Scab Picker opens in San Luis Obispo August 31P

Please join me at Harold J Miossi Gallery in San Luis Obispo for my solo exhibition, Scab Picker

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Strong Winds Ahead opens at Francois Ghebaly Saturday, July 29th

It’s a pleasure to be a part of this group exhibition with so many amazing artists opening at Francois Ghebaly DTLA Saturday, July 29th. Curated by Lekha Jandhyala, the exhibition runs through September 9.

Strong Winds Ahead is a group exhibition that extends a slow and outward escape. The escape begins in an exhausted city—the destination unclear. Encapsulating the middle space between life and death, past and future, and the distinct and imperceptible, the exhibition brings forth the occult, the bestial, and the arcane. The artworks confront human avarice. Insolence, insatiability, and greed leave the land enervated. Calamity is near. 

Exhibited across two spaces, participating artists give form to otherwise overlooked forces that compose our world. Harbingers of atrophy: canvas, cotton, bronze, and bone, microplastics, sawdust, and ritual ash foretell trouble ahead. A prayer for safe travel gives partial respite. Dehydration, dilapidation, and collapse portend The End. Strong Winds Ahead impels viewers to proceed with caution and heed the warning signs.

"Marrow Sucker" Artist Talk in Conversation With Shana Nys Dambrot

Please join me Sunday, March 7 at 5pm PST for a virtual artist talk with Shana Nys Dambrot about “Marrow Sucker,” currently on view at Luna Anaïs Gallery through April 2. You can see a 3d tour of “Marrow Sucker” here and read Shana’s essay for Marrow Sucker’s catalogue in Whitehot Magazine

"Marrow Sucker" at Luna Anaïs Gallery, February 10 - April 2

Marrow Sucker
February 10 - April 2

I am pleased to pressent my solo show, “Marrow Sucker” at Luna Anaïs Gallery in collaboration with Wönzimer

Sunday, February 14, 2-9 PM
If in Los Angeles and comfortable doing so, join me for the Covid safe appointment-only Opening Reception Sunday, February 14 from 2-9 PM.
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Sunday, March 7 5 PM PST
Join us for a virtual artist talk with Shana Nys Dambrot Sunday, March 7 at 5pm PST.
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Luna Anaïs Gallery at Wönzimer
621 S Olive St, Los Angeles, CA 90014

Mad Skills at LSH CoLab, Los Angeles

LSH Colab

778 N. Virgil Ave., LA, CA 90029  Tel. 323. 305. 4234

LSH CoLAB is pleased to present MAD SKILLZ – A Group Exhibition featuring work by Frank Ryan, Molly Segal, Nick Taggart. Opening Sunday, November 10th 2019. Closing Sunday, December 1st 2019.

Each of the three artists in the exhibition possesses a level of technical skills rarely seen in contemporary art. Their respective skills are used as a launching point for their particular form of art making, as opposed to their skills being end points for creativity. Using traditional materials such as watercolor, graphite and gauche, these three artists’ work brings old world art techniques and skills to a new level of interest in contemporary art. Spanning generations, this show attempts to contextualize the artist’s skills in a fluid, contemporary art context.

Frank Ryan is a contemporary realist painter based in Los Angeles. He embraces the conventions of naturalist representation to reflect on the realities of contemporary American life. Born 1977, Marin County, CA. Ryan began drawing as a boy. As a young man, Ryan was greatly influenced by Baroque, 19th Century French Realists, the Ashcan School and Film Noir. He studied painting, drawing, and printmaking at Sonoma State University, where he received his BFA in 2002. In 1999 he was awarded a scholarship to study in Florence, Italy where he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti. Ryan received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from UCLA in 2006. Nationally, his work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, and Chicago. He was part of a Collateral Event of the 56th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale in 2015. Ryan’s paintings are a part of numerous private collections across the United States. He is also included in public collections, such as the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) Collection, The Art Collection at Levi’s Stadium, and the Orange County Museum of Art.

Molly Segal is from Oakland, CA. She received an MFA from The School of The Museum of Fine Arts in 2013. Her paintings have appeared in group exhibitions at Charlie James Gallery, The Museum of Fine Arts Boston,  Zevitas Marcus, and Northeastern Gallery 360. Her work and writing have been featured in publications including Full Blede, Venison Quarterly, Beautiful Decay, and Lapham’s Quarterly.  Segal lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

Nick Taggart moved to Los Angeles from London in 1977. Since 1975 his work has been exhibited in over a hundred exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, London, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Paris, Amsterdam, Bruges and Edinburgh including: Angles Gallery, Carl Berg, Fahey/Klein, Bliss, Cal Arts, San Jose Museum of Art, LACE, Rosamund Felsen, Vassar College, Attack, Norton Museum of Art, Laforet Museum and UC Davis. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, Los Angeles Times, Arts, Fabrik, KCET Artbound, LA Weekly, Art and Cake, Art Issues and Art of England. He has taught at Cal Arts, Otis, PCC and Art Center.

