Opening this Friday, March 9th at the Rotofugi Gallery is the latest solo exhibition from Ken Keirns. Entitled Quietly, this is the fourth solo show Ken will have the gallery; the previous one pretty much sold out each time. The reception is from 7-10 PM if your in the area, and the show runs until April 1st.
Ivan Alifan is an artist currently living in Canada. He attended the OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, and is son of the very talented Russian painter Anna Razumovskaya. Ivan recently participated in the Los Angeles International art fair, and had his work shown alongside Malcolm Liepke and Jeremy Lipking. Whether it is beautifully rendered charcoal drawings, of the colorful, brushy, and energetic paintings, Ivan is an extremely talented artist. Too see the rest of his work, and keep up to date with news and upcoming shows, check out his homepage and social media profiles.
Scarecrowoven has been a roll lately and just released a new limited edition print today that I had to share. The 17,000 Sins of Skele-Gore is 11″ x 17″ on velvet watercolor paper, signed and numbered in an edition of only 25 for $25 each.
Get it here: Scarecrowoven Store
Dean McDowell has been pretty busy lately with two shows coming up. The first one opens March 7th at The Black Loft Gallery in Dublin and is entitled Food Fight, in which six artists from Belfast will be placing themselves in foodie heaven. The next show opens at Rothick Art Haus March 11, and is entitled Cutter, Quitter, Quicker. Dean will be showing alongside William Zdan and Delphia Nikolaus. We have previews of the two new paintings for this show right here; My Heroin and Sorrows Beating Heart. Love the texture and colors Dean is able to get in every one of his paintings. To keep up with more new shows and new work, make sure to check out his homepage.
Opening this Saturday, March 3rd, is the 4th annual Dark Pop group exhibition at Last Rites Gallery. This year the show is curated by Gary Pressman and has a very impressive list of artists; Alexandra Pacula, Ana Bagayan, Annie Owens, Becca, Brian Despain, Cathie Bleck, Charles Wish, Chrystal Chan, Dark Vomit, Dave MacDowell, Eric Alos, Eric Richardson, Francesco De Molfetta, Isabel Samaras, Jennybird Alcantara, Joe Vaux, John Brophy, Mark Elliott, Mark Garro, Mascorro, Matt Dangler, Matthew Grabelsky, Niagara, TIN, Travis Lampe, Travis Louie, and Yoko d’Holbachie. This year has some amazing pieces in it, such as Black End by Joe Vaux, Enlightenment by Chrystal Chan (one of three she has in the show), and Witching Hour by John Brophy. If your in the area make sure to stop by for the reception from 7-11 PM. Otherwise take a look at the preview images and then head over to the site for more.
Dark Pop 4 @ Last Rites Gallery
Opening this Saturday, February 25th at the Cella Gallery in Los Angeles, is a group show curated by Nicole Bruckman and Stephanie Chefas entitled Femme Fatale. Over 35 artists, each one inspired by the female figure, have come together to present artworks in a variety of mediums. Aaron Nagel, Apricot Mantle, Aunia Kahn, Casey Weldon, Cate Rangel, Chris Peters, Chrystal Chan, Dave MacDowell, Delphia, Edith Lebeau, Gail Potocki, Jason Rudolph Pena, JAW Cooper, Jeff Ramirez, Jessica Ward, JoKa, Ken Garduno, Korin Faught, Linnea Strid, Nom Kinnear King, Paul Chatem, Stella Im Hultberg, and on and on. This is bound to be an amazing show with such an impressive list of talented artists. Take a look at the preview below, and if your in the area be there for the reception from 7-11 PM.
First of all I would like to thank last months featured artist Marco Mazzoni; if you haven’t seen the feature yet make sure to check it out (here). This months featured artist, or at least the end of February and rest of March, is photo-realist painter Jeff Ramirez. We sent over 5 questions that Jeff was kind of answer, and are featuring 24 paintings.
On February 11th, Last Rites Gallery in New York held the first part of the ArtFusion Charity event with a live painting day, and on Feb 25th will hold the gala and charity auction. ArtFusion bring together a over 15 talented, diverse, and well known artists to create collaborative works of art which will benefit The International Children’s Art Foundation (ICAF). Work by Ana Bagayan, Angie Mason, Annie Owens, Anthony Pontius, Billy Norrby, Brian Despain, Brian Murphy, Buddy Nestor, Chris Mars, David MacDowell, David Stoupakis, Dan Harding, Ewelina, Fred Harper, Genevive Zacconi, Jason D’Aquino, Jason Levesque, Jason Limon, Jennybird Alcantara, Mia Araujo, Michael Mararian, Paul Booth, Scott G Brooks, Vincent Castiglia, and many more can be seen during this event. The gallery sent out 15 canvas panels to be sketched on, which were then in turn painted by a group of selected artists to be collaboratively painted on.
If you head to the galleries homepage you will see the finished painting, as well as the drawing that was originally made. I love collaborative works, and this show has some outstanding examples of how great they can be. For example Dave MacDowell’s “Paul Booth” drawing painted by Scott G Brooks and Mark Elliot, as well as Chris Mars’ drawing painted by Paul Booth & David Stoupakis.
Check out the rest of the works: Last Rites x ArtFusion
