Sopa de Gabi

Sixpack Projects presents this fine exhibition of prints by artist Gabriela Martinez. Be sure to for the opening reception on September 4th!

SOPA DE GABI
curated by Jillian Nakornthap

Grand Central Art Center, Sales Gallery
September 4 – September 26, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, September 4th, 7-10pm

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Soup in its simplest of forms has the most complex histories behind them. As the first bite hits your palette, you experience ingredients that come from all over the world, mixing and mingling together to form a collectively delectable dish. Gabriela Martinez acknowledges the significance of soups both culturally and personally and will often incorporate caldos, or soups, in her work. Coming from a multicultural background, the prints become Martinez’s stew as she blends together personal storytelling with the history of printmaking to make a unique allegory, allowing the viewer to not only get a taste of Martinez’s life but the aroma of the printmakers that came before her.

ABOUT THE ARTIST:
Gabriela Martinez was born in 1977 in Los Angeles, California. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Art at the La Sierra University in Riverside. From there she went onto pursue her Masters in Fine Arts with an emphasis in Printmaking at California State University Long Beach. This is where she began to flourish as a young printmaker and her work began to be shown more consistently. Her work has been displayed in such venues as the Getty Gallery, La Mano Press and Mexican Cultural Institute. 2009 proved to be a successful year for Martinez participating in not one but two solo exhibitions, Historias/Histories, Brandstater Art Gallery, La Sierra University, Riverside, California and Recent Work, Scuda, Long Beach, California. Among her many accomplishments, she was recently awarded Rising Star Alumni Award from La Sierra University. She lives and work in Long Beach.

Metadataphile

Sixpack Projects presents this fascinating exhibition that highlighting the plethora of information technologies in our contemporary culture, and how these technologies are being utilized and manipulated by artists working in a variety of media.

Be sure to join us for the opening reception on Saturday, August 28th!

METADATAPHILE:
The Collapse of Visual Information
Curated by Jennifer Frias and Lilia Lamas

Begovich Gallery (formerly the Main Art Gallery)
California State University, Fullerton
August 28 – September 30, 2010

OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, August 28, 5-8PM

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Information permeates society today in unprecedented magnitudes and methods. Metadataphile: The Collapse of Visual Information features sixteen international artists who transform and recontextualize data into art that make socio-political statements. These artists appropriate, hack, pirate, and reorder metadata from objects, events and cultural phenomena into film, installation, painting, photography, sculpture, and sound.

VISIT THE SITE:
www.metadataphile.com

PUBLICATION:
An exhibition catalog is available through California State University, Fullerton. Full-color, 160 pages, published and designed at Cal State University, Fullerton.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Cory Arcangel + Frankie Martin
Josh Azzarella
Petronio Bendito
Sky Burchard
Matthew Bryant
Kathy Grayson
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Ken Rinaldo
Kim Rugg
Jason Salavon
Peter Sarkisian
John Sisley
Stephanie Syjuco
Michael Toillion
Jason Varone

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE:
Jason Varone will also be an artist in residence at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Check back for more details.

Even Better Than the Real Thing

Although this exhibition is not officially a Sixpack Projects show, it has been curated by our very own Jennifer Frias; so we are very glad to support her efforts! Be sure to join us for the opening reception on Tuesday, August 24th!

EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING:
The Art of the Uncanny
Curated by Jennifer Frias

Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art
August 23 – September 25, 2010
OPENING RECEPTION:
Tuesday, August 24, 6-9 PM
(in conjunction with the Arts Complex Gala)

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION:
Even Better Than the Real Thing: The Art of the Uncanny observes the edges of perception. It takes into account the notion of “defamiliarization,” or the artistic technique of forcing the audience to see common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar by making the everyday uncanny. While the procedure to achieve such realistic and hi-tech qualities may appear mass-produced, the objects in the exhibition were constructed meticulously by applying basic, traditional art and handcraft techniques, such as painting, drawing, sculpting and sewing. The works selected for Even Better Than the Real Thing posses characteristics that are visually arresting, seductive, and at times, disturbing. The results undertake an unsettling realism and issue a challenge to art’s alleged dedication to the world of appearances.

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Jon Bonser
Joe Davidson
Ben Jackel
Kiel Johnson
Nina Katchadourian
Rebecca Morales
Kristen Morgin
Kaz Oshiro
Derek Parker
Andy Ralph
Laura Splan
Stephanie Syjuco

New Exhibitions This Fall!

