Apenest - Volume 2

I am pleased to announce the release of a new art book that I'm in called: Apenest. This is the 2nd volume in an anthology of work by a variety of artists. Here is the book info:

Apenest Volume Two
9.75”x12”
Full Color
208 pages
Perfect-bound
Hand numbered edition of 1000
Comes in a slipcase with offset prints by Alex Lukas, Patrick Casey, James Quigley, Steak Mountain and Kevin Cyr

Artists and Contributors:
John Copeland, Denise Kupferschmidt, Justin B Williams, Sophia Dixon, Bill Dunlap, Corey Arnold, Andrew Schoultz, Joseph Hart, Cody Hoyt, Paul Wackers, Grimaldi Baez, Brian Willmont, Corey Corcoran, Fighting, Mark Chariker, Eddie Martinez, Jeremy + Claire Weiss, Anthony Sobiech, Elton Lovelace, Zac Scheinbaum, Deep Slumber Lake, Whitney Claflin, Eric Saline, Meghan Tomeo, Chris Wawrinofsky, Travis Neel, Rebecca Gordon, Suzy Coady, and Alex Lukas.

I have a short interview plus I think like 9 pages of art work or something. Here are some sample pictures of the book (I am the sixth one down, in between Andrew Shoultz and Eddie Martinez):




















Order it

Visit:
http://www.apenest.com

Sunday Painting, Iceberger Gallery, San Francisco

I'm in a group exhibition in San Francisco called "Sunday Painting" at Iceberger.

opens Saturday May 10 at 7 and runs til june 1st. Iceberger is at 109 18th st sort of on the corner.

Sunday Painting features: Kevin Cyr, Fighting, Travis Neel, Justin B Williams, Conor Thompson, Deep Slumber Lake and Grimaldi Baez!


http://www.icebergergallery.com/

Cinders Gallery, NYC, group show

Move 16: Don't Paint With Your Teeth

A Group Show of ballpoint pen, pencil and sharpie drawings

Curated by Rich Jacobs

May 9th - June 8th 2008

Opening Reception Friday May 9th 2008 7 - 10pm

Mark Gonzales, Matt Leines, Chris Shary, Caroline Hwang, Rachel Sumpter, Rich Jacobs, Chris Mendoza, Neckface, Eric White, Suzanne Sattler, Erika Borboa, Brian Chippendale, Diane Barcelowsky, Maya Hayuk, David Ellis, Jeff Ladoucer, Theo Ellsworth, Hisham Bharoocha, Travis Millard, Mel Kadel, Logan MacDonald, Allyson Mellberg, Justin Williams, Garry Davis,Irene Cho, James Kirkpatrick, Jojo Li, Jordin Isip, Melinda Beck,Tim Kerr,Taylor Mckimens, Daniel Higgs, Jim ,Ryan and Casey Gallagher, John Orth, Sto, Daniel Davidson, Pam Morris-Gallagher, Phil Franklin, Christine Shields, Andrew Scott, Pat Delaney, Mike Boul, Moses, Dennis Remsing, Loreto Remsing, Kelie Bowman, Kate Hurowitz, Carl Dunn, Oliver Rosenberg, Oliver Harkness, Rodger Bridges, Tod Swank, Olivia Shoa, Bill Sprague, Christopher Sprague, Kostas Seremetis and Misaki Kawai

Move 16: Don't Paint Your Teeth, marks the 2nd group drawing show at Cinders curated by artist Rich Jacobs. The guidelines for this one: Make a drawing using either ballpoint pen, pencil, or sharpie on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of white paper. This show brings art back to its most basic and raw form of drawing and with materials that everyone has access to. This DIY creative spirit runs throughout the show, which includes a diverse array of artists that spans several generations from around the globe.

Cinders Gallery 103 Havemeyer St. (btwn Hope + Grand) Brooklyn,NY 11211 (718) 388-2311
Open Wed - Fri 2pm-8pm Sat + Sun 12pm-7pm info@cindersgallery.com

How Can You Remember

Pencil, paper, xerox.

Red Moon Red Moon

Gouache and collage on cardboard.

Violence, Buildings, & Hunger

Just got back from a short trip to Detroit. What a weird place.

This is a drawing going to a group exhibition at Cinders Gallery in NYC on May 9th.

