From left to right: Tim Biskup (seated), Aaron and Ayumi (APAK), and me. Not pictured: Bwana Spoons
Brontosaurus:
Works
by Bwana Spoons, Tim Biskup, Russell U. Richards, and APAK
At
Just
Be Design/ Compound Gallery
March 3- April 4, 2005
From left to right: Tim Biskup (seated), Aaron and Ayumi (APAK), and me. Not pictured: Bwana Spoons
Bwana Spoons, Tim Biskup, and Russell U. Richards announce Brontosaurus,
the dinosaur themed show at Just Be Design/ Compound Gallery in March 2005.
Please join us for an all-out extravaganza of dinosaur paintings, mixed media
works, and prints!
Bwana Spoons is a painter, magazine publisher, and comic
artist in Portland, OR. Titles he publishes include Pencil Fight magazine
and Soft Smooth Brain comics. His art can be seen regularly in Super-7
magazine and its affiliated gallery, where he recently had a one-man show, and
at GR2. Bwana Spoons is the curator of the show Brontosaurus. More of his
art can be seen at http://www.grasshutcorp.com.
Tim Biskup has had a distinguished career in the fields of
illustration and animation. His work has been featured in countless cartoons, in
exhibitions all over the world, and in books and magazines such as Art
Juxtapoz. Currently he has launched a store of his art and design products
called BisPop Gallery in Pasadena, CA. Tim Biskup’s work can be seen at http://www.timbiskup.com.
Russell U. Richards is a printmaker, designer, and
filmmaker from Charlottesville, VA, where he is a resident artist at the
McGuffey Art Center. Awards he has received include first place in the Jim
Henson Muppet Design Competition (with Dan Zimmer), and a Virginia Commission of
the Arts grant for lithography. His handmade plastic toys and art have been
featured in Super-7 magazine and gallery. Russell U. Richards’ art can
be seen at http://www.russellrichards.com.
Just Be Design/ Compound Gallery is a venue for urban
influenced art and design from the U.S. and Japan. It is located at 107 NW 5th
Avenue, Portland OR 97209. Gallery
website is http://www.justbedesign.com.
Show dates are March 3- April 4. Opening reception is
Thursday, March 3 at 7:00 pm.
The piece we worked on collectively