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    ALL CITY (WHITE SPACE CONFLICT)


    All City Exhibition

    April 16 - 22, 2011

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    Curators Natalie Trainor and Anne Huntington, known for cutting edge openings and shows that take place in unorthodox pop-up locations, presented a quantitative study of street art. “All City Exhibition” featured a survey on street art and its influences,

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    DD172 GRAND OPENING


    DD172

    February 19 - March 19, 2010

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    DD172/ Grand Opening (DAMON DASH GRAND OPENING) Damon Dash opened his DD172 gallery in TriBeca NYC on February 19th. The place was packed with industry taste-makers from the music, art, and media fields. Dash Gallery presented the works of Isaac

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    50/50 FIFTY GIFTS CELEBRATING FIFTY YEARS


    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

    November 18 - February 2010

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    Celebrating fifty years, the Museum built this show around fifty significant gifts donated from collectors, thus “50/50 Fifty Gifts celebrating Fifty Years” was born. The show included works by Kehinde Wiley, Tom Friedman, Andy Warhol, Chuck Close, Viola Frey,

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    COLLABORATION


    BENTLEY PROJECTS

    Nov 5, 2009 - December 3, 2009

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    Hector and DOSE’s large scale paintings and smaller works on paper explode with dynamic imagery and social commentary. The collaboration was the pairing of two complete strangers and involved a process of painting with no pre-conceived ideas. The resulting

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    LOCALS ONLY


    PHOENIX ART MUSEUM

    July 12 - October 25, 2009

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    Locals Only showcases 12 Valley artists whose work in different media(print, paint, and sculpture) deals with issues of identity, the tension between high and low culture, and the shifts between representational and conceptual art practices. This exhibition was organized

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    LA REALIDAD/THE TRUTH OF THE REGION


    THE HEARD MUSEUM

    July 1, 2005 - March 2006

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    Hector Ruiz's 2005 solo museum show included a collection of his recent works in wood, printmaking, and a large scale sculpture made of paper mache. Common to the mixed media paintings and sculptures in this exhibition are representations of

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    REMIX – NEW MODERNITIES IN A POST-INDIAN WORLD


    HEARD MUSEUM, A.G.O., SMITHSONIAN NMAI

    October 2007 - April 2009

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    In Remix, artists and curators Joe Baker and Gerald McMaster brought together 15 artists of mixed Native/Non-Native background from the United States, Canada, and Mexico to create an illustrated guide to the here and now in contemporary Native art.

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    L’ART M’EMMERDE J’AI PARTICPE A CETTE EXPO


    BENTLEY GALLERY

    Sept 4, 2008 - Oct 6, 2008

    ABOUT THE SHOW:

    Bentley Gallery showcased an exhibition of new works by Hector Ruiz. L’art m’emmerde j’ai participle a cette expo, a continuation of his miscegenation series, which brought together new works of various mediums including paintings, block prints, and both bronze

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