opening reception at Swarm Gallery
The opening reception for my exhibition at Swarm Gallery in Oakland happened last Saturday evening with a very nice sized crowd attending. My audio and video installation Ectoplasmic Response was shown along with drawings by Bay Area artist Casey Jex Smith and an installation of ghostly architectural elements made of vellum by Brooklyn-based artist Sonya Blesofsky. There was also a short performance by 4AD artist tUnE-YarDs.
For anyone visiting the Bay Area, you should check out the up-and-coming art scene in Oakland. There are some very interesting things happening there, with Swarm Gallery being in the center of it.
installation at Swarm Gallery
Installation is almost complete on Ectoplasmic Response at the Swarm Gallery in Oakland. I’ve been working since yesterday afternoon mounting and wiring the projector and all of the speakers. All that remains is to run all of the final power cables and close off the ceiling of the project room.
The public reception is Saturday evening from 6-8pm. Also showing in the gallery are Sonya Blesofsky, an installation artist from Brooklyn, and Casey Jex Smith, a painter from the Bay Area.
corporate acquisition : AT&T
Vertical Blinds (2) was just purchased for the AT&T corporate office in Dallas. The acquisition was made by a private art consultant and sold through my Dallas gallery, Marty Walker Gallery.
front page on UMKC website
The University of Missouri-Kansas City (where I teach video and animation) is currently featuring my Intermissions project in Syracuse (which ended in December) on the main portal page of their website. An article about the project and my teaching can also be found through the UMKC Office of PR.
Better late than never I guess.
article in KC Homes and Gardens
Treebeasties (1) was featured in an article titled “Modern Revival” in the Febraury 2010 issue ofKansas City Homes and Gardens. The article, written by Emily Perkins, spotlights Ryan and Leah Gale’s renovated 19th century home in KC’s Westside neighborhood. The Gales own a copy of Treebeasties (1), which is shown on an LCD in their living area.
representation in Miami
My video animations will be represented by Cara and Cabezas Contemporary at the Verge Art Fair in Miami Beach this weekend. Housed in the Catalina Hotel, Verge is part of the larger madness of Art Basel Miami Beach weekend.
new benefit print
I recently finished a new print to benefit KVC Behavioral HeathCare. The print was sold in KVC’s annual Holiday Tree Gala at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art last Saturday night. I originally intended this to be a one-off print, but I may now make a small edition of it.
Picnic on Art Island
Picnic on Art Island, the monthly event organized by Cara and Cabezas Contemporary, was held at my studio last night. We had a nice crowd, a lively discussion led by Cara Megan Lewis, and a great meal by Kristen Montgomery.
new audio work debuts
My newest piece, an audio wall scuplture titled Somnambulance (1), debuted this past Friday at the Review Studios annual residents’ exhibition in the studio gallery. It changed quite a bit from the first version that was being installed (posted here earlier in the week). The piece consists of 6 speakers mounted on the walls in a corner of the gallery with the speaker wires creating a sort of drawing as they are pulled over the top edge of the walls. A subwoofer is hidden behind the walls. The audio is a Dolby 5.1 track which allows the sounds to move throughout the speaker configuration. The audio is composed of 30 layers of sound appropriated from obscure mid-century soundtracks and spoken word.
review for Promethea
