-11 pm Venue: Age: Gallery Three Address:   66 Sixth Street - Map Link   City:   San Francisco     Description: "The Church Of Wife, Wuv & Waughter" New works by Chris Silva Opening Reception: January 17th 2009 from 7pm until 11pm Showing at Gallery Three: January 17th through February 7th 2009. Zen Master, Thich Nhat Hanh believed, "We are here to awaken from the illusion of our separateness.” Chris Silva lives a life that gives priority to following his creative muse while contributing positively to the evolution of the collective. He believes the collective consciousness is infinitely more important than individual ego. For the past several years, Silva has been deeply involved in community and city public art programs. In 2004 Silva was awarded a major public art commission by the Chicago Transit Authority to create a mosaic reading “You Are Beautiful” cross the Blue Line California Station. Chris Silva’s art is a diary of his commitment to humanity, relationships, and nature. The harmonious collection "The Church Of Wife, Wuv & Waughter" strives to facilitate spiritually enriching interactions between themes of love and humor. Aiming to foster an artistic presence and participate in the evolution of conversation about humanity, environment, development, and consumer culture. Through his art and community involvement, Silva addresses the need for positive social change with graffiti-infused lyrical pieces, bringing a bit of nature and humanity to the city. His personal exploration in music, art, and design has produced a visually poetic yet ambiguous collection of work. His organic style of mixed media converges found objects and materials. Drawing upon the ornate, rich surface histories, texture, and decay with lyrical, calligraphic qualities of marks and defined lines. The new works featured in "The Church Of Wife, Wuv & Waughter" are quite a bit different from his previous shows by incorporating more paintings done on canvas with acrylic & enamel. Of the 13 pieces exhibited at Gallery Three, 4 are done in collaboration with his new wife, Lauren Feece. The stunning bright bold colors and romantic lines amidst urban substance, collage and painting seem to reflect the theme of new love. This exhibit of new works uses innovative combinations of materials and content to encourage the perceptual and spiritual evolution of the general public. With hopes to inspire kindness and consideration, "The Church Of Wife, Wuv & Waughter" demonstrates progressive art as a way of thinking and acting. "The Church Of Wife, Wuv & Waughter" new works by Chris Silva is on display at Gallery Three from January 17th through February 7th 2009. Opening reception on Saturday, January 17th 2009 from 7pm until 11pm, and is open to the public. Gallery hours vary so please call to make an appointment for viewing. Location: Gallery Three, 66 Sixth Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 Contact us for questions at www.shootinggallerysf.com or call (415) 931-8035.

Basic Date: Time: 01/15/2009 6-9PM Venue: Age: Paul Mahder Gallery All Address:   3378 Sacramento St. @ Walnut - Map Link   City:   San Francisco     Description: Award winning Russian artist Elena Zolotnitsky delves into the basic elements and simple motivations behind the act of painting. Her style of metaphysical realism finds its roots in the Social Realism of 1920’s Russia. Her work is a search for absolute beauty combined with her own emotional rebirth. Along with extensive solo and group exhibitions nationwide, Elena Zolotnitsky was the 2008 co-winner of the Jerome Caja Terrible Beauty Award, and award winner at the 2007 Northern National Art Competition and 2007 Loyola National Works on Paper.   “…aspects of her personality have been brought to bear upon her art in such a way that she reveals a vast, interior life filled with aesthetic seductions and enigmatic warmth. Her paintings are companionable, each a small struggle, in subject and craft, against isolation, and evoke what Mario Rossi termed ‘the great interests of man: air and light, the joy of having a body, the voluptuousness of looking.’” – Michael Waters

