PAST EXHIBITS

You are invited to a CD release concert by:

George Cartwright- saxophones
Adam Linz- bass
Alden Ikeda - drums
Andrew Broder- guitar

Thursday May 28
8:00 pm
Donation $5 suggested

www.georgecartwright.com
www.glorylandponycat.com

RINGTONE by Alan Berks
April 30, May 1 & 2, 8 pm
Tickets only $5-10. Call for reservations 612-886-2868. (Space is limited to 40-50/night.)

Created collaboratively with and starring Katie Kaufmann, Lindsay Marcy, Ben McGinley, Matt Sciple, Anna Sundberg, and Adam Whisner. With sound design and music by Mike Hallenbeck.

Please join us for this work-in-progress about how technology is drawing us together and keeping us apart. ONLY THREE PERFORMANCES AND VERY LIMITED SEATING.

It's a site-specific play with movement. Or a hodge-podge of dramatic event with cell phones and televisions and a dj. Or a funny new work with six actors in search of their identities in an art gallery even when they can't get their cell phones to stop ringing.

Video trailer at http://vimeo.com/4207808

Installation Five presented by Scion
OPENING: Friday, April 3rd, 2009, 7-11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: April 3rd - April 25th

The Rogue Buddha Gallery is pleased to present Installation 5 presented by Scion. The program is designed to give exposure to both established and emerging artists. Installation 5: Self Portraits highlights a diverse array of artists from around the world and will visit nine cities including Miami, New York, Portland, Minneapolis, San Jose, and Los Angeles. For the first time, the tour will pass through the Detroit, Phoenix and Washington D.C. markets.

This year each artist was asked to create his or her literal, or non-literal interpretation of the theme 'Self-Portraits'. Video art will be included for the first time in the tour's five-year history, alongside painting and photography.

The final tour stop will be at Scion's own 4,200 square foot Installation L.A. gallery space where all artwork will be auctioned off to the public, and 100 percent of the proceeds will go toward art-related charities and non-profits. Last year's Installation 4 tour raised over $50,000 on behalf of Art From Scrap, an organization encouraging creative expression in the arts and promoting a greater understanding of environmental issues. Over the last four years Scion's Installation tour has raised more than $190,000 for art-related non-profit organizations.

Attending Artists: Codak, David O'Brian, Eye One and J. Shea

Music provided by DJs Jonathan Ackerman and Millions Billion

Painting: AJ Fosik, Alex Hornest, Andrew Schoultz, Asylm, Blek le Rat, Codak, David Choe, David O'Brien, Edwin Ushiro, Francesco LoCastro, French, J. Shea, Jeff Soto, Kelsey Brookes, Kofie, Lisa Alisa, Mark Mothersbaugh, Nicholas Harper, Patrick Martinez, Rob Abeyta Jr., Ron English, Sage Vaughn, Skypage, Souther Salazar, Stormie Mills, Tessar Lo, Todd Tourso, Usugrow, Will Barras, Yoskay Yamamoto
Photography: Angela Boatwright, Christina M. Felice, Eriberto Oriol, Eye One, Jamel Shabazz, Logan Hicks, Peter Beste, RETNA, Rick Rodney, Saber, Too Tall Jahmal
Video Art: El Yem, Ian Lynam, Peter Glover, Something In The Universe

Transcendental Biology  
presented by 
The April Sellers Dance Collective 
Featuring live performance from The April Sellers Dance Collective with a gallery exhibition by Mark Bautch
March 20 – 27th, 2009  @ 8:00pm
$10.00 dollars at the door

Seating is limited to 25 seats a night and audiences are encouraged to make reservations.  
Email reservation to aprilsellersdc@gmail.com

Please not special gallery hours for March
March 20th, 21st 3-8pm
March 25th, 26th 12-4pm
March 27th 3-8pm

Sage Dance Award winner for "Outstanding Performance Choreographer" April Sellers is known largely for her dances exploring the female form through nudity and for performing in a variety of nontraditional spaces—including a series of indoor/outdoor dance events at her home. After 6 years of working with nudity in a variety of contexts, Sellers started to grow obsessive about visualizing the inside of her body.

Over the next few months, she turned to visual artist Marc DeBauch and began the process of painting on her body.  What resulted is a performance event that, she says, has broken new ground for her artistry and revitalized her commitment to dance.

Transcendental Biology is a self-portrait from the inside out.  It's about the human ability to experience and change.  

“When I paint on one of April’s dancers it’s not just body painting, it’s as if the painting and the dancer become an entirely new art form. It’s an incredible rush to see a dancer breathe life into something I have painted on their body. A heart painted on body of a moving dancer literally becomes a beating heart,” says Bautch of the collaboration.

Join Secrets of the City, Jazz88, Prairie Vodka, UV Vodka, and The Rogue Buddha Gallery for this special edition of Gallery Grooves, a monthly jazz, art and wine party. The Gallery Grooves reception (7-9pm) will be followed by the iQuit Music Series (9pm).

Thursday, February 19th
7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Gallery Grooves Reception w/ Artists
9 p.m. iQuit Music Series
Set One: Stew Frog and Dean Granros on guitars, Scott Fultz on woodwinds and Steve Goldstein on laptop
Set Two: James Buckley Trio; James Buckley, bass/composer with Bryan Nichols, keys and JT Bates on drums
http://www.iquitmusic.com/

About iQuit Music Series:
The iQuit: Experimental Music Happenings present music that draws on the diverse styles and influences of the makers of electronic, electro-acoustic, jazz, free, avant garde, and experimental music. The Rogue Buddha Gallery provides an ideal place where musicians can explore concepts of originality and spontaneity. iQuit offers Thursday early evening performances featuring two sets of music from often differing styles/concepts.

About the Exhibit:
The Rogue Buddha celebrates its 10-year anniversary the best way it knows how: with a dark and disturbing art exhibit. Eat Your Heart Out features the grotesquely sensuous sculpture work of Roxanne Jackson, who bastardizes man and beast in a deliciously twisted display of ceramic lust and gore. Also featured is the portrait work of local artist Kurt Melancon, whose delightfully eerie paintings banter with history and odd humor. ---- Kate Iverson

Eat Your Heart Out                                                                                          Featuring: Roxanne Jackson and Kurt Melancon

OPENING: Friday, January 23rd, 7pm – 11pm, 2009
EXHIBIT RUNS: Jan. 23rd - Feb. 28th, 2009

The Rogue Buddha Gallery is extremely pleased to open its 10th year of business with an exceptional exhibit featuring Roxanne Jackson and Kurt Melancon. 

While differing in medium and subject matter, the intention of each artist can be found rooted in self-exploration and the truths that lie beneath the surface.   Each artist uniquely explores the human condition while exalting the craftsmanship so often lacking in today’s art world.

Roxanne Jackson explores the dualities of human nature through her often-grotesque yet beautiful sculptures.  Through the depiction of hybrid animal and human forms, she calls attention to the darker side of humanity while recognizing humanness and dignity.  Her choice of materials and subject matter reveal a personal symbolism that encompasses spiritual maturation, contemporary society and personal transformation.

Kurt Melancon reaches into a deep bloodline of craftsmanship through his rich use of oil painting techniques that lend themselves to a past era of portrait painting.  By looking at the lives and struggles of the past, Melancon hopes to better document the struggles of the present.  His portraits of historical figures are used as allegory to explore the human condition, the lengths to which we reach for something greater and to rediscover long-forgotten questions.  While lending no answers himself, Melancon’s work is offered as a starting point for each of us to discover the truths that history has to share.

We hope you and your friends can join us for this extraordinary exhibition.  And have a Happy New Year!

JAMMERS, BLOCKERS, & PIVOTS!
The influence of modern roller Derby in art

OPENING: Friday, Dec. 12th @ 7pm – 11pm, 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: Dec. 12th - Dec 30th, 2008

North Star Roller Girls Play Nice, Host Benefit
An activity already popular among certain scenes of fierce females, the extreme sport of roller derby is thrust once again into the spotlight—only this time taking over the two-dimensional arena, with an upcoming art show and sale on December 12th, 2008 to benefit local derby dames the North Star Roller Girls. The all-female, skater-owned league is teaming up with the nationally-known Rogue Buddha Gallery to put on an open-call group exhibition featuring artwork of, by and for those dedicated (or addicted) to derby.

