...Elroy Artspace presents a January First Thursday opening reception and two-month exhibition of GNOME inspired fine art in "Gnomeland: the Evolution of Gnomus sapiens". Opening Reception on Jan. 5th at 300 SW 6th Ave. in Downtown PDX, 5-8pm.
In this group exhibition of art inspired by the imagery and tradition of the fabled Garden Gnome, we examine the ongoing evolution of the most gifted and beloved of the Elvish races.
Today’s garden gnomes as we know them spawned out of 19th century Europe, where their forefather “Gartenzwergs” originated in Thuringia, Germany. Thriving throughout Mid-century America in the decades following WWII, they have protected and assisted their human-keepers’ plots as night watchmen and nocturnal gardeners, secretly lending their hands at some lawn tending and weeding.
“Gnomeland | the Evolution of Gnomus sapiens” group exhibition will feature the original fine art of local and national artists Claudia Porter, Brooke Weston, Carolina Seth, Tripper Dungan, John Mulder142, Ashley Costa, Britton Walters, Jonathon Hill-Jacquard, Candy Weil, Chrissie Hart and others inspiriting the continued evolution and perpetuation of these fine little fellows.
Elroy Artspace Gallery resides within the walls of The Original, Portland's downtown destination for all-day dining, renews the spirit of diners and supper clubs from the 1950s and 60s by serving up playful variations on the era's standards of food, art and design. So come and enjoy an evening of colorful, roadside-history art and that much deserved First Thursday nightcap. Settle into a spacious booth for a night of conversation and a cocktail, or stretch out in our plush retro-luxe banquette for an elegant dinner. With an innovative and colorful menu of classic favorites in an atmosphere that's stylish, sophisticated and cool, The Original honors the past as it listens in on the pulse of Portland's adventurous and evolving tastes.
...Elroy Artspace presents a November First Thursday opening reception and month-long exhibition of George Perrou's fine art in "Flashbacks of Yestermorrow."
In the artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, Perrou takes us all to another place – one to which we’ve been and will be again, but does not exist today.
Flashbacks of Yestermorrow features Perrou’s trademark style of imagery inspired by the cartoons and atomic-age designs of his baby-boomer youth. Nostalgic for a time before video games and text messages, Perrou rekindles a childlike sense of wonderment in his paintings, recalling an era when encyclopedia pictures and TV images brought more questions than answers to the mysteries of the world around us. With unique shapes and colors which have come to immediately identify the works as ‘a Perrou’, his paintings in Flashbacks of Yestermorrow take us generations aback into the mid-century era which he so tactically creates, while simultaneously giving us a snapshot into an idealized future which waits for us ahead.
George Perrou’s art is inspired by mid-century animation, and gives nods to Miro, Kandinsky and Calder. Channeling the the Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. cartoons of his youth, Perrou's is a style all his own, painting colorful abstractions of reality onto the canvas using retro and modern colors in acrylic. George lives and paints in the creative epicenter of Portland, Oregon.
...Elroy Artspace at The Original Dinerant presents a September First Thursday opening reception and month-long exhibition of Chris Haberman's fine art in "The Nifty Fifties"
Chris Haberman is a working writer, painter, muralist, curator and musician - native to Portland, Oregon. Aside from painting, he is an award-winning writer and has published poetry, journalism and fiction - and is a lifetime member to the Academy of American Poets.
Almost all of Cris Haberman's artwork is created recycled objects, found material from the streets and alleyways of his hometown - A discarded cabinet door or table top quickly becomes the backdrop for an integrated puzzle-poem of figures and text, focusing on subjects like people, politics, the region, pop-culture, media, music, film and literature.
Mayor Sam Adams has said (and EVERYone knows) that “Chris is the hardest working artist in Portland.” Chris' first curatorship was a 2007 show for Adams in Portlands City Hall. He has also shown with Juxtapoz Magazine and state-wide arts fair “Oregon Art Annual” and is a frequent contributor to local artwalks, school fairs and open studio tours. Chris was a feature artist for Oregon Art Beat on Oregon Public Broadcasting and was awarded “Portland Artist of the Year” for Barfly Magazine.
Besides making art, Chris is also a fervent freelance curator and arts advocate, coordinating hundreds of Portland art exhibits with regional artists since 2001, founding first a non-profit (Portland City Art) and then Chris Haberman Presents and The People's Art of Portland (with fellow artist/curator Jason Brown).
Chris happily lives and works in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, with his very supportive family, and his wonderful Alabamian girlfriend and their two dogs...