Mads Lynnerup - Routines Date: Time: 01/10/2009 4 PM - 6 PM Venue: Age: Baer Ridgway Address:   172 Minna Street - Map Link   City:   San Francisco     Description: MADS LYNNERUP: YOU ARE THE ARTIST, YOU FIGURE IT OUT EXHIBITION DATES: January 10th - February 14th, 2009 OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, January 10th, 2009, 4pm - 6pm Open Tuesday - Saturday 11am - 6pm 415-777-1366 Gallery Hours: 11am to 6pm, Tuesday through Saturday Accompanying catalog with essay by Terri C. Smith is available. Further images and information can be found on our website. Initially commissioned by U-Turn, the first quadrennial for contemporary art in Copenhagen, Denmark (September 5 - November 9, 2008), Routines (S�nder Boulevard) will be on view at Baer Ridgway Exhibitions as part of Lynnerup's solo show, You Are The Artist, You Figure It Out. For this project Lynnerup produced an installation using video and a series of ten posters based on the routines of people living in the neighborhood near S�nder Boulevard, a central street in Copenhagen, Denmark. Prior to the filming of Routines (S�nder Boulevard), "Lynnerup spent a month immersed in detective-like observation -- the artist becomes invisible. After pinpointing 30 people's routines, he spent the day filming a handful of them. The screen shows Lynnerup holding cue cards that narrate impending, current, or recently completed actions..." -Terri C. Smith

Welcome to the Greenhouse Date: Time: 01/10/2009 7:00-10:30 pm Venue: Age: black maria gallery all ages Address:   3137 glendale blvd - Map Link   City:   los angeles     Description: 10 January – 31 January 2009 Opening Reception: Saturday 10th January, 7:00 – 10:30pm Black Maria Gallery: 3137 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039 Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12pm until 6pm (or by appointment) Los Angeles – Black Maria Gallery is pleased to announce the solo exhibition of Reneé Lawter’s most recent work titled Welcome to the Greenhouse. This body of work is consistent with what Reneé is known for, unique characters with crooked smiles that welcome the viewer into a world both foreign & familiar. Her use of sepia tones combined with beautifully chosen vintage frames force the viewer to take a more serious look at these cuddly monsters as she masterfully balances her wit and message within the confines of each piece. Also on the Project Wall: The Soreheads-Vanessa Matthews & Nancy Mancini

Life is Sucking the Life Out of Me Date: Time: 01/10/2009 8pm - midnight Venue: Age: Show Cave Night Gallery Address:   1930 Echo Park Ave - Map Link   City:   Los Angeles, CA 90026     Description: New works by artists Danger Dan, Owleyes, Jesse Weidel and Alejandro Garcia. Jan 10 - Feb 7, 2009

"The Boogie Disease" Date: Time: 01/10/2009 7-11 pm Venue: Age: The Shooting Gallery Address:   839 Larkin Street - Map Link   City:   San Francisco     Description: The Shooting Gallery Presents:The Boogie Disease Solo Exhibit of New Works by Van Arno Opening Reception: Saturday January 10th, 2009 from 7pm-11pm. Open to the Public. Showing  January 10th, 2009 through February 7th 2009.  Los Angeles artist, Van Arno, comes to The Shooting Gallery for his third annual solo show. A series of 15 oil pantings on canvas and wood, combines elements of Arno's trademark ingredients: extreme composition, a surrealist premise and popular mythology from the collective subconscious. This time around, Arno's paintings move in a new direction of realism. He presents multi-figure compositions of superstar icons, such as Tina Turner, Suzi Quatro and Johnny Cash, rather than the archetypical characters he normally portrays. He noticeably demonstrates a progression, into a smoother painting style, including text and an more gestural compositions. To push his figures in maximal proportions, they are enmesched in dynamic narratives that heighten their physical form. He continues to deviate from the norm, with altered and extreme postures, self proclaiming the description “uber-mannerism.”  Arno traces the arc, stretching from the Mississippi Delta through Liverpool, to the Sunset Strip with music and art, of the Blues Folk era. "The Boogie Disease" re-examines the pre-civil rights, African American southerners, who found a reprieve in creating a new form of folk art, which later dominated the second half of the 20th century.  Apart from visual art, Arno’s paintings are influenced by the original innovators of music, including characters from the 60’s and 70’s Blues era. In the painting above, Kali, an inspired deity redolent of the The Plague depicted in the middle ages is burning a swath through the calm countryside. This painting reminds us of America's fears in the past that "black music" was a danger to society but as Arno reminds us “the fear is as old as ragtime and as new as Lil Wayne.” Past exhibits have displayed Van's fascination with Christian, Mayan, and American history, while this exhibit brings Americans closer to their social history. The Shooting Gallery is proud to present “The Boogie Disease” solo exhibit of new works by Van Arno on January 10th, 2008. There will be an opening reception from 7pm until 11pm. This exhibit runs through the month of January until February 7th, 2008 and is open to the public. Location: The Shooting Gallery 839 Larkin St. SF CA 94109 For more information, see shootinggallerysf.com or call 415-931-8035.   The "The Shooting Gallery is the definitive gallery of Pop Surrealism and Outsider Art and New Brow in San Francisco. Since 2003, the Gallery's ongoing exhibition schedule features such internationally renowned artists as Shepard Fairey, Robert Williams, Ron English, Shawn Barber, Yumiko Kayukawa and a host of new art stars.  Justin Giarla, owner and curator of the Shooting gallery is also heavily involved in his philanthropic efforts to serve the local community through benefit art auctions for local non-profit organizations in SF.  The Shooting Gallery is located at 839 Larkin Street in San Francisco.  Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday - Noon to 7pm  Also owned and curated by Justin Giarla are Whitewalls, Gallery Three and D.A. ARTS.

