Ana Bagayan will be showing work in the upcoming group show Movers and Shakers at POVevolving Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. The show, curated by Gino Joukar, features over 70 artists from the world of Pop Surrealism and will see the release of a limited-edition box set of prints featuring a piece by Ana and 12 other artists participating in the show. They include Andy Kehoe, Bob Dob, Glenn Barr, Naoto Hattori and Nicoletta Ceccoli, among others.

In addition, Gelaskins, in collaboration with POVevolving Gallery, have created a custom Movers and Shakers gelaskin that will be available at the opening reception but keep in mind that quantities are limited so be sure to get there early!

Opening reception: Saturday, February 14th, 2009 7-11pm

POVevolving Gallery 939 Chung King Rd., Los Angeles CA

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

Gordon Wiebe’s work can be seen on the cover of Duke University Press’ recent release, the moving and thoughtful Statistical Panic: Cultural Politics and the Poetics of Emotions by Kathleen Woodward. The book explores the politics and poetics of the emotions, focusing on American culture since the 1960′s. It argues that we are constrained in terms of gender, race, and age by our culture’s scripts for ‘emotional’ behavior and that the accelerating impoverishment of interiority is a symptom of our increasingly media-saturated culture. Kathleen Woodward is Professor of English at the University of Washington, where she directs the Simpson Center for the Humanities.

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Shawn Barber illustrated a gas tank for Harley Davidson’s Art of Rebellion show at Robert Berman Gallery. The show opens on Saturday, February 7th and runs until Saturday, February 21st, 2009. Other artists participating in the show include Bob Dob, Shepard Fairey, Tara McPherson and David Trulli, among others. A portion of all proceeds will be donated to Art Matters. A special thanks goes out to Colin Young-Wolff for the photograph!

Robert Berman Gallery 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica, CA

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.

Graham Roumieu will be doing a book-signing at New York’s ComicCon this coming weekend at the Jacob Javits Center in Midtown Manhatten. You can find him at their autographing stage in the rear of the exhibition hall on Friday, February 6th and Saturday, February 7th between 1:00 – 2:00pm.

New York ComicCon @ the Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street, NYC

Shawn Barber contributed a portrait of AC/DC’s Angus Young to World on Fire, a gallery exhibition of portraits of Grammy-nominated artists. The show, curated by the Shooting Gallery, Kris Lewis and Will.i.am, will feature 24 original works with proceeds being donated to the The Pea Pod Foundation. 200 signed prints will also be available for sale during the duration of the exhibition. Participating artists include Shepard Fairey, Ron English, Gary Baseman, Lori Earley, Travis Louie and many more. The exhibition runs from February 2nd to 8th, from 10am to 6pm daily.

Opening reception: Monday, February 2nd, 2009 8pm-midnight
Sponsored by Gen-Arts, Juxtapoz Magazine and The Pea Pod Foundation

Pacific Electric Lofts, 610 S. Main St., Los Angeles CA

Emiliano Ponzi has been busy and amongst his recent assignments he illustrated not only the February cover of Currents Magazine, but also the February cover of Financial Planning. Both magazines ran features inside that included his illustrations as well.