RECENT NEWS:

ART FAIRS:
Volta New York
March 8-11, 2012
Solo Booth - Dean Monogenis
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PRESS:
Carolyn Castaño's work is featured in the December issue of New American Painting #97 that was curated by Anne Ellegood of the Hammer Museum.

Hung Liu's recent exhibition Dawn Blossoms Plucked at Dusk was reviewed by Betty Ann Brown in Artillery Magazine in the January 2012 edition. Click link to read the review. The show was also reviewed by Peter Frank in the Huffington Post. Click link to read the review.

Margarita Cabrera's fall show was reviewed by Holly Myers in the Los Angeles Times on October 7, 2011. Click link to read the review. Cabrera also received a comprehensive review from Roni Feinstein in the LA Weekly that was published on October 13, 2011. Click link to read the review.

Barry Anderson's show at Walter Maciel Gallery was reviewed by Peter Frank in the Huffington Post on August 12, 2011. Click link to read the review.

Brendan Lott's recent show Up and Down and Top and Bottom and Charm and Strange is mentioned on Dennis Cooper's blog. Click link to read the blog.

Carolyn Castaño's is mentioned in the review of 2011 City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Fellowship exhibition at the Barnsdall Art Center written by Christopher Knight in the LA Times. Click link to read the review. Her work is also featured in an article written by Adolfo Guzman Lopez for KCET Los Angeles. The article discusses the new series of work portraying different narco-dolls who have fallen victim to the drug trade between Meixco and the US that is included in the C.O.L.A. show. Click link to read the article.

LECTURES, RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS:
Barry Anderson will do a residency project at UCross Foundation in Wyoming from March 12 through March 19, 2012 .  He will be a visiting artist at Montana State University in Bozeman in the first week of March.  This fall Anderson will do a residency at NES Artists in Skagaströnd, Iceland.

John Bankston will be a Visiting Artist at Ox-bow in Saugatuck, MI this summer.

Carolyn Castaño received a mid-career artist award from the California Community Foundation. The announcement was made at a private reception for the winners at Creative Artist Agency on July 19th. The award follows Castaño's recent grant from the City of Los Angeles (C.O.L.A.) Individual Artist Fellowship consisiting of a $10,000 stipend and a recent show at the Barnsdall Art Park in Hollywood. Please click link to view the online catalog. This June Castaño will do a residency at Casa Tres Patios in Medellin, Colombia.

Jim Christensen has a blog on the artistic practice of work wear and related topics at this link. (http://youroldpaljim.blogspot.com)

Oscar Cueto will do a residency sponsored by FONCA and Salzburger-Kunstverein in Salzburg, Austria from September through December 2012.

John Jurayj has received a Pollack-Krasner Foundation Grant. The Pollack-Krasner Foundation's duel criteria for grants are recognizable artistic merit and demonstrable financial need, whether professional, personal or both. The Foundation's mission is to aid, internationally, those individuals who have worked as professional artists over a significant period of time.

Hung Liu has received the SGC International 2011 Award for Lifetime Achievement in Printmaking. The Lifetime Achievement Award is given to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the professional development of printmaking as a fine art. SGC International, formerly the Southern Graphics Council, is a US nonprofit membership organization that advances the field of original prints, drawings, books and hand-made paper.

Dean Monogenis is currently doing an Artist in residence at CCA Andratx in Mallorca, Spain through mid-February.

EXHIBITIONS:
Barry Anderson is included in an exhibition at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art as part of the brand new projectSCREEN series of solo exhibitions from April 25 through May 27, 2012.

John Bankston is included in 30 Americans at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington DC through February 12, 2012. The show was organized by the Rubell Colelction where it debuted during the Miami Fairs in 2009. Click link for further information. Bankston is included in the group exhibition Figure Studies: Recent Representational Works on Paper with Ida Applebroog, Jennifer Bornstein, Alejandro Cardenas, Djordje Ozbolt and Tom Reed at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis from January 27 through April 22, 2012. Click link for further information. Bankston is also included in the show Fifty Years of Bay Area Art, The SECA Award at the San Francisco Museum of Modern through April 3, 2012.  He will also be included in The Bearden Project at the Studio Museum in Harlem from March 29 through May 27, 2012.

Rebeca Bollinger is part of the exhibition Fifty Year of Bay Area Art, The SECA Award at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art through April 3, 2012. Bollinger will be included in the exhibition Data Deluge curated by Rachel Gugelberger and Reynard Loki at Ballroom Marfa from March 2 through July 29, 2012.  Other artists in the show include Jon Brunberg, Jennifer Dalton, Anthony Discenza, Hans Haacke, Scott Hug, Loren Madsen, Michael Najjar, Roberto Pugliese, Anna Von Mertens and Adrien Segal.

