Last Breath of Summer - PRISMA Collective Group Show at Subtext Gallery

This Saturday, July 19th is the opening to "Last Breath Of Summer" at Subtext Gallery in San Diego, California. This is a group show of select PRISMA Collective members. Love showing with my fellow PRISMA art friends! The show is curated by PRISMA group founder and fellow artist Kaspian Shore.

Here is a little bit about our group and info via Subtext Gallery.

"PRISMA is an international artist collective of thirty creatives, founded by Kaspian Shore in November 2011. In their second group show at Subtext, a selection of artists from the PRISMA Collective have come together to bring a touch of sentimentality to their latest exhibition, Last Breath of Summer. Think of the last few rays of sunshine before the arrival of autumn, a touch of gold and fading warmth, a memory of long nights by the sea, of playing hide and seek in yellow wheat fields. Last Breath of Summer is a melancholy goodbye to the high of the year, celebrated by artists Tom Bagshaw, J.A.W. Cooper, Nicole Gustafsson, Martine Johanna, Edith Lebeau, Kelly McKernan, Lilly Piri, Audrey Pongracz, Kaspian Shore, Kelly Vivanco, Casey Weldon, and N.C. Winters."

To learn more about our artist collective, visit prismacollective.com

To See the entire "Last Breath Of Summer", visit here
The exhibit is showing July 19th - August 23rd at Subtext Gallery.

Summertide
9.5 x 9.5 inches (image size)
Gouache, ink on paper
©Nicole Gustafsson

This painting is currently available online at Subtext Gallery.

"Summertide" is my contribution for the show. I love those warm summer nights with fireflies dancing in the night, and unnatural colors seem to make their way in the shadows and world. This is one of my favorite reasons why I love camping in the summers. I haven't made it out this year, but look forward to those last days of summer. 

Prisma Collaboration show at Distinction Gallery

This upcoming Saturday is the opening to the Prisma Artist Collective show: You and I, and the Worlds Between Us. Every piece in the show is a collaborative effort between two or more artists. The PRISMA Art Collective is an international group of 30 artists who I am proud to call my friends. This collective was formed by Kaspian Shore in effort to bring artists together and share our knowledge, thoughts on art, and just to simply be there for each other.

I teamed up with the wonderful Daria Hlazatova to produce two pieces for the show. Daria lives in the Ukraine and does wonderful drawings, ink pieces, collages and more. For this collaboration show we each started a piece and then swapped drawings for the other to finish in any way they wanted to. First up is this piece "Where the Fish Dance" that was started by Daria and I finished the piece in gouache and ink.

Where the Fish Dance

8 x 11.5 inches (image size)

Gouache, Ink

©Daria Hlazatova and Nicole Gustafsson 2013

Available online at Distinction Gallery

The second piece "Enchanted Forest" was started by me and finished by Daria in ink. I wanted to play off a similar theme with the castle and fish.

Enchanted Forest

8 x 11.5 inches (image size)

Gouache, Ink

©Daria Hlazatova and Nicole Gustafsson 2013

Available online at Distinction Gallery

To learn more about our PRISMA Art Collective group, checkout our website: www.prismacollective.com

To see the online preview of the works in the show visit Distinction Gallery online.

A few upcoming shows and sneak peeks.

There are lots of great shows coming up this fall. For those of you that follow me on the twitter, facebook, and instagram world you've probably already seen these little sneak peeks of my works in progress, but here is some more info on the shows and events these items are for.

First up this October is The Zombie Show at Bottleneck Gallery in NYC. While I am really creeped out by zombies, I still wanted to come up with something for this show. Here is a detail of my painting "Zombie Cats Just Wanna Have Fun". Cute, cuddly, slightly undead felines can still enjoy the catty things in life despite their zombie status.

Can't Beat Em, Join Em: The Zombie Show

October 5th - October 28th

Opening Reception: Friday, Oct 5th from 7-10pm

Bottleneck Gallery

Brooklyn, NY

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Coming up this November 9th is the PRISMA Artists Collective show Milk at Fine Grime Gallery located in Bath, UK. Our collective consists of 30 artists from around the world who chat (thanks to the internets) about art, materials, and help navigate the art world together. It's great to have such a great group of friends to talk with :) 

I will have more details on this show when it get's a little closer. Above is my white Irish Elk painting for the show.

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I am very excited to participate again this year in the Desert Bus for Hope event! The past two years I've donated a video game inspired painting to be auctioned off for the event. Proceeds go towards the Childs Play charity that donates games for kids to play in hospitals. You might reconize the two characters above from one of my favorite game series The Legend of Zelda. 

I originally was just going to do a painting of Link, but thought Zelda needed her own piece too so I ended up doing two different pieces. This original paintings will be available for auction for the event. I will be posting the exact times and dates they go up for auction later in November.

Tune in later this November to watch the Desert Bus online, there are always lots of guests, exciting auctions and lots of fun!

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That's just a few of the shows coming up. There is also a Wes Anderson show, Craftacular one-night event in Lincoln, and a few local holiday shows as well!! And last but not least, is a two-person show in California that I will be part of and FINALLY TRAVELING TO CALIFORNIA to be at...I am very excited for the show!!!

PRISMA Artist Collective

I'm super excited to share with you the artist collective PRISMA that I'm honored to be part of. The group consists of 25 international artists all brought together by the artist/founder Kaspian Shore.

Prisma members include: 

Mary Jane Ansell - England

Tom Bagshaw - England

Lindsey Carr - Scotland

Hsiao-Ron Cheng - Taiwan

Leontine Greenberg - USA

Nicole Gustafsson - USA

Caitlin Hackett - USA

Daria Hlazatova, Ukraine

Ruben Ireland - England,

Sarah Joncas - Canada

Nom Kinnear King - England

Kit Lane - USA

Alex Louisa - Australia

Rod Luff - Australia

Jen Mann - Canada

Kelly McKernan - USA

Lady Orlando - Mexico

Lilly Piri - Australia

Audrey Pongracz - USA

Michael Shapcott - USA

Kaspian Shore - Germany

Allison Sommers - USA

Kelly Vivanco - USA

Casey Weldon - USA

Bec Winnel - Australia

 

And what does an artist collective do? Basically we have discussions about art, supplies, techniques, galleries, inspirations, and have a group to bounce ideas thoughts off of. I think every artist at some point or another feels alone, the art world can be a strange and mysterious place, and it's nice to have a group to navigate the rocker waters with.

We will be having shows as well. There will be two smaller group shows this year and a larger show with all the PRISMA members in 2013. The shows will feature individual work, but also collaborations between artists. (I'm super excited to work with the artists I've been paired up with for collaborations, but will keep that a secret for now!) Collaborations give us a chance to try something new, different, and go beyond our comfort level.

Stay up-to-date with PRISMA news at our website: www.prismacollective.com

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