"killing you softly with our song" Date: Time: 01/10/2009 12:00 Venue: Age: Bluebottle Art Gallery all ages Address:   415 East Pine Street - Map Link   City:   Seattle     Description: New Show by Brian Flynn & Martin Ontiveros Martin and Brian don’t draw the heroes they draw the bad guys. They can’t get enough of giant monsters, ghosts, robots, the characters that play the villain. Both artists pull their imagery from similar genres sources where the character they connect with is the destructive element within the scene. In “Killing you softly with our song” Brian and Martin alter the context of their beloved characters and bring to light their more admirable qualities. Show runs Jan 2 - Jan 31

"killing you softly with our song" Date: Time: 01/10/2009 12:00 Venue: Age: Bluebottle Art Gallery all ages Address:   415 East Pine Street - Map Link   City:   Seattle     Description: New Show by Brian Flynn & Martin Ontiveros Martin and Brian don’t draw the heroes they draw the bad guys. They can’t get enough of giant monsters, ghosts, robots, the characters that play the villain. Both artists pull their imagery from similar genres sources where the character they connect with is the destructive element within the scene. In “Killing you softly with our song” Brian and Martin alter the context of their beloved characters and bring to light their more admirable qualities. Show runs Jan 2 - Jan 31

"killing you softly with our song" Date: Time: 01/10/2009 12:00 Venue: Age: Bluebottle Art Gallery all ages Address:   415 East Pine Street - Map Link   City:   Seattle     Description: New Show by Brian Flynn & Martin Ontiveros Martin and Brian don’t draw the heroes they draw the bad guys. They can’t get enough of giant monsters, ghosts, robots, the characters that play the villain. Both artists pull their imagery from similar genres sources where the character they connect with is the destructive element within the scene. In “Killing you softly with our song” Brian and Martin alter the context of their beloved characters and bring to light their more admirable qualities. Show runs Jan 2 - Jan 31

The Unreasoning Mask Date: Time: 01/09/2009 5-8pm Venue: Age: Thomas Robertello Gallery All Address:   939 W Randolph - Map Link   City:   Chicago, IL 60607     Description: Thomas Robertello Gallery is pleased to present The Unreasoning Mask: New Revelations in Figurative Metaphysics by Brooklyn-based artist Jason Robert Bell, January 9 through February 21, 2009. There will be an opening reception Friday January 9, 5:00 - 8:00 pm. This is Bell's second solo exhibition with the gallery. Bell's small-scale paintings and sculpture feature enigmatic entities built with layers of paint, paper collage, raw metallic pigments and colored sand trapped within epoxy. The works encase powerful figurative images under smooth glossy surfaces. These metaphysical portraits, whose imagery is the result of years of the artist's independent research in the fields of mythology, spirituality, symbolism, and speculative thought, are fusions of primitive, modernist, and otherworldly forms producing profoundly playful and arresting imagery. The title for the exhibit comes from Melville's Moby Dick, describing the nature of reality: "All visible objects, man, are but as pasteboard masks. But in each event - in the living act, the undoubted deed - there, some unknown but still reasoning thing puts forth the mouldings of its features from behind the unreasoning mask. If man will strike, strike through the mask!...How can the prisoner reach outside except by thrusting through the wall?" - Ahab to Starbuck Bell uses the visual arts as a mode of hermetic philosophy, exploring assumptions of reality and selfhood, creating new forms of expression from the vast sea of his visionary imagination. Each work is an attempt to access an exalted mental space, a primal mystic "Eternal Now", where the entity that is coming into existence in the painting is slightly beyond comprehension. Similar to the Tibetan Buddhist concept of the "tulpa" or "thoughtform", in which actual living beings are created from thought, these transformative works are a synthesis of Utopian landscape, living forms, and the artist's own lucid and blissful dreamlike state. Bell's work reveals his own pasteboard masks, and grotesquely ravishing life forms and worlds that hint at deeper, more powerful realities beyond our reality.

