Last updated 08/21/08
More shows! I'm stoked and getting booked up...
In the talks an art show in East Lansing, Michigan, in the gallery space, (SCENE) Metrospace, in September.
A painting show in December, in my home town Schaffhausen (Switzerland), Ebnat 65, in conjunction with SHKUNST08, and the Schaffhauser Art Federation.
Further along, I'm excited for the interactive poster show, an art project between Rhode Island poster artists and Chicago poster artists and public space, that will happen in February. I'm working around the paper folding art of Renzuru for this project.
Hopefully a show with Nick at Lula's, here in Chicago, in March. But nothing is confirmed, yet, for the latter.
Just finished with Nick the Wire and Walkmen poster. Please check it out on's Sonnenzimmer's poster page.
3 new paintings posted from the Busted Amp show.
Gonna work it, work it. Check this out. Want a commissioned posters? Terms and condition?
2 weeks turnaround, no logos, no proof, no pdf, not limited in colors (but this can largely vary), just the surprise into your hands. Up for the challenge as a client?
This Summer has been insanely busy. We got some new equipment at our print shop, Sonnenzimmer, meaning a semi-automatic press. This was exciting - the prospectus of print runs we can now tackle. At the same time, I have been a bit stagnant with putting out work due to scrambeling for finanzing to make that happen and thus taking on more jobs, then originaly intended. The last few months, I have been busy teaching at Columbia College and leading a workshops at Young Chicago Authors in conjunction with Say What Magazine. That's that.
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Chicago Reader T-shirt
Chicago Reader has a new T-shirt design from me. The illustration looks something like this. I'll post some pictures soon. The T-shirts are available at the Chicago Reader (11 E. Illinois, Chicago, IL 60611) or you can get them at the Alley Store (3228 North Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60657.
FLATSTOCK 9
A poster convention organized by the American Poster Institue, will be taking place in Chicago on the last weekend of July, in conjunction with the Pitchfork Music Festival. Come to Union Square and dance in the summer heat. Nick and me will be having a booth there. Drop on by and slap us a high five. Gee whizz, it's not all buiz!
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Opening of Sonnenzimmer
Nick Butcher and me are combining our painting studios. But in addition we'll be opening up a print shop, to persue our printing endeavors. We decided to call our atelier Sonnenzimmer.
Limited T-shirt Edition now available!!!
Punk planet is putting out a "limited artist t-shirt print subscription series" and asked me to participate alongside other artists such as Jay Ryan, Andy mueller, Christa Donner, Paul Hornschemeier, Leia Bell, Megan Kelso. To meet demand, they are offering the last three shirts in the series as their own subscription for $60. The t-shirt will be available in all sizes and only purchasable through Punk Planet. Each shirt is limited to a print run of 100 pieces, with individual shirts for sale only in their release months for $25 each.
If you are into pink lemonade and Inuits, this one is yours as well as mine. It's coming out February, 2006.
Awesome! Katie Rodrigues, a collegue artist at the Splat Flats, works for this non-profit organization called Marwen. They give free art classes to kids between 6 and 12. This thursday, March 2nd, Katie organized a tour for the kids to take a peak in artists studios. I hope the kids won't laugh at me. I hope the kids laugh at me. Haha!
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Currently working on a series of light boxes. Painting objects, you can hang up, take down and look through. I got this idea from building architectural models with my sister. She introduced me to these shadow boxes, which simulate a lighting of a room. The idea also that there's light boxes used as therapy for depression also made me think about what can a box do to push one's perspective and physche. What if there is a box, that can make you feel like you are discovering something new and reminds you that there is still a whole new world to discover and make. What does a cube do that exposes something inside? This first proto light box is simple and it's simplicity helped me grasp that simple thought. I call it, Camera Mellen.
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Moved some doors down in the Splat Flats studio, where I rent. One more additonal window, alley view, good times to have more people over. Funny - now it's not like 9x9ft but big enough to have a lill' pit going. Where you punkrock once? Mosh on.
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My first mural project is done. It was quite an experience painting on such a scale and in a different environment. Sketching something and then scaling it to a wall. Makes me envious of all those mural artists in India who paint those Bollywood advertisements.
Also finally in the get-go to conquer the world – the Drinkhorchata website!
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Yo, check this out, Splat Flats Chicago, the place I have my studio in, will have an open house, October 7 from 7 – 10 pm. It's part of the Chicago Artists' Month. Drop on by, if you are in the Wicker Park area to break some pretzels with me.
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