The show will also feature work by artists Nick Alley (Printmaking), Kali Ciesemier (Design/Illustration), Jon Langford (Painting), and Danielle Spradling (Printmaking) along with numerous artists to be included. This exhibition is curated by Kevin Quandt in conjunction with the North Star Roller Girls.    

Sponsored by Scion    

Van Brabson Gallery Presents it’s Bridge Art Fair Artists
OPENING: Friday, November 28th @ 7pm – 11pm, 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: 3 Days Only, November 28, 29 & 30th, 2008

The Rogue Buddha Gallery is pleased to present a selection of Minneapolis artists being represented at Bridge Art Fair during Art Basel this December by Van Brabson Gallery.

This three day event will feature work by the following: Samuel Bjorgum, Bonnie J. Brabson, Kyle Fokken, Nicholas Harper, John Eric Hawkins, Rebecca Lawson, Brian Mark, David Monson, Gregory J. Rose and Sean Smuda.

BRIDGE MIAMI BEACH
Following its enormous critical and commercial successes in 2006 and 2007, Bridge is pleased to announce our third installment in Miami Beach. Held at both the Catalina and Maxine Hotels, Bridge Miami leads the South Beach satellite art market, located a mere two blocks from Art Basel. Visitors can browse nearly 80 rooms of the freshest and most innovative works in international emerging and contemporary art. Arguably the largest convergence of contemporary art and design takes place during Art Basel Miami in this annual, star-studded, citywide celebration of new art internationalism. Consistently a muscular destination market, Miami shows absolutely no signs of stopping, and continues to astound as far and beyond the top-performing art-fair circuit in the United States.

GALLERY HOURS: SPECIAL HOURS
Friday – Sunday 3-8pm

HAND CRAFTED CHRISTMAS GIFT  TRUNK SHOW

Saturday November 29th and Sunday November 30th 12pm -3pm
Featuring hand crochet and knitted afghans, scarves, leg warmers, wash cloths and more by Louise Johnson
Free and open to the public

BRIAN MARK: Haunted by Grace, Works in Acid on Stainless Steel
OPENING: Friday October 3rd @ 7-11 pm 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: October 3rd - November 15th, 2008

The Rogue Buddha Gallery is pleased to present a selection of Central American works by  Brian Mark.

Known for his magnificent bronze and stone sculptures which can be viewed in such places as the National Cathedral in Washington D.C., the Vatican and around the world, Brian Mark has created a new medium through his use of acid on stainless steel.

Mark creates images using a multi-layered effect. Depending on the viewer’s angle and light source, each piece reveals its different elements–much like a hologram or ghost. To create this effect, Mark applies various acids on stainless steel and carefully heats or cools them to create color and enhance the ground-in images with blowtorches or dry ice. He then electro-plates gold and silver metals to create his ghostly images.

This process is time consuming and temperamental and understandably why no one else in the world is using this technique in the making of fine art.

The selected works are beautiful definitions of grace from different series of Brian Marks, Balance, Muses and Shed Light. Together you will see his ghostly images uncover a unifying message which dignifies the human experience.

"Through my work I strive to dignify the human experience—sometimes up and other times down—but through truth one obtains beauty."

* An online gallery of this exhibit will be available soon.

VIEW THIS EXHIBIT ONLINE

Yuri Arajs: Reclaimed Memory
OPENING: Friday June 20th @ 7-11 pm 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: June 20th - July 27h, 2008

The Rogue Buddha Gallery is excited to present the solo work of Yuri Arajs.  This exhibit marks his last solo show in Minneapolis before taking leave for Canada, his native country.

This exhibit features a new series of found photograph/found mixed media works.

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I’ve been collecting old photographs for many years. I have found them at estate sales, garage sales and in the trash. It amazes me that people dispose of things like this. We record our and others histories only to have them discarded. Why?

Each one of the pieces in the Reclaimed Memory Series is unique in that it was created without anything else in mind but the photograph. The photo had a story to tell me, I listened to it and what came back was my own version of a memory that is not mine. But I have now reclaimed these memories as my own and this is what they look like.

