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Artist Talk Thursday, April 11, 7pm

4/7/2019

I'll be participating in an artist talk with Simone Gad & Marsian De Lellis as part of our exhibition Stuck Together at Track 16 Gallery. The conversation will be led by Marcus Kuiland-Nazario. Come say hello, see the work and learn more about what inspired this show.
Thursday, April 11 at 7pm at Track 16 Gallery in the Bendix Building, DTLA.
Additional info here.
Below image: a series of works from my White Rabbits installation. See images of the entire series here.

Stuck Together at Track 16 Gallery

3/4/2019

I'll be showing a new body of work in the back gallery at Track 16 as part of Stuck Together: Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad & Debra Broz. Over the past 2 months, I've collected and altered 25 ceramic rabbits originally created in the 1950s and '60s by the Japanese company Lefton. White rabbits are albinos created by selective breeding and have been a prime source for fur and animal testing, but they are also a symbol of Easter and the catalyst that brought Alice to Wonderland. My White Rabbits are a study of variations on a single form, each alteration is a walk into the realm of possibility with an animal that represents the dual worlds of science and magic.

From the press release:
Track 16 presents “Stuck Together,” an exhibition featuring Marsian De Lellis, Simone Gad, and Debra Broz. The three Los Angeles-based artists create a handmade response to mass-produced images and objects, re-contextualizing and re-purposing through collage and assemblage. The work consists of anthropomorphic imagery—animals and representations of bodies. Each artist imparts into the work an aura that is both ludic and obsessive, and each artist gives attention to objects and creatures that might be discarded, and instead reworks, reinvents, and gives the objects a chance to stand up, warts and all.

Runs through May 11.
See the press release for more about the exhibit here.

Stuck Together opens Saturday, March 16, 7-10 pm and will be up through May 11 at Track 16 Gallery, 1206 Maple Ave, #1005, Downtown, Los Angeles, 90015

Photo by Sean Meredith, Track 16

QiPO 01 in Mexico City

2/6/2019

I'm very excited to announce that I will have a sculpture in QiPO 01 as part of Mexico City's Art Fair Week with Los Angles art collective Monte Vista Projects.

QiPO 01 is the first iteration of international art exhibits co-organized by members of the QiPO curatorial collective. QiPO 01 features galleries, curators, artists and collectives from cities in Europe, Asia and the Americas including Mexico City, Berlin, Los Angeles and Tokyo.

This event will take place at uninhabited, repurposed storefront spaces in an impressive structure constructed during the Porfiriato period in Mexico City’s Historic Center within walking distance from notable galleries and major art events happening simultaneously. The classic building and our art event is situated in front of the Reloj Chino (Chinese clock), one of Mexico City’s emblematic roundabout monuments which was gifted to the city from China more than 100 years ago.

Unlike other gallery shows and fairs happening during this time, QiPO 01 will be a multi-project exhibition conceived, designed and hand-made by the organizers from the ground up. Not so much a radical departure, we hope this showcase will provide an unconventional and refreshing context to the city’s more “official” events.

Voyage LA Interveiw

1/22/2019

I did a little interview with Voyage LA earlier this month. If you've ever wanted to know my origin story, or wanted to know more about my process, you can get the scoop in this interview! Read it here.

Outside the Box 2 Opening Saturday

12/12/2018

Outside the Box 2 is opening at bG Gallery in Santa Monica this Saturday, December 15 from 5-9 pm. This group show includes several of my works, including some I just finished today! If you're in the LA area come out and see. The show will be up through mid-January.

Plants Show at Giant Robot

8/3/2018

Seeing Irises, 2015, 12" diameter

I'll have two altered plates, the Seeing Flowers, in the Plant Show at Giant Robot store. The show opens this Saturday, August 4 in conjunction with the GR2 15th Anniversary Party across the street. More details here.

Artists in the plant show are: Aaron Brown, Alisha Sofia, Alex Kao, Allison Bamcat, Angela Song, Bonnie Lui, Brian Luong, Brittany Douziech, Bryan Wong, Cassia Lupo, Chris Youssef, Dale Raines, Darrenin and Trishakin Inouye, Debra Broz, Deth P. Sun, Erick Martinez, Eunice San Miguel, Federico Tobon, Flat Bonnie, Hooked Hands, Jeni Yang, Junko Ogawa, Junyi Wu, Justine Lin, Kevin Luong, Lauren Denitzio, Lisa Kogawa, Lisa Perrin, Lisa Vanin, Little Friends of Printmaking, Maggie Chiang, Mari Inukai, Ming Ong, Moira Hahn, Nancy Chiu, Naoshi, Nellie Le, Nikki Longfish, Patrick Hruby, Phoebe Kobabe, Po Yan Leung, Rebecca Wang, Renee French, Roland Tamayo, Sanaa Khan, Shihori Nakayama, Stasia Burrington, Susie Ghahremani, Theo Ellsworth, Thinh Nguyen, Tiffany Le, Tiffany Liu, Yuki Mori, Yu Maeda, Yumi Yamazaki

This is Colossal

6/17/2018

I was incredibly excited to be featured on the "This is Colossal" arts and culture website earlier this month. I've followed, and been inspired by, the artists and designers that have been featured over the years and I'm truly thrilled that now I'm one of them!

Click here to read the article.

Shoutout to Laura Staugaitis for writing this and to Lustik, the Tumblr account where she found me.

Second Glimpses & Alternate Forms

5/26/2018

Friday, June 1, I'll be a part of Second Glimpses & Alternate forms, a group show of Los Angeles based artists set in a hundred year old California craftsman. Artissts include myself, Phoebe Clemens Riggs Anderson, Kate Barbee, Cheryl Bently, Alexander Meadows, Shea Vititow. This show is one night only, Friday, June 1, 7-11 pm.

Spider Monkeys, 2018

Year of the Dog at Giant Robot

3/1/2018

The Year of the Dog is here!

I'll have two sculptures in the Year of the Dog show (including this pair of Corgie - Finches) at the Giant Robot Store in LA opening this Saturday, March 3. Curated by Cassia Lupo, there are a ton of artists in this show, and who doesn't want to see a bunch of art about dogs?!

Click here for details.

A concurrent reception will be happening at GR2 for the show MOMO NO Sekku.

Natural 20 at TSA LA/ Monte Vista Projects

2/10/2018

Opening tonight, February 10, 7-10 pm, I'll have several works in Natural 20, a collaboration between Austin's ICOSA art collective and artist-run spaces Tiger Strikes Asteroid Los Angeles and Monte Vista Projects at the Bendix building in downtown LA.
At this time last week I had no idea that I would have work in this show. In a terrible turn of events, all the artwork shipped to LA from Austin was stolen (story here). As they say, the show must go on, so ICOSA has hand-carried work from Austin, and artist friends from Austin now living in LA were asked to bring in work. This has been a true community effort - come out and see! Through March 4. More details here.