Brendan Monroe

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MAMMATUS TOKYO

Mammatus is my first solo exhibition in Japan. Opening January 14th and running through January 29, 2017. If you're near stop in and say hi at the gallery, Curator's Cube , Tokyo.

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July 27, 2016

POW! WOW! LONG BEACH

This year for Pow! Wow! Long Beach my wife, Evah, and I collaborated on our first mural together. It can be seen on 8th Street and Pine in Long Beach, CA (MAP). I also had the opportunity to install my ceramic work with Heath as a part of the Vitality and Verve exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art. The exhibition is on view now through October 16th.

photos by Brandon Shigeta

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March 8, 2016

XOXO

The XOXO Festival I participated last year has made a selection of murals available for purchase in an online pop-up exhibition. For more info and to see the whole collection, click here.

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February 25, 2016

BUMP

Two new print editions. Bump is a 36 x 24 inch limited edition print in silver or gold metalic ink. Now available here.

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February 19, 2016

SELECTED WORKS

I have a collection of pieces in the group show currently on view at The Boiler Room, Heath Ceramics, San Francisco. Now until April 2. See some work from the show here on Artsy.

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December 4, 2015

PARALLEL

VVG Thinking, Taipei, Taiwan. A new exhibition of drawings, sketches and other loose papers from the studio. Showing in conjunction with Homegirlz by Evah Fan. December 4, 2015 - January 7, 2015 Opening reception / Saturday, December 5 / 9:30 - 11:00 pm FB event page here.

簡單的概念、線條的反覆， 組成萬花筒般的目不轉睛， 要像天體觀測一樣， 注目來自Brendan Monroe的超新星。

在不同角度觀察原生山色，在視覺上韻律起伏流動， 反覆地、接續著、延伸出去， 超越地域界線成為奇異視野。

VVG Thinking [ 好樣思維 ] 100, Taipei City, Zhongzheng District, Hangzhou N Rd,  華山文創產業園區．紅磚六合院 C 棟 ( 杭州北路．北平東路口 )

PM12:00~PM:9:00 02-23225573

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December 1, 2015

FIGMENT

A new vinyl figure edition in gray marble, available here.

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September 27, 2015

MORPHOLOGY at Heath Ceramics in San Francisco, September 25 - October 25.

An Enormous Thank You to everyone who came out to the opening, all who supported me and those who helped put this show together. It's the biggest body of work I've had in one place with a heavy enphasis on sculpture. If you are near San Francisco, please stop by and see the show in person.

Veiw a selection of work from the show here on the Boiler Room Website or on Artsy.

PARIS, I also have a few drawings in an exhibition alongside my wife, Evah Fan, until October 17th at Galerie L.J.

photo by Brandon Shigeta

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August 18, 2015

I’ve been working most of this year at Heath Ceramics in San Francisco on an exhibition of new sculptures, paintings and murals. Mark your calendars, the show opens on September 25th, 2015. I’m really excited about the work coming out of the studio. This show will be the first major solo show of my work in San Francisco. 

Recently I was invited to participate in the Vitality and Verve exhibition at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Envelope is on display at the museum now through October 25th, 2015.

photo by Brandon Shigeta

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May 29, 2015

The Boiler Room at Heath Ceramics is now open with this new painting, Blanket, and a group of sculptures. The show also includes the work of Stan Bitters and in a couple weeks House Industries will be added to the mix. Stop in and see it through June.

In Brooklyn I have a group of original drawings from my Islands comic on view as part of Lost in Space, a group show at Grumpy Bert. There's a great group of artists in the mix, stop by and see it.

Friday, May 29, I’ve got a letterpress print edition being released with my friends at The Aesthetic Union in San Francisco. It’s one contribution to On & On, an exhibition all about pattern.They will be available online Saturday, May 30.

New skateboard decks are now available through my web store. Their one part of a collaboration released earlier this year with Raised By Wolves in Canada.

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April 1, 2015

At  HEATH , a family of blob sculptures has just arrived and are now hanging out in their showroom in San Francisco. Stop by and see them in person or check out the available work on the new  Boiler Room Gallery  website.

In Los Angeles, I have a piece in the  Juxtapoz 20 Years  exhibition at the Municipal Art Gallery. Now until April 19.

I'm really excited for this new collaboration release with  Raised by Wolves  in Canada. We worked closely together to design pieces around a series of my drawings. Check their stockists for  availability .

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January 22, 2015

HAPPY 2015

I was recently invited to paint a mural at the Facebook HQ in Menlo Park, CA. It was a real honor to take part in the FB AIR program and leave a piece of work there among a collection of so many amazing artists.

I have work in a few upcoming group exhibitions as well.

January 23, King Brown #10 the magazine launch exhibition at Spares Store, Melbourne, Australia. February 7 - 18, Pow Wow Hawaii the second annual show curated by Thinkspace, Honolulu Museum School of the Arts, Honolulu, HI. February 22 - April 19, Juxtapoz 20 Years Under the Influence at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles, CA.

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November 20, 2014

BLOBOGRAPHY

Huge thanks to everyone who has made this show great!