The use of found materials, beyond the photographs, also plays an important role in these works. Found materials have a history and an aesthetic that I don’t feel I can reproduce or create. The paper, the marks I make, the objects introduced, and finally the found frame, all add additional information to the narrative of each piece.

Forward by Robyne Robinson:

Can a discarded life become a subconscious memory? The visual images Yuri Arajs has created in this latest body of work are proof of that link. Each piece is a time capsule of places, cultural identity and psychological perspectives -- imprints that span a multitude of consciousness.

"Reclaimed Memories" is an evolution in Arajs' work away from the solitary, insular landscapes that reject cathartic emotion and leaping straighforward into those feelings and experiences that are intensely powerful to us. They are reconstituted memories we long to hold onto, as we move into the twilight of our lives -- an exploration of our shared human existence.

Online exhibit at: reclaimed-memories.blogspot.com

Thomas Masters Solo Exhibition
OPENING: Friday May 9th @ 7-11 pm 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: May 9th - June 15th, 2008

The Rogue Buddha Gallery is pleased to present Thomas Masters for the first time in Minnesota.  A Chicago based artist who’s extensive exhibition history speaks volumes to his commitment to artistic expressiveness, Masters will exhibit a number of ink on paper drawings as well as original acrylic paintings.  

ARTIST STATEMENT:

I am a painter of landscapes. The landscapes are not based on any real places. They are always purely from my imagination. Like an abstract expressionist, I approach the canvas without drawings or predetermined destination. My goal is to capture essence and harmony. I am not interested in depicting a mountain range, a valley or a stream as it actually appears. Rather, I wish to reveal how one might feel upon viewing those elements of nature. I believe that our entire world- every vista, every lake, every mountain-is imprinted on our collective soul. If I can reach that "collective" space within myself, I know that I will reach that same space in others. And in doing so I hope to reveal a connection to the nature that will somehow allow us to see our world as a place of possibility, hope and beauty.

Scion Presents the Fourth Installment of its National Art Tour - INSTALLATION 4: It's A Beautiful World
OPENING: Friday April 4th @ 7-11 pm 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: April 4th - April. 19th, 2008

This July, Scion commences the fourth installment of the innovative Scion Installation Art Tour entitled: 'It's A Beautiful World.' The theme; "It's a Beautiful World" was interpreted by each artist, in one of four mediums— painting, photography, sculpture, and collage. This year's Installation tour will visit nine cities and feature a diverse array of artists from around the world.

This year's artists include: Andrew Pommier, Andy Mueller, Angela Boatwright, Blaine Fontana, Blek LeRat, Books llll, Caia Koopman, Chris Yormick, Cody Hudson, Dalek, David Choe, Eye One, Francesco LoCastro, Freddi C, J. Shea, James Jean, Jeff Soto, Joshua Krause, Kelsey Brookes, Kenton Parker, Kofie, Mel Kadel, Michael Sieben, Mike Giant, Rammellzee, RETNA, R. Grimes, Ron English, Sam Flores, Sage Vaughn, Skwerm, Tim McCormick, Travis Millard and more.

Launched in 2003, Scion Installation is a revolutionary art tour affirming Scion's ongoing commitment to supporting independent artistic expression and featuring work from an unprecedented collective of contemporary artists. Previous participants have included: Andre from Paris, Gary Baseman, Mr Cartoon, Crash, Daim, Daze, Blaine Fontana, Sam Flores, Friendswithyou, Futura, Mike Giant, Justin Hampton, Krush, Mear One, Ricky Powell, Persue, Revok, Retna, Rostarr, Saber, Kenny Scharf, Seak, StayHigh 149, Wearesupervision, and more. The program is designed to give exposure to both established and emerging artists.

