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Ana Bagayan’s solo show at the Thinkspace Gallery will open February 4th and run until February 25th. The show, titled “There is Time to Kill Today” opens with a reception with the artist.
Thinkspace Gallery
6009 Washington Blvd
Culver City, CA 90232
Shawn Barber, Ana Bagayan, and Catalina Estrada will show in Part 2 of La Luz de Jesus 25, a retrospective celebrating the gallery’s 25th anniversary. La Luz de Jesus is a highly influential Los Angeles gallery specializing in lowbrow, post-pop, and pop surrealism art.
La Luz de Jesus 25
November 4 – 27, 2011
Opening Reception: November 4 & 5, 8-11 PM
Ana Bagayan is featured in two recently released art books – Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art (Titan Books) and The Art of Sketch Theatre Volume 1 (Baby Tattoo Books).
Compiled by LA’s Gallery 1988, Crazy 4 Cult features the very best from the gallery’s first four Crazy 4 Cult art shows, with artwork inspired by such movies as The Big Lebowski, Edward Scissorhands, Blade Runner, Donnie Darko, Clockwork Orange, Pulp Fiction and many more.
The Art of Sketch Theatre is an inspiring collection of sketches, finished work and insightful profiles by over fifty professional artists who have participated in the ongoing SketchTheatre.com project. SketchTheatre is a popular online showcase where viewers can watch the process of professional artists creating original sketches via timelapse photography set to inspirational music.
Shawn Barber’s portrait of Billy Shire was featured in the October 4, 2011 issue of the Huffington Post‘s Artweek.LA, an online magazine focusing on the LA art scene. The article covers the 25th anniversary of Los Angeles gallery La Luz de Jesus. Magnet artists Shawn Barber and Ana Bagayan are two of the 260 artists chosen to show in the retrospective survey spanning “three generations of today’s most important artists.”
To read more, visit: Artweek.LA – The Little Gallery That Did
Shawn Barber and Ana Bagayan will appear this Thursday (August 11) at La Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles for a special book signing event called SKETCH THEATER Volume 1. They will join notable La Luz alumni such as Ron English, Gris Grimly, Brandi Milne, Chet Zar, Greg “Craoloa” Simkins, Michael Hussar, Luke Chueh, Steven Daily, Tara McPherson, Nate Frizzell, Travis Louie, and Jon Schnepp. This event will celebrate the intersection of commercial illustration and gallery exhibition.
Thursday, August 11 – 6PM to 9PM
La Luz de Jesus Gallery – 4633 Hollywood Boulevard., Los Angeles, CA 90027
Ana Bagayan will be exhibiting a piece in The Blab! Show at Seattle’s Roq La Rue Gallery this Friday, August 12th, 2011. This year, the annual group invitational show will celebrate the joy of Krampus with a series of artworks inspired by the Alpine legend. Curated by Monte Beauchamp, the show includes work by Nicoletta Ceccoli, Travis Louie, Martin Wittfooth, Brian Despain, Dan May, Shag and Andy Kehoe, among others. It runs until Saturday, September 3rd, 2011.
Opening reception: Friday, August 12th, 2011
Roq La Rue Gallery, 2312 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA
Ana Bagayan’s solo show, Yesterday’s Flower, opens on Friday, February 4th at FB69 Gallery in Münster, Germany. The exhibition will present never-before-seen work, including a selection of pencil drawings from her One Drawing A Day project. For those unable to attend the event, a preview is available online, including information for purchasing artwork. The exhibition runs until Saturday, April 2nd, 2011.
Opening Reception: Friday, February 2nd, 2011 @ 7pm
FB69 Gallery Hüfferstr. 18, Münster, Germany
Ana Bagayan illustrated the cover of Stephen Chambers’ upcoming book Jane & the Raven King (Sourcebooks). The book, which is described as a cross between The Spiderwick Chronicles and Alice in Wonderland, tells the story of Jane, a young girl who travels with her younger brother to a magical land at the center of the world. With the help of a cat-person called Gaius and a dragon named Finn, Jane learns that she is the only one who can defeat an evil king bent on destroying civilization. The book is available for pre-order now.
Ana Bagayan is one of over 60 artists contributing work to Bad Dads, an art show tribute to the films of Wes Anderson. The show, organized by Spoke Art, a transient art gallery and publishing house, will be the inaugural event at Lopo Gallery, a new space in San Francisco’s lower Polk neighborhood.
The show includes Ana’s portrait of Margot Tenenbaum from Anderson’s 2001 film, The Royal Tenenbaums, as well as work from Munk One, Tatiana Suarez, Carlo Ramos, Evan B. Harris, Serge Gay Jr., Ibraheem Youssef, Tim Doyle and many others.
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 30th, 2010
Lopo Gallery: 1141 Polk St., San Francisco, CA
Ana Bagayan contributed two limited-edition prints to an online charity auction benefiting Busted Foundation. Busted Foundation is a California-based charity that raises money to assist women battling breast cancer. Other artists contributing artwork include Martin Wittfooth, Tara McPherson, Ken Garduno, Cathie Bleck, Isabel Samaras, Dan Quintana and Shepard Fairey, among others. 100 percent of all money raised goes to help women afford much needed treatments, cover rent and pay bills at a time when help is needed most.
Throughout the month of October, Busted Foundation will be hosting their annual Bowling for Boobies event in Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Houston. The charity bowling tournaments help provide monetary assistance to local women experiencing financial challenges as the result of fighting and living with breast cancer. Click here for more information.