Group Exhibition | July/August 2011 Elroy Artspace @ The Original | 300 SW 6th (Downtown PDX) Opening Reception – (First) Thursday, July 7th, 5-9pm show runs July 7th through September 7th, 2011 Elroy Artspace Gallery to Features its 2nd Annual Tiki Fine Art Group Show Opening on July’s First Thursday Artwalk! * "Scootiki: Mods & Gods" will enjoy another FUN and HUGE opening at our gallery home within The Original Dinerant!
* Elroy will unveil and sell a custom TIki Mug for the Scootiki event at the opening reception! It's designed by tiki artistMulder142 in collaboration with, and produced by Paul Neilson of Munktiki! This gorgeous mug will be a limited and Super-limited edition for sale on a first-come basis.
* Portland’s own Tiki drink mixologist and historian Craig Hermann a.k.a. Colonel Tiki has created a new Tiki drink for the mug: the SCOOTIKI SLING, unveiled and served on First Thursday, made with and sponsored by Portland’s B.G. Renyolds Exotic Syrups and Sailor Jerry Rum! Check this out!:
SCOOTIKI SLING: 2 oz Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum 1/2 oz B.G. Reynolds Orgeat 1/2 oz Crème de Cacao 1/2 oz Cherry flavor Brandy 1/2 oz lemon juice dash bitters... ...Shake with 6 oz crushed ice and pour into official Scootikimug. Garnish with a spanked mint sprig and maraschino cherries run through on a parasol pick. Imbibe.
* Elroy's "Scootiki: Mods & Gods" show will serve also as the official Art Show of the National Lambretta Jamboree held in Portland July 8-10th!
* The "Scootiki" show will also be a featured Saturday event on the Tiki Kon IX schedule, proudly hosting the Kon’s avid tiki fans with fine, Tiki art!
* Check out the http://bit.ly/NNotesTikihttp://bit.ly/NNotesTikiweeblylink_new_window our friend and writer Chad Walsh wrote about the show, the upcoming Tiki Kon, and the state of Tiki in PDX
Elroy Artspace Gallery is pleased to announce Lollipop Circus | a Calderesque Homage, a group exhibition of art comprising imagery inspired by that of Alexander Calder, one of America’s foremost modern artists, internationally recognized for his invention of the mobile and his large-scale sculptures. This is Elroy Artspace’s second show highlighting works created by contemporary artists as inspired by those of mid-century masters, following last season’s “Dreams of Eames” exhibition.
It is said that during an era of constant artistic upheaval, Calder’s personal aesthetic revolution approached a somewhat taboo topic in the art world — fun, and so his prolific and passionate output brought with it a humor and sense of play unlike any before, ignoring the formal structures of art and in so doing redefining what art could be. It’s from this point of view that “Lollipop Circus” celebrates Calder. The show name derives from favorite pervading ingredients of Calder’s oeuvre – the shapely ‘lollipop’ loops of his purist, primary color palette, and the Cirque Calder - his miniature circus of tiny wire performers that proved to serve as a laboratory in which some of the most original features of his later work were to be developed.
“Lollipop Circus | A Calderesque Homage” group exhibition will feature the original art of over ten contemporary fine artists, presenting works inspired by the gifts and passion of this legendary American artist who was committed to creating art free from the pretentions of the art world.
Elroy Artspace is curating this show at its gallery within The Original (located at 300 SW 6th Ave. in downtown Portland, OR). Elroy Artspace is a gallery whose mission is to enhance the human experience by introducing fine, modernist art to fans, professionals and others concerned with bringing color and beauty into the home and workspace.
For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Artspace Gallery, Elroy Art Agency, artwork sales and leasing or art in the show, please contact: Joe Staskerz, Owner, Elroy Art Agency: Joe@ElroyArt.com (503) 609-0503 www.ElroyArt.com.
Brian Kappel | CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast Solo Exhibition | May 2011 Elroy Artspace @ The Original | 300 SW 6th (Downtown PDX)
Elroy Artspace Gallery is pleased to announce CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, a solo exhibition of fine, folk art by Brian Kappel. In the artist’s first exhibition with Elroy Artspace, CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, Kappel presents a series of vintage-inspired gastronomic ads, icons and brands, envisioned by him and laser cut from sheets of wood.