For four years the tour has evolved, and each year the medium with which the artists showcase their work changes. The first year featured Scion xB panels and xA sculptures, while the second year presented art on three foot by eight foot wood panels. Each artist's unique style was introduced on three-foot long polyurethane Scion tC sculptures for the third tour.
For more information on the tour, the artists, the artwork and details from past tours please visit: www.scion.com/installation

About Scion:
Scion, from Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., was developed with a new generation of youthful buyers in mind. Scion's mission is to provide distinctive products, the opportunity to personalize, and an innovative, consumer-driven process at the retail level. The Scion brand features three ground-breaking models. The xD is an urban subcompact five-door, featuring a muscular stance and accentuated wheel flares. The xB, an urban utility vehicle, combines remarkable interior space with iconic styling. And the tC sports coupe surprises the buyer with the convenience of a hatchback and the luxury of a standard all-glass panorama moonroof, complementing the usual wide array of features on all Scions. For more information, visit www.scion.com

JON LANGFORD & MR. Rico Bell
OPENING: Friday March 28th @ 10 pm 2008
EXHIBIT RUNS: March 28th - March 30th, 3 days only

SPECIAL HOURS: Friday 12-5pm and 10pm - 1am, Saturday 12-5pm and Sunday 3-8pm

The Rogue Buddha Gallery welcomes back Jon Langford and Rico Bell for a special exhibition of their latest works. Both of these talented artists have carved out a nitch for themselves producing paintings glorifying the old west and modern country legends.

This exhibit is being presented in conjunction with the Mekons performance at the Fitzgerald Theater. They will perform music from their 30-year music career as part of 89.3 The Current’s Fakebook program. The opening opens at 10:00pm follow the performance.

ROGUE buddha GALLERY @ ART NOW FAIR
December 6th - 9th, 2007

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NICHOLAS HARPER: New Paintings
OPENING: Friday November 16th @ 7-11 pm 2007
EXHIBIT RUNS: Nov 16th - Jan. 6th, 2008

Nicholas Harper has gained national notoriety for his award winning paintings and gallery, being featured in numerous local, national and international publications including CNN where he was named as an artist to watch and most recently, GQ Magazine.  

In this memorable and sophisticated body of work, Harper builds upon classical portraiture through his unique style in which he combines realism with fantasy and atmospheric or darkly rich backgrounds in an aim to celebrate the divine and worldly aspects of the individual while exploring the tension inherent in our daily lives. 

While seemingly bizarre on the surface, Harper’s artwork never fails to elicit a reaction – be it visceral, intellectual, or something in between – from its viewers, who speak of its “emotional texture,” “warmth coming through the dark,” and “simultaneous alienation and accessibility.”

His works are arresting because they pull from celebrated artistic themes and techniques while forging a new style of discourse under the guise of haunting beauty.

Harper states, “Through my personal symbolism, I wish each painting to be as the Byzantine and Russian icons were, objects of meditation and inner reflection for the viewer as well as adding beauty to the environment and connecting us to something bigger than ourselves.”

NICHOLAS HARPER - ABOUT
An icon is an image, picture, or representation; it is a sign or likeness that stands for an object by signifying or representing it; an image or depiction that represents something else of greater significance thru literal or figurative meaning, usually associated with religious, cultural, political, and economic standing.

Harper’s current body of work represents his ambition to make the icon relevant for today’s contemporary audience.  Through exploring individual psyche, he hopes to transcend merely capturing the portrait of the sitter, but rather, exposing the psychological and spiritual aspects of the subject through distortion, atmosphere and Harper’s personal symbolism.  In an attempt to capture the tension Harper believes to exist in humans today, he strives to present the subject in both divine and worldly aspects focusing on everyday people and not the preordained “holy” people of history.

“When looked upon from an outside perspective, the tension in all of us takes on a strange beauty.  This is what I hope to present in my work. In so doing, my wish for the viewer is that they may come in contact with their spiritual self and glimpse at their personal divinity.”  Harper transcends dogmatic religious belief while reaching for a universal experience and realization.  Just as icons of the Byzantine and Russian heritage provided a means of meditation and contemplation, so too, Harper hopes that his work finds a place in peoples homes, and more importantly, has a positive influence throughout their life. “Rather than simply beautifying a living environment, my intention is that the work reaches for a transformation of the body, mind and soul while acting as a focal point in ones life experience.”

THIS EVENT IS SPONSORED BY

As part of Vita.mn's 1-Year Anniversary week, we're presenting the Opening Reception for celebrated painter and gallery-owner, Nicholas Harper.

