Author: Matt

Panik Collective: Editions THE PANIK COLLECTIVE is a team of credentialed painters, sculptors, musicians, mathematicians & curators dividing time among multiple exhibition projects and public actions. As such their chosen medium changes to best accommodate the message, which thus far has ranged from academic (Chicken Heart, a photographic and video piece produced for...

October 4–28, 2018. It's hard to believe that it's already been SIX YEARS since Matt Kennedy founded the World Famous COASTER SHOW!  What started at La Luz de Jesus Gallery as an emergency replacement for a last minute cancellation has blossomed into the show that launched a thousand careers!...

We ONLY review Submissions From June to September & ONLY for the Coaster Show! COASTER SHOW SUBMISSION RULES We're not currently reviewing submissions. We'll be reviewing submissions for the annual Coaster Show from June 1st to September 10th only. The Annual Coaster Show opens on the first Friday of October and runs through the end of...

September 1 - 30, 2018 Closing Party: Sunday, September 30th 3-6PM This is the first exhibition of work by an incredibly important, late-career vernacular artist. Back in the 80s, Lydia Breckenridge was kicking Billy Idol out of bed and turning down dates with Mark Mothersbaugh, Harry Nillson, George Harrison, and Bob Dylan because...

Ian Young: Friendly Competition The wildly over-the-top imagery in Ian Young's paintings perfectly capture the whimsical experience of playing the vintage videogames depicted in his incredibly detailed paintings. In the tradition of Joe Coleman by way of Kenny Scharf or Rodney Greenblat while maintaining his own unique vision, Ian is the son...

Justine Esquivel-Petrov is a researcher and artist who uses design as a method of inquiry to explore the intangible, complex, and innately subjective space of care. Her work centers around those who are typically excluded from the conversation to ask what they would design for themselves by way of practices,...

Warren Chang was born in Monterey, California, in 1957 and graduated from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 1981. He landed a position as a staff illustrator at Atari as his first job out of school. He survived several rounds of freelance cuts, which included his work...