If you are in town check it out. I just met the Cinders people recently and they are really nice.

http://www.cindersgallery.com/


Also, check out some cool photos from Detroit by my friend Nick Jasky: http://yesdetroit.blogspot.com

Portrait of Janette Chandler as a Young Girl

Gouache on cotton paper, 18x24 inches.

This is from 3-4 months ago. Different from my usual stuff.

Beautiful Decay

There's an interview with me by Sasha Lee at the Beautiful Decay magazine's website.

Read it here.

Atlas (Dreaming/World)

This is the first sculpture (out of many attempts) that I have made, that I am happy with.

Atlas (Dreaming/World)

Atlas (Dreaming/World)

DETAILS:

Good Spirit & Eyes on Wall (and me)

Spray!

NEXT Art Fair, Chicago

Start: 04/24/2008 - 7:00pm
End: 04/24/2008 - 11:00pm

NEXT - The Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art
April 24 - 28, 2008
Heaven Gallery
Booth # 7-3141

at the Merchandise Mart
222 Merchandise Mart Plaza
Chicago, IL 60654

April 24th, opening preview 7-10p.m., by invitation





I will be showing along side artists Hisham Bharoocha, Jen Stark, Aay Preston-Myint, Clayton Hauck, Chris Uphues, Logan Bay, and Alvaro Ilizarbe.

http://www.nextartfair.com
http://www.heavengallery.com

E.S. in a Basement at Soldier Field

Around 65x50 inches or something. Oil on canvas. Bad photo.

Moon & Cake

Gouache, acrylagouache, acrylic, graphite, collage, ink, spraypaint, on cotton paper, 11x14in.

This piece as well the two drawings below will be showing at V1 Gallery's booth at VOLTA NY art fair in New York City.

Whim & Watch

gouache, acrylagouache, acrylic, graphite, on cotton paper, 11x12in.

Baby and Momma in Bird Bath

Gouache and graphite on cotton paper, 11X14in.

Bath

"Bath" acrylagouache on canvas, 50x50in.

upcoming

I will have some work in two art fairs coming up, NEXT Art Fair in Chicago and VOLTA NY in NYC.

Also an arts festival somewhere in France, and a couple of group shows in San Francisco, Copenhagen, and Boston.

I will post details later.

Here is a painting on canvas:



"Canary Boat/Strangulation Dream" acrylagouache on canvas, 30x30in.

White Noise zine - Cantab Publishing

My buddy Alex Lukas from Cantab Publishing put together a zine of the show "White Noise" at Space 1026.

Features a fold out 3-color screenprinted poster/cover by Isaac Lin, Kyle Mock, and myself. The back of the poster is a print by CF.

Inside the book are some works by the artists in the show.



Get it here: Cantab Publishing

White Noise - Space 1026 - Philly - Installation photos

These are some photos of an installation I did in Philly on Feb. 1 at Space 1026 in Philly. I put together a group show with the help of Alex Lukas, Isaac Lin, Kyle Mock, and Jessie Rose Vala. Many thanks to the very nice people at Space 1026.

There are more photos of everyone's stuff and opening photos and whatnot at:

http://whitenoisewhitenoise.blogspot.com

White Noise - Space 1026 Installation

White Noise - Space 1026

On 7:00PM Friday, February 1st, 7-10:30pm
At Space 1026 in Philly.

A show about modern mysticism.
Young people are turning to spirituality, new psychedelia, environmentalism and mysticism expressed through art-making to find solace in this crazy place.

sculpture/installation, drawings, paintings, & video/animation.

Featuring:

Drew Beckmeyer
Michelle Blade
Thermi Caniagim
C.F.
Kevin Hooyman
Pauliina MÃkelÃ
Kyle Mock
Jay Nelson
Erika Somogy
Mike Swaney
Jessie Rose Vala
Justin B. Williams

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I'm really excited about this exhibition not only because Space 1026 totally rules, but also because I was fortunate enough to be able to invite all of these amazing artists to show with me. I am fans of all of their work.

I will be in Philly from Jan. 27th to Feb. 2nd working on my installation so if you wanna hang out say hello.

Athens

Group art show in Athens, Greece on December 1st, curated by the awesome Dynasty Zine folks.



NU COMPANY
TRIPTOLEMOU 30
GAZI-ATHENS
GREECE

Hector's Hex (12:01am)

Gouache and graphite on paper.

These are four pieces I'm showing at the Aqua Art Fair in Miami.