Nicholas has become NE Minneapolis’ rising star, garnishing international attention with his unique gallery programming and curating, which is featured in GQ Magazine this November. Nicholas was also named “one of the top 10 artists to watch” by CNN, and was the recipient of the the “Best Painting” Award at the MN State Fair.

Vita.mn will be giving a way a brand new, commissioned painting at 9pm. Register to win and remember, you must be present on November 16th to win.

KIRSTEN DIERKING'S NORTHERN ORACLE: Reading
November 29th, 2007 @ 6-10pm, free

We at Spout Press are honored to publish the latest work of Kirsten Dierking, one of the Twin Cities' most renowned and beloved poets. Northern Oracle, the highly-anticipated follow-up to One Red Eye, is in stores now. Please stay tuned to SpoutPress.org for more information about the specific release date and debut reading of Northern Oracle. Kirsten's previous book, One Red Eye, was published by Holy Cow Press in 2001. She has received grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board, The Loft Literary Center and the SASE/Jerome Foundation

JON LANGFORD: New Paintings & Prints
OPENING: Friday September 7th @ 6-9 pm 2007
EXHIBIT RUNS: Sept. 7th - Oct. 14th, 2007

Gronk-Works on Paper from Tandem Press
OPENING: Friday May 11th @ 6-10 pm 2007
EXHIBIT RUNS: May 11th - June 16t

This exhibit is curated by Kevin Quandt

John Largaespada - Romancing Tragedy
OPENING: Friday March 30th @ 7pm, 2007
EXHIBIT RUNS: March 30th – April 29th, 2007

The Rogue Buddha gallery is pleased to announce Romancing Tragedy, an exhibition of digital photographs by Minneapolis artist John Largaespada. John LargaespadaÕs practice is concerned with the human situation as depicted in high western culture. He draws on opera and paintings for the sources of his images. Largaespada photographs objects and costumed people, he then pieces these individual photographs together to create the final image. The end result is a type of assemblage creating a grand tableau. John Largaespada has exhibited locally and nationally. He has received two Jerome Foundation grants and a Minnesota State Arts Board grant, his work is also in the permanent collection of the New Museum of Contemporary Art, NYC. This exhibition is curated by Lonni Ranallo.

360 Goes Rogue: GROUP EXHIBITION
OPENING: Friday, Feb 9th, 7pm til late
EXHIBIT RUNS: Feb 9th, 2007 – March 18th, 2007

Gallery 360 announces a show dedicated to the untamed heart and its unbridled passion entitled, 360 Goes Rogue. Thirty-five of Gallery 360Õs top artists prepare to unleash the rogue artist within, by creating an original artwork that represents the dark and passionate side lurking within us all. Think black strewn roses, wounded hearts, and a penchant for the long lost love that got away. Join us for the ValentineÕs Day party of the year!

Featuring:
Alexandra Rozenman, Matthew Rucker, Jennifer Davis, Dick Brewer, Polly Norman, Yuri Arajs, Al Wadzinski, Denise Abbott, Michael Wong, Barbara Evan, Ruben Nusz, Shannon Bangs, Patrick Pryor, Mary Begherr, Michael Sweere, Kristen Arden, Allen Brewer, Barbara Gilhooly, Max Maddox, Ellen Thomson, Robyn Stoller, Orin Herfindal, Katy Kelly Noun, Nicholas Harper, Danny Saathoff, Jennifer Bong, Matthew Doubek, Jenny Jenkins, David Ekdahl, Kate Van Cleve, Tom Cassidy, Shawn Holster, Peggy Ryan, Maureen Welter

Ben Olson: SOLO EXHIBITION
OPENING: Friday, December 15th, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: Dec 15th, 2006 – Jan 31st, 2007

Ben Olson is among the most riveting artists in Minneapolis. Known for portrait and figurative paintings of himself and wife Emma, Olson opens a door into those moments of human interaction that can be described as nothing less than awkward. Through combining multiple layers of semi-transparent acrylic paint on plywood, Olson leaves us staring wide-eyed into the beautiful, the dramatic and often the bizarre world of relationships. Olson has been published in New American Painting and his work featured in interior design shoots in multiple magazines including Vogue, Paris. This is Olson's first solo exhibit in Minneapolis.

