2008 UPCOMING EVENTS

  2nd Annual Halloween Art Show
  F6 Gallery  (Arlington, TX) ~~ More details TBA
  http://www.myspace.com/f6gallery

 

  Obscenely Unseen 3
  Space Studio  (Dallas, TX)
  http://www.myspace.com/spaceiztheplace

One Day ONLY!!: August 2nd, 2008 from 3pm - midnight.


  Art Anomaly
  Online zine by Kris Swenson featuring unique & iconoclast artists of all genres & formats.  http://artanomaly.com/

 

 

2007 UPCOMING EVENTS

 

 

  Wabi Sabi - The Beauty of Imperfection
  Firehouse Art Gallery  (Fort Worth, TX)
  http://firehouseart.net/index.html

View newspaper clipping here

 



Kris was featured as the Spotlight Artist for the week of July 16-21st, 2007 on TalentDatabase.com. 

View archive here - >> http://strangefamiliar.com/ts.pdf
 

  FEMME XX  v2.0
  Revolution Gallery  (Dallas, TX)
  http://myspace.com/revolution_gallery

Opening Reception: April 27th, 7pm to 12 midnight
SHOW RUNS April 27th through May 18, 2007.

 

  MASK: A Portrait Show
  Flash Gallery  (Lakewood, CO)
  http://www.workingwithartists.org/galleries.html

 

Opening Reception: November 3rd, 5-9 pm
SHOW RUNS November 3 - December 3 , 2006

 JUROR: Grant Leighton
GUEST ARTIST: Jonathan Postal
A portrait can live for generations as a recorded example of personality, character,  place and time. However, a picture of someone is not necessarily a portrait. A portrait is something much more and can be one of the most challenging and rewarding genres in photography. It provides information about the sitter and communicates to the viewer. It requires insight and intention. Whether embellished or raw, staged or on the fly, we want to show you the best.

JUROR GRANT LEIGHTON:

 GRANT LEIGHTON began his photographic career working at the International Center for Photography in New York where he became passionately committed to fine art photography. While at ICP, as a darkroom assistant, Grant was invited to help Richard Avedon with his Master Class with darkroom printing, and while at this renowned institution for photography Grant studied with many of their most respected instructors.

My photo:



"Self Portrait"
Photograph, 12"x18"

WWA/Flash
Main Gallery
445 South Saulsbury St
Lakewood CO 80226

This event is free and all are welcome to attend.  This photo is for sale - $250.00.  If you are interested, please contact Kris.

This photo is framed & printed on 100