Here is the list of shows opening up this weekend, looks like it’s going to be one of the busy ones.

Friday:
Double Punch will open “The Right Place”, a group show featuring new works by Kelly Tunstall, Scott Barry, Ryan Bubnis & Alexei Vella.

Rotofugi will host “Flower Parade”, a duo show featuring new works by Jeremiah Ketner and Julie West

Thinkspace Gallery will be opening “Run Rabbit, Run” the latest solo show of Brandi Milne. Also in the project room will be “trouble, clearly” by Cherri Wood and “BLOOD & STEEL” by Alex Garcia. I love Brandi’s new work.

Roq La Rue will be debuting two new shows, “Hiding Out” by Nathan Ota and “The Casual Calamity” by Anthony Pontius.

Saturday:
Gallery Nucleus opens up Grafuck 4 art exhibit and book release.

Black Maria Gallery will be opening “Spring Bazaar”, featuring new works by Juri Ueda, Jamie Fales, Julie Nishioka, Jenna Colby & Tsai-fi. One the project wall will be new works by Saratoga Sake.

Distinction Art will open “Tractus Secretum”, the latest solo exhibition of Aaron Jasinski.

Lebasse Projects will open “Future Perfect” from Tessar Lo & “Lost In Light” from Eric Fortune. The new works from Eric are amazing.

Corey Helford Gallery is opening “Haute Epoch”, the latest solo show of Sylvia Ji. Two limited edition prints will be available at the show.

Shooting Gallery will open “Draw”, a group show curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey and featuring work by Adam Wallacavage, Alex Grey, Ben Tolman, Bob Tyrrell, Clive Barker, Colin Christian, D*Face, Dalek, David Hochbaum, David Choong Lee, David Stoupakis, Derek Hess, Eric White, Fred Harper, Gary Baseman, Gibby Haynes, Glenn Barr, Guy Aitchison, HR Giger, Jad Fair, Jason D’Aquino, Jeff McMillan, Joey Remmers, John John Jesse, Jonathan LeVine, Jonathan Weiner, Katy Horan, Kelly Tunstall, Kevin Llewellyn, Kim Saigh, KRK Ryden/Mark Mothersbaugh, Mark Dean Veca, Michael Hussar, Mike Giant, Mike Maxwell, Paper Monster, Paul Chatem, Richard Colman, Richard Serra, Ron English, Sam Flores, Scott Campbell, Shepard Fairey and daughter Vivienne, Tara McPherson, Tim Biskup, Travis Louie, Van Arno, Vincent Castiglia and many many more.

White Walls right next door will have “Waiting For Ararat”, with new works from Caleb Neelon and Mike Shine. Then right upstairs at the Gallery Three, will be “Winner Warz” Solo Exhibit and Installation by Adam Flores

This past weekend I headed over to San Francisco to check out the latest solo show of Van Arno at Shooting Gallery, as well as the “Family First” group show right next door at White Walls. I rented car this time as to avoid the two hour bus ride for once, and be able to move around the city easier. It wasn’t as cold as I thought it would be there, it must just be where I live that gets unbearably cold.

The Van Arno show was excellent, securing me as a fan from here on out. The Family First show which featured works by Shepard Fairey, Ian Francis, Mike Giant, Sylvia Ji, Adam Flores and more, was also a blast. It was great to finally see paintings by Ian Francis and Shawn Barber in person, both of which are even more amazing in person. I took so many pictures of the works just to be able to look back at all the small details in painting held.

You can see all the pics here: Creep on Flickr
Read the writeup I did for both shows: SFWeekly.com
The photos I have taken of this show have also ended up on Dailydujour.com and ArrestedMotion.com Thanks!

Aside from the Ron English, Alex Pardee and Beastie Boys tribute show I mentioned earlier, there are some more killer shows opening up this weeked.

“From the Streets of Brooklyn” at Thinkspace Gallery opened.
The show features work from 50 Brooklyn artists, with a few installations as well.
Thinkspacegallery.com

Esther Pearl Watson & Jessica Joslin both have solo shows at Billy Shire Fine Arts.
The shows are both online to view.
Billyshirefinearts.com

“The Boogie Disease”, featuring new works from Van Arno opens at Shooting Gallery SF.
The show is online and looks amazing. I will have pics from this show after the weekend.
Shootinggallerysf.com

“Family First” opens next door at the White Walls Gallery.
The show features work by gallery favorites, Ian Francis, Shepard Fairey, Mike Giant, Shawn Barber, Sylvia Ji and many more. The show online as well.
The work by Ian Francis looks amazing.
Whitewallssf.com

“Kindling”, James Jean’s solo show at the Jonathan Levine Gallery opens Saturday as well.
The preview from the show look great, and if that isn’t enough Keniche Hoshine has his show “The Night Before” in the project room.
JonathanLevineGallery.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