This exhibit is brought to you with the kind support of VITA.MN

MARC HAUSER: SOLO EXHIBITION

OPENING: Friday October 6th, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: October 6th – November 18th, 2006

Marc Hauser is an internationally celebrated photographer for his dramatic portrait illustrations. Some of his many clients have included Rolling Stone Magazine, Pepsi Co., Ameritech, Arista Records, Microsoft and Playboy just to name a few.

Original photos will include Jimi Hendricks, Jim Morrison, Woody Allen, Michael Jordan and many more.

Marc will be in attendance at the opening!!!

ROXANA BRIZUELA: SOLO EXHIBITION
OPENING: Friday, August 4th, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: Aug 4th – Sept 17th, 2006

Roxana Brizuela's vibrant colors evoke the energetic streets and engaging people of her native Latin America. Her stylized lines and expressive depictions celebrate human interaction and identity with an unabashed joie de vivre.

Brizuela was born in Cuba and currently resides in Costa Rica. The ROGUE buddha GALLERY is particularly proud to present Brizuela's first solo exhibition in the United States.

JON LANGFORD: SOLO EXHIBITION
OPENING: Wednesday February 8th, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: February 8th – March 18th, 2006

Jon Langford is a founding member of the legendary British rock band the Mekons. A native of South Wales, Langford now lives in Chicago. He continues to play with the Mekons as well as the Chicago band the Waco Brothers. His multi-layered paintings borrow imagery from old country music publicity photos and sheet music. Langford reinterprets these images with a haze of ironic nostalgia.

Jon Langford will be performing his piece "The Executioner's Last Songs" February 10-11 at the Walker Art Center. Langford has created a mordantly beautiful performance work that is a compelling collection of tales and songs on the themes of murder, mob law, and cruel, cruel punishment. Langford takes us on a twisting and witty autobiographical ride that looks unflinchingly at the promises of life and the penalty of death. The performance combines live music, spoken word, his own visual art, and recordings of American roots music. Here he is joined by Sally Timms (Mekons), bassist Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu), violinist Jean Cook, and drummer Dan Massey.

Curated by Kevin Quandt

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RANDOM STRANGERS
OPENING: Friday January 6th, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: January 6th – February 4th, 2006
FEATURING: Craig Bell, Tighe Clark, Jason Lemkuil, J.L. Hendershot, Susan Heath & Tim O'Toole
Curated by James Hendershot
The Rogue Buddha Gallery presents six artists, who are all virtual strangers. Ranging in backgrounds and artistic mediums, each has created original works for this exhibit in order to express individual interpretations of urbanism.

TIN MEN & LANDSCAPES
Kevin Titzer & Mary Klein
OPENING: Friday December 2nd, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: December 2nd – January 1st, 2005/06
FEATURING: Kevin Titzer & Mary Klein

Kevin Titzer creates beautiful three-dimensional busts, statuettes and figurines using wood, metal, and other debris found near his home by the Ohio River. A native of Evansville, Indiana, Kevin has been making art for most of his life and has gained great recognition in galleries in Kentucky and Tennessee.

Kevin first started surfacing his work with tin while living in Terra Haute IN. working with a cousin who was a blacksmith. The shop held a surplus of reclaimed ceiling tin from old buildings in the shop. It was this experience that helped Titzer to utilize the materials that where around him. "I still use the ceiling tin and also old candy tins (for more color) and sometimes plastic. Usually the only materials I buy are nails, and acrylic paint (for the heads and hands) - most everything else is recycled."

Mary Klein's vibrant impressionistic paintings capture the elegance and beauty of our immediate surroundings. Working out of doors throughout the Metro area, Mary captures and presents modestly scaled, contemplative works using raw brushwork and great sensitivity. Her landscapes, still lifeÕs and residential scenes burst to life through her use of a rich palette and classical approach to composition.

Mary studied at the Minnesota River School of Fine Arts. She paints daily out of doors (even in the bitter cold with the aid of heating packs) to create her landscapes.