With upcoming exhibitions in Long Beach, Santa Ana, Fullerton, and Rancho Cucamonga, our team of curators are taking the southland by storm!

Here’s a sneak peak at what we have planned for this fall:

Even Better Than the Real Thing
August 23 – September 25, 2010
Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, Rancho Cucamonga

Metadataphile
August 28 – September 30, 2010
Begovich Gallery, California State University Fullerton

Layer Cake
October 2 – October 23, 2010
Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana

… and possibly some new projects with Phantom Galleries in Long Beach.

More details on all these exhibitions and more will be coming soon!

Photos from Love Me, Tees Me

Photos from the exhibition Love me, Tees me (the t-shirt show) are now on Flickr.

The show is open through July 25th at Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana.

Click here to view photos from the opening.

Love me, Tees me – at GCAC

One of our very own curators, Alyssa Cordova, curated this fun little show on view now at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. Check out more info at www.grandcentralartcenter.com!

Love me, Tees me.

open through July 25th, 2010

Grand Central Art Center

Love Me, Tees Me, features local artists using commercial techniques to mass produce original t-shirts, create one-of-a-kind wearable art, as well as customized purchases. All of the artists in this exhibition are experienced designers, screen printers or both. Their hands-on approach to every aspect of the garment reinforces our idea of silk-screened shirts as a form of art. The functionality, graphic imagery, and individual meaning illustrate key characteristics of craft, commercial art and fine art, while commenting on and adding to popular culture.

As part of this exhibition we have also invited the artists at Graham Street Press to not only sell their original works in our gallery, but demonstrate silk-screening while producing customized t-shirts for our visitors. They will demonstrate silk-screening on their six-screen mobile press inside the Sales Gallery at the June 5, Arts Walk. Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase shirts and select the design they want printed on them.

Featured artists include: Ryan Bryant, Daniel Ballou, Dave Hill, Taylor Springle, Chad Eaton, Matt Maust, Dana Harvey with collaborators Cody Lusby and Sid, Ryan Callis, Mark Rebennack, Matte Black, Matt Wignall Paul Wignall, Randy Baranoski, Fernando Padilla, James Coxon, and Savio Alphonso.

Photos from CSUF Student Show

Photos from the student exhibition we curated at CSUF are now on Flickr.

Click here to view slideshow.

Sixpack Juries Student Show

Our crew of curators was invited by Fullerton University Artists Club to jury the 2010 student show at Cal State Fullerton. This expansive exhibition spanned three galleries and features the work of roughly 60 graduate and undergraduate artists!

The opening reception was held on April 7th, 2010 from 6-9pm.

Thanks to all those artists who submitted work and especially those whose work was selected.

Featuring work from the following artists:

Madaly Ahmad, Michelle Atienza, Cynthia Avila, Ginny Barrett, Erin Bender, Katy Betz, David Brokaw, Jessica Byer, Lauren Crump, Preston Daniels, Samantha Dowd, Joe DeVera, Nancy Diaz, Ashley Duran, Alice Emmons, Cassandra Erb, Alexander Caesar Estrada, Kaitlin Evans, Tawd Favela, Juan M. Gomez, Jasmine Gonzalez, Corey Granados, Richard Hasselberger, S. A. Hawkins, Sharon Hee Jeon, Xuan Huynh, Michiko Ito, Fatima Jamil Faiz, Kimberly Jensen, Valerie Jorgensen, Heewan Kim, Shana Lengyel, Ae Lim, Daniel Lopez, Joanne Mace, Ingrid Marrero, Eric Martinez, Russ Matulich, Matthew Mayfield, Kim McKinnis, Annie Benjamin Miller, Rodolfo Montalvo, Dustin Myers, D. Alexander Naylor, Owen Nelson, Juan Carlos Ornelas, Sam Priutt, Shirin Rastin, Jessica Rivera, Sara Rokni, Chris Sanders, Cole Sanders, Geoffrey Schorz, Andrea Shulenberger, Barbara Speck, Patrick Strand, Rosemary Tesoro, Breanna Thomas, Adam Vu, Kim Wilson, and Jessica Youngs.

We’re just getting started…

Watch out for more to come from Sixpack Projects!