BLVD Gallery proudly presents
“Pneumonia, Isolation, and Disorder”
New work by Deuce 7
July 11 - August 2, 2008
Artist Reception July 11 6p - 10p

BLVD Gallery
2316 2nd Ave.
Seattle, Wa 98121
t. 206.448.8767
w. http://blvdart.com

BLVD Gallery proudly presents “Pneumonia, Isolation, and Disorder” a show of new works by Deuce 7. Deuce 7 is a graffiti artist from Minneapolis who is also part of a burgeoning underground subculture of Freight train hoppers. He travels across the country riding the rails, painting his work on trains, in tunnels, squats, and wherever he can do his thing. Deuce 7’s approach to graffiti comes not from a cultural identity like hip hop but from his love of the Railroad and it’s history. He grew up train spotting, living in front of a huge railyard, and after noticing the colorful graffiti on the rail cars he decided that this would be a way for him to contribute to rail culture.
Deuce 7’s work shares the flavor of the “Hobo” Glyphs that rail workers have marked freight cars with for over a century while propelling the look into the 21st century with his studied handstyles and vibrant color schemes. In 2007 Deuce7 made a trip to NYC to do graffiti and experience the Mecca of Street Art. After 2 short weeks he had taken the city by storm and was profiled in the Village Voice with the tagline “Is a guy from Minnesota the new king of New York street art?”, A very impressive achievement for a previously unknown graffiti artist from the midwest in a city renowned for it’s dislike of intruding outsiders.
This will be his first solo show of drawings and paintings on the West Coast.

links-
Village Voice Article

Flickr Photostream

Williamsburg Bridge Pieces

Minneapolis blog about Deuce 7

I know you have been wanting to come check out Foscil during the 6 month residency that they have been holding at BLVD but time just kept on slipping. Well now is the time to do it. Well actually now is the last time that you can come see them do their thing at BLVD. If you don’t know, Foscil is Seattles premiere Nu - Baroque progressive Jazz Hop quartet, Kinda like Tortoise if they were raised on a diet of Wu Tang and Ninja Tune. So please come down to experience one of Seattles best bands.

BLVD Gallery is proud to present for the month of June
“Hairy Metal Vengence”
new works by Bigfoot

ViewAvailable work

June 13 - July 5, 2008
Reception June 13 6p - 10p

BLVD Gallery
2316 2nd ave
In the Belltown Neighborhood
Seattle Wa, 98121
www.blvdart.com
206.448.8767

BLVD Gallery is proud to present the work of Oakland based artist Bigfoot. Bigfoot is a Bay area Graffiti legend and has been a major influence in the skateboard industry for close to a decade. Originally from New Jersey ,young Bigfoot fled to California to be closer to big trees . Disassociated from art school and human society, in 1994 he started writing “Bigfoot” in the streets of San Francisco with relentless fury .Working often with house paint and wooden panels ,his work depicts the conflict between the respect for nature held by the artist’s cast of Bigfoot characters and the destructive agenda of mankind. Despite his reclusive nature, Bigfoot has managed to stay active in society ,designing skateboard graphics and footwear ,showing in galleries in America and Japan,and the release of his vinyl figure with Strangeco in 2004. His eponymous character and his love of heavy metal play a major role in his studio work as well as his highly recognized street art. Please join us at his opening reception Friday June 13 to Meet the artist and Ride the Lightning.

BLVD Gallery is proud to present for May
“Combine, A group show of Cut Paper, Collage, and Assemblage”

Featuring work by Greg Lamarche, Chris Yormick, AJ Fosik,
Robert Hardgrave, Peter Taylor, Damon Soule, Matthew “Bonifacio” Rodriguez, Monica Canilao, Fankult, George Estrada, and Mark Atherton

May 9 – June 7, 2008
Artist Reception May 9, 6p - 10p

BLVD Gallery
2316 2nd ave
In the Belltown Neighborhood
Seattle Wa, 98121
www.blvdart.com
206.448.8767

View available Work

For May BLVD Gallery presents “Combine, A group show of Cut Paper, Collage, and Assemblage”. The title of this show “Combine” is a reference to Robert Rauschenbergs term for the groundbreaking assemblage work that he made starting in the 1950’s. This work as well as the amazing collages of artists like Romare Bearden, Paul Horiuchi, and a multitude of others have paved the way for the current generation of artists who are utilizing collage and assemblage in their work. Whether through the perspective of design or the traditional art world “Combine” takes a look at a group of artists that have incorporated collage in their work as a way to further explore the boundaries of what they are capable of outside of the tradition artistic media.

