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This group show will feature the work of both local and international artists, all of whom are expert illustrators and masters of their trade.
PALEHORSE
Chris Parks is the digital illustrator and fine artist known as Palehorse. Growing up on a steady diet of straight edge hardcore, Tampa metal bands, skateboarding and tattoo art, Chris later became formally trained in Graphic & Interactive Communication at the Ringling College of Art & Design. After graduation and 4 years of emersion into the design agency world by day and taking on freelance illustration projects for bands and surf/skate companies by night, Chris took the leap to open his own studio and gallery space in 2006. With well over a decade of experience now as a professional illustrator, Palehorse creates incredibly rich and detailed work, that draws influence from his roots, combined with an ongoing fascination for traditional Southeast Asian and Latin cultures, cultivated by travel and a love of temples, nature, esoteric art, mythology and spiritual practice.In addition to his silk screened gig posters, skateboards, apparel designs, murals and gallery artwork, the bold, colorful and intricate illustrations of Palehorse have been commissioned by clients such as: Under Armour, Nike, Mini Cooper, DC Snowboards, WWE, Hasbro, Penguin Books, Modelo, Brisk, Foo Fighters, Queens of the Stone Age, Primus, Sonos, Variety Magazine, Wired Magazine and many others.
REWINA BESHUE
Rewina Beshue is an illustrator, graphic designer and digital artist based in San Francisco, CA. She started teaching herself graphic design in high school and eventually went on to study design and visual communication at San Francisco State University. Her work explores ideas of memory and time, referencing theories of the 4th dimension in her geometric drawings. She has a keen eye for experimental and contemporary design. She also explores styles of modern abstract expressionism with shapes. Her creativity extends beyond illustration, she also works with typography and video animation. Rewina’s work ranges from her personal pieces to commissioned designs. She is actively involved in the Bay Area arts community. Most of work is inspired by the strong advocacy for individuality which is inspired by her home town, San Francisco.
HILDA PALAFOX
Hilda Palafox is an artist who balances fluidity, simplicity and a sort of visual poetry in her work. She lives and works in the chaos that is Mexico City and yet her work is ever more calm and romantic. Moving swiftly between illustrations, ceramics and murals, her characters blend into their surroundings to remind us of a graceful nostalgia carried on by their light bodies.
MARCELO CUNHA
Marcelo Malni makes obsessive art. Art of details. Minimal and entangled. Where the excess of organization confounds, astonishes and unveils, indeed, an irresistible chaos. However, there is also the relief of the loose and winding curves. Influence of a look used to Rio de Janeiro. Marcelo was born in 1980 in Rio, studied Graphic Design and worked as art director. Now, he lives in São Paulo and takes part in the indie publishers and printed art movement.
CONRAD GARNER
Internationally award winning illustrator, designer and art & creative director. Specializing in packaging, branding, and advertising. I grew up always pursuing what made me curious. Playing the drums in bands with friends is where it started for me. I discovered my passion for art and design when I was promoting my different bands in high school. We had no budget for self-promotion, posters, flyers or merchandise. The hand crafted DIY mentality of making something your own, to share with people, connect with and inspire them, became an absolute obsession. Old toys, movies, stories, ads, packaging, and comics influence my work. I love hiking through the mountains or desert as much as I do walking around the city to absorb creative energy and inspiration. My process combines illustration, hand lettering, photography, painting, screen-printing, collage and digital design.
MONICA GARWOOD
Monica Garwood is an illustrator, designer, and painter living and working in San Francisco. She graduated with honors from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Illustration. She works in watercolor and gouache and her work is primarily figurative and focused on shape, color, and pattern. Her clients include: Penguin Random House, Facebook, The New York Times, Johnson & Johnson, Pinterest, GAP, and Communication Arts
SKYE BOLLUYT
As a girl who once thought “waxing” at a salon was shining the bald head of a customer like a surf board, Skye Bolluyt has been nothing short of equally confused and inspired by everyday life as a female mortal. This fascination informs her illustrations which often attempt to unlock this hidden femininity and interconnections under the nose of the day to day. Skye delved into these practices in her studies at Moore College of Art and Design and has since then has moved to NYC. There, she continues to discover art through life and to sneak her illustrations into the likes of Communication Arts, Juxtapoz, 3×3 Magazine, Creative Quarterly, Philadelphia Sketch Club gallery, among other gracious publications, clients, and galleries.
LORRAINE SORLET
Lorraine Sorlet is a French illustrator. She graduated from Gobelins l’école de l’image. After a year in San Francisco as an animator in the Oddfellows studio, she now devotes herself essentially to illustration, her first and true love. Lorraine Sorlet draws her inspiration from everyday life, human and loving relationships. In her creations she likes to combine colors and patterns to create a universe of love and tenderness.
