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Here is the rundown of the shows that will be opening up this weekend.

Friday:
Grass Hut Corp will be opening “The Squirrels Made Me Do It”, a group show featuring work by Anna Chambers, Joe Ledbetter, Michelle Valigura & Amanda Visell.

T&P Fine Arts is opening the group show “The Kids Are Alright”. This show is curated by Beau Basse and will feature work by Nimit Malavia, Yuta Onoda, Danni Shinya Luo, Jeremy Lynch, Eric Davison and many more.

Ad Hoc Art will be hosting new works from Ekundayo and Joshua Clay in the main room, and TheDirtyFabulous in the project room.

Saturday:
Rivet Art will be showing new works from Annie Owens ans Laurie Lipton.

Gallery 1988 SF will open a dual show of Dan McCarthy and Daniel Danger. There will be some prints released at the reception.

Copro Gallery will have three killer shows opening up. First Hi-Fructose brings us “Overdose” with work from Alex Pardee, Andrew Hem, Bob Dob, Anthony Ausgang, Brandi Milne, Brandt Peters, Brendan Danielsson, Chris Owens, Chris Peters, Chet Zar, Chris Berens, Craola, Dan May, Dan Quintana, Ekundayo, Erik Fortune, Femke Hiemstra, Glenn Barr, Gris Grimly, Jason D’Aquino, Joe Vaux, Josh Keyes, Kathie Olivas, KMNDZ, Kris Kuksi, Kukula, Lola, Luke Chueh, Mars-1, Martin Wittfooth, McBess, Mia, Michael Page, Naoto Hattori, Nathan Spoor, Robert Hardgrave, Scott Musgrove, Shag, Skot Olsen, Thomas Han, Tin, Tom Haubrick, Travis Louie, Viktor Safonkin, Vince Cacciotti, Yoskay Yamamoto, Yosuke Ueno, Yoko D’holbachie and more.
Then there will also be “Nightlight” by Kieth Weesner in gallery 2 and “The Herrings Hairdo” by Femke Hiemstra in gallery 3.

How is that for a group show?

Brandt Peters solo show at the Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles is now online to view. Of course the work is all amazing, but what I like the most os the variety he has there. So not only is there paintings and drawings, but a whole mess of sculptures and paintings on found objects. There is also four prints available from the show, shown is “Faithful” a collaboration piece with Kathie Olivas. The gallery is only selling 10 of the edition of 20 on each so I imagine the rest will be at Circus Posterus soon.

Head on over and check the show out: Brandt Peters Cackle Factory

Here is the rundown of the shows opening up this weekend. Looks like its another one of those weeks that are filled with a huge amount of shows.

Friday:
Kathie Olivas and Brandt Peters have a duo show entitled “Nocturnal” opening at Cardboard Spaceship.
Cardboardspaceship.net

“Mostly Memory” featuring work by Armsrock and Elbow-Toe opens at Thinkspace. Also in the project room, Jon Todd’s show “Life Sentence” opens. Both shows are online to view.
ThinkspaceGallery.com

“Globoid Fun” a solo show of KRK Ryden opens at the Rabbit Hole Gallery. Haven’t seen this site before so I’m not sure if the pieces will be online.
Therabbitholegallery.com

“Maritime and Mythology” by Evan B Harris and the “Gifted” group show both open at the Cersoli-Lebasse Gallery. “Gifted” features work by Tessar Lo, Eric Fortune, Scott Belcastro, Melissa Haslam, Ken Garduno, Nimit Malavia, Tom Haubrick, Jeremiah Ketner and more. So much of the work in this is striking, that Eric Fortune “A Wish for the Mourning” is beautiful.
Cerasoli-lebasse.com

Saturday:
“Little Wonders”, a group show featuring works by Deli, Reuben Rude, Grant Gilliland and more will open at Fabric8 in San Francisco. None of the works will be over $100.
Fabric8.com

Art Whino opens “Skin Deep”, a solo show of Jason Snyder. Reception is from 6-midnight.
Artwhino.com

The reception for Jeff Soto’s show, “Turning in Circles” at the Riverside Art Museum takes place. Really wish I could see this one, I hope pics surface soon.
Riversideartmuseum.org

“Infinity Squared” a group show curated by Kelly Vivanco opens at Distinction Art. The show is online and looks great. Some of the artists in the show are Kelly Vivanco, Allison Sommers, Doug Boehm, Angie Mason, Ken Garduno, Jennifer Lewis, Jeremiah Ketner and more.
Distinctionart.com

David Stoupakis has his solo show, “These Predicaments” open at the Corey Helford Gallery at 7pm.
Looking forward to seeing his new work once it’s online.
Coreyhelfordgallery.com

