Art @ Axis. Opening Reception Thurs. Sept. 24th 5:30-7:30

I am fortunate to have been given the opportunity to curate art into the new Axis high-rise in downtown San Jose. Axis is collaborating with (mostly) local artists to give them a place for their work to be seen by the public.

We will have a common reception for the artists, residents, and any art lover who would like to attend. We will be hosting an artist's fashion show, have tours of the penthouse, and will have more art, wine, and refreshments. I will send out more info in a press release to my mailing list soon.

Axis San Jose is located at:
38 N. Almaden Blvd. (no. of W. Santa Clara, behind the historic DeAnza Hotel)
San Jose, CA 95110

Triton Museum of Art
 (closed July 19th)

I am excited to announce that I have received the 2009 Arts Council Silicon Valley Fellowship Grant for Photography. I have been given a show of my work in the rotunda of the Triton Museum of Art along with sculptor Diana Pumpelly Bates.

The exhibition closes on Sunday, July 19th. I plan to spend from noon to 4:00 pm at the museum that day giving private tours and discussing the work. If you have not been to see the show you have a little bit of time before it closes. The show is titled “Journeys” denoting the circuitous and interesting roads the grant recipients have travelled to get to this milestone on their personal artistic path. The public is welcome to attend and admission is free.

From the Arts Council press release:
“Arts Council Silicon Valley announced the recipients of the 2009 Artist Fellowship Grants for their groundbreaking contributions to the arts in Santa Clara County. This year’s recipients include: Tricia Creason-Valencia (documentary film maker); Deborah Mills Thackrey (Visual Arts/2-D); Diana Pumpelly Bates (Visual Arts/3-D); Alan Soldofsky (Poetry); John Santos (Afro Latin Jazz); Margaret Wingrove (Dance/Choreography); and Leslie Martinson (TheatreWorks/Stage Direction).”

“This year’s 2009 Artist Fellowship grantees represent individuals who continuously push through to new boundaries of excellence in their artistic pursuits and raise the bar in terms of career accomplishments,” said Bruce W. Davis, Executive Director, Arts Council Silicon Valley. “We applaud their endeavors and are honored to support each of their creative journeys as well artistic contributions to the community.”

Triton Museum of Art

1505 Warburton Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95050

(408) 247-3754


The Museum is on Warburton two blocks down Lincoln St. from El Camino Real, across the street from the City of Santa Clara Civic Center. FREE admission to exhibitions.

Museum Hours: Tues-Wed: 11-5 / Thurs: 11-9 / Fri-Sun: 11-5 / Mon: closed

The Friday and Saturday before the Triton show closes I am going to be participating in a performance in San Francisco with a modern dance troupe and some contemporary Indian musicians. I will be projecting my graffiti images onto the dancers as they improvise to the content of the imagery.

Ishika Seth presents: “It Will Explode”

An evening of scintillating dance, music & mesmerizing visuals. Choreography by Ishika Seth. Guest choreographers Brian Brooks & Kelly Bowker, composers Angela Don & Dushyant Vishwanathan. Visual art by Deborah Mills Thackrey & Pete Hokama. Also featuring rap artist Emcee Hash.

The show is an amalgamation of evocative movement, live music and visuals. This dynamic group explores several themes ranging from nostalgia & displacement to strength through vulnerability, courage & support. You will see origami birds, vivid projections & hear the beautiful melodies of the veena.

Nohspace Theatre
(at Theatre of Yugen, around the corner from Project Artaud)
2840 Mariposa Street, (between Florida and Alabama Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94110

http://theatreofyugen.org/

Tickets: $10-$20, purchase at the door or online at:
brownpapertickets.com

 

March 21-28 – Art Object Gallery's Artist’s Studio Inventory Sale
Art Object Gallery is located in the heart of Japantown at
592 North 5th Street (at Jackson), San Jose, CA, 95112
408-288-9305
www.artobjectgallery.com

February 09 – "Momentum" a Group Show at Art Object Gallery
Silicon Valley Artists’ Collaborative’s Premier Event

The Silicon Valley Artists’ Collaborative is a group of local artists I helped found. It is a spin-off from the Business of Art class sponsored by the San Jose Arts Council. Our goal is to support the efforts of local artists to find more opportunities to have shows, connect with the community, further their education, and have the camaraderie of other artists in many disciplines.
www.svartists.org

Nov. 08- March 09 – The Hayworth Art Space Los Angeles

“The Body Eclectic” was rare chance to see Tom and I show our fine art nudes together in the Art Space at The Hayworth, a mulit-use theatre and arts complex on Wilshire in the blossoming area near downtown. (www.thehayworth.com). The show ran in tandem with a rock opera about Linda Lovelace that received great reviews, it was written by Jeffery Bowman, Anna Waronker and Charlotte Caffey of the 80s girl-band The Go-Go's.

