Minneapolis

In These Times/ Links to Get Involved

As I collect my thoughts, and continue to take action to continue to stand up against white supremacy, and in solidarity with Black and POC communities, I am taking this moment to share information with you to help continue to aid and support in the forward momentum. Below is a link to a master doc on google docs that was compiled by @botanicaldyke, a City University of New York Law Student, Essayist, and Abolitionist. This connection came to via James Jean’s Instagram, one of the best Artists in history to be honest, so big thank you to James for connected those of us who may never have had the good fortune of learning about Botanicaldyke. The doc contains everything from Nationwide charities that you can donate to, free legal help for a those being arrested and incarcerated (and for those who are working to help those arrested or incarcerated) per state, mutual aid funds, safety protocols and tips for those going to protest on the front lines or who get caught up in situations with the police when they are in riot cop mode, and more.

The link is… https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CjZMORRVuv-I-qo4B0YfmOTqIOa3GUS207t5iuLZmyA/mobilebasic

And then I have a few photos I shot at the protest march in Oakland down Broadway two days ago. The photos themselves are also links to this other bail out funds, POC activist groups, and support groups.



Putting in Work!

So I haven't updated since July 4th weekend.  A lot has occurred since.  I am going to be in New York City on October 1st to do a show at one of my favorite places to show art, Littlefield NYC in Brooklyn's Gowanus neighborhood.  The show will be called Traingle Magic and the opening is either going to be October 3rd or 4th...more concrete info coming next week with a press release.  This will be my second show at Littlefield and I am incredibly happy that asked me back, especially since they asked me to be their representative artist for the Gowanus Open Studios weekend October 18th - 20th. 2013-07-21 10.05.38 2013-07-21 13.00.45

In other New York City news, I will be doing a Solo Show at the awesome Superchief Gallery in the Lower East Side in April, 2014!  I am incredibly stoked about this and it will be a full on Unstoppable Tomorrow ragefest, bloodbath, Astroknot filled rad time!  Okay so maybe not literally a bloodbath (or might be??? who knows), but getting to show at Superchief (who just did the Vice Magazine Photo Show which to me is a rather big deal and they showed one of my favorite artist homies who I respect a immensely Coby Kennedy recently) is pretty damn awesome to me!  These guys show crazy, cutting edge, left field, fun, no holds barred, weird art that I really, really dig, so being part of it all is a blessing to me!  Because of this and Littlefield I suddenly had a huge energetic rebirth into my studio and have been painting my ass of literally.  Here are some studio images.  Oh and SFMOMA is still running too...that makes me happy as hell!

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I made it back in one piece (physically, emotionally, mentally) from Minneapolis as I was there for a month for work.  I have more to post that will come soon, I have been very busy since I got back.  Also I have been selling some older work to some great people and that always keeps the train moving down the track.  So all in all things are great, and here are some photos to prove how epic the time in the studio has been!  See you again soon!

 

Heading to Minneapolis....

...for work.  My full time hustle is bringing me to a new city I have yet to explore.  I look forward to making some new connections, checking out some new galleries, and also starting a new body of work for 2013/2014.  I am pretty excited actually, this year seems to be all about travel and new experiences so I am jumping in the wind and going with it.  I'll also have time to be bringing some more extensive updates on the past few months while I am there so look out for new, in depth posts on everything from Japanese Ramen Shops, my last days in Tokyo, getting ready for the SFMOMA opening, building a new installation for the up and coming Eye of the Tiger Tattoo Shop in the Sunset, and more... Much Love-Felix

IMG_4158Kanae in Nezu checking out the Sketchbook.  April 2013.