TOM HUCK; The Bloody Bucket
OPENING: Friday September 30th, 7 - 11pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: September 30th – November 12th, 2005
FEATURING: Tom Huck

The Rogue Buddha Gallery presents the wildly bizarre world of Tom Huck. His large-scale wood block prints have been compared to Durer, Bosch, and R Crumb. Tom Huck has been working since 2000 on The Bloody Bucket. The Bloody Bucket series is based on a bar of that name, located just outside of his hometown (Potosi), from 1948-51. While growing up, Huck was told the tales of violence and good times had by all at this bar. The series was completed in 2005. The series is a unique tale of violent times gone by in rural southeast Missouri. Each image, printed in Black and white, measures 38" x 52". Tom Huck will be in attendance at the opening

NICHOLAS HARPER @ Kellie Rae Theiss Gallery
OPENING: Saturday July 30th, 5 - 8pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: July 30th – September 8th, 2005
FEATURING:
Nicholas Harper, painting
Kellie Rae, painting
Tony Berlant, assemblage
Steven Swanson, photography
Michael Bowman, prints

FOR MORE INFO, PLEASE VISIT: www.theissgallery.com

MARKED MEN: Fine art of the Tattooist
OPENING: Friday June 10th @ 7pm
EXHIBIT RUNS: June 10th – July 17th, 2005
FEATURING: Thom deVita, John Wyatt, Nick Bubash, Mike Malone, Don Ed Hardy & Scott Harrison

Beginning in the late 60’s a small group of tattooists began to meld tattooing concepts from Japan, the pacific islands, and America into a singular vision. These traditional designs were reworked to present modern ideals and experiences. By taking this important step they lit the fuse that would ignite the renaissance of tattooing not only in America but also around the world.

These artist were some of the first to bring a fine art sensibility to their work; they saw beyond the stigma of the culture and were able to visualize what it could be. As outsiders they presented their ideas using alternative mediums and placing them on non-traditional surfaces. Thom de Vita creates montage pieces utilizing traditional acetate stencils. Taking rubbings of these stencils and modern tattooing, combines traditional Japanese images with tattoo flash. He creates magnificent paintings on Tyvak and mounted Japanese silk scrolls. Nick Bubash’s work is deeply influenced bu world cultures and religions. The images he creates possess heavy lines and explosions of color, which are expressed in his richly detailed assemblages. Each piece is a kind, fast, click, dark beauty, salted with references to India, Serbo-Croatia, and perhaps Hasidic Judaica! Michael Malone (AKA Rollobanks), the man behind contemporary Flash and the explosion of traditional Tribal images, presents hightly detailed watercolor paintings of originial flash images. John Wyatt has been visiting tattoo shops since the late 1950’s when he got his first tattoo.

For the last 30 years he has been photographing those who get and give tatoos. Scott Harrison is an internationally known tattoo artist, infamous for his bizarre and appalling tattoo design sheets. He presents his beautifully rendered watercolors of traditional images in a bizarre sexually charged world.

INNER VISIONS
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday January 7th, 7pm
EXHIBITION RUNS: Jan 7th - Feb 5th, 2005
FEATURING: Bonnie Brabson, Peter Brabson & Micheal Wong
IN THE ACCENT GALLERY: Mary Nagel Klein Solo Exhibit

Across today's varied artistic landscape, it is often difficult to identify trends or movements banding artists together. Indeed, no major movements, philosophies or cooperative efforts by artists have branded the last few years with one or two major themes, at least none that have been widely recognized. One reason for the great variety of artwork being presented, however, may be that today's artists seem to have unlimited possibilities at their disposal in terms of media and ideas. The three artists presented in Mixed Media may epitomize the contemporary art world for this very reason. Each artist draws from a wide range of influences and cultural perspectives, all the while appropriating whatever materials he or she deems necessary to present individual experiences to a broader audience. While personal tastes may differ, a scattering of unique expressions can ironically unify the art world, while keeping viewers on their toes as well.

Mary Klein's subtle impressionistic paintings capture the elegance and beauty of our immediate surroundings. Working out of doors throughout the Metro area, Mary captures and presents modestly scaled, contemplative works using raw brushwork and great sensitivity.

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