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THE ART INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA — ORANGE COUNTY PRESENTS:

 MICHAEL KERSHNAR “Holding On and Letting Go” New and Classic Works

GALLERY OPENING | MAY 4, 2010

Join The Art Institute of California — Orange County for an artist’s reception celebrating the work of Michael Kershnar, with a special introduction by Johnny Schillereff, president and founder of Element.

Gallery Reception: 6:00 - 9:30 PM

Hosted Bar & Hors D’oeuvres Q&A with Michael Kershnar: 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Gallery Show: May 4 - 24, 2010

Location: The Art Institute of California — Orange County 3601 West Sunflower Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704-7931

About Michael Kershnar: Michael is a 30 year old artist from Orange County who is currently residing in San Francisco, California. Kershnar’s artistic influences include Robert Crumb, Mike Giant, Lance Mountain, and indigenous artists from all over the world. Coming from deep roots in skateboarding, Kershnar was first published in Thrasher Magazine and subsequently Juxtapoz, and has done art for Toy Machine, Element, Baker, Volcom, and Obey. Additionally, Kershnar has created rock posters for bands such as Wilco, Morrissey, Phil Lesh of the Grateful Dead, Jackson Browne, and The Beastie Boys among others. Kershnar’s work, shown all over America and Europe, is dedicated to the relationship of the human and the spiritual, with a focus on strengthening, enlivening, and progressing along the path to consciousness.

Edge of Love is an exciting new group show curated by Artsprojekt founder Andy Howell and Yasha Young from the Strychnin Gallery in Berlin.

The show features original art from thirteen Artsprojekt Global Creative Network artists. Artsprojekt challenged these artists to capture the “Edge of Love” a moment of collision between passionate love and volatile obsession resulting an explosive and colorful experience. Check out the results!

Featured Artsprojekt Artists.

Amandalynn
Amandalynn works by day as a custom motorcycle and sculpture painter and restoration expert, as well as a freelance muralist. Her evenings are dedicated to her fine art career. Painting late into the evening is one of her favorite vices. She also enjoys painting murals with graffiti artists, and has covered many walls and doorways around the country with her seductive female imagery.
http://www.zazzle.com/amandalynn

Amos Goldbaum
Amos Goldbaum is a 24 year old San Francisco artist working primarily in line. His drawings are interpretations of photos curated from his extensive online image searches. In addition to showing in exhibitions, he operates a curbside vending stand offering his shirts, prints and original drawings.
http://www.zazzle.com/amosgoldbaum

Andy Howell
Andy Howell is the founder and general manager of Artsprojekt, a curated platform that enables emerging and established artists to connect, collaborate and expand original art, designs and ideas with fans and consumers. It’s a playground in which the world’s most creative individuals and brands can turn unique ideas into dynamic product experiences that best represent each individual artist and brand.
http://www.zazzle.com/andyhowell

Christian Rothenhagen
“deerBerlin” – that is how addresses his native city Berlin. Living in Berlin for more than three decades he has many stories to tell. He works in graphic design, illustration, fine art and art installations. His works confront his urban surroundings including the decay, conurbation and agglomeration. His style is is a crossover of design and art that lets his viewers enter the street life of Berlin.
http://www.zazzle.com/rothenhagen

Emilie Record
Emilie Record is a French artist living and working in Shanghai China. She started to paint at the age of 8 and never lost her curiosity for those quiet mutations of human beings. She has designed work around the world including Canada, the US, Europe and Asia.
http://www.zazzle.com/emilie_r

Ginger Che
Ginger Che was born in Taipei, Taiwan in 1970. She moved to Germany with her mother and brother when she was eight-years old. Che lived in Bremen, Germany for 13 years and was a resident of San Diego from 1992 to 2009. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Che is the founder of ‘fathom design’ one-of-a kind jewelry, accessories & clothing, red-ginger clothing & accessories, daydream apparel, jewelry & accessories, Ginger Che Boutique, and ‘gingerche.com’, an online gallery.  

Che studied under Barbara Krueger, Faith Ringgold, Eleanor Antin, David Antin, Italo Scanga, Li Huai, Kim MacConnel, Ernest Silva, and Raul Guerrero. Che earned her BA in Visual Art (Studio) with Honors from University California San Diego.
http://www.zazzle.com/gingerche

Jayson Atienza
Jayson Atienza was born in Batangas City, Philippines, and began drawing at the tender age of five. He perfected his craft in advertising and graphic design at The School of Visual Arts in New York City. After graduating in 1999, he began a now decade long advertising career.