Margarita Cabrera is also showing a survey of her work at the El Paso Museum of Art through August 2013. Click link for more information. Both shows will include workshops working with the local communities. Cabrera will also be included in an exhibition entitled Testimonios: 100 Years of Popular Expression at Museo del Barrio in New York from January 31 through May 6, 2012 and Chain Reaction: Artists Consider the Bicycle at the de Saisset Museum in Santa Clara University from April 13 through July 1, 2012. She will also be included in the show Mexicanisimo Through Artist’s Eyes at the San Jose Museum of Art from March 30 through September 23, 2012.  Cabrera is currently doing a residency workshop at the McColl Center for Visual Art in Charlotte, NC that will culminate with an exhibition of the new work from January 27 through March 4, 2012.

Carolyn Castaño is included in a group show entitled Go Tell It on the Mountain curated by Nery Gabriel Lemus at Charlie James Gallery in Los Angeles,  The show also includes the work of Rev. Ethan Acres, Edgar Arveneaux, Andrea Bowers, Alex Donis, Nery Gabriel Lemus, Nikki Pressley, Erika Rothenberg and Sanjit Sethi.

Oscar Cueto is currently in two group exhibitions in Mexico City including Sexy at Museo de Arte Actual Ex Teresa through February 12, 2012 and Tiempo de sospecha: un ejercicio sobre comunicación mediatica y ejercicios de información at the Museo de Arte Moderno (MAM) through April 8th.  Cueto will have a solo show entitled Vuelta at Museo de Arte Actual Ex Teresa in Mexico City from August 30 through October 28, 2012.  He will also be included in the group show El incesante ciclo entre idea y acción at the Museo de Arte Alvar y Carrillo Gill (MACG) in Mexico City from February 8 through May 27, 2012.

Cynthia Ona Innis will be included in a group drawing exhibition at the Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, NY from March 23 through May 6, 2012.  Her work is currently being featured in the Rudin Showroom as part of the Winter Market Kickoff in the San Francisco Design District through May 2012.  Innis will also have work in the show On View at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley from February 16 through March 31, 2012.

John Jurayj is included in the group exhibition (Space): Constructing the Intangible at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University in Ithaca, NY from April 14 through July 22, 2012.

Charles LaBelle recently showed a group of drawings from the Building Entered series at Number 1 Gallery in Bangkok which closed on January 20, 2012.

Hung Liu is preparing for a survey exhibition of her career with an accompanying catalog at the Oakland Museum of California.  The show will open in February 2013 and is being curated by Rene de Guzman.  Her work is also included in the exhibition Fifty Years of Bay Area Art, The SECA Award at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art through April 3, 2012.

Brendan Lott will be included in the Contemporary Art Council Artrageous Auction on February 27, 2012 as a fundraiser for the Palm Springs Art Museum.

Dean Monogenis will open a solo show entitled Dream or Memory or Builded Stone at Galleri Xippas in Athens, Greece from February 9-April 28, 2012.  Monogenis will also be included in a group exhibition entitled Utopian/Distopian Landscapes at 101 California Street Lobby in San Francisco from February 14 through April 27, 2012.

Robb Putnam has a large format sculpture entitled Stray on view at the Palm Springs Art Museum as a new acquisition to the collection. Putnam will be part of the Contemporary Art Council Artrageous Auction at the Palm Springs Art Museum that takes place on February 27, 2012.

Lisa Solomon will show two large drawings and a new embroidery installation in the show Transcendental Vision at The Independent in Sand City, CA from January 27 through February 26, 2012.

Jil Weinstock is showing a body of work entitled Unwearables as part of the exhibitions program at the LA/Ontario International Airport.

COMMISSIONS:
Freddy Chandra is developing a site-specific commissioned artwork for the newly opened Neiman Marcus department store in Walnut Creek, CA

Cynthia Ona Innis has been awarded a public arts commission by the County of Alameda in Northern California. Selective works by Innis have also been acquired for a new public library in Lafayette, CA and a new US Embassy in Riga, Latvia.

Hung Liu has been awarded a public arts commission at the International Terminal in the San Francisco International Airport. The commission was completed and installed in April 2008. Click link for images.