CORNROW RIDER coast to coast Date: Time: 01/08/2009 6-8PM Venue: Age: THE UNION GALLERY 14 28 39 63 Address:   62 WALKER ST. - Map Link   City:   NEWYORK CITY     Description: THEUNIONGALLERY CORNROW RIDER COAST TO COAST The Union Gallery is pleased to present a show of new works by Brooklyn-based artist collective Cornrow Rider. The exhibition will run from the 1st of January through the 30th. An opening reception for the artist will be held Thursday January 8th from 6-9pm. The Union Gallery is located at 62 Walker Street, ground floor in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. Cornrow Rider was established in late 2001 in San Francisco California under the name "Cornrow Rider", since then all members have transplanted to Brooklyn NY, known for their intelligent rendering of the ironies we are constantly faced with, Rider constitutes a creative intervention into the structures of society humans are defined by. The collectives latest show titled Coast to Coast will feature the new and strikingly bold six piece poster series as well as the transgender dance video titled, Just you and Me. Using billboard scale text and images, such as Mexicans, a 10'x11' digital print Coast to Coast aims to directly confront the paradox of the current age illuminating the hypocrisies we are riddled with in the face of race, class, and sexuality. The apparently simple message presented by Coast to Coast teases out the increasing complexities of our time. While hegemonic powers continue to frame our decisions as black and white, Cornrow Rider challenges such dualities, by taking them to the logical extreme where the nightmare and the paradise coexist. Members of Cornrow Rider have exhibited in museums and galleries such as, The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk VA, The Rawls museum of art, Courtland VA, Artist Television Access, San Francisco CA, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco CA, USSA Fine Arts, Brooklyn NY, The Stanton Chapter New York, NY, Harper Street Cinema, London, UK, Sloten House Projects, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Boulevard es Brezsny Gallery, Budapest, Hungary. www.THEUNIONGALLERY.com www.CORNROWRIDER.com Union Gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday 10-6pm. Phone 646.613.0434

Unification Theory: on the One Date: Time: 01/08/2009 6pm to 10pm Venue: Age: Crewest All Ages Address:   110 Winston St. - Map Link   City:   Los Angeles     Description: Join Crewest as we enter the New Year and bring LA an entirely new art exhibition experience featuring Live Painting by “Unification Theory”. Core members include visual artist Overton Loyd (from legendary Funk band Parliament-Funkadelic), renown graffiti artist Man One and visual artist/writer Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca. The unification of these diverse creative minds along with the live music by Thrillharmonic Orchestra (Improvisational Funk Fusion) and cuts by DJ Phyz Ed build new visual and sonic structures. This innovative collaboration of live music, DJ mixing, and live painting is a new form of performance. Artwork created during past Unification Theory performances as well as pieces created that night will be available for purchase throughout the month.

Greg Hopkins & Hanna von Goeler Date: Time: 01/07/2009 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Venue: Age: Sloan Fine Art Address:   128 Rivington Street (corner of Norfolk) - Map Link   City:   New York     Description: GREG HOPKINS SUB ROSA & HANNA von GOELER THE SHADOWS CAST BY ORDINARY OBJECTS Sloan Fine Art Gallery 212.477.1140 Sloan Fine Art is pleased to present, January 7 through February 7, Sub Rosa, the first solo exhibition by Brooklyn-based painter Greg Hopkins in the main gallery and The Shadows Cast by Ordinary Objects, a site specific installation by Hanna von Goeler in the project room.