Sidewayz 2011.....

I am part of the Sidewayz charity art auction/exhibition opening this Saturday night, with a huge lineup of talent leaving their marks on skate decks and snowboards with all proceeds going to the Christchurch and Japan Earthquake benefits. I was stoked to be given a snowboard...you'll have to wait to opening night to see what I made of it, all I'm gonna say I was a tad nervous chopping into the board with the old angle grinder! If you can't make it along to the show I'm sure there will be plenty of pics circulating post event and also there will be an online auction too. I will post deets when they come to hand ok.
Sidewayz 2011 contributers include; Scott Marr, PigeonBoy, Konsumterra, Kalen, Sarah Scully, RJ Williams, Esjay, Vars, SMC[3], Stylo, E.L.K, Teem, Bennett, Anton Benois, Tim Andrew, Brandon Els, Qwux, Willem Van Stom, Tez, Phibs, Lise Pod, Jimmy Neilly, KON, Ellie Schroeder, Dave Kaziro, Benny Haz, Reka, Ben Goad, Ben Frost, Pinky, Lucas McGrath, kulk, Zoe Young, Wade Burkitt, Robert Bates, Rick Swaine, Beastman, Ollie Lucas, Mia Taninaka, Luke Taaffe, Julie Doye, Dina Raus, Deb, Cameron Wall, Bridge, Beth Josey, Barrett, Jeremy Shaw, Dave Smith, Kane Stamp, Liz Laughton, Jon Jones, Andrew Fawcet…plus heaps more!

19XX.....

So here is my piece "19XX" that featured in the FanBoy vs. ArtBoy show recently. It is inspired by the classic WW2 "shoot 'em up" series 19XX released by Capcom – which included the games 1942 (1984), 1943-The Battle Of Midway (1987),1943 Kai-Midway Kaisen (1988), 1941-Counter Attack (1990), 19XX-The War Against Destiny (1995) and 1944-The Loop Master (2000).

I am told the opening night was awesome with many punters commenting on how diverse all the artist representations were of their video game inspired art. Some other great news to also arise from the show is this week the ABC2 program Good Game dropped into ArtBoy Gallery to film the show! So there will be an upcoming feature on the popular gaming show...more deets soon. For now you can see more snaps of my sculpture here.

Traffic Jam Launch.....

Official opening launch Thursday 17th Feb, click on flyer below to see more deets....

Stuck in a Traffic Jam (and that's a good thing!).....

In the last post there was talk about Sydney representation, well I can now say it is official...I am now represented by Traffic Jam Galleries in Neutral Bay! Iam privileged to be part of this fantastic new space, surrounded by amazing artists and people. If you are on the North Shore anytime soon be sure to drop by. Address and other details on their site here. There will also be an official opening sometime in early February, I'll keep you posted ok.

Sayonara 2010 & hello 2011.....

Well 2010 was a busy year with a whole heap of group shows and other happenings going on. The new year is already shaping up to be just as busy with some exciting exhibitions in the pipeline, a couple of new limited edition print releases, some commissioned street pieces and some great news regarding Sydney representation in a unique new gallery space opening shortly...I'll keep you posted.

Thank you all for following this blog in 2010 and
wishing you all the best for this new year! :)

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Creature feature.....

I'm in this group show, opening is this Friday night...it's Gonna be creepy!



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This Is Not Art.....

I was recently invited to be part of the This Is Not Art (TINA)/walkARTbout in Newcastle during the October long weekend. Above is my paste up titled "The World Is Your Monster" which can be found in Keightly Street, (really only a lane) off Hunter Street mall. In conjuction with the festival I was asked to showcase some of my work at The View Factory. See the poster below and if you are in Newie be sure to call in for a beer and check it out!


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Collected snaps.....

Finally got onto some decent snaps from the Collected Thoughts group show at Kaleidoscope Gallery. Below is my "$oul Dependent$" installation, other amazing works from the show can be seen here on Kalens Flicks.


Tez wall Originally uploaded by Kalens Flicks

The Paste Modernists.....

I've got a few paste ups in this show, gonna be HUGE so get yo arse there to check it! some pics posted soon, stayed tuned.

LO-FI Collective
Thursday, October 7 · 5:30am - 8:30am
383 Bourke St Darlighurst, Sydney

Business (and Pleasure) as usual.....

Fellow art nut Michael Bennett is having a solo, "Business and Pleasure" @ Westsyde Connection ...will be rad! Go to the event page here.

Eelustration......

Some super sweet work by Eelus from his debut solo show "The Colour out of Space" @ Blackall Studios, London. He has this kinda Paul Insect x Blek Le Rat x cool 70's sci-fi-esque style happening with many pieces which I totally dig. Check out some of his layered stenciled pieces, amazing...they actually look more like screen prints! Photo © Ian Cox 2010. Found via Wallkandy's flickr.

Mashed up Macaw.....

Got a duo exhibition called "Mash Up" with my pal Brendan Walsh at the Cafe Macaw at The Entrance, here on the Central Coast...go here for all the details.

The Pigeon Boy connection.....

Really looking forward to my good pal Pigeon Boy's upcoming solo at Westsyde Connection...you can follow his blog here.

Frank's show.....

Hubris. Still the man.
photo Sharon Kozik.

Solo update.....

Been burning the candle at both ends...So much to do...painting,designing flyers,more painting, drawing, getting stuff framed, building sculptures, finishing some vector illustrations, building plinths, some screen printing, more painting, more sculpture work and so on and so on...shit this solo stuff is hard work!

The full colour flyers are now at the printers, so should have them back in a few days time (see here for a peek) and I got hold of 10 cases of Coopers pale ale for the opening...So if you think the art stinks the quality beer should more than make up for it on the night!

Fantasy Squad presents.....

I'll be part of this great show featuring a whole bunch of local talent for one night only at the the Lord Ashley Bar, Crowne Plaza Terrigal this coming Saturday August 29, 7pm Start. Cool art, live music and cheap drinks, what more could you ask for? For artist line-up and more details check out www.fantasysquad.com.au

Solo Update......

Been getting the old production line happening with my "Minimalistiki" hand screen printed ceramic sculptures. I will admit the whole process of creating these things is a little painstaking and tedious because of all the stages involved, but the end result is well worth it. Several of these suckers will feature in my solo.

Solo update.....

Progress for my solo is moving along with the completion of a couple of key pieces. As mentioned before I have revisited painting with acrylics/watercolour, some pieces will be layered/collaged, I will be doing some screenprints and also some vector based giclee prints. For these I am using illustrator...been a while! Anyway I am planning to deliver a balanced range of my 2d work and sculptures, while utilising many learnt (not mastered!) techniques and mediums from over the years. So if you do come along, one thing will be certain, there will be plenty of variety and diversity!

*The date for my solo has moved back to Friday October 16, 2009. More details to follow.

More brilliance from Banksy.....

Damn I wish I was in Bristol!

Skull_Duggery.....

I'll have 4 fresh pieces in the this upcoming groupshow, opening night is Thursday 18th June 6-8PM, more info here.