The exhibition of new ceramic sculptures, drawings and paintings runs for two more weekends in Los Angeles. Please stop in an take a look if you're in town. The show goes until November 30.

The work can be seen here and is available for delivery by phone or email.

Have a look at the makers slideshow with photos by Ye Rin Mok.

Blobography Heath Ceramics 7525 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90036 Ph. 323 965 0800 [email protected]

photo bshigeta

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October 15, 2014

BLOBOGRAPHY Heath Ceramics presents Blobography, a collaborative project exhibition by Brendan Monroe and the Heath Studio, opening Nov. 1.

Brendan Monroe Blobography November 1, 2014 - November 30, 2014 Opening reception / Saturday, November 1 / 6:00 - 8:30 pm RSVP Here

Heath Ceramics 7525 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles CA 90036 Ph. 323 965 0800

What do you get when you pair talented artist Brendan Monroe, best known for his hypnotic, science-inspired illustrations and sculptures with Heath, best known for our crisp modern style? You get Blobography.

Adam Silverman conceived of and curated the show. “Brendan and I have known each other for about a decade. His work lives in a weird parallel universe to that of ceramics, but I could easily imagine the two worlds colliding and resulting in something very strange and exciting. When we invited Brendan to collaborate he responded enthusiastically.” 

The collaboration was a deep one that stretched both participants. Brendan sculpted forms out of wood, which were born of his paintings and drawings of alternate landscapes that feel both real and surreal. Then, working with LA Clay Studio manager Alex Reed, the forms became molds, which met clay, which then met glaze. 

The show will include a series of limited edition pieces from the collaboration, as well as unique sculptures, drawings and paintings.

Join us at a reception with the artist on Saturday, November 1, 2014 from 6–8:30 pm, share beer, wine and nibbles, and pick up some unforgettable art. The show runs through November 30 at Heath LA.

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September 14, 2014

FOREST FOR THE TREES 

This August I was invited to attend the Forest For The Trees mural festival in Porland, Oregon. Souther Salazar and I collaborated on a wall that can be seen in person at 4703 N Albina Ave.

HEATH CERAMICS

I've been working this summer on a new series of sculptures with Heath Ceramics. Stay tuned for more info and photos for the exhibition opening in Los Angeles in November.

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July 22, 2014

WALL TO WALL  I was recently invited to paint a mural in Berkeley, CA for the Converse Wall to Wall project. Check it out here online or in person at Ledger's Liquor on University and Acton.

July Group Shows I have a few pieces in group shows going on through July. July 5 - 27, Corrective Course at Marcas Gallery in Santa Ana, CA. July 5 - August 29, Dime Bag 4 curated by Jordin Isip at The End is Near in Brooklyn, NY. July 10 - 31, Decade of Decadunce at Cinders Gallery in New York, NY.

POW! WOW! TAIWAN I also had a chance to collaborate with local artist Candy Bird for Pow! Wow! Taiwan this past June at the Taipei Artist Village.  Thanks to everybody there who made it great! photo bshigeta

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May 25, 2014

TAIWAN !!!  I will be participating in this year's Pow! Wow! Taiwan, painting on a big wall at the Taipei Artist Village. There are lots of events for the whole week and weekend. If you are near, come say hi and check out some of the murals. May 28 - June 3. Follow along on Instagram here and here. Facebook here and here.

BLACK AND NIGHT ~ Evah Fan and I will be having a two person drawing exhibition at Shimokitazawa Books in Taipei. The show opens May 31 with a reception from 18:00-20.00. 

NOT BIG ISSUE ~ We are also participating in Taipei’s artist book and zine fair, June 7 - 8 with our books and products at the Shimokitazawa Books table.

Black and Night

An exhibition of drawings and small paintings on paper by artists Brendan Monroe and Evah Fan.

Shimokitazawa Generations 5/31 Opening 18:00-20:00 5/31~6/22 / SAT-SUN / 12:00-20:00

Brendan Monroe (USA) and Evah Fan (USA, Taiwan) are husband and wife artists based in Oakland, California. For their fist exhibition in Taiwan, Monroe will showcase recent “Black” ink drawings that are primarily based on landscapes abstracted in topographic lines, while Fan has created a new series of delicate characters floating and dreaming among the stars of the “Night” sky. They are frequent publishers of zines and have shown their work in France, Canada, Sweden and the United States.

日前來自日本的人氣刊物「Knock」也曾於第二刊探訪過這對可愛的藝術家夫妻，來自美國加州奧克蘭的藝術家Brendan Monroe與他的插画家妻子Evah Fan，即將在本月底於下北沢世代店舖舉行微型插画聯展。 這是一個簡單又美好的展覽，關於黑白與線條之間的想像延伸，或許是一個科幻故事的場景，亦或是平凡生活中的逗趣表現。無論如何，每每觀看他們的作品總是能感受到Brendan Monroe內在反覆思考探索，以及Evah Fan對於生活的愉悅開心互補。本次除了繪画作品外，更帶來他們的個人小出版作品書冊一同於店舖進行展售～