“Printed Matter IV” opens at Giant Robot SF. The show is all about print, screenprints, lino, you name it. Some of the artists in the show are Luke Chueh, Blinky, Deth P. Sun, Jordin Isip and more.
Gr-sf.com

“Architeuthis” a new solo show by Skot Olsen opens at the Shooting Gallery in SF. The reception happens from 7-11pm. I’ll be taking pics of the show, but they are online to view now.
Shootinggallerysf.com

The “Good Samaritan’s” group show kicks off at 8pm at Copro Nason Gallery. The show features work by Brian Viveros, Naoto Hattori, Femke Hiemstra, Bethany Marchman, Mari Inukai, Tin, Chet Zar, Brandi Milne, Chris Peters, Kukula, Vinnie Cacciotti, Jasimine Worth and the Dr. Charles Manson..?
The show is online to view so check it out. Matthew Bone has a solo show in gallery 2.
Copronason.com

After a long week of reading what seems like nothing but bad news, the weekend is finally here, and with it a whole host of killer shows.

Friday:
“Fallen” will open at the Varnish Art Gallery in San Francisco. This show will feature work by Carlos Huante and Jose Ismael Fernandez. It’s not often that I get to talk about sculpture, ad I am a huge fan of Fernandez. His sculptures are so amazing, I am particularly fond of “Jane”, “Struggle” and “Fallen”. The work is online to view, so head on over. Varnish Art

“Red Forest”, a show featuring work by Ekundayo and KMNDZ will have its reception at the Thinkspace Gallery. You will also be able to see work by Jeaneen Carlino and Michael Alvarez in the Project Room.
Thinkspace Gallery

At Roq La Rue in Seattle, a group show featuring the work of Dan Quintana, Chet Zar and Jeremy Bennett will open. All three are artists are amazing, this would be a great show to see in person. Make sure you watch the site to see when the work is put online. Roq La Rue Gallery

Saturday:
At the Joshua Liner Gallery in New York, there will be a duo show of work from Damon Soule and Chris Mendoza. The reception is from 6-9pm. Joshua Liner Gallery

“Blender”, the inaugural show of the new Cerasoli : leBasse Gallery (formerly Project Gallery & Lab101) will open. The show features work by Melissa Haslam, Vincent Hui, Mari Inukai, Ryuichi Ogino and Deth P Sun in Gallery I. Gallery II will feature Jennifer Davis and Suzanne Sattler. I look forward to what this new gallery will bring us in the future. Cerasoli-Lebasse Gallery

Lisa Solberg will have a show open at the Kinsey/Desforges Gallery. Kinsey/Desforges Gallery

Bill “13:11″ McEvoy will have a solo sow open at the Solid Gallery One in Los Angeles. Justa reminder, we still have an original from Bill in the store here on the site. Solid Gallery One

The Copro Naso Gallery will have works from three artists, Jimmy Pickering with his show “Immaculate Deception”, Laurie Lipton with “Day of the Dead” and Dave Burke with “Fun Size Frights”. Some of the work is online for a preview, and the rest is quickly to follow. Copro Nason Gallery

“Monster Art Rally”, a show of plush and custom vinyl creatures opens at the Gallery 1988 in San Francisco. Just a few of the artists that will have works there are: Brandt Peters, Buff Monster, Chet Zar, Kathie Olivas, El Maz and many others. The work will be online to view noon this Friday. Gallery 1988 SF

Finally at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, will be a group show featuring the work of Kris Kuksi, Travis Louie and Mercedes Helnwein. This is going to be a great show. I am excited to see the work if Kris Kuksi and Mercedes in person. I have seen Travis Louie’s work once before, and am very happy to be able to do so again, it looks so amazing in person. I’ll be at the show snapping pictures.
Shooting Gallery SF

Oh and while your at the Shooting Gallery, step next door to the White Walls Gallery and check out the new works from Mike Giant. The work is online to view as well. White Walls SF

It looks like there are some new prints available over at the Circus Posterus site.

Brandt Peters has two new prints, “Yoki” from the Yokai in your Eye Show and “The Sitting Room” from a recent show at Gallery 1988. Yoki is limited to 25, and Sitting Room is limited to only 20. Sas Christian has a new print entitled “Spun”. Its a giclee on canvas, 8″ x 10″ and is limited to 30. And two new prints that were collaboration works by Brandt Peters and Kathie Olivas, “Hysteria” and “No 8″. both prints are on canvas, as well as paper limited to 25 each.