PAST NEWS:

ART FAIRS:
Aqua Art Miami at the Aqua Hotel in South Beach, Room 227
December 1-4, 2011
VIP Preview Opening: November 30th, 8-11pm
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Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the NADA Art Fair in Miami Beach from December 2-5, 2010. The gallery featured a solo booth by John Bankston. For images of the booth and fair please click the following link.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the inaugural San Francisco Fine Art Fair from May 21-23, 2010. The fair took place at Fort Mason. For images of the booth please click link.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in NEXT, the invitational exhibition of emerging art from April 29-May 3, 2010. For images of the booth please click link.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the Aqua Wynwood Art Fair in Miami from December 3-6, 2009. This was the second year the gallery participated in this intimate fair. For images of the booth please click link.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in Volta NY from March 5-8, 2009.  A solo booth featuring the series Arbol de la Vida by Margarita Cabrera was featured.  Click link for images of the fair.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the Aqua Wynwood Art Fair in Miami in conjunction with Art Basel Miami Beach from December 2-7, 2008. Click link for images of the fair.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the Pulse New York Art Fair from March 27-30, 2008. Click link to see images.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the Pulse Miami Art Fair from December 4-9, 2007. Click link to see images.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the inaugural Pulse Art Fair in London at the Mary Ward House from October 11-14, 2007. Click link to see images.

Walter Maciel Gallery participated in the inaugural Swab Art Fair in Barcelona from May 10-13, 2007.  Click link to see images.

PRESS:
Hung Liu is mentioned in an article entitled Bringing a Woman's Touch to Chinese Art Scene in the New York Times Arts section on January 20, 2011. The article is written by Joyce Hor-Chung Lau and discusses the recognition of female artists in China. Click link to read the article.

Maria E. Piñeres's show Cheeky was mentioned by Reggie Casagrande in the blog LIPSTiCKtrACeZ on January 9, 2011.

Rebeca Bollinger's show Everything Is Everything was reviewed by James Nisbet in Artforum.com in October 2010. Click link to read the review.

James Buckhouse's fictional alter ego Serg Riva was reviewed in the New York Times Magazine on August 31st. The review focused on Riva's recent swimwear designs. Click link to read the review.

William Swanson's exhibition Mass Continuum was presented in Guernica Magazine in September. Click link to read the overview.

John Jurayj was interviewed in the Cornell Daily Sun on September 12th. Click link to read the interview. Jurayj was also included in the review of Malleable Memory, a group exhibition that took place at Aicon Gallery in New York. Click link to read the review. Earlier this year Jurayj's exhibition Untitled (Undead) was reviewed by Sharon Mizota in the LA Times on Monday, April 26, 2010. Click link to read the review.

Hung Liu was interviewed in Issue #64 of Giant Robot Magazine. For information on how to order a copy please click link.

Freddy Chandra's exhibition entitled Verge was featured in the online website ArtDaily on Sunday, January 24, 2010. Click link to read the overview.

Cynthia Ona Innis is featured in the online edition of Beautiful Decay Magazine as of January 25, 2010. Click link to read the article and see the images.

The exhibiton entitled Seeking the Recluse but Not Meeting by Song Kun was selected as one of six best gallery shows of 2010 by Christopher Knight in the LA Times. Click link to read the review.

The Song Kun exhibition entitled Seeking the Recluse but Not Meeting was reviewed by Christopher Knight in the LA Times. Click link to read the review.  The exhibition was also reviewed by Annie Buckley in the December issue of Art in America.

The summer show Laugh It Off was reviewed on Dailyserving.com by Allison Gibson. Click link to read the review.

Dean Monogenis is featured in the September 2009 issue of the Georgia Review with reproductions of ten paintings.

The exhibition entitled Circadian Rhythm by Frank Ryan was reviewed by Leah Ollman in the LA Times. Click link to read the review.

Carolyn Castano's exhibition It's Complicated was reviewed by Christopher Knight in the LA Times. Click link to read the review. Castano's show was also reviewed by Ashley Tibbits in the June edition of Artweek. Click link to read the review.

John Bankston's exhibition Imaginary Friends was reviewed on the online edition of V Magazine. Click link to read the review.

The exhibition DAY FOR NIGHT by James Buckhouse was reviewed in detail by Allison Gibson for DailyServing.com. Click link to read the review.

Hung Liu's exhibition Rat Years 1948 1960 1972 1984 1996 2008 was reviewed by Jesi Khadivi in THE Magazine's December issue. An image of Rat Portrait 1 was used as the cover image. Click link to read the review.

The show Untitled (We Could Be Heroes) by John Jurayj was reviewed by Allison Gibson in DailyServing.com.  Click link to read the review. The show was also reviewed in Artscene California by Annie Buckley. Click link to read the review.