Kappel earned a Visual Arts degree from Penn State and is trained in watercolor and enjoys using all manner of disciplines of art and design in his work, but has found a “niche nirvana” working in wood. “The character of the wood grain gets me excited,” he says of it, “because I think it adds a depth and voice to the work that I could not achieve on a canvas or paper.” Brian hand sketches everything, which leads sometimes to an incorporation of typefaces, and sometimes leading to a fully hand painted piece which he can rough-up to round out a look that feels very aged, very authentic and very cool.
“They’re fun,” says Brian about the pieces in CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, “there are no deep brooding meanings in them, no ethereal symbolism, no divine purpose.” And Brian is further-excited to be doing a breakfast imagery-focused show, he shared, because his wife has been looking forward to a show like this for some time.
Brian Kappel is a Portland, OR based artist who finds inspiration in the visuals of his past. He grew up on B-movies, sci-fi, Twilight Zones and Saturday morning cartoons – whose vestiges can be seen in the robots, landscapes, monsters, still-lifes, or a convoluted combo of them all in his work. “I draw. I paint. I create. Give me a sketchbook, a stack of oatmeal raisin cookies and a Godzilla marathon and I will fall into a state of bliss-filled euphoria not commonly seen without outside narcotic influences,” says Brian, “And if the ideas are flowing, any and all subjects are in play.”
Elroy Artspace is curating this show at The Original (located at 300 SW 6th Ave. in downtown Portland, OR). Elroy Artspace is a gallery whose mission is to enhance the human experience by introducing fine, fun art to design professionals and others concerned with bringing color and beauty into the home and workspace.
For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Artspace Gallery, Elroy Art Agency or Brian Kappel artwork sales and leasing or art in the show, please contact: Joe Staskerz, Owner, Elroy Art Agency: Joe@ElroyArt.com (503) 609-0503 www.ElroyArt.com.
Brian Kappel | CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast Solo Exhibition | April 2011 The Original | 300 SW 6th (Downtown PDX) Opening Reception - Thursday, April 7th, 5-9pm
Elroy Artspace Gallery Announces ‘CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast’, a Solo Exhibition of Fine Art by Brian Kappel at The Original in Portland, OR
Portland, OR (March 24, 2011) -- Elroy Artspace Gallery is pleased to announce CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, a solo exhibition of fine, folk art by Brian Kappel. In the artist’s first exhibition with Elroy Artspace, CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, Kappel presents a series of vintage-inspired gastronomic ads, icons and brands, envisioned by him and laser cut from sheets of wood.
Kappel earned a Visual Arts degree from Penn State and is trained in watercolor and enjoys using all manner of disciplines of art and design in his work, but has found a “niche nirvana” working in wood. “The character of the wood grain gets me excited,” he says of it, “because I think it adds a depth and voice to the work that I could not achieve on a canvas or paper.” Brian hand sketches everything, which leads sometimes to an incorporation of typefaces, and sometimes leading to a fully hand painted piece which he can rough-up to round out a look that feels very aged, very authentic and very cool.
“They’re fun,” says Brian about the pieces in CEREAL: a View of Break*Fast, “there are no deep brooding meanings in them, no ethereal symbolism, no divine purpose.” And Brian is further-excited to be doing a breakfast imagery-focused show, he shared, because his wife has been looking forward to a show like this for some time.
Brian Kappel is a Portland, OR based artist who finds inspiration in the visuals of his past. He grew up on B-movies, sci-fi, Twilight Zones and Saturday morning cartoons – whose vestiges can be seen in the robots, landscapes, monsters, still-lifes, or a convoluted combo of them all in his work. “I draw. I paint. I create. Give me a sketchbook, a stack of oatmeal raisin cookies and a Godzilla marathon and I will fall into a state of bliss-filled euphoria not commonly seen without outside narcotic influences,” says Brian, “And if the ideas are flowing, any and all subjects are in play.”
Elroy Artspace is curating this show at The Original (located at 300 SW 6th Ave. in downtown Portland, OR). Elroy Artspace is a gallery whose mission is to enhance the human experience by introducing fine, fun art to design professionals and others concerned with bringing color and beauty into the home and workspace.
For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Artspace Gallery, Elroy Art Agency or Brian Kappel artwork sales and leasing or art in the show, please contact: Joe Staskerz, Owner, Elroy Art Agency: Joe@ElroyArt.com (503) 609-0503 www.ElroyArt.com.
...construction going on in our neighborhood during the daytime - guess they didn't want the bright-lit signage to create a hazard for drivers after dark!