Please contact rory@lshcolab.com for further information or images and pricing.

WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS: A BENEFIT FOR BRYAN CHAGOLLA

SEPTEMBER 14 - OCTOBER 26, 2019

ARTIST'S RECEPTION: SEPTEMBER 14, 2019, 6-9PM

CHARLIE JAMES GALLERY | 969 CHUNG KING ROAD, LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Charlie James Gallery is moved to present With a Little Help From My Friends, a group exhibition to benefit the beloved preparator of our gallery, Bryan Chagolla. Bryan is 38 years old and has a wife and two young daughters, and he is among the finest fine art preparators here in Los Angeles. The day Bryan’s second daughter Rosalyn was born on June 19th of this year, Bryan was diagnosed with advanced stomach cancer and he cannot work. He is being treated at City of Hope here in LA and is fighting hard and making strides towards recovery. This show has the goal of taking care of Bryan and his family’s expenses for the next year as he receives treatment. We’ve asked our gallery artists and artists who have worked with us to donate works to the exhibition, which will run a full term from September 14th thru October 26th at the gallery.

Participating Artists Include: 

Tanya Aguiñiga
Sadie Barnette
Sandow Birk
Nick Brown
Nancy Buchanan
Luke Butler
Sydney Croskery
Yasmine Diaz
Kim Dingle
Martin Durazo
Ashley Gibbons
Ramiro Gomez
Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.
Lauren Halsey
Nano Hernandez
Lars Jan
Andrew Jensdotter
Nova Jiang
Dane Johnson
Eske Kath
Keith Rocka Knittel
Steve Lambert
Nery Gabriel Lemus
Mary Little
Brendan Lott
Narsiso Martinez
Patrick Martinez
Rachel Mason
Star Montana
Tucker Nichols
noé olivas
Dylan Palmer
Mary Anna Pomonis
William Powhida
Lee Quiñones
Casey Reas
Alexander Reben
Adee Roberson
Walter Robinson
Sandy Rodriguez
Erika Rothenberg
Shizu Saldamando
Gabriella Sanchez
Debra Scacco
Alex Schaefer
John Schlue
Julia Schwartz
Molly Segal
Guy Richards Smit

"Figure Focus" at Northeastern University Gallery 360

I Make: L.A.

Artillery Feast Of Summer

Thanks so much Artillery for shouting out our Open Studio! 

"IT’S OK. ↘" at Charlie James Gallery opens January 20, 2018

Please join me for the group exhibition "IT’S OK. ↘" curated by Sacha Bauman at Charlie James Gallery. Press Release

Figure/Landscape at Zevitas Marcus Opens April 28, 2017

Figure/Landscape

Zevitas Marcus
2754 S. La Cienega Blvd., Suite B Los Angeles, CA 90034

On View:  March 25 - May 27, 2017
Opening Reception:  Friday, April 28, 2017 from 5 - 8pm

Press Release

Zevitas Marcus is pleased to present Figure / Landscape, a group exhibition featuring the work of artists Chris Ballantyne, Josh Jefferson, David X. Levine, Alex Lukas, Peter Opheim, Molly Segal, Joe Wardwell, and Eric Yahnker.
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VCCA Fellowship December 27- January 23!

I will be spending the next four weeks as a fellow at The Virginia Center for Creative Arts! 

Group Show at BLAM Los Angeles opens 12/3/16

The Night Opens//La Nuit S’Ouvre
Co-curated by Nadege Monchera Baer and David Spanbock
BLAM Los Angeles
1950 S. Santa Fe Ave. #207, Los Angeles, CA
Opening December 3, 2016, 2 PM -5 PM
 

SMFA Art Sale November 17-20

I have this piece and 6 other works on paper available at SMFA's Annual Art Sale November 17-20!

Flowers For Difficult Women, 2016, watercolor and gouache on paper, 26 x 20 in.

SMFA Art Sale 

Opening Reception, Thursday, November 17, 5 pm - 8 pm

Thursday, November 17, 10 am - 8 pm
Friday, November 18, 10 am - 8 pm
Saturday, November 19, 10 am - 8 pm
Sunday, November 20, 10 am - 5 pm

At SMFA
230 The Fenway
Boston, MA 02115