A review of Hung Liu's show Prodigal Daughter at F2 Gallery in Beijing was featured in City Weekend Magazine. Click link to read the review.

The show entitled Arbol de la Vida by Margarita Cabrera was reviewed by Annie Buckley in Artforum.com.  Click link to read the preview

Dean Monogenis is included in the newest edition of New American Paintings, Vol. 75 as the Curator's Recommendation.

A preview of Andrea Cohen's show Overlook at Walter Maciel Gallery was featured in the LA Times on May 8th. Click link to read the preview.

Margarita Cabrera is mentioned in an overview of the show Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement by Christopher Knight in the LA Times on April 15th. Click link to read the review. The show was also reviewed in the June issue of Artforum by Julia Bryan-Wilson and the June issue of Artweek by Annie Buckley.

Cynthia Ona Innis's show entitled Rally was reviewed in the LA Times by Holly Myers on March 28th. Click link to read the review.  The show was also mentioned in Emma Gray's Top Ten Picks on Saatchi's Daily Magazine Blog in April 2008. Click link to read the blog.

Lezley Saar was interviewed by Suzanne Muchnic in the LA Times on January 1st regarding a show at the UCLA Fowler Museum. Click link to read the review.

Frank Ryan was included in an over view of Los Angeles based painters in an article entitled 45 Artists under 45 written by Christopher Knight in the LA Times on December 3rd.

A review of the Miami Art Fairs by Annie Buckley in Art Scene online contains a quote by Walter Maciel and an image of the booth. Click link to read the review and see the images.

A review of Lezley Saar's show entitled Tooth Hut was reviewed in the LA Times by Holly Myers on November 9th. Click link to read the review. The show was also included in the Critcs' Choice section of the LA Times on Sunday, November 18th and you can read it at the following link .

An online review of the show Tooth Hut by Lezley Saar was written by Annie Buckley on Artforum.com.  Click link to read the review.

William Swanson is featured in the Artist Profile section of Art Ltd. in the November issue.  Click link to read the editorial. Swanson was also featured in the October 11-17 edition of the LA Weekly with a review of his solo show at Walter Maciel Gallery.  The review was written by Peter Frank and can be viewed by clicking this link.

Rebeca Bollinger is featured in the September issue of art ltd. with a review of her June show at Walter Maciel Gallery.  The review was written by Sharon Mizota and can be viewed by clicking this link.

John Jurayj was recently added to the collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington DC and the Harvard Business School at Harvard University.

Margarita Cabrera is featured in the May issue of Artillery Magazine with a review of her recent show at Walter Maciel Gallery.  The review was written by Annie Buckley and can be viewed by clicking this link. A review by Micol Hebron in Flash Art was published on page 99 of the May-June 2007 issue.

Hung Liu was featured in the LA Times on Sunday, September 24th with an interview by Suzanne Muchnic about her solo show at Walter Maciel Gallery. Click link to view the article. Liu was also mentioned in a larger overview of current shows in Los Angeles in the LA Times by Muchnic on Sunday, October 1st.

Andrea Cohen is featured in the October issue of ARTnews as the Curator's Pick by Rachel Somerstein. Click link to preview the feature. Cohen is also featured in a review of the exhibition The Uncertainty of Objects and Ideas, New Sculpture at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art and Sculpture Garden. written by Blake Gopnik in the Washington Post. Click link to read the review.

Andrea Cohen and Cynthia Ona Innis are featured in the CROSSCURRENTS section on art and the environment in the August edition of ArtReview magazine written by Catherine Taft. Click link to preview the Innis page. Click link to preview the Cohen page.

Cynthia Ona Innis's show of new paintings was reviewed in the LA Times by Holly Myers on June 23rd. Click link to read the review.

Walter Maciel Gallery was mentioned in an overview of the Los Angeles gallery scene by Emma Gray in her column entitled "L.A. Confidential" on artnet.com. Click link to read the review.

COMMISSIONS:
Hung Liu and Rebeca Bollinger have been awarded public commissions at the new Oakland International Airport terminal. Liu will present a 160 foot glass panel wall along a pathway with etched imagery of the migration of birds incorporated with regional weather patterns of the Bay Area. Click link for images. Bollinger will combine digital imagery taken in interior and exterior environments throughout the Bay Area on several monitors that will be displayed as a multi channel media wall. Click link for images.

EVENTS:
Walter Maciel Gallery hosted a fashion show by designer Donny Barrios of Crispin and Basilio during LA Fashion Week on March 22, 2007. Click link to preview the event.