K

Gouache and graphite on paper.

Lockers

Gouache on paper.

Trash Goblin

Gouache on paper.

Going To Bed

Some images from a sculpture I created for the "Going To Bed" show at Heaven Gallery in Chicago, Illinois. You can see extensive pictures here:

http://heavengallery.com/image/tid/36

I was invited to submit an idea to do a show, and since I didn't want to do one alone, I came up with a piece that could serve both as a group show and as a sculpture- a standalone object that could exist within the gallery.

The concept of the show was to create a bedroom populated by an anonymous and androgynous character. The room was to be filled with regular bedroom items: photos, memories, notes, books, furniture, etc... Except most of these objects would be created by artists within their own context,with their own notions about who lives in the room, the sculpture reaching completion when all of the objects were set up inside the room by me.

The art contributed combines to create the identity of the person who lives in the room. The definition of the bedroom and its inhabitant speaks for itself.
My whole part in this project was subjective: I picked all of the artists and already had a notion of what I wanted to do with the project, but ultimately I think it revealed something unexpected and separate from my control.

This separation- when the art grows and achieves a sense of identity outside of the artist's control, is something I was interested in finding.

For more info about the show and a list of the artists involved please refer to:
http://www.heavengallery.com

Dreaming of the Bomb

A few drawings from a new zine I'm making part of the third installment of Gasket, an ongoing compilation of my drawings in zine format.

Going To Bed - Heaven Gallery, Chicago

Going To Bed

A group art installation curated by Justin B. Williams

Featuring drawing, painting, sculpture, sound, and animation by:

Amy Lockhart (CAN)
Andrew Dick (CAN)
Blami (SPAIN)
Dirk Knibbe (USA)
Eddie Martinez (USA)
Elizabeth Jaeger (USA)
Ghazal Hashemi (USA)
Hollie Dzama (CAN)
Huskmitnavn (DEN)
Jesse McManus (USA)
Julia Rich (USA)
Justin Schaefer (USA)
Justin B. Williams (USA)
KAM (CAN)
Kevin Hooyman (USA)
Mike Swaney (CAN)
Ola Vasiljeva (NED)
Paulina Mäkelä (FIN)
Putrid (USA)

Opening - October 12, 7-11pm

Runs til - October 27

Heaven Gallery
1550 N. Milwaukee, 2nd Floor
Tel: 773-329-5116
http://www.heavengallery.com

Århus, Denmark & NYC

Going to have some drawings in a show called Drawn Together, curated by Huskmitnavn at Artboks in Århus, Denmark next week.



That same weekend i'll also have work in a fun show in NYC at the Riviera Gallery in Brooklyn. http://www.seeyouattheriviera.com

Build A Home

This piece is called Build A Home.

It's going to Denmark for the exhibition "Drawn Together".

Doppelgänger

A doppelgänger or fetch is the ghostly double of a living person, a sinister form of bilocation.

In the vernacular, "Doppelgänger" has come to refer (as in German) to any double or look-alike of a person—most commonly an "evil twin". The essential meaning of the German word is "doublewalker", someone who is walking the same way as you do. The word is also used to describe the sensation of having glimpsed oneself in peripheral vision, in a position where there is no chance that it could have been a reflection. They are generally regarded as harbingers of bad luck. In some traditions, a doppelgänger seen by a person's friends or relatives portends illness or danger, while seeing one's own doppelgänger is an omen of death. In Norse mythology, a vardøgr is a ghostly double who precedes a living person and is seen performing their actions in advance.

Tiny Showcase

I have a print for sale at:

tiny showcase

Tiny Showcase is a great little company based in Providence that creates short-run prints of artwork where portions of the profits go towards a charity of the artists choosing.

I am donating $250 to an anti-recruitment group in Chicago, Illinois. Chicago has the highest percentage of military recruiters in the USA! Most of their time is spent trying to convince high school kids that killing innocent people and dying for the sake of George Bush's wallet is a good idea.

Denver

My installation for a show in Denver recently with Caleb Neelon, Becky Suss, and Alex Lukas. It was fun. Alex has an impressive soft-rock music collection.

Paper Trails

A couple images from the Paper Trails show I was in at V1 Gallery in Copenhagen...




Check out more photos here at V1 Gallery's new website:

http://www.v1gallery.com

Going To Bed

cosmic

I'm in Denver, Colorado right now... Doing an art show with Becky Suss, Alex Lukas, and Caleb Neelon. The skies are really big here.

