Nicolette Battad is New York City born and Detroit based artist and illustrator. Her work is largely influenced by deep dreams and the unsettling visitors you meet there, dark heroines with striking garb and third eyes.
Nudi I was created after my recent discovery and fascination of Nudibranch. These sea cucumbers and jelly-like mollusks are whimsical, colorful, and carnivorous — Here, embodied by an equally colorful and carnivorous protector who’s hungry for some snacks and a fish taco.
SaveArtSpace partnered with Tumblr to more bring Public Art to Austin, Tx. for SXSW.
2018 promises to be a historic year. The midterm election will be a referendum on countless issues central to the our communities: Racial justice, immigration, healthcare, education, LGBTQ+ equality, and more. It all comes during a once in a generation resurgence of activism and volunteerism. We want to inspire the community to write the history of 2018 as it happens.
When historians write about 2018-- What would you want them to say and what will you do to make it happen? #WhatWillYouDo
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B.D. White entered the art scene by painting hundreds of streetlight bases throughout New York City. Despite his spinal injury, he earned a reputation as a prolific street artist using spray paint and stencils as his main medium.
To date, B.D. has shown in group exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, and Berlin. An installation at the World Trade Center, exposure at Scope Art Fair during Art Basel in Miami, a month long solo show at Castle Fitzjohns Gallery in Manhattan, as well as his continued work on the streets of New York; have garnered him a strong and growing collector base.
Curator: Abe Lincoln Jr
Going Green is a cross-media exhibition that aims to use the public and gallery space as a tool for creating positive disruption and change. In an age of misinformation and the now proverbial and continued unreality of “Fake News,” how do we continue to facilitate important intersectional discussions that can engage and expand our horizons of the world around us? Disruptions continue to confront us at every turn: climate change, government mismanagement and obstructionism, systematic disenfranchisement across the cultural spectrum—but for every negative, there is the opportunity to create a positive. By bringing public art, cannabis activism, alternative culinary education, fact-based climate policy, and social justice advocacy together under the banner of Going Green, we can create a conversation that peaks curiosity and extols the virtues of openness and sharing.
The selected artists will also be exhibited on advertisement space starting April 9, in Manhattan and at Contra Galleries from April 20 to May 4, with an opening reception on April 20, 2018.
Curator: Carlo McCormick
Kay Kenny received her BFA from Syracuse University, MA from Rutgers University, and MFA from Syracuse University (all in Visual Arts). Painter, photographer. Writes art criticism and articles on the visual arts for arts magazines. Photography teacher for over twenty-five years at New York University, and the International Center of Photography in New York City.
I have been photographing the rural night in the Northeast for over a decade. This image is part of a larger body of work, “Into the Night in the Middle of No Where”, a poetic tribute to the rural night. In the rural night, the boundaries between the wild and the domestic tend to blur into a potent swirl of mystery, familiarity and anticipated menace. My dreams are here as well as my nightmares.
Amy Smith is a self-educated contemporary artist. Born in New Jersey, but not built for the cold, she moved to Los Angeles where she found inspiration, mentors, and support in the Street Art community surrounding L.A. In her Collage Portrait Series, Amy Smith uses photography, hand cut stencils, and torn recycled fashion magazine pieces to simultaneously represent her love of fashion and her contempt for consumerism. Her intention is to offer viewers the opportunity to choose one’s own path of empowerment, leaving behind what society demands.
I am a photographer and artist. I also love to collaborate with very talented photographers. The inspiration for this piece was originally shot by a photographer Robert Bean Hammond. His portrayal and emotion with my muse Rachel Isabella was breathtaking. I created my own vision imagining serenity while being showered with positivity and beauty.
Brooklyn-based nonprofit SaveArtSpace has partnered with Harlem-based venue X Gallery are proud to present "Cultural Diversity" a cross-media exhibition and public art initiative paying homage to the rich heritage and diverse community of Harlem, New York.
Curated by Lisa Dubois of X Gallery, and Ademola Olugebefola of Dwyer Cultural Center, the exhibiting artists include photographer Ceres Henry, painter Tiffany B Chanel, and graphic designer/illustrator Rod Sanchez.
During the week of July 2nd, SaveArtSpace will launch public art installations for each selected work on advertising spaces throughout Harlem. The gallery exhibition will mount at X Gallery for the full month of July, with the opening reception set for Wednesday July 11th, 6-9pm.
Nigel Maister is a South African born photographic artist, theatre director, writer and designer, and collector of photography living in Rochester in upstate New York. The series (tight. word. lit.) from which this image (drag) is excerpted draws on appropriated late analog snapshot photography and re-contextualizes it in imaginative narratives through juxtaposition and dialogue. The work has been exhibited locally in upstate New York, at the Cleveland Print Room, and was also selected as one of the top ten finalists in Klompching Gallery’s Fresh 2016.
Artist Statement: This work explores narrative both implied and explicit; and narrative as imaginative action--in this case, of a past photographic action that, through this work, is brought into the present.
Brooklyn-based nonprofit SaveArtSpace is pleased to present "Animal Instinct" a cross-media exhibition and public art initiative curated by two of the NYC art community's most vocal animal advocates: street art tastemaker Raquel Arnao (@ArtDogNYC) and performance artist Mother Pigeon. The exhibiting artists include Alexis Kandra, Cheryl Gross, Elin Menzies, Kantapon Metheekul and Praxis.
"Animal Instinct" is a celebration of the animal kingdom, as well as a call for the humane and ethical treatment of all creatures, big and small. From cave paintings by ancient civilizations to cat memes of modern times, animals have long served as a great inspiration for art, imbued with symbolism about strength of character, primal instincts, survival mechanisms, evolution, and our relationship with the natural environment. Whether furry, feathered, finned or flippered, animals enrich the lives of human beings in countless ways. This exhibition presents a loving, respectful portrayal of the creatures we share our planet with, both domesticated pets and wildlife.
During the week of August 6th, SaveArtSpace will launch public art installations for each selected work on advertising spaces throughout Brooklyn and Queens. A weekend pop-up exhibition will mount at Tribeca-based gallery One Art Space on Friday August 10th, with a reception set for that evening at 6-9pm.
The SaveArtSpace x ConArtist selected artists are Cristian Pietrapiana, Rivers Liu, and Sarbani Ghosh. Their art will be exhibited on advertisement space starting September 17 in New York City, and the original artwork will be exhibited at Con Artist Collective, from September 25 - 28 with an artist reception on September 26, 2018 from 7p-11p.
Con Artist is an art collective, community, workspace & gallery. Their shared venue and studio hosts events, collaborative exhibitions, group projects, life drawing, and more! They are a platform for artists to network, gain exposure, and share skills and knowledge with one another. Con Artist Collective is an active community of over 500 creatives from all walks of life, and all over the world.
All original artwork is available for purchase. Please inquire, if interested.
Curators: Con Artist Collective's Goodie, & Ivana Larrosa.
Chloe Chiasson is a New York City-based artist raised in Port Neches, Texas. Chloe received her Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion with a minor in Psychology in 2016 from the University of Texas at Austin and then began to pursue art shortly after. Chloe is now a Master of Fine Arts candidate at the New York Academy of Art where she is studying painting. She lives in Brooklyn and makes work in Manhattan.
My passion is art and people. My interest is in the people who are in between: in between worlds, in between genders, in between countries and borders. My position “in between” has me defined by, trapped in, resisting and breaking free from the complex cultural debates of sexuality, gender, and subjectivity.
Brooklyn-based nonprofit SaveArtSpace has partnered with Otis College of Art and Design to present "100% LA" a celebration of art and design inspired by the city of Los Angeles. The selected artists include Kohshin Finley, Olivia D'Orazi, Vikesh Kapoor, Leafy Yeh, Vakseen, Matthew Penkala, Sofia Enriquez, Tanya Thoma, Uyen Nquyen, and Hideyo Kameda.
Los Angeles is a city dedicated to sparking the imagination and it has inspired countless artists, designers, and creatives. We seek work that celebrates and reflects back the energy and vibrancy of Southern California.
Curated by Bruce W. Ferguson, president of Otis College of Art and Design, on the occasion of the Otis College Centennial.
This public art exhibition is made possible by Otis College of Art and Design.
Brooklyn-based nonprofit SaveArtSpace is pleased to present SaveArtSpace x Stephen Shore a public art exhibition curated by world renowned photographer Stephen Shore. The exhibiting artists include Jackson Siegal, Emily Snead, Sheryl Norman, and Stephen Shore.
Stephen Shore's work has been widely published and exhibited for the past forty-five years. He was the first living photographer to have a one-man show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York since Alfred Stieglitz, forty years earlier. He has also had one-man shows at George Eastman House, Rochester; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Jeu de Paume, Paris; and Art Institute of Chicago. In 2017, the Museum of Modern Art opened a major retrospective spanning Stephen Shore's entire career. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. His series of exhibitions at Light Gallery in New York in the early 1970s sparked new interest in color photography and in the use of the view camera for documentary work.