Greg Lamarche

Robert Hardgrave

Monica Canilao

Chris Yormick

BLVD Gallery presents new work by
Stubborn Sideburn
in the Mezzanine at The Project Room
Reception April 12, 2008 6p - 9p
BLVD Project Room at Triple Shoes in Ballard
5227 Ballard Ave NW Seattle, Wa 98107

Junichi Tsuneoka is an ill freelance artist who was born and raised in Japan. After being a graphic designer for 5 years, Junichi has established a style often recognized as “California Roll Stylie,” the result of both visual and conceptual fusion of Japanese pop culture and U.S. urban culture. He is known for his heavy character work and he founded STUDIO STUBBORN SIDEBURN to broaden his visual communication and to employ his visual language in art, illustration, and design. Junichi’s pieces are very unique, with highly communicative, assertive graphics, and contain clear signs pointing back to his strong design background.

BLVD Gallery is proud to present for April
New works by NYC Graffiti Legend
GHOST
April 11 – May 3, 2008
Artist Reception April 11, 6p - 10p
BLVD Gallery
2316 2nd ave
In the Belltown Neighborhood
Seatttle Wa, 98121
www.blvdart.com
206.448.8767
this show is sponsored by SCION

Available work

BLVD Gallery is proud to present new works from NYC Graffiti Legend Ghost a/k/a Cousin Frank, a pioneering influence for many graffiti artists around the world. Having started writing in the golden age of the late 1970’s, Ghost has first hand knowledge of the many adventures and accomplishments of the NYC subway graffiti movement. The original style, vibrant color combinations, and strong sense of satire of his graffiti has managed to ease the transition naturally to his more gallery oriented pursuits.
Ghost has spent many years dedicated to the formation ( or deformation ) of the standard English alphabet creating limitless possibilities for him to subvert the language in his unique style. He has managed to create work that bears the unmistakable mark of an accomplished draughtsman without it being either overbearing or overwrought. The humor that permeates Ghosts’ work comes from the underground comics tradition from his youth, more Zapp! Comix than Marvel. Ghosts’ improvisational approach to graffiti, he never planned ahead what his work would be like, gives his current series of paintings a lightness and spontaneity that has the feeling of an inside joke between old friends.
Ghost has shown his work in galleries across the globe and has become a major part of the visual aesthetic of companies like respected streetwear brand Stussy. There is also a documentary in production chronicling the many contributions Ghost has made to the global graffiti movement. This show will be the second time that BLVD Gallery has been privileged to work with Ghost whose amazing mural in the “Claimin’ Space” exhibition was a highlight for many at the 2007 Bumbershoot arts festival.

trailer to ghost documentary:

Ghost painting in SF:

PARSKID & CHIP 7
Wastelands and Wilderness
Limited Edition Zine
Hand made
2 color screen printed cover
24 b&w pages
sewn binding
packaged in plastic poly-bag
signed and numbered
limited edition of 50 copies
$20.00 each
to purchase contact: damion(at)blvdart.com

Covers

Chip7

Parskid

BLVD Gallery is proud to present for March
“Wastelands and Wilderness”
New works and Installation by
Parskid and Chip7
March 14 - April 5, 2008
Artist Reception March 14, 6p - 10p

View Gallery of Available Work

Purchase the limited edition zine

Blvd Gallery is proud to present New work and installation by Parskid and Chip 7.
“Wastelands and Wilderness” explores the worlds and characters created
by Parskid and Chip7. Two rising stars in the urban contemporary
art scene.