Paper Trails - New Adventures in Drawing V1 Gallery

If you or anyone you know lives in Copenhagen please check out this show at V1 Gallery on May 11. I'm very pleased to be involved in this exhibition.

Here is the press release-

V1 Gallery proudly presents:

Paper Trails

-New Adventures in Drawing

A group exhibition with Søren Behncke/Papfar (DK), Jakob Boeskov (DK), Able Brown (US), Troels Carlsen (DK), Clayton Brothers (US), Richard Colman (US), Christopher Davison (US), Dearraindrop (US), Rob Doran (US), Claus Ejner (DK), Maya Hayuk (US), Kim Hiorthøy (N), HuskMitNavn (DK), Jason Jägel (US), Todd James (US), Butt Johnson (US), Daniel Johnston (US), Misaki Kawai (JAP/US), Carl Krull (DK), Noah Lyon (US), Ashley Macomber (US), Taylor McKimens (US), Travis Millard (US), Andrei Molodkin (RU/FR), Andreas Nilsson (S), Robyn O’Neil (US), David Shrigley (UK), Damon Strider (US), Justin B. Williams (US) and Thomas Hallas Øvlisen

Opening day: Friday May 11 2007 from 4pm to 10pm

Exhibiton period: May 11 2007 – June 16 2007

V1 Gallery Proudly presents Paper Trails – New Adventures in Drawing, a group exhibition with 30 select artists from America, UK and Scandinavia.

A drawing is not only ink on paper. This is why V1 Gallery has gathered a long line of prominent and up-and-coming international artists to size up the state of drawing in 2007. For some of the artists drawing is their first language, for others it is an artistic instrument in the toolbox of creative paraphernilia. The different approaches to the media has resulted in a highly heterogeneous expression, where pencil on paper is seen side by side with video, ballpoint pen on canvas, marker on cardboard, guache on tree, marker on note paper and more.

With Paper Trails – New Adventures in Drawing V1 Gallery paints a portrait of a modern way of expression and at the same time the exhibition emphasises the diversity the drawing as a medium possesses. The result is a salient illustration of both the artists and to a great extend also of our contemporary society – abstract and realistic, political og escapist, personal and anonymous, parts and wholes, black / white and colour.

The visitor can enjoy a mental picnic with the feted outsider Daniel Johnston, wonder over shooting star Richard Colman’s enigmatic and timeless universe, consume in Justin William’s gloomy America, dance around Maya Hayuk’s trippy totems, read up on the world history with Claus Ejner and explore the influential Claytons Brothers’ exploding vortexes of animated movement, product placement and melancholic creatures. Furthermore one can for the first time in Scandinavia meet critics’ darling Robyn O’Neil, Bonnie Prince Billy’s good friend and collaborator Able Brown and the contemporary critic and commentator Andrei Molodkin and his monumental ballpoint pen portrait of Bush. Moreover you can see works from Europe by the discrete Norwegian star Kim Hiorthøy, the popular Scotsman David Shrigley and the cutting-edge Swedish installation artist Andreas Nilsson (also known as The Knife’s visual wizard).

Paper Trails – New Adventures in Drawing consists of tv’s and timber, paper (mache) and photos, canvas and cardboard. The exhibition is curated by Nanna Thylstrup and Jesper Elg.

We’re looking forward to seeing you.

V1 Gallery

V1 Gallery. Absalonsgade 21B. 1658 CPH - DK. www.v1gallery.com

Wed-Fri: 2pm-6pm. Sat: 12pm-4pm. It will be possible to do interviews with Clayton Brothers between May 11 and May 15. For more information on the exhibition please contact Nanna Thylstrup (+45) 26 81 81 53 / nanna.thylstrup@privat.dk or V1 Gallery: (+45) 33 31 03 21 / (+45) 26 82 81 66 / elg@v1gallery.com.

Thank you Bellwether Gallery, Bergen Kunsthall, Brändström og Stene, Clementine Gallery, CRG Gallery, Daneyal Mahmood Gallery, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Kavi Gupta Gallery, Standard (Oslo), Tuborg, Pernod, Schweppes and Nanna Thylstrup for text. Thanks for curatorial inspiration: Gitte Skjødt Madsen, Mikkel Grønnebeck and HuskMitNavn.