Michael Costello | Lost on the Off-Ramp Solo Exhibition | January 6 through February 27, 2011 The Original | 300 SW 6th (Downtown PDX) Opening Reception - Thursday, January 6th, 5-9pm
Elroy Artspace Gallery Announces ‘Lost on the Off-Ramp’, a Solo Exhibition of Fine Art Pastels by Michael Costello at The Original in Portland, OR
Portland, OR (December 10, 2010) -- Elroy Artspace Gallery is pleased to announce Lost on the Off-Ramp, a solo exhibition of fine art pastels by Michael Costello. In the artist’s first exhibition with Elroy Artspace, Lost on the Off-Ramp, Costello presents a series of pastels featuring cross-sections of vintage hotel and restaurant neon signage, in their current states of decay, with a realism approach. An active artist in varying medium for two decades and PNCA (Pacific Northwest College of Art) graduate, Costello applies hard pastels to his passion for “the preservation of a past not so far away,” he says.
Raised in the Northern California hills of Monterey County but off to the road in pursuit of his artistic education at 16, Costello is “driven by long road trips and the unique stops they have to offer,” Michael shares, “and with the works in Lost on the Off-Ramp I strive to preserve the ever-so-quickly disappearing feeling of ‘Americana’ that once filled the highways.”
Training and working in commercial, sculptural and fine art pottery as well, Costello also ran a surf shop in Hawaii and is still an avid skateboarder. He’s made his way across the United States and even France to build his education and practice of art. The endless band of highways traveled in this enduring journey (which led him to Portland for art school in 2003) has brought Michael a love for their stories. “Maybe it comes from a broken light or a rusty sign,” he shares, “but most of all my inspiration comes from the road.”
Michael Costello has been a professional artist since the age of 16, when a children’s book he illustrated was published (Island Heritage), inspiring him to Hawaii for furthering his artistic studies. In 2003 he moved to Portland to attend the Pacific Northwest College of Art. He was the first recipient of Nike-sponsored Global Studios Scholarship to the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art in France. Upon return he graduated from PNCA with a BFA in painting. Today he works primarily in hard pastels out of his studio in Portland, OR.
Elroy Artspace is curating this show at The Original (located at 300 SW 6th Ave. in downtown Portland, OR). Elroy Artspace is a gallery whose mission is to enhance the human experience by introducing fine, fun art to design professionals and others concerned with bringing color and beauty into the home and workspace.
For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Artspace Gallery, Elroy Art Agency or Michael Costello artwork sales and leasing, please contact: Joe Staskerz, Owner, Elroy Art Agency: Joe@ElroyArt.com (503) 609-0503 www.ElroyArt.com.
Atomic Tiki Group Exhibition | August 1 through August 27, 2010 Opening Tiki Party - Sunday, August 1st Client Reception (Private) - Wednesday, August 4th, 4-7pm Opening Reception - Thursday, August 5th, 5-10pm
ATOMIC TIKI – Portland, Oregon gallery Elroy Artspace will present for its August 2010 exhibition “Atomic Tiki”, a group show of wall-hangable tiki-inspired art.
The show will feature art which contains Tiki imagery and evokes the gilded age of lust for Polynesian design, palette and mystery as approached from an Americana mid-century sensibility!
The ‘Atomic Tiki’ exhibition will serve also as the art show for Portland’s ‘Tiki Kon’ festival, and will be a featured stop on the Tiki-Kon bus tour, bringing rabid tiki fans into the gallery for partying and purchasing of the artworks! Elroy Artspace enjoys a large fan and buying base, and the gallery’s opening receptions are also part of the much-hyped monthly First Thursday Pearl District Art Walk. The exhibition will continue for the month of August as a show exclusively of this genre. Gallery commission on sales is 50% of the art sale amount.
For the purpose of this show, ‘Atomic Tiki’ is considered as any wall-hangable art of the Tiki genre. Authentic and creative representations are encouraged and heavily weighted.
Submissions are fee-free and shall be received on or before the July 18th, and limited to only one email containing no more than 5 images in .jpeg format, and must include details of the works including printed sizes, expected retail price, artist’s website, etc. Send submission via email to: AtomicTikiElroyArtspace@gmail.com - no snail-mail or phonecalls, thank you.
Art accepted into the exhibition will be announced on July 19th, and must be shipped by the artist as completely ready-to-hang and sell, and received in Portland, OR on or before Monday, July 26th.
Open to U.S. based artists at least 18 years old, both amateurs and professionals are encouraged, as we wish to showcase all talents in our shared love of this genre!
Elroy is a personification of the efforts by Elroy Artspace Gallery in Portland, OR and Elroy Art Agency. See more about Elroy here: http://bit.ly/about_Elroy
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