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

Andrew Hem is currently exhibiting in Brad Benedict’s Sideshow at Wal-Art in Los Angeles, CA. The show, called Now Brow, opened on Saturday, September 20th and runs until Thursday, October 23rd, 2008. Other artists in the show include Thomas Broersma, Tansy Myer, Rick Reese, Jay Vollmar, Dave Wasson and many, many others. 

Wal-Art 1639 South La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA

Marguerite Sauvage was invited to submit work to the Supertrash Film Festival in Portland, OR. The film festival, sponsored by Fantagraphics, will be held at the Bagdad Theater and will feature four days of cult favorites and an art exhibition at Floating World Comics. Artists were asked to re-create the film poster for a cult film, with Marguerite choosing The Blob. The festival runs from August 14th to 17th.

Floating World Comics 20 NW5th Av., Portland, OR

Marguerite Sauvage is exhibiting in Gurato’s group show, H, at Design Festa Gallery in Tokyo. Gurato is a French association that aims to promote artistic exchanges between French-speaking Europe and Japan, offering exposure to young artists from France, Belgium and Switzerland in Japan and vice versa. For H, Gurato invited 20 European illustrators to explore the idea of “H”, or Hentai. The Western world has been intrigued with Hentai, often viewing Japan as a remote heaven inhabited by courtesans, geishas, submissive housewives, naïve high school girls and huge-breasted manga heroines. With 4 out of 10 Japanese couples claiming to be “sex-less,” this exhibit explores the idea of Japan and Henati as either a world of limitless fantasy and promise or as one of pure imagination. Other artists in the show include: ARF!, Bluenju, cRoA, Emmanuel Malin, Jerome Senaillat, Joyce Colson, Kness, Lotie, Made, Max F, Mcbess, Mikkymixx, Mylydy, Reuno, Shaka, The Nudeman, Veronique Meignaud, Vincent Leveque and Yuio. The show runs from August 8th to 14th.

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Shawn Barber will be exhibiting at Billy Shire Fine Arts in Culver City, CA. This installment of the Tattooed Portrait series focuses on Los Angeles tattoo artists, with paintings and watercolors of many of LA’s most beloved and storied tattoo artists working today. The Tattooed Portrait Series has been an ongoing project, documenting artists that are tattooed, tattoo artists, their tools and materials. After 3 years of working on this series, two books, a few art shows and learning to tattoo- this show is a culmination of this labor of love so if you’re in the area be sure to check it out. It opens on July 19th and runs until August 23rd, 2008.

Opening reception: Saturday, July 19th, 2008 7-10pm

Billy Shire Fine Arts 5790 Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA

Andrew Hem will be exhibiting in Roq La Rue’s 10th anniversary group show in Seattle, WA. The show also features the work of Femke Hiemstra, Brian Despain, Travis Louie, Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Scott Musgrove, Ryan Heshka, Glenn Barr, Liz McGrath, Tin, Lori Earley, Christian Vanminnen, Ronald Kurniawan, Kay Tuttle, Viktor Safonkin, John Brophy, Lisa Petrucci, Shag, Anthony Pontius, Mia Araujo, Mike Leavitt and more. It opens on Friday, July 11th and runs until Saturday, August 2nd, 2008.

Roq La Rue Gallery 2312 2nd Ave., Seattle, WA

Ben Shannon is exhibiting in Ode to Edo: Legacy of the Samurai, a group show that will feature a collection of 14 Samurai armor sets and paintings by 21 contemporary artists. Thirty limited edition silkscreen prints of the poster illustrated by Kagan McLeod will be available for sale, as well as a set of small “jam” drawings created by the artists. The show is being presented by Jerome Jenner Gallery and will take place at SMASH in Toronto. Some of the other artists participating in the show include Amro Attia, Hiroshi Hirakawa, Kurt Ketchum, Charlotte Greenwood and Yukiko Utso, among others. The show runs from Thursday, June 19th  until Monday, June 30th, 2008.

Opening reception: Thursday, June 19th, 2008, 7-11pm

SMASH 2880 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON

Marguerite Sauvage will be exhibiting work at the third annual Wi-filles Party in Paris. The event takes place at Door Studios, a converted factory that is now home to photographers, designers and architects and includes a photography studio, gallery and reception hall. The party takes place on June 23rd, 2008 from 8:30 to 11:30pm and will also feature the work of Adolie Day.

Door Studios: 9 - 9bis Rue Lesdiguières, 75004 Paris

Red Nose Studio was invited by the Kilkenny County Council Arts Office to exhibit his work in the group show Illustrating Illustration in Kilkenny, Ireland. The exhibition features the work of 11 of the most renowned and successful illustrators from around the world and was curated by award-winning illustrator Alè Mercado (Ireland). The show offers the audience a tour of the process of illustration and opens discussion around two principles- that there is no one original in illustration and that illustration cannot exist without text or concept. Other artists in the show include Saturio Alonso, Steven Aylin, Melinda Beck, BrenB, Ina Fiebig, Jordin Isip, Ana Juan, KEKO, Alé Mercado and Paula Sanz Caballero. Illustrating Illustration runs from Friday, June 13th to Friday, July 25th, 2008.

Kilkenny County Council Arts Office Gallery, 72 John St., Kilkenny, Ireland

Catalina Estrada was chosen to exhibit her work alongside some of Colombia’s most important designers, illustrators and photographers in Realiity x Colombia Passion x ReD52. The show was organized by Realiity and ReD52, sponsored by newwebpick.com and curated by Colombian designer and illustrator, Jorge Restrepo. The show opened at the Hong Kong Inno Centre and was then show at LCX Harbour City.