Review of “Unknown Saints” By: Andrea Bogdan Artist: Gianni Arone Location: Echo Park A slow reveal of Gianni Arone’s “Unknown Saints” materialized over the last 12 months. Like royal guests at the servant’s quarters, they are unexpected reminders of something more important than us. An early triptych in the series hung at Gabba Gallery’s, “Kool […]
Artist Profile on Sheli Silverio Location: Los Angeles, CA Occupation: Fine Artist and Illustrator Written by Anise Stevens A true observer of human nature, Sheli Silverio uses art to enhance her understanding of the collective conscious. When she paints, she finds that the unpredictable nature of her materials pushes her to explore the unknown. A […]
Review Of It’s a Beautiful Day, I Guess on view now at Subliminal Projects. Artists: Gregory Bojorquez, Patrick Martinez, Michelle Guintu, Tim Diet, and Mark Drew Location: Los Angeles It’s a Beautiful Day, I Guess opened last Saturday at Subliminal Projects. Referencing Kendrick Lamar’s “The Recipe”, a track featuring Dr. Dre on the hip hop artist’s 2012 album, […]
Ben Jones On Saturday, July 11th 2015, Ace Gallery Beverly Hills presented a major solo exhibit by Ben Jones. The self-titled exhibition, Ben Jones, transformed Ace Gallery into an immersive space filled with Video Paintings and wall-climbing New Ladder sculptures as well as the introduction of T.V. Paintings and Cinema Paintings. Ben Jones’ work is […]
Douglas Alvarez Location: Los Angeles Occupation: Artist Interviewed by: Baha Danesh Douglas Alvarez’s conceptual paintings use vibrant compositions that frequently combine organic forms which emote ecstatic nostalgic feelings and eccentric humor. His experience within the city of Los Angeles is captured in each painting. Various dualities and contradictions play out including food and pain; abstraction and […]
Kristine Schomaker Written by Anise Stevens Artist: Kristine Schomaker Location: Los Angeles Occupation: New Media and Performance Artist, Painter, Art Historian, Founder of Shoebox PR Over the past decade, Kristine Schomaker has made huge strides, emotionally as well as professionally. While her beautifully orchestrated abstract works flow with an electrifying vibrancy, her venture into new […]
Mark Todd Written by Anise Stevens Artist: Mark Todd Location: Los Angeles Occupation: Illustrator, Fine Artist, Professor, Curator Mark Todd’s work is exemplary of the blurring of two worlds that once rarely if ever intermingled: illustration and fine art. More and more, in today’s day and age, we are seeing that illustrators and artists are […]
Colin Ambulance Location: Los Angeles Occupation: Artist Colin Ambulance’s pen name seamlessly fits the art he creates. His art is funny and dark, face-value amusing and topically satirical. Colin is prolific. He uses pens and oils and word balloons to depict an apocalyptic (or realistic, depending on the viewer) glimpse into hipster, scenester, alcoholic, druggy, […]
Isabella Kelly-Ramirez Location: Los Angeles Occupation: Artist Isabella Kelly-Ramirez is a mixed media assemblage artist who creates surreal feminist portraits. Her compositions flow from order to chaos, using a cosmetic color palette and stark white pages. Isabella recontextualizes the faces of mainstream media with giant eyes and lips. These proportions are reminiscent of plastic […]
CALI KILLA Location: Los Angeles / NYC Occupation: Visual Artist Through stenciled images of pop culture, fashion, music, and historical references, Cali Killa creates national and international street art that catches attention, cultures the masses, and is a voice for the his ideas. Active primarily in urban environments, he combines striking visuals with cleverly placed […]