Andrew Sloan

Over the past decade, Andrew Sloan's pop graphic paintings and illustrations have appeared on a wide variety of surfaces and media. From outdoor murals and res­taurant walls, to cars and clothes, Sloan has developed a distinctive style in­corporating vivid colors and bold lines.

With a background in creative strategy and packaging design and a degree in Anthropology, his influences include cartoons, maps, graffiti, corporate logos, pop art, typography, youth and street culture and popular music. Working much of the time on canvas, Sloan also utilizes recycled doors, projection screens, plastic table tops, shutters and found construction materials. Commercially, Sloan's images and hand drawn type have been used for restaurant signage, CD covers and band backdrops, event flyers, T-shirts and advertising.

In the summer of 2006, Sloan relocated from Miami Beach to Providence, Rhode Island. andrew@newsheriff.com

Andrew's work on display: Damien B Contemporary Art Center - www.damienb.com

Jai-Alai Savant

Jai-Alai Savant's debut full-length album, "Flight of the Bass Delegate", hits stores (and itunes, etc.) next week. In the meantime, the LP and CD are both available now for mailorder direct from goldstandardlabs.com!

Check it out here: http://www.goldstandardlabs.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=228

Jai-Alai Savant will be touring Europe again starting at the end of April. http://savant.paintthesky.org/

Mind's Eye Studio & Gallery // Jen Silver

Mind’s Eye Studio & Gallery showcases the work of San Francisco Bay Area Artist Jen Silver.

Jen started college at age 15 in her native state of Indiana. At 17 she transferred to Cornell University where she studied both marketing and sociology, fascinated by the many means of and reasons for human communication. Jen personally views art as one of the purest forms of communication and has trained across multiple artistic medium. In 2005 her works were exhibited and sold through websites, art shows and galleries based in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and the Greater Bay Area. Her artwork is a part of multiple private collections and is also available to auction for select charitable causes. In 2006 Jen will be expanding her exhibits internationally to Paris Berlin and Pune, India in addition to continuing U.S. exhibits in San Francisco, Chicago, and Dallas.

Jen's work has been positively received by gallery owners, art critics and collectors and the general public. She has been included in educational curriculum at high school and college levels. Jen's work explores many social, emotional and political subjects, but the common theme is exploring the “mind’s eye,” or the use of language to conjure fully constructed works of art from memories, desires, feelings, or images. Through deceptively simple and powerfully suggestive text messages she stimulates vivid inner images, smells, emotions and sounds unique to each individual. In various works she explores the effect of color and font in psycho-suggestion, pokes fun at media messages, examines differing learning styles, analyzes archetypical images and questions stereotypes all while taking the viewer for a trip down memory lane. She says, “I hope that viewers give themselves permission to go wherever their minds take them.” http://www.thisisart.org/

Patrick Stauffer

Patrick Stauffer is a 24 year old sculptor who grew up in Reading, Pennsylvania, and attended Gettysburg College, where he majored in Visual Arts. Since leaving college in 2006, Patrick moved to Philadelphia where he hopes to begin and pursue a career in art. He has been passionate about art since a very young age; it is his form of expression. He has been deeply moved by the work of the Cubists, Impressionists, and Expressionists, which has led him to develop his abstract style. Patrick seeks to represent the potentials of the materials and bring them to life. Each has its own set of characteristics that he manipulates. He seeks to discover the beauty and intrigue that lies just beneath the surface. Patrick does not strive to make a social statement or tell a deep narrative, but simply constructs a visually interesting sculpture. His work is rarely titled, because he does not want to define it for the viewer. Instead, Patrick prefers that the sculpture be uniquely significant to each spectator, and that each viewer find their own meaning in his work. patrickstauffer@hotmail.com

Joel Bergner

Joel Bergner paints colorful murals and other public art with socially-conscious and cultural themes. His works are in the US (Chicago, San Francisco), Peru and Brazil, and he currently lives in Washington, DC. For more information on Joel (and to see more of his work): http://mandisinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/joel-bergner.html and http://www.joelsmurals.com/

Bill Dunlap Interview

You may recall seeing Bill Dunlap's artwork on this site earlier this month...

Manufactured Dissent's Interview with Bill (and additional photos of his work): http://mandisinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/bill-dunlap.html

Queenie

Queenie is dedicated to the vision of spreading delight through her artwork. “The joy in my life continually motivates me to find and create new patterns,” she says. “In my gallery, ‘Love Made Visible,’ each canvas has a story to tell, each piece is uniquely created in my studio with a synthesis of imagination and reality. When you encounter my art, I hope it helps you feel life on some of its highest and lowest levels. I try to maintain a sense of humor and allow you, the viewer, into my most intimate thoughts and life experiences.”

