Two Thousand and Me - the year of the Pete

With all my duties at the gallery and the junk store and publishing and everything, it is easy to let the creation of artwork slip onto the back burner and, eventually, off the stove altogether. So after a little success with last years Double Exposure exhibition, I put the word out that I was looking to weasel my way into some group shows or anything like that for 2009. Time to reap.

First up, is the ongoing Scion Installation 5, that will touring the us in 2009. It has already hit Detroit and Miami, and is currently in Phoenix. It will also be heading to DC, Minneapolis, New York, San Jose, Portland, and LA. More info and specific dates and venues are at scion.com/installation. Big, big thanks to David Choe for making this happen for me. There are some heavy hitters involved in these shows, and Scion always throws a good party so check them out if they come near your city.

I've got a busy night coming up this Friday (Feb 27th). Oakland Museum of CA director Rene DeGuzman will be giving a lecture at the (C) show, which is in Piedmont, CA. It is the same show that opened in December. That happens around 5:30 pm. If you want to attend, send me an email and I'll make it happen.

Then, Narangkar and I are participating in Southern Exposure's 9th Annual Monster Drawing Rally, at the Verdi Club, 2424 Mariposa Street, in San Francisco. We are both scheduled to draw in the late spot, 9-10pm, when things get rowdy. I can't wait. Lots of amazing artists are participating so come early and definitely stay late.

In the near future I will have some brand new work in the Game Over / Continue? group exhibition over at GRSF, the Giant Robot shop in San Francisco. A lot of my recent artwork has revolved around arcade and home video games so this is right up my alley and I'm so happy to be in the show. It starts on March 27th.

Then I'm dropping another new piece in the Regime Change group show for Swarm's 3 year anniversary in Oakland. That's on April 3rd, I believe. That night will also be the opening of John Casey's solo show, Distant Cousins, at Swarm, so don't miss that. 

Next up, it's back to GRSF for the annual Tree Show, which, again, is right up my alley. I always get cards for this show and feel like I should have been involved. Thanks to Luke at GRSF, and a kind word from Sean Boyles, and it's on!

I also have a San Jose group show coming up in October, perhaps a split-show for a ebay owned internet 2.0 company headquarters in SF in June, a new issue of Junk Pirate later this month, and lots more simmering. 

So mark your calendars in bold red marker.