Flatcolor is celebrating two years this Thursday with a brand new opening; "Wishful Sinking" features new work from Parskid (SEA), Chip7(NJ) & El Kamino(VA).
Artists Parksid & El Kamino will be in attendance.
Opening: June 2nd, 2011 5-10PM
Through June 30th.
About Parskid
Parskid was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest where he draws inspiration from his childhood, the weather, nature, fantasy and folklore. He experiments with paint, plush and digital mediums. 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.
Parskid has done projects with such clients as Zune, Adfunture Toys, Electricbaby, SnoCon, Myplasticheart and Harpoon Apparel. 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 these published books: Dot Dot Dash, Canceled Flight, War of Monstars, Pictoplasma 2 and Monstaah!.
When he's not curled up in his dark underground lair painting, he enjoys dripping Marsh ink, spraying Rustoleum paint and playing by the train tracks.
About Chip7
Chip7 is an American painter born in New York City and raised around the east coast. His images are inspired by a long standing, keen interest in scifi themed comic books and cartoons. With a extensive background in graffiti he has shifted his focus to studio work using a mixed media of cel animation paint, watercolor, inks, and collage. Constant motifs consist of hyper colored robots and overlapping clusters of shapes. His style of abstract pattern painting has been called "Debuffet meets Dekooning" (Richmond's grid). He has been featured in magazines including Juxtapoz, Beatiful/Decay, and The Art of Storytelling. He has also published in books like Broken Windows, Graffiti NYC (gingko) and Freight Train Graffiti (Abrams). His work has been exhibited and collected across American cities such as New York and Los Angeles as well as abroad in Hong Kong, China; Bangkok, Thailand; and Antwerp, Belgium.
Chip7 painted as part of Primary Flight's outdoor mural series at Art Basel in Miami ,FL in 2008 and has worked as a longtime studio assistant for James "Dalek" Marshall. In 2010 The Art of Storytelling magazine released a limited edition resin figure of his signature character ''the eyeball kid''. Themes for his work include topics of overcrowding, and surpassed sustainability.
About El Kamino
El Kamino is an American painter hailing from the state of Virginia. Becoming involved with graffiti in the mid nineties, he has developed a signature style that has taken on many forms over the years. While maintaining a presence in the world of wall painting, he is a veteran of DIY art shows; displaying canvases in small towns across the south east. An avid fisherman, his gallery work focuses on the animals he encounters along the creeks and rivers he frequents. The interaction of birds, snakes and fish; presented in a manner that combines religious iconography with illustration. Good and evil, life and death, nature and technology. His paintings attempt to capture the constant struggle of opposing forces, demonstrated through the use of his surrounding wildlife.
Contact Flatcolor Gallery at info@flatcolor.com for press and preview information.
About Flatcolor Gallery
Located on First Avenue in Seattle's historic Pioneer Square neighborhood, Flatcolor Gallery features local and national underground contemporary artists in a relaxed gallery setting. Flatcolor Gallery has featured the art of Parskid, Robert Hardgrave, Chip7, 2H, EGO, Joe Vollan, Timothy Karpinski, Sohaila Adela, Chris Crites, Ryan Bubnis, Ryan De La Hoz and, David MacDowell.
From designers and illustrators, to street artists and tattoo artists, Flatcolor Gallery is dedicated to bringing a fresh perspective on art and creativity to Seattle's First Thursday Art Walk each month. In addition to original artwork, Flatcolor Gallery features a growing line of affordable fine art prints and products.
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