----/ The Squid List /-------------------------------------------------- OPENING : Albert Reyes - WONDERLAND/ Megan Wilson -SPRING
Friday, January 13th 6:00pm - 8:30pm free ----/ Event Description /----------------------------------------------- exhibition dates: January 13 - February 17, 2006 artist: Albert Reyes title: Wonderland medium: mixed media artist: Megan Wilson title: Spring medium: drawings, installation ALBERT REYES BIO Los Angeles based , and San Francisco Art Institute educated , artist Albert Reyes has a profound passion and respect for conceptual as well as graffiti art . Renowned for his ubiquitous "GIVE" tag, Albert Reyes has a distinctive artistic approach inspired not only by street art, comic books, and contemporary American pop culture but also by contemporary and classical "high art". Icons of corporate America and Hollywood , mass media, politics, and consumerism are often drawn into his work with an insolent and even subversive verve ; a deliberate and secure hand guides the exquisite execution of his drawings. Reyes has exhibited successfully at the Tree House Gallery, JUNC Gallery, Giant Robot, New Image Art Gallery , and Black Market in Los Angeles; at the Upper Playground, Low , Balazo , and Ampersand galleries in San Francisco as well as the StayGold Gallery in NYC, and ampersand:paris in Paris, France. MEGAN WILSON BIO Megan Wilson grew up in Montana. She received her BFA from the University of Oregon in 1992 and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1997.Her work has been exhibited in San Francisco at Southern Exposure, the San Francisco Art Commission, Clarion Alley, ampersand international arts, Stephen Wirtz Gallery, gallery 3, ATA, The Lab, and in public spaces throughout San Francisco; in Los Angeles at the Richard Heller Gallery; and internationally in Tokyo, Japan;Yogyakarta, Indonesia; and Jaipur, India and Paris, France. Wilson is a recipient of a 2000 grant award from the Gunk Foundation and a 2001 grant award from the Art Council/Artadia. In 2002, she was selected to design posters for the San Francisco Art Commission's Market Street Art in Transitposter series. She is also a freelance writer and art critic. In 2000-2001 she was a weekly contributing arts writer for the SF BayGuardian. She co-founded the San Francisco based arts website www.stretcher.org. Her writings have appeared in afterimage, Digitalcity,and Public Art Review. From 2000 - 2004, she was the co-director of the Clarion Alley Mural Project. In 2002-03 she curated, co-directed and participated in Sama-sama/Together, an international exchange project between artists from San Francisco and Apotik Komik of Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In spring 2006 her site- specific installation Forever Summer will be on view in San Francisco. Additionally, the Sama-sama/Together catalogue will be published in March 2006. ----/ Venue Info /------------------------------------------------------ ampersand intl arts 1001 Tennessee street San Francisco 415-285-0170 http://www.ampersandintlarts.com Potrero Hill / DogPatch between 20th and 22nd st. parallel to 3rd st ----/ Additional Info /------------------------------------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-285-0170 http://www.ampersandintlarts.com ----/ The Squid List Admin /--------------------------------------------- The Squid List, a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ subscribe, unsubscribe, change your email address or change your subscription options: http://lists.laughingsquid.org/mailman/listinfo/squidlist/ Frequently Asked Questions & Submission Guidelines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html The Squid List Online Calendar: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/calendar/ The Squid List RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/squidlist ----/ Laughing Squid /-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://laughingsquid.com underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://laughingsquid.net friendly, dependable and secure web hosting services for artists, individuals, bloggers, non-profits and small businesses The Squid List is licensed under a Creative Commons License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/