There is also a small amount of these collab prints framed as well for just a little bit more. Hit them up on the site if your interested. Head on over and check out all the new editions. I’m really hooked on that “No 8″ (shown) print, it looks amazing.
CircusPosterus.com

This weeks article features prints by Lee Harvey Roswell, Camilla D’Errico, Natalie Shau, Jeremy Forson & Brandt Peters/Kathie Olivas. Check it out Here

There are some really killer shows opening this weekend, wish I could see them all.

“Happily Ever After 2″ is a group show curated by Monica Choy. It opens on Friday at the Suite 100 Gallery in Seattle. The show looks great, wish I could see it in person. She does have some preview pics up that you can look at Here.

“MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS” is a duo show featuring art by Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters. It opens this Friday night at the Thinkspace Gallery. You can see the show online right now: Olivas & Peters at Thinkspace.

“Zombies Attack Again!” opens this Saturday at the M.F. Gallery in New York. The show features work by Frank Russo, James Wrona, Gary Pullin (art director of Rue-Morgue Magazine) and many others. There will also be live music. Check it out here: Zombies Attack Group show

Art Whino is having the “Yuri’s Night ‘08 – World Space Party”. There will be perfomances, music and art by Scott G Brooks, Papermonster, Arabella Proffer, Brandi Read & I believe David Macdowell has a piece in the show as well. This is a party really, so there is a door price. Check out all the info here: Out of this World Party

Aaron Jasinski will have his first solo show, “Seraphim and Spacemen” at Distinction Gallery this Saturday. The show looks amazing, there is a huge amount of work. You can check it all out here: Aaron Jasinski Solo Show

The Joshua Liner Gallery in New York will have it’s Inaugural Group show open on Saturday the 12th. Liner is the co-founder of the Lineage Gallery, and this is his new gallery. You can see work by Shawn Barber, Ron English, Jeremy Fish, Blaine Fontana, Naoto Hattori, Zach Johnsen, Kris Kuksi, Travis Louie, Greg Simkins, Ben Tour and many others. This is going to be a killer first show, check it out here: Inagural Group Show

I’m super excited about “Running on Empty”, Paul Chatem’s first solo show at the Shooting Gallery in SF. The show is online for you to gawk at, and maybe purchase. I love his work, and will be seeing this one in person this week for sure. Check out the show here: Paul Chatem Solo Show

Also, the B Movie show will be hung up on Monday. The best time to see the show and all the ruckus that will go with it is Friday the 18th. See you there: B Movie Show info

There is a ton of shows opening up this weekend, they all look amazing as well.

DVA Gallery in Chicago has a three person show opening March 15th. Scott Saw, Michael Slack & Jason Limon will be showing art. Check it out Here

“Wastelands and Wilderness” is a show at Blvd Gallery in Seattle and will feature work and installations by Parskid & Chip7. Check out the show Here

“Et Tu, Brute! Power, Passion & Betrayel” is a group show that features work by Anthony Mangicapra, Jason Ramos & Jeff Claassen. Check it out Here

“The 2nd Coming Art Show” is a huge group show that will take place at Palehorse Design in Florida. The show will feature work by Carrie Ann Baade, Jarrod Eastman, Erik Jones, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Rob Schwager, Josh Taylor and many more. Check it out Here

Joshua Petker’s solo show “Pretty In Black” opens this Saturday at the Shooting Gallery in San Francisco. The show is online and looks great. Check it out Here

“Eye candy from strangers” is a show at the CryBaby Gallery. Alberto Ruiz, Andrew Wilson, Wade Chin, Daren Bader & Erik Jones will have work shown. I really dig the work of Alberto Ruiz and Erik Jones. Check out the show Here

Thinkspace Gallery has two shows opening up this Friday, “Dreamcatchers” a solo show featuring work from Kukula, and in the project room will be work from Angelina Wrona & Kelly Haigh. Both shows are online for your viewing pleasure. Check it out Here

Finally, Greg “Craola” Simkins has a solo show entitled “The Well” that will be taking place this Saturday at the M Modern Gallery in Palm Springs. Danny Roberts (shown) also has a solo show in room II. Wish I could see these two shows in person. Check it out Here

At the Gallery 1988 in San Francisco, Kathie Olivas has a solo show called “Bittersweet”. The show looks amazing and I like I stated in a previous post, there is a huge amount of work to be seen. Check it out Here.

Brian Horton has a show/contest at the Strychnin Gallery in Germany. The opening night will reveal the winner of the lucky lady that was able to get a portrait painted by Brain Horton. Check it out Here.

Kathie Olivas also has a new print available in the Circus Posterus store. It’s a print from one the pieces that will be shown at Gallery 1988. So if you don’t have the ability to go to the show, you can still get a print that most likely people will have to wait in line for. The print is called “The Desecrationists” (shown) and is from an edition of only 25. You can get it here.