Dec. 08 – Works Gallery Auction / San Jose
My photo "Lake Union Abstract #26" was purchased at auction. Sept-Nov, 2008 - Art Object Gallery, Japantown San Jose

Group Show “Current Events” with a political theme, with painters Luis Guiterrez & Mark Bryan and photographer Terri Garland. I showed a selection of my graffiti photos and the two Japanese mannequin heads.

Mountain View's Red Rock Art Space

I had a show at the Red Rock Art & Performance Space above Red Rock Coffee on Castro St. in Mountain View. There was an opening reception featuring live jazz combo, Ester's Muse. I showed my black and white series of Kim Weston washing his skylight plus reflections and a few graffiti images.

201 Castro Street, (at Villa) Mountain View, CA 94041 650.967.4473

June- Oct, 08 – Solo Show in Los Angeles at the Hayworth Art Space

The show ran in tandem with a play directed by Paul Mazursky (who directed "Down and Out in Beverly Hills", "Bob, Carol, Ted and Alice" and "Moscow on the Hudson"). I got to meet him he is very sweet. Mel Brooks and Molly Ringwald attended the opening.

May 08: Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco

Peggy Gotthold and Larry Van Velzer from the fine book press Foolscap Press, asked me to print digital black and white prints to be tipped into their newest book "Despatches" by photo journalist and writer Michael Katakis. This a wonderful letterpress book with Michael's beautiful and sensitive photos, and moving stories from his travels in Africa, Greece and Morocco. The book and some full-sized photo prints of the images were on display at the Bonnafont Gallery, 946 A Greenwich St., San Francisco.

Some of the larger prints are silver gelatin and were printed by Michael in Sante Fe. I printed some of them and have had the interesting experience of diving into matte digital black and white printing. My thanks to everyone who gave me advice along the way as we all feel they have come out really well. It has been the magical combination of Michael's tremendous Leica photos, Epson's Ultrachrome K3 inks, and their wonderful Velvet Fine Art paper that really holds all the subtle details in the small prints in the book. The large prints feel almost like old etchings. Several people have said that the print of Michael's wife Kris looks like a Vermeer.

One of my “Graffiti on an Abandoned Train” photos was included in the show.

July - Aug 07 Borders, Sunnyvale with photographer Tom Thackrey

July- Sept 07- Saratoga Library. Paired with painter Michael Olivieri

May - July 07 - "Housewarming" - Members Group Show, works gallery / san jose video "Body Paint - Bobbie" video cabinet

May 2007 Pacific Art League, Palo Alto, group show "Figures - Human & Anatomical" projected nudes

April-May 07 Works Gallery, San Jose, Group Show, “Body of Works” Artists contribute a 16x16" square piece of art based on the old children's folded paper game, where one draws a head in the first square, hands it to the 2nd person and unseen they draw the torso, etc. I contributed the torso of my blue nude "Metropolis". In the gallery it was paired with an excellent photo collaged head. Works were to be auctioning full-body sets online on eBay.

April-May 07 Group Show, 1212 Gallery in Burlingame, CA Video installation and photography; Invitational Exhibition & Silent Auction benefiting Art for Well Beings & the World Council for Arts &Culture

Feb 07- Kaleid Gallery, San Jose -“Graffiti on an Abandoned Train” I was one of two artist's being featured in the first show at a new gallery space called KALEID (Greek for beauty and form, and a shortened take on Kaleidoscope). The other featured artist was painter Everett Taasevigen.

2006

Nov -Feb 06 Group Show, Synopsys Corporation Photography show curated by Carol Dabb.

Dec 06 The Space Gallery - San Francisco, “Body Parts” Tom and I both have photos in this show at a little gallery on Polk St. "Body Parts, anatomical creations both graphic and subtle.

Nov - Dec 06 Monterey Museum of Art, “Miniatures Show”

Oct 06 - Jan 07, San Jose Museum of Art, “We Are Family” Tom and I both had photos in this large group show by families of artists. Our images were taken of the same model Treja.

Nov 06 - Feb 07 “Nature Made & Man Made”, Synopsys Corporation A group photography exhibition.

