Ana Bagayan is exhibiting a piece in Get the Lead Out at Ronin Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. The show, which is being presented by swoongallery.com, features the work of more than 40 artists with a percentage of all proceeds going towards the purchase of blankets for The Lunch Bunch. The Lunch Bunch is a Los Angeles-based charity started by Ana and a friend that delivers homemade meals and other necessities to the city’s homeless.

Saturday, August 28th, 2010 6-10pm
Get the Lead Out 4210 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Ana Bagayan is exhibiting a drawing in JEST in Time: The Phylogenesis of Clowns at Distinction Gallery in Escondido, CA. For the show, 36 international artists were invited to submit their own clown-inspired pieces, with no piece measuring more than 12 x 12 inches. The opening reception includes a silent auction with all proceeds benefiting ArtHatch, an organization that provides young artists with a unique environment in which to create, exhibit and blossom, as more and more schools lose funding for art programs. The show runs until Saturday, September 4th, 2010.

Opening Reception and Auction: Saturday, August 14th, 2010 6-11pm
Distinction Gallery 317 E. Grand Ave, Escondido, CA

Ana Bagayan is exhibiting a piece in Love Conquers All: Art for Equality at Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City, CA. The group exhibition features the work of 50 international artists with 20 percent of all proceeds going to benefit Equality California, an organization that works to achieve equality and secure legal protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people. The show runs until Saturday, August 28th, 2010.

Opening Reception: Saturday, August 7th, 2010 7-10pm
Thinkspace Gallery 6009 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA

Ana Bagayan will be exhibiting artwork in Pop Surrealism, a group art show part of the 2010 Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy. The show was curated by Gianluca Marziani and Alexandra Mazzanti and focuses exclusively on the Pop Surrealism movement. It runs from June 26th to October 15th, 2010 at Piazza Collicola. Other artists in the show include Mark Ryden, Shepard Fairey, Tara McPherson, Gary Baseman, Lola, Ron English, Naoto Hattori, James Jean and Tim Biskup, among others.

Ana Bagayan’s solo show Flutter opens at Mondo Bizzarro Gallery in Rome on Saturday, May 8th, 2010. Two new prints will be available at the show but if you can’t make it to Italy a limited number of prints are currently available from her online shop. The show runs until Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010.

Mondo Bizzarro Gallery Via Reggio Emilia 32 c/d, Rome, Italy

Ana Bagayan is hosting a Fan Appreciation Day as a ‘Thank You’ to all the fans that have supported her artwork over the years. To show her gratitude, Ana is giving away three prizes. Visit her blog to see how you can enter to win an original drawing, her Medicine Boy t-shirt or her last Critters print. Good luck!

Ana Bagayan illustrated for the Spring 2010 Running Shoe Guide in the March issue of Runner’s World. Ana joins a line of great illustrators, including Magnet’s Nate Williams and Red Nose Studio, that have illustrated for the popular feature in past issues.

Ana Bagayan has two t-shirts available through Planet Illogica, an online creative community that includes all creative pursuits, from fine art, music, writing, acting, film-making and performing arts to programming, culinary arts, fashion, critical thinking and engineering. The site, which was founded by Mark Murphy, Tonny Sorensen and Ken Goldstein, seeks to inspire creative minded people to create, participate and contribute, mentoring others through inspiration.

Medicine Boy and Chelsea are printed on 100% Supima Cotton Jersey t-shirts and are available now.

Ana Bagayan is featured in Harry Saylor’s new book EdgyCute: From New-Pop to Low Brow and Back Again (Mark Batty Publisher). Harry Saylor, owner of Orbit Gallery, has assembled a group of 47 artists that exemplify the ‘EdgyCute’ aesthetic, where doe-eyed girls and animated desserts often come packed with a punch. Other artists featured in the book include Gary Baseman, Ryan Heshka, Brandi Milne, Motomichi Nakamura and Gary Taxali.

Ana Bagayan is exhibiting work in The Multi-Plane Group Show at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, CA. The show features new original work from Glenn Barr, Gary Baseman, Ron English, Stella Im Hultberg, Sylvia Ji, Brandi Milne and Amy Sol, among others. Click here to preview the art in the show.

Opening reception: Saturday, December 12th, 2009 7-10pm
Cory Helford Gallery 8522 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA