coming soon in TORONTO

METHINKS presents NYC RETRO SHOW
a living, breathing mash-up scrapbook exhibition at PROJECT 165

nov 27 - dec 7


photo by karol orzechowski, 2009. http://decipherimages.com/

pRojeCt 165
165 augusta ave. (kensington market)
tues - sat / 12-4pm
director: ryan ringer
contact: methinkspresents@gmail.com

THIS MONTH

WHITE WATER GALLERY presents:

National Juried Drawing Exhibition

Nov 14th – Dec 12th, 2009

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PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

dianne allen

aleks bartosik

liv bonlin

gail bourgeois

claire domitric

midori fullerton

erica gajewski

john graham

sandra gregson

ashley guindon

toni hamel

sara hartland-rowe

jane irwin

sophie jodoin

betty kaser

robert malinowski

faye mullen

nancy oakes

lois stebbins

steven stowell

graeme welch

olexander wlasenko

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HOURS:

Tuesday - Friday 3pm - 7pm & Saturday 12 - 7pm

Phone: (705) 476-2444

Email: info@whitewatergallery.com

White Water Gallery

101 Main St. E.

P.O. Box 1491

North Bay ON

P1B1A9

ON NOW! - IN TORONTO

HEADBONES GALLERY presents:
ALEKS BARTOSIK + ROBIN TEWES

november 13 - december 7, 2009


bartosik. knight and her horse. 2009. acrylic, pencil & gesso on paper. (detail)

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I'm very excited to be exhibiting with a very talented artist from NYC, Robin Tewes. Her work is very interesting! I'm also pleased to announce that Braz King accompanied me in my drawing event on the opening night with his guitar solo.

To view the exhibition catalogue please visit the gallery web-site at: http://www.headbonesgallery.com

I am happy and proud to share with you the essay that James D. Campbell wrote on my work. To read Dark Karma: Uncensored Thoughts on the Art of Aleks Bartosik, please visit: http://www.headbonesgallery.com/Spunky%20Rooms/Aleks%20Bartosik%20Commentary%20by%20Campbell.htm

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HEADBONES GALLERY > 260 carlaw ave. unit 102, TORONTO

BROOKLYN > me thinks crew exhibition

the drawing event.

2nd, 5th and 6th photo by Karol Orzechowski.
check out his wicked work at:
http://decipherimages.com/


starting out drawing


close-up (photo by Karol Orzechowski)


the black wall drawing


the changed centaur


the hands and the girl (photo by Karol Orzechowski)


the pet (photo by Karol Orzechowski)


the pet within crowds.


erasure


... and erased.

NYC ROADTRIP is an artist-run travel service, relational art project and psycho-geography experiment. Now in its sixth season, it's geared toward artists, culture-lovers and adventure-seekers alike who want to meet like-minded people, find inspiration and explore everyday urban existence in unusual ways.

The ME THINKS crew, I will be joining them, will be hosting the New York City edition of our most recent touring art show titled We Made a Deal with the Devil.

http://methinkspresents.org/expedition

We are producing this event in collaboration with some of our NYC friends, including the fine people of BAP.

http://brooklynartproject.org/

DETAILS:

I will be doing my drawing performance on FRIDAY evening, OCTOBER 30, @ BWAC exhibition space, 499 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn. In association with BAP, featuring GARBAGEFACE

for info CONTACT: Ryan Ringer, director
Methinks + Project 165

methinkspresents@gmail.com
http://methinkspresents.org/nyc

in Thunder Bay, ON

DEFINITELY SUPERIOR ART GALLERY presents:
Headbones' NEOPRIESTS
in Thunder Bay

exhibition dates: september 18 to october 24

www.definitelysuperior.com
to view who the Neopriests are, visit:
http://www.headbonesgallery.com

august - TORONTO

(sold)

new work -2009, pencil + acrylic on drafting paper on canvas.

AWOL GALLERY presents:
square foot

exhibition dates : august 15 – september 6, 2009

2 locations:
AWOL gallery : 78 Ossibgton Ave + 100A Ossington Ave 2nd fl.

tel. (416) 535-5637
http://www.awolgallery.com/square_foot/

galleryELL

Hello everyone,

I would like to welcome you to visit galleryELL established by John Ross in Brooklyn, New York. My work can be seen there. To learn more about the galleryELL and it's selection of artists please visit : http://galleryell.com

Enjoy!

Here's a sample of some of my works you will find in the gallery:

f**k you and the knight who rode in on you, 12x12" oil on canvas, 2009

venus no. 3, 12x12", oil on canvas, 2009

WE MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL TOUR

Methinks Presents:

We Made a Deal with the Devil

JULY 25th - OPENING - toronto
@ Project 165 > 165 Augusta Ave
$5 suggested

(drawing by Rob Mirsky)

TonkaPuma performing (photo by Karol Orzechowski, also yellow photo below by Karol)
"broken conversation" drawing event by me (below)

Drawings, installation, performance and other projects by Alex Bowron, Allison Moore, Andrzej Tarasiuk, Karol Orzechowski, Lisa Keophila, Rick Kresta, Ryan Solski, Ryan Ringer and many other wicked little Deal Makers... who all made me feel very welcomed for the tour! This is a great project that integrates and promotes artistic ideas and spits them out at their surroundings literally! It's a very friendly atmosphere that welcomes artists and passer-byers alike. We Made a Deal with the Devil was originally cooked-up by Ryan Ringer... although now the project includes many talented artists from all parts of Canada. I'm excited to join them in a few of their tour stops.

