NEWS:
2012
Exhibitions
I will be showing new paintings at Fran Hill Gallery in a group show entitled “In The End A Good Story Is All That Remains.” The exhibition features the recent work of eight “story telling” New York City based artists, each one unique in their focus, concerns, and manner of presentation. While much art on view today is about spectacle and requires 3 seconds to both digest and forget, the art and artists in “A Good Story” linger lovingly, as well as imaginatively, on the wonders of everyday life, the so-called intricate workings of the world around us. The age of the artists in this exhibition range from the young and emerging, to mid-career and old master, the latter in a neo classical sense.
Fran Hill Gallery 285 Rushton Road
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
In The End A Good Story Is All That Remains
Eight New York Artists Figuratively Speaking
Curated by Edward Rubin
Participating artists: Ernest Concepcion, Mary Hrbacek, Heidi Johnson,
Lori Nelson, Jason Stopa, Scott Walden, Ejay Weiss, Steve Zolin
January 12, 2012 through February 19, 2012
VIP Sneak Peak — Wednesday, January 11, 201, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Opening Reception — Thursday, January 12, 2011, 6:00 – 8:00 PM
NY Arts Magazine posted the exhibition. To view click here.
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HOTEL 718, Brooklyn, NY
Brooklyn-based real estate development company, V3 Hotels, owners of Hotel 718, a 128 room boutique hotel currently under construction at 231 Duffield Street in downtown Brooklyn, partnered with Brooklyn Arts Council to solicit local Brooklyn artists to submit original works to be showcased in the new hotel. Original works will be featured throughout the hotel’s lobby and corridors. My painting, "Lets Go Boys" will be showcased in this hotel.
“Hotel 718 has created a fabulous opportunity for Brooklyn artists to showcase their work to thousands of visitors each year,” said Ella J. Weiss of the Brooklyn Arts Council. “We received a tremendous response to our call for submissions, over 660 in all. In the end, 78 artworks by 60 artists were purchased by the hotel.”
For more info click here.
Grand opening will be on February. Details to follow.
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I will be having a solo show at WEST GALLERY, West Avenue, Quezon City, Philippines. Opening reception will be on May 17, 2012
Details to follow.
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"WWM: World War Mun", my first Munny custom doll, will be exhibited at MUNNYFESTATION, a custom Munny Show at the Blanc Compound, 359 Shaw Blvd., Mandaluyong City, Philippines. Show runs from Dec. 17 - Jan. 7. Opening reception is on Dec 17, Saturday, 6pm. For more information of the gallery, click here.
Press
MY work is featured in the Winter-Spring Edition of CAROUSEL #28, a Canadian-based art magazine. To see the image click here. To go to the Carousel site, click here.
My work, “The Invasion of Brainyack” at the Rockland Center for the Arts, was featured in the NY Times! Check out the article here.
Writer and art afficionado, Alice Sarmiento wrote an article about me for UNO Magazine, July 2011 issue. Check it out here.
The INVASION OF ONA drawings were featured in METRO Home & Entertaining Magazine in the Philippines. Check it out here.
You can now download THE RECLUSE #4, an annual publication from the Poetry Project of which I did the cover. Click here.
Site Updates
Uploaded images from THE KANGAROK EPIC by The Shining Mantis done at the Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Click here.
CAROUSEL #28: Winter-Spring Edition, 2012, featured my works
WWM - World War Mun: acrylic on vinyl, 2011, exhibited at Blanc Gallery, Philippines
The Invasion Of Brainyack (drawing installation): at The Rockland Center for the Arts, Oct 16 - Dec 18, 2011