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the city councils of Liverdun and Blenod

or the cultural partnership Liverdun – Blenod

http://www.blenodlespam.fr/main.php?page=culturel.php

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My painting “Manifest” at the Exhibition of Sacred Art

The Sacred Art exhibition, organized by the Society for the Art of Imagination, has opened in Bavaria, Germany and will run until June 7th. Included in the group show, is my painting “Manifest”.

The Lofthouse gallery is located inside an old monastery in Bavaria. Astrid Eulberg, the gallery owner, agreed to offer a space permanently for members of the Society for Art of Imagination.

Place: Lofthouse Gallery, Klostergut 2, 82405 Wessobrunn, Germany
Gallery owner:Astrid Eulberg
Ph: +49 8809922314
Email: AEulberg@gmx.de
Mob: +49 176 9674 8940

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Ütersener Nachricten Zeitung

Time to finally write about exhibition opening in Barmstedt at Galerie III with Anja Brinkmann and Micha Krebs. The show went off nicely with a slew of articles in the local press. I arrived a couple of days early to be present when some of the journalists were due to visit. The gallery’s location is very picturesque, being situated on a small island on a lake. This and a number of historical buildings attract day visitors from Hamburg ensuring that that the gallery has a steady stream of visitors.

When I arrived I found the gallerist, Karin Weissenbacher, who is also an artist busy sculpting in her studio which is down the hall from the gallery. Karin had done a wonderful job of hanging our works by nicely balancing our individual styles across the rooms.

Since I was the only one of we three present, I had to meet and greet the media alone. It was a little difficult to explain Anja and Micha’s artwork, but perhaps more so my own as I had ensconced myself in my studio for half a year and talked to few people about my artwork.  While I know my own feelings and thoughts about my artwork, having to articulate these ideas on the spot to journalists required some creative thinking.

However, over the next days we discovered scant mention of anything I said in the press, but rather a rehash of the basic details sent out in the press releases. Ah well, so much for the 15 minutes of fame. At least my photo was in the papers.

The day of the opening arrived. A number of the local politicians were present with one of them giving us an introduction. It was pleasing to hear that he had dug through my website to find out a little background information to help with his speech. Micha was extremely nervous leading up to his speech but he did admirably well.

Present also was a long time internet contact, Dennis Konstantin, who lives in Hamburg with his girlfriend Natalia. They had both come out Barmstedt for the exhibition. It was our first personal meeting and we had much to discuss. I agreed to visit him at his studio the next day.

The exhibition finished well and we all had a very entertaining time with Karin and her housemates.

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6th Annual Interdimensional Art Show 2009

As hinted in my previous post, “Exhibitions in Germany” there were other exhibitions pending. I can now confirm that I have been included in the 6th Annual Interdimensional Art Show 2009 Tour. The event is produced by Tribe13 and Starborne who have produced other wonderful events featuring underground electronic music, ritual theatre and fire, thematic and elaborate environments.

The event will tour the following cities:

• San Francisco,USA, May 3,Temple Niteclub
• Montreal,Canada, May 9th at the Pound
• Seattle,USA, May 23, Columbia City Theater
• Eugene,USA, June 5, hanging for a month long show at Fenario Gallery

Showcased are original artwork from the ever growing visionary community.

Alex Grey, Robert Venosa, Martina Hoffmann, A.Andrew Gonzalez, Pablo Amaringo, Kris Davidson, Carey Thompson, Ka, Andrew Jones, Amanda Sage, Mark Henson, Luke Brown, Roman Villagrana, Xavi, Chris Dyer, David Heskin, Eric Nez, Aloria Weaver, Raul Casillas, Leo Plaw, Satoshi Sakamoto, Imago Dei, Lindy Kehoe, Andreas One, Nate Valensky, Phidelity, Mathew Poplawski, Nemo, Jacob Aman, Andy Thomas (android), Simon Haiduk

This will be the first time I have exhibited in North America, with much thanks to my good friend Delvin Solkinson who has been instrumental in securing my participation and a number of other artists.

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Shoji Tanaka and Michel de Saint Ouen

London based Society for the Art of Imagination (AOI) have twinned with International Fantastic Art Association (IFAA) which is based in Japan. As a first step all members of IFAA and AOI will be able to submit works to each other’s exhibitions. Together they are exploring the possibility of organizing exhibitions in Japan for each others members and European exhibitions for IFAA’s members.

The IFAA had been long aware of the AOI. After exhibiting with the IFAA in Japan I told the Shoji Tanaka the group’s president, that I would speak with Brigid Marlin the AOI president and make an introduction. And so, on one cold and wet day in London I met Brigid for tea (very English) and she eagerly listened to my adventures in Japan. I then put the two in contact with each other. So it came to pass that Shoji was invited to exhibit with the AOI in their annual exhibition last year.

Unfortunately, I was unable to attend the event myself to witness this wonderful occasion.

It was at this time that a mutual agreement of society friendship was established and both groups decided to explore ways to collaborate together. It is a very exciting time as the Fantastic Art groups across the world reach out to each other to build a common future.

Shoji wrote a number of entries on his own personal blog about his time in London meeting the AOI. All articles are in Japanese of course, but a good online translator will help you get the gist of things. He seems to be very pleased and excited by meeting everyone and the opportunities it opens up for the IFAA.

• IFAA Meet AOI
• Society for the Art of Imagination Annual Exhibition
• Art of Imagination (AOI) Annual Exhibition report 2

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