Queenie’s upcoming creations, “Next Level,” “Victory” and “My Stars,” promise to showcase an even more exuberant attitude and liveliness. She can be contacted by e-mail at queeniespalace@msn.com

Luke DiIorio

Luke DiIorio is a self taught artist, 23 years of age, who lives and works in Philadelphia. Luke graduated cum laude from Lehigh University in 2006. http://www.lukediiorio.30art.com/

Melina Carla Bezirdjian

Melina is originally from Virginia and is a yogi, an eternal child and an artist. She is inspired by medieval and modern japanese art, and by the artists Camille Rose Garcia, Mark Ryden and Henry Darger. Melina's artwork deals mainly with themes of wonder, innocence (or lack thereof) and children. Her one true love is color. http://www.letspoka.com/art

Philly Stir Fry Live! // Angel Stevenson

Angel Stevenson, Singer / Actor / Dishwasher / Emotional Therapist [U no U got problems] / Comic / Groovologist / & Jello Shot Taster is currently the Master of Ceremonies of Philly Stir Fry Live!, an event that happens in South Philly every first Saturday of the month.

www.philafunk.com/angel
www.phillystirfrylive.com

Philly Stir Fry Live provides a forum for artists (creative, visual, musical, vocal, and performance arts) to exhibit their talents. Philly Stir Fry Live is a monthly event held every first Saturday that is sponsored by OMAP - Original Music Association of Philadelphia, a non-profit corporation dedicated to the advancement of original music in Philadelphia and surrounding areas. Admission is a $10.00 cover charge which includes entertainment, complimentary food and beverage. Event hours are 6pm to 12am. Must be 18 to enter and 21 to drink with proper I.D. required. The event is currently held at the donated venue of Fifth Stone Studios and Music School, located at 2829 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19145

Ryan McKain

Ryan McKain is an artist who works on abstract portraits, plaster face mounts, and full head sculptures. Ryan lives in South Jersey\Philadelphia. He can be contacted at: ryanmckain@aol.com

James McCutcheon

Jim is an artist from Philadelphia, PA. He studied art education and graphic design at Temple University. www.Artistjim.com

Bill Dunlap

Bill Dunlap splits his time between San Francisco and Western Maryland. He has shown his art in many galleries and art centers across the country. He was a Spring 2006 Fellow and Artist-in-Residence at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. His art making is driven primarily by an inability to sit still for very long. See more here: http://www.billdunlap.com/

Check out Manufactured Dissent's Interview with Bill Dunlap (and additional photos of his work): http://mandisinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/bill-dunlap.html

Tidal Wave

Click link to view Gorilla Movement's interview or click here to view Tidal Wave's website: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=28541826

Tidal Wave Cd's, Vinyl, and T-shirts are available at:
www.accesshiphop.com
www.ughh.com
www.kupiart.com
www.cdbaby.com
www.myspace.com/tarp
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Tina McFarlane

Tina McFarlane of Maple Ridge, British Columbia primarily works with graphite. http://glassy-surface.net/halftone/halftone.html

Joyce DiBona

Joyce is a professional artist in Austin, TX. She is an oil painter, and works in pen and ink medium on a human form sculpture (tattoo series). She has also worked with interactive sculpture. http://www.joycedibona.com/

Erin Candela

Erin Candela's first solo exhibition, entitled “We, Needles Under Snow” opened in Montreal on December 6th, 2006. Erin’s work explores Canadian Identity and Mythology, through a combination of drawings and etchings. Candela approaches her work through story, history and narratives relating to the development of identity. http://www.myspace.com/candelae

Additional article and images available at: http://mandisinterviews.blogspot.com/2007/03/erin-candela.html

Colleen Mulligan

Colleen Mulligan is an artist living & working in Los Angeles. Her work has been exhibited in Brooklyn NY, Los Angeles CA and Firenze Italy. Colleen has studied art in New York, Italy and the Netherlands. Check out her portfolio and artist statement at http://afonline.artistsspace.org/view_artist.php?aid=2265

Lex Loeb

Lex Loeb is an artist and photographer who lives and works in Portland, OR. http://fotoamigo.com/Lex_Loeb/

Gail Taylor

Gail has spent more than two decades working in the world of Fine Art, Photography, Event Design, Theater, Dance and Film-Making, throughout Canada, the U.S., England and Italy. Gail currently resides in Vancouver. www.gailtaylor.org

Kalina Kastelik

Born in Poland in 1979 and raised in Canada since the age of two, Kalina lives and works in Vancouver, British Columbia. When painting, she dives into unconscious dimensions, weaving reality and the imaginary together; the magical world of forests and fairy dust from her childhood; flirting with elements from her womanhood through large blooming flowers. www.anioman.com/Artists/KalinaKastelik

Janet Freeman

Janet Freeman's photographs span the globe, offering an eclectic mix of the political, personal, and everyday moments that often offer the most poignant revelations. All photographs are shot using an SLR and are never digitally manipulated. http://www.janetinportland.com

[Images from the Iraq War Protest] These photographs were taken in Washington, DC, September 2005. Despite media reports, the number of protestors that day numbered in the hundreds of thousands-a figure later confirmed by independent council.

Tony Merrithew

Tony has been creating "an oil painting a day". He's a Portland artist making small affordable paintings. Tony was formally trained as a classical sculptor/painter and worked in bronze foundries. He also spent a lot of time as a stop motion animator. http://tonymerrithew.blogspot.com

Dragomir Vukovic

Photos by Dragomir Vukovic: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/589959

Baran

Baran has been expressing himself in various artistic forms for over twenty years. He has travelled widely and currently lives in Vancouver, B.C. http://www.b-a-r-a-n.com/