Atienza has produced award-winning work for clients including Guinness, HBO, FedEx, Pepsi, Milky Way & the Financial Times. While at BBDO, he won the agency’s first One Show Gold Pencil for a non-traditional media concept created for Guinness in 2002.

Now a freelance rt director and artist, Atienza is expanding the possibilities of his signature style achieved through meticulous watercolor and ink designs. He produced “We As One,” a Barack Obama-inspired painting for Manifest Hope (Washington, D.C. 2009), and is currently working on an encore piece for Manifest Equality (Los Angeles 2010).
http://www.zazzle.com/jaysonatienza

Jeremy Forson
Jeremy Forson is a San Francisco based artist and illustrator. In addition to his freelance illustration work, he is a regular participant in group and solo gallery exhibitions throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
http://www.zazzle.com/jeremyforson

Jeremyville
Jeremyville is an artist, product designer, animator and human. He wrote and produced the first book in the world on designer toys called Vinyl Will Kill, published by IdN, interviewing people like Fafi, Sarah from Colette, Baseman, Biskup, Pete Fowler, Jason Siu, Kinsey and Kozik.

Jeremyville has worked with clients such as Converse, Rossignol, Colette, Coca Cola, MTV, Kidrobot, Refill, Graniph in Japan, Adio Shoes, STRANGEco, Wooster Collective, Super Rad Toys, Play Imaginative, sketchel, Adidas, Tiger Beer and Tiger Translate, Artoyz in Paris, Domestic Vinyl in Paris, Corbis, Thunderdog, Red Bull, Pop Cling, 55DSL and Beck.
http://www.zazzle.com/jeremyville 

Jesse Reno 
In the latest series of paintings by Portland-based artist Jesse Reno, shamanic beings struggle to find their place in a world simultaneously on the verge of expanding and collapsing. Totem animals and Native American figures reverberate memories of people who once lived as one with nature. Marked by symbols, these figures seek their dreams in the growth of trees and the passing of spirits. On their quest to find their true selves, they collect feathers and relics left by past encounters and past lives. They learn to transcend the boundaries of the rational world evolving into a collage of what they have become and encountered. In this body of work, Reno presents us with a journey leading inward to ultimately expand outward:
http://www.zazzle.com/jessereno

Mike Kershnar
Mike’s influences are indigenous art styles from around the world especially Northern Formline, Aboriginal dreamtime art, and the Huichol aesthetic. It is one of his goals to complete an exhaustive series on North American wildlife to draw attention to the beautiful creatures we co-inhabit this land with.
http://www.zazzle.com/mikekershnar

Pale Horse
Since opening the doors in 2006, Pale Horse has had the opportunity to create artwork for Iron Fist, Nike, Vans, Etnies, Globe, Red Bull, Hurley, Sullen, Mattel, The Cartoon Network and many others. Pale Horse focuses on apparel, action sports market and entertainment industry graphics, logos and typography. Pale Horse, aka Chris Parks, has also shown his illustrations in galleries throughout Florida and across the United States.
http://www.zazzle.com/palehorse

SIT
SIT was part of the Amsterdam creative scene for years. He created action paintings, graphic design, advertising and other things, until he got fed up. Wanting to escape our ruthless 24/7 society of drugs, alcohol, money, deadlines, media, perfection and many expectations, he went back to square one to find his true essence. Back to head and handcraft. Back to basics. No more digital drama. No more wires. No BS. Only black and white. Right and wrong. Love and hate. Adore and despise.
http://www.zazzle.com/SITartwork

Yan Wei
Yan Wei is a Beijing-based artist, whose distinctive style and vision is inspired by her love of reading, films, traveling, and daydreaming. Her illustrations often appear cute and childish, but upon further examination reveal a darker, more sinister sentiment. 
http://www.zazzle.com/kokomoo

Edge of Love. An international group show curated by Andy Howell and Yasha Young.

Show opens April 9th at 7 pm. Runs until May 9th.

Opening times: Thursday- Sunday 12 noon - 6 pm

Strychnin Gallery Contact: Miriam Bischoff

Boxhagenerstr. 36 pr@strychnin.com

10245 Berlin phone: 0170 - 4161108

www.strychnin.com

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