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Magnet Reps is happy to announce that Ana Bagayan, Andrew Hem, Bella Pilar, Emiliano Ponzi, Marguerite Sauvage, Nate Williams and Raquel Aparicio have artwork in Illusive 3 (Gestalten Verlag). The book features over 200 illustrators scouted from around the globe and includes everything from fashion illustration to figurative painting, material application and deconstruction and collage.
Andrew Hem illustrated for The Atantic’s special Fiction 2009 issue. His illustration accompanies Alexi Zentner’s short story, Furlough, which explores the new military family, in which it is often the wife and mother that leaves for war and the husband who stays behind to care for the family.
Andrew Hem is featured in Publikat‘s new book, Beyond Illustration. Publikat invited 20 artists from around the world to contribute artwork and share their personal definitions of illustration. Kenichi Hoshine, Tomer Hanuka, Daniel Schussler and Os Gemeos are also featured. The book is available internationally through Stylefile mailorder.
Andrew Hem is exhibiting work in Hi-Fructose‘s group art exhibition, Overdose, at Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. The show promises an ‘overdose of great art’ and includes work by Bob Dob, Brandi Milne, Glenn Barr, Naoto Hattori and Tin, among others. The opening reception, which takes place this Saturday, will include free giveaways, an artist signing and even an ice cream truck so be sure to stop by if you’re in the Santa Monica area. The show runs until Saturday, April 25th, 2009.
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 4th, 2009 8:00-11:30pm
Copro Nason Gallery Bergamot Station, 2525 Michigan Ave. T5, Santa Monica, CA
Andrew Hem illustrated for a recent issue of New Scientist magazine. His illustrations ran throughout an article entitled ‘Life on the Planet Just Popped Up’ and marked the third time he has worked for the magazine.
Andrew Hem will be exhibiting work in a two-person show with Stella Hultberg at Seattle’s Roq La Rue Gallery. The show opens on Friday, February 13th and runs until Saturday, March 7th, 2009.
Roq La Rue Gallery 2312 2nd Ave., Seattle WA
Andrew Hem is featured in the current issue (volume 10) of Hi-Fructose, an “under the counter culture” quarterly magazine that was founded by artists, Attaboy and Annie Owens in 2005. Each beautifully designed full-color issue showcases a mix of underground artists, emerging and rediscovered counter cultures and awe inspiring spectacles from around the world. Camilla d’Errico, Chris Ryniak, Yoske Ueno, Chris Scarborough and Bod Dob are also featured in this issue.
Andrew Hem was invited by Thinkspace Gallery to participate in their Looking Glass exhibit which offers a sampling of new works from artsits that will be showing in their 2009/2010 programs. The exhibit, part of this year’s Gen Art Vanguard New Contemporary Art Fair in Miami, FL, coincides with the Miami Art Basel and will bring together the top galleries, artists and individuals who are defining new contemporary art movements from Pop Surrealism and New Brow to Urban Contemporary. The fair runs from December 4th to 7th with the official Gen Art Vanguard party taking place on Friday, December 5th, 2008 from 8pm-12am.
Charcoal Studios 2135 NW First Ave., Miami, FL
VANGUARD: New Contemporary Art Fair
Andrew Hem will be exhibiting artwork at Illustrative ’08, the leading European forum on illustration and graphic arts. The festival runs for two weeks and shows over 400 works by more than 60 internationally recognized artists. Illustrative ’08 runs from October 18 to 26 and is taking place in Zurich this year, having been held in Berlin and Paris in previous years. Other artists include Tomer Hanuka, Olaf Hajek, Gary Taxali, Erik Sandberg, Tanja Székessy and many others.
Andrew Hem is currently exhibiting work in Cover Band at Gallery 1988 in Los Angeles. Cover Band is a group show where over 50 artists were invited to employ the greatest album covers of all time as their canvases. Each 12×12 inch album cover comes framed in a black album frame and they range in price from $200 to $900. The show opened on Tuesday, October 7th and runs until Friday, October 31st, 2008. Click here to see all the album covers.
Gallery 1988 7020 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA
