Upcoming Solo Exhibition in Los Angeles by Peter Chan

Hi everyone!

Its been a while since I've posted.

In the last few months, I have been working on both conceptualizing and drawing/painting a new body of work.

On June 22, Copro Gallery and I will present a new body of work titled 'Soliloquy'. This will mark my first solo exhibition in the United States. It's going to be a fun reception, hope you can make it out if you are in the Los Angeles area!

Copro Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave
Unit T5, Santa Monica, CA

Opening Reception:
Saturday, June 22, 8:00 - 11:30 pm

Show on view to Saturday July 13th

Web preview & Press Release:
Coming Soon

Nocturnal Enlightenment

Nocturnal enlightenment
16'' x 20''
acrylics on paper

This saturday, December 15th this piece will be in the opening of Copro Gallery's 'The Illumination' group show in Los Angeles.

Drop by if you are in the area!

Here are more information:
http://www.copronason.com/dec12_pr.html

'Hello Kitty, Hello Art!' Book now published!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recently, I received this beautiful book in the mail. ‘Hello Kitty Hello Art! Works of Art Inspired by Sanrio Characters’ is now published in hardcover format. 

I am very honored to be part of this book along with many other great artists such as Shepard Fairey, Travis Louie, Audrey Kawasaki, Gary Baseman, Gary Taxali, Junko Mizuno, Bobby Chiu, Kei Acedera, Ron English, Tara McPherson, Amy Sol, Brant Peters, Buff Monster, Camilla d’Errico, Eric Joyner, Luke Chueh, Martin Hsu, Melissa Haslam, Natalia Fabia, Nate Frizzell, and many many more!

Look out for this book in your nearest bookstore!

Unforgettable ephemeral moments...

Ever experienced an unforgettable ephemeral moment? 
On a walk to the park, seeing the landing of a dragonfly right in front of our eyes.. 

Appreciating it's beauty, intricacy, and fragility, we seek a second look. On this second take, it's already gone.

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The show is fast approaching. 
Only about a week til then, it will be just like a dragonfly. Landing for that short moment.

#personalwednesday

white dew, marble steps

"white dew, marble steps"
14'' x 20'' Acrylics, inks and pencil on paper
collaboration piece by Harvey Chan and myself.

Here's the final piece I'm contributing to 'Unworldly Reunion', a show which opens tonight in Toronto, Canada.

white dew, marble steps is about personal growth in our own cultural backgrounds. More specifically, it is about an Asian growing-up in Canada. The Chinese characters on the grid paper is an excerpt from 'Marble Steps Complaint', a poem written by one of the great Chinese poets Li Bai. This piece is influenced by the themes of growth, mystery and change found in many of Li Bai's poems.

Growing up, I remember dreading Chinese school every weekend. (If you're Chinese-Canadian you know what I'm talking about!) I had to memorize many poems in order to get a passing grade. I hated it. I did not understand why we had to learn about the past, it just wasn't relevant to me. What influenced me was the gloss of popculture…

As I grew older I asked myself who am? What are my origins? This painting is a return to my Chinese heritage which I was once so involved in as a child.

Location:

DanZon Art & Dance Centre, 2480 Dundas Street West, Unit 104 ( 5 min walk north of Dundas West subway station )

Time:
August 9th, 2012. 7pm - 12am. ONE NIGHT ONLY

Artists: 
Jon Todd, Brianne Service, Jose Ortega, Juana Zuniga, Fiona Smyth, Selena Wong, Fred Sbastian, Peter Chan, Hyein Lee, Hiend Tang, Chu Zhang, Shen Plum, Mary Paz Sobreira, Miko Sobreira, Keita Morimoto, Megan Ellen, Richard da Mota, Matthew da Mota, Jona Stewart, Johny Deluna, Jack Shepherd, Wendy Ding, Tomo Nagamoto, Nataly Kim, Martha Chan, Kestin Cornwall, Ivan Prusac, Hanna Barczyk, Wing Yee Tong, Andrew Colebeck, Samia Taqi, Corrine Darvill, Kimberley Whitchurch, Anne-Karoliina Koskinen, Tomio Nitto, Mariana Tomasevic...

Renewed Piece of History

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Work in Progress piece. I was walking around one day to the Japanese antique store and found this old piece of Japanese paper. As I was walking back to the hotel, the paper was so dried that it started cracking. To preserve it, once I went home I tried collaging it onto a painting that I am working on.

You never know what you might find in an old items/antique store, on a bright sunny day.

I love finding old items, it is an adventure every time. :)

#personalwednesday

LIVE Painting at Paint-A-Thon tomorrow @ Night it up!

PAINT-A-THON @ Night It Up! from Paint-A-Thon on Vimeo.


Gonna be Painting LIVE tomorrow from 2pm - 7pm at Paint-A-Thon with a few friends @ Night It Up! in Markham. Fundraising for 'Make A Wish' Foundation and for youth development at 'Power Unit Youth Organization'! Come by if you're in the area!

http://paintathon.com/

Personal Wednesday - Process

Personal Wednesday - process of a new oil painting!

New Painting - "Resting on the Ancients" & Post Spectrum

Hey guys, just came back from an awesome weekend in Kansas City at Spectrum Fantastic LIVE. Met lots of great artists and had some of the best conversations with the people at the event. Thank you everyone who bought prints and who came out to say hello, as well as the awesome awards ceremony put on by the Spectrum crew! It was great seeing old friends as well as meeting new ones.

It was especially great hanging out with great people and talents like Ryan Graff, Eric Fortune, Joao Ruas, Eric Joyner, Felipe Echevarria, Jeff Simpson, Keita Morimoto, Jason Felix, Justin Gerard, Cory Godbey, Jason Edmiston, Anthony Kosak, Wayne Reynolds, Travis Louie, Brandt Peters, Kathy Olivas, Doug Gregory, Greg Manchess, and Jean Baptiste Monge. There may have been many more, I apologize if I missed any names.

I am looking forward to next year when they put on another Spectrum LIVE event again. Things are busy after I got back and have a few deadlines, I will be posting and sharing some Spectrum photos that I took at the event, hopefully really soon.

Below is a painting I had at the event, that I can finally show now.

  

"Resting on the Ancients"
11.75'' x 11.75''
Oils on Board

"From Then To Now" Oil Painting & Spectrum Fantastic Art LIVE!

  

"From Then To Now"
8'' x 10''
Oils and Gold Leaf on Wood

Here is a new Oil Painting I recently finished and varnished.

Framed


The idea of this piece is to juxtapose new and old culture, the traditional japanese elegant kimono with contemporary earphones as a western oil painting. How the times have changed, but some things remain to be remembered. 


Thank you to Spectrum, this will be included in their upcoming 19th Annual.
I will also be displaying it at the Spectrum Fantastic Art LIVE Event coming up in Kansas City on May 18-20 (This weekend).

Here is a flyer of the show from Imaginism Studios. Click here for more info.

Upcoming: Art Brownie Shop Project at IndexG Gallery, Toronto

Hi Everyone,
Things are busy! Been really excited these days working on a new body of work which will be released in 2012.

I have also been working on some small pieces for a few shows and events.
Here is a work in progress of one that is coming up in Toronto, Canada at IndexG Gallery. I will post the final as well when it is finished.

New Upcoming Group Show - "LEGEND": Key to Reading SubKaru

Opening this Wednesday, I will be part of a group show in Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden in New York.

Here is the show card:
Back


Front


The show will be available to see from September 14 to November 19, 2011.
Opening Reception: September 17th, 1pm - 3pm

Address:
Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden
28 Deveau Road, North Salem
NY 10560

Admission to Museum:
Free for members and children under 12
Non-member Adult $5, Seniors $4

Here is a sneak peak of the piece I have displayed there, I will be posting more information on this piece and the story that comes with it later...


Teaser image - "Freedom Swing"

Special thanks to Mana, Noa, Don, and Nasa for having me as part of this show!

Young Sienna

Here is Tuesday. Reflects the weather, gloom.


"Young Sienna"
4.25'' x 5.5''
Inks on paper

Hopeful

Hey everyone,

Just wanted to do a quick post today to thank everyone who came out last night to support the event. Ashita was a great success and it was an amazing turnout, not to mention the great food donated by Guu Izakaya and great performances.

Throughout the night, I had talked to some people who had actually experienced part of the quake in Japan and was there when it happened. And still, many of them are a bit shaken up about it. Let us be hopeful that things will get better for all these people and families currently affected by this unfortunate event.

I was able to take some photos of the event for those who missed it. I have posted them on my Flickr account. Unfortunately I was busy in the gallery room most of the hours and missed a few of the great performances.

Please also check out this other set of photos from Hirata as well.

Here are the two pieces I contributed for the event.

Hopeful
6'' x 6''
Graphite and Acrylics on tea-stained paper, framed
SOLD


A New Birth
9'' x 11''
Graphite on tea-stained paper
SOLD

Thank you to the new owners of these pieces. All of proceeds went to support the Red Cross Fund to help Japan.

Finally, many thanks to Rafi, Daisuke, and all the organizers and people who came out to the event. Hope we can all do our best to help a country in need.

On one Wednesday afternoon...

