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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* thinkspace presents:“East To West” featuring installations, collaboration and new works from Yoskay Yamamoto, Tanner Goldbeck (Racecar 13) and J. Shea (#9) Opening Reception: Friday, May 12th, 2006 from 7PM until Midnight Show Runs: May 12th through May 31st, 2006 (See below for details of thinkspace relocation) FREE event Overview: Thinkspace is pleased to present “East To West”, an exhibit that brings together three inspiring talents who met in a small central coast town in California where they were all living and working at the time. After exhibiting together in local art shows and collaborating with one another on both paintings and sculpture, including large-scale murals about town, the three went their separate ways, but have kept in close touch with one another and with “East To West”, their experiences and influences will have a chance to feed off one another yet again. This show will focus on where they came from, where they are now, and where the future is taking them. Expect numerous collaborations and a series of installations, including a rumored invasion of Shnurfs. Yoskay Yamamoto (aka Y2) bio / statement: Yoskay Yamamoto was born in the Land of the Rising Sun. Yamamoto spent his youth idolizing Japanese graphic novels and playing with Lego Blocks for hours on end. In 1997, Yamamoto moved to Santa Barbara, CA to experience the Western culture and study abroad, where he experimented with various forms of art, including everything from Ukiyo-e to graffiti to Picasso. Recently, Yamamoto moved to San Francisco, where he paints and lives as a starving student artist. Artist website:www.yoskay.com Tanner Goldbeck (aka Racecar 13) bio / statement: Born in Maryland and growing up in and around Baltimore, Tanner Goldbeck graduated from the Maryland Institute College Of Art in the early ‘90s, before moving to New Jersey to attend the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Currently living and working freelance in downtown Los Angeles. Prior to his move to Los Angeles, Goldbeck worked for Powell Skateboards in Santa Barbara after honing his skills in the screen printing business. Working as a commercial artist, he has tackled everything from illustration and design to all facets of production work. Skateboards, snowboards, clothing, motorcycle helmets… along the way he’s sketched, painted and screen printed on just about everything that can be imagined. The combined experience and exposure to so many different avenues of expression have been processed and fed back in his work. Artist website: www.racecar13.com J. Shea (aka #9) bio / statement: Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts, J. Shea was heavily influenced when growing up by the strong Boston and NYC music scenes and greatly admired the accompanying show posters of that time. Going on to graduate from The Art Institute of Boston in the late ‘80s, where he studied illustration, painting and sculpture, Shea has lived in several cites across the U.S. since, on both the east and west coasts, all the while ingesting the vast array of influences along his travels. Shea currently works and resides in downtown Los Angeles, where his talents have helped in the creation of everything from sneakers and graphic books to rock posters and puppets. No matter what it is, Shea takes great pride in creating everything by hand. His fine art is a combination of all his favorite mediums, brought together to create wonderful works of sculpture and assemblage art. NEW WORKS WILL ALSO BE ON DISPLAY IN OUR BACK GALLERY FROM:
For further information, press relations or to request images, please contact
Andrew Hosner via contact@sourharvest.com or
leave a message on the gallery’s answering machine at #323.913.3375. |
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