Performing : Garbageface + TonkaPuma

I had the pleasure to work along side the wicked sounds made by Garbageface (Karol). It was great to draw with a DJ and, naturally, respond to his sound-making with my mark-making! Also - his live performance awakened the rhythms in our minds!

I look forward to meeting up with the Methinks crew again for the tour in Montreal (August 15 + 16)

Montreal tour spots:
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August 15
@ CENTRE CHAT BLEU (w/ Indyish) (night) - 8PM
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For full information about the art, the artists, the tour and each of the stops as they drive across some Canada, visit: http://methinkspresents.org/expedition

and Karol's music at http://www.myspace.com/garbagefacemusic

broken conversation, july 25th ~ me starting the drawing ...

(photo by Ryan Paquiz)

(photo by Karol Orzechowski)

broken conversation, july 25th
my drawing event, what is left of it... after the erasure.

painting event by olka, aka me

Hi everyone,

I would like to first of all thank all those that had helped with the project; the entire wonderful staff of the Art Gallery of Mississauga and my sister Sylwia, and to all those who have came to visit me during the painting event. Thank you for your wonderful enthousiasm and your much appreciated support! The event took place in the skate park in Mississauga at the back of AGM on Sunday July 12th. I painted on a wall where my good friend Jeff Garcia, aka Mangoe Peeler, painted before - notice I left some of his work still... that of which still existed anyways.

Here is the story of the painting... borrowing artichoke hearts, with the help of a friend of mine, the horse-head:

the painting can be seen at any time for as long as it exists.

CHECK OUT > JULY - SEPTEMBER

http://www.methinkspresents.org/expedition/

we made a deal with the devil art tour.
performance and drawing

i will travel with the tour around Canada to participate doing drawing/painting performances, as well as, my horse-heads performance.

details will soon be posted.
* the tour starts in toronto, july 25th! *

mississauga : grassroots arts festival : JULY

Hello everyone,

I would like to invite you to join me at the Grassroots Arts Festival that will be held in Mississauga this Sunday July 12th.

grassroots arts festival: feel the beat + community drumming circle, grassroots art market + live concert featuring folk artist, Peter Katz

my event: i will be painting on a wall behind the AGM, in a humble corner of the skate park, between 4-9pm (with my lovely sister, sylwia ,who will assist me)

location: AGM + central library square + sculpture garden (skate-park): mississauga

vermont studio center - APRIL

i just got back from my artist residency at the vermont studio center (VSC) in johnson. here is some of the work i did there, as well as, a collaborative drawing installation with a fellow artist named michinori maru. there were many talented artists and writers there, which i had the pleasure to meet and work along side of: anitra haendel, sierra nelson, mark dilks, karen rand mitchell, mario romano, jojo austria, karen shueh, rina kato, jane tingley, loren erdrich ... just to name a few (very, very few) ...
http://www.vermontstudiocenter.org/

our studio :


our collaboration :

wall 1 - in progress

detail

wall 2

wall 2 + 3

wall 4

wall 3

painting over the walls

us

photo by beautiful jeff garcia

vermont studio center - my studio

these are some details of the works i did in vermont... most large-scale paintings and drawings, with the exception of the last 2 drawings.


dear water lady, my gold fish how deep you are in the sea, please stay with me (detail - work in progress) pencil and acrylic on paper, 2009

ice maiden (part of my venus in furs series - detail - work in progress) acrylic on canvas, 2009

incomplete conversation, pencil and acrylic on paper, 2009

the horse loves you when you run with her (detail from a series) acrylic and pencil on drafting papers, 2009

the horse loves you when you run with her (detail from a series) acrylic and pencil on drafting papers, 2009

HEADBONES INTRODUCES : THE NEOPRIESTS



the first exhibition of the Neopriests will be held this month
OPENING RECEPTION ON FRIDAY FEBRUARY 13th, 6 - 9pm
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Neopriest – New Pop Realists Intellectually Engaged in Story Telling
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THE NEOPRIESTS ARE : Aleks Bartosik, Osvaldo Castillo, Billy Copley, Scott Ellis, Robert Farmer, Ed Giordano, Ashley Johnson, Zachari Logan, Jesse McCloskey, Scott McEwan, Julie Oakes, Srdjan Segan, and Jenny Tong.

Exhibition runs from February 13 - March 21, 2009
@ Headbones Gallery
260 Carlaw Ave, Unit 102
Toronto, ON M4M 3L1
416-465-7352
Hours: Wed-Sat 12-6PM

http://www.headbonesgallery.com