Yesterday, I had the pleasure to collaborate and jam with two artists, Tessar Lo and Harvey Chan. We worked on several large pieces, talking art while experimenting and just having fun, over lots of tears from laughing.

Also had the chance to check out Tessar's new studio, he has just posted photos of his place as well over on his blog.

Here are some photos of the day.

A night of colors

Not too long ago, I had the pleasure to jam with two creative talents, Tessar Lo and Erika Danusasmita to experiment with a bunch of media. A night dedicated to good music, drinks and paint.

Its nice to draw and paint to bring out the inner child for a night. Enjoying the process and not worrying about the results.

Here are some photos. Courtesy of Mr. Lo

Upcoming Birds and the Bees Show

I am very honoured and excited to have been invited to participate in this upcoming group show. Will be my first time exhibiting at the Jerome Jenner Gallery.

Information about this show:
The Sheridan Illustration Council proudly presents the Birds and the Bees Fundraiser Group show. The show features work from Sheridan alumni and faculty, consisting of well-known and emerging illustrators belonging to the fields of illustration, fine arts, comics, and much more. The hopes are to be able to raise funds to help put on a successful year-end show for the 4th year graduating class.

The show will offer collectors and new buyers the opportunity to acquire original artwork from renowned illustrators, and a chance for them to help support the next generation illustration stars.

Sheridan Illustration Council and Jerome Jenner Gallery Presents
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES FUNDRAISER SHOW
Opening Reception: MARCH 20, 2009 (7PM – 11PM)
Admission is free. Refreshments and music provided.

Artists
Kathryn Adams
Clemente Botelho
Chris Brett
Michael Byers
Mark Cabuena
Harvey Chan
Peter Chan
Chad Covino
Amanda Duffy
Jeff Garcia
Josiah Gordon
Rachel Gordon
Clayton Hanmer
Ian Herring
Nataly Kim
Anita Kunz
Hyein Lee
Kagan Mcleod
Vicki Nerino
Roben Nieuwland
Jose Ortega
Rey Ortega
Eric Overton
Kyung Soon Park
Benjamin Rivers
Graham Roumieu
Pete Ryan
Rick Sealock
Thom Sevalrud
Fiona Smyth
Gary Taxale
Jon Todd
Rosemary Travale
Elise Trinh
Alexei Vella
Brittany Wilson
Martin Wittfooth

Facebook Event group

Check out this site for more info, artwork will be uploaded for preview there on saturday/sunday
http://birdsandbeesshow.wordpress.com/ Once its up, i will also post my piece here on the blog.
All artwork will be available for sale.

albireo Sketchbook, bits of watercolour studies

Happy New Year everyone! Late but never too late...its still January.

Thought I'd post some of these unfinished drawings/studies from 2008.

Those who know me know that I am a sketchbook junkie..well maybe not junkie..but I remember someone telling me 'everytime i see you in lifedrawing, you are like using a dif sketchbook..lol'..i guess it suits me well...

Anyways, there are quite a few different kinds of sketchbooks i've bought last year and they are still empty..looking forward to try some of these and fill them up this year.

Finally started this 'albireo' sketchbook i got while I was in Japan in May 2008. So far so good, its a great sketchbook as you can peel out the pages easily, so if you don't like a piece, it is easily removable :)
































These are mostly life studies etc, the first is a 30min to 40 min i think..in acrylic, the 2nd one are 20-25 mins watercolour, and the nude is 20 mins i think, i remember painting frantically to finish that one. hehe

New year resolutions:
-paint paint paint and draw
-finish some good illustrations with meaningful concepts
-continue to learn cooking, maybe make some good quality stuff by end of the year..haha
-continue workout, keeping motivated
-finish reading these books i have in mind...

...I guess thats all for now, lets see if they will stick.

6x6 online group show.

The 6x6 online group show is up and i've contributed a piece to it. I posted the sketch of it recently on my blog, heres the final version.

All of the pieces are on sale at the show. Check it out here.
Heres a little feature about this show at Vinyl Requiem.

This is first of a new series of traditional paintings i'm starting, the concept for this set will be about human x nature interaction touching on ideas such as chaos and protection.

"Underneath" Oil on BFK mounted on board - 6 x 6

Just for fun...

This is my current workspace...its getting really messy...gotta clean up. haha.



















and about time for some art update. Here is a piece I am currently painting...it might be used for my mailer which will be available at the show next week. This is actually a second piece after a piece of the similar symbol. I will post that one later...as well as talk about the concept/series i'm working on at the moment.





















P.S. One of the reason's i'm not posting much art recently is because i want to keep a few pieces as a sort of surprise at the Sheridan Grad Show...maybe. Anyways, I will post those too really soon on or after the grad show.