Ana Bagayan joins an eclectic mix of female artists for I Want to Be First, a group exhibition celebrating female painters and heroines at Kat Von D’s Wonderland Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. The opening reception takes place Friday, March 23rd, 7-9pm.

Wonderland Gallery, 1257 N. La Brea Ave., West Hollywood, CA

Marguerite Sauvage was one of fifty artists to contribute art to the Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas Tribute show at Arludik Gallery in Paris, France. Marguerite’s pencil drawing of Sally, the film’s female lead, was on display February 22nd through March 10th, 2012. Arludik Gallery in one of the only galleries in Paris dedicated to cinema, comic and video game masterpieces and the artists who create them.

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

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

Marguerite Sauvage will join dozens of French artists at Japan Expo in memorializing famed anime director, Satoshi Kon. Kon passed away from pancreatic cancer last August at the age of 46. He chose to keep his illness a secret, continuing to work until the end of his film Yume Miru Kikai. The exhibition runs from Thursday, June 30th through Sunday, July 3rd, 2011 at the Paris-Nord Villepinte in Paris, France.

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

Andrew Hem joins celebrated international artists Edward Walton Wilcox, Shark Toof and Chor Boogie for Vox Humana, a large-scale, live art installation presented by Los Angeles-based arts organization, L.A. Art Machine. Part of the 16th Annual Los Angeles Art Fair, Vox Humana takes place over 5 days and covers more than 500 square feet of canvas, inviting visitors to take a firsthand look at the esoteric world of the artistic creative process. It runs January 19th through 23rd at the L.A. Convention Center.

Wednesday, January 19th 4-10pm
Thursday, January 20th – Saturday, January 22nd 12-5pm
Sunday, January 23rd 12-2pm

Los Angeles Convention Centre, 1201 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, CA