parskid

Parskid’s work focuses on his interests in dark rituals,
mythology, sacrifice and spirituality in a world of lush forests and
natural surroundings. This is greatly influenced by the forests of the
Pacific Northwest where he works and lives. Parskid’s painting style
utilizes a unique detailed way of painting only with spray paint by
using various techniques of masking, stencils and brushwork. His work
has been exhibited in many cities in the United States including LA
and NYC and abroad in Australia, Taiwan, Spain and the UK. His work
has been published in the following magazines: Hi-Frustose, King
Brown, Overspray, Art Prostitute, Cool’eh, Novum, Beautiful/Decay, Day
in the Lyfe, and Dirty Soup as well as published books, Dot Dot Dash,
Canceled Flight, War of Monstars, Pictoplasma 2 and Monstaah!. Parskid characters are no strangers to the streets of Seattle and freight train lines of the United States.

chip7

Chip7, also with a background in freight train art and graffiti hails from the opposite side of the US. His work explores brightly colored confessions of a clutter brain through science fiction psychedelic fantasy. Chip7 was trying to paint pretty much everything he could shake a stick at around industrial New Jersey,and where ever the wind took him.Years of painting got him some wonderful memories and adventures, people who hate him, like him, and his work in a few books. Fun and some legal problems go hand and hand. His studio work deals with a range of sources including memories anddreams. Subjects range from both personal and historical using a range
of materials including found printed matter collage, animation cel
paint, oils, and spray paint. While his nickname remains there are no
silver block letters being painted on canvas, and he can no longer be
found in the layup all weekend. The ensemble cast that are scattered
across the many layers,and shapes of his work range from his own
creations of eyeball droids, and neon monsters to a few cameos by
Asian heroes inspired by his time living in South East Asia. The semi
obsessive ”paranoid” nature of his current work also deals with
theories of global commotion,and catastrophe of the past, present, and possible near future in a somewhat playful manner.

The interactive nature of this joint effort between Chip7 and Parskid will include the use of chromadepth glasses technology to increase the visual experience of the viewer. Their two worlds collide, a technological future and a natural primitive land that become a unified place never before seen. With similar themes in their work but
a different view of each of their worlds these artists have come
together to create a unique experience for the viewer.

BLVD Gallery presents
“Foscil Residential #2”
A Musical Residency
with special guest Witnica
Friday February 29, 2008
Doors Open at 8pm
2316 2nd ave
In the Belltown Neighborhood
Seatttle Wa, 98121
www.blvdart.com
206.299.1583

BLVD Gallery is proud to announce a new music performance series featuring Seattle’s “Post Baroque Nu-Hop” ensemble FOSCIL. Foscils music is an amalgam of diverse influences touching on the atmospheric production of Wu Tangs RZA, the out-jazz of Miles, and the psychedelic meandering of Zappa.
The series of shows, titled “Residential”, will occur on the last Friday of every month with a different incarnation of Foscil. While the first show in January will feature the band in its regular lineup subsequent shows will be an opportunity for Foscil to explore their material through a variety of approaches including the use of the very deep talent pool here in Seattle. “The goal is to evolve”, says member Adam Swan “ People are in an artistic state of mind in the gallery setting and that environment lends itself to different perspectives of what our band can be”.

Video of Foscil performing at BLVD Gallery

Dates:
January 25
February 29
March 28
April 25
May 30
June 27

BLVD Gallery presents “Trade Bloc: A group show of Global Ambitions” Featuring new work by Kofie, Other, NISHI, Nhon Nguyen, Erik Abel, Hannah Stouffer, Mateu Velasco, and Acorn February 8 – March 8 , 2008 Artist Reception Friday February 8th, 6pm - 10pm.

Please view Gallery for available work.

BLVD Gallery is proud to present “Trade Bloc”, a group show that aims to present the global flavor of the urban art milieu. The concept of this show came out of a series of conversations about globalism and art. What are the benefits of a truly Global art market? What are the effects of the internet on artists ability to gain recognition without the participation of the traditional channels of media exposure? We have assembled a group of great artists from Asia, North America, South America, and Europe whose work we feel perfectly illustrate this new borderless world in which we live. KOFIE ONE, USA Other, Canada NISHI, Japan Nhon Nguyen, Viet Nam/USA Erik Abel Acorn, Germany Hannah Stouffer, USA Mateu Velasco, Brazil.