Sept - Oct 06 PHIG Sampler (36 Flavors) Group Show Textural images taken at Point Lobos at Keeble & Shuchat's upstairs gallery space, 290 California Ave, Palo Alto

Sept - Oct 06 LACDA Group Show, “Snap to Grid” Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, 107 W. 5th St., in downtown LA's Gallery Row.

August 06- San Francisco Photo Alliance Slide Slam. Photographers bring 10 images and share a meal while a slide show of everyone's work is put together. I won a Holga camera for honorable mention. Jurors included Frish Brandt, director of the Frankel Gallery.

August 2006- Pacific Art League, Palo Alto. Showed “Lake Union Reflection #500” as part of the PAL PHIG’s annual group show “Captured Light”.

2006 - Photo San Francisco. Tom & I both had quite a few pieces in the Pacific Art League's booth at this prestigious event featuring a broad spectrum of photography shown by major photo galleries from around the US and Europe.

My photo "Kim Weston Washing His Skylight" was featured in the publicity for the event by the venue Fort Mason. Fort Mason Publicity

June 06– Solo Exhibit at the Palo Alto Art League. A comprehensive show of my work to date, “Reflections”, the evening of the opening there was a live performance art piece where I project my abstract photographs onto dancers and videotaped the event. Juror George Rivera’s (Triton Museum) comments: “Strong compositions and design, vibrancy of imagery”.

May 06- Pacific Art League’s “Photo/Sculpture” show “Glass Brick - Dream Landscape” Winner- First Place. Juror Helen Golden's comments; "This imaginative and innovative photo stands out as both a personal and universal statement. The skillful composition works technically and the elements of color, line and pattern are in total harmony. The repeated and rhythmic curved forms create a mysterious mood and invite the viewer to ask questions about what is happening. It is a creative success because it manages to be emotionally satisfying at the same time that it is challenging and provocative. This is like the heartbeat of the image and that goes beyond technical competence as it gets to the essence of what a visual statement is about." Link to image "Glass Brick - Dream Landscape"

May - Aug 06 Group Show, Synopsys Corporation Members of Pacific Art League and Society of Western Artists curated by Carol Dabb.

April 06- Pacific Art League's PHIG Weekend Show “Recent Works” by the Pacific Art League's Photography Interest Group (PHIG). I helped jury and hang this show, it was a diverse and interesting show with some good work in it.

Jan-Feb 2006 - Texas Photographic Society’s 21st Annual Show Juror Richard Newman, Calumet Photo. Shows in San Francisco (Calumet Photo Gallery) and Houston at Fotofest 2006.

2005

Sept 05- Triton Museum Blues Bash, Santa Clara,CA

Sept 05- PHIG Juried Group Show Pacific Art League, Norton Gallery, Palo Alto Juror: Mark Citret, Honorable Mention, "Lake Union #11". Juror's comment "A really fine example of a photograph finding 'hidden messages' in the everyday world. A lyrical and clever photograph."

August 2005- SF Photo Alliance Photo Slam

June 2005- AV Artfest at the Triton Museum. Prizes: Merit Award "Glass Brick — Dream Landscape", and Merit Award "Almaden Fountain"

2004

Dec 04-Jan 05 - Art at the Hayworth, solo exhibit, Los Angeles, CA

Nov 04- Monterey Museum of Art Miniature Show, Monterey, CA

Oct 04- TritonMuseum Blues Bash, Santa Clara,CA

2004 - Center for Photographic Arts Auction, Carmel, CA

Sept 04- San Ramon Art Festival, San Ramon, CA

July 04- ArtMomentum Exhibit, Petite Trianon, San Jose, CA

June 04- AVArtfest at the Triton Museum. Prizes: Award of Excellence "On the Road #2", and Merit Award "Who Says Oil and Water Don't Mix #25"

April 04- Art of the Sun Gallery, group show, San Jose, CA

March 04- LGAA Open Juried Show 2004, Los Gatos Museum of Art Juror: Phil Linhares - Chief Curator, Oakland Museum of California Prize: 2nd Place. "On the Road #2". His comments: "Very capable piece, appealing use of color and very dynamic".

2003

Dec 03 - Artists’ Miniatures Show; Monterey Museum of Art, Monterey, CA

2003 - National Pinhole Photography Day Exhibit

2002

Nov. 2002 - Solo exhibit- Stefani Esta Gallery, Sand City, CA

02 - Center for Photographic Arts Auction, Carmel, CA

02 - West End Celebration, Juried Show, Sand City, CA

Many years ago - Amarillo Museum of Art, Pop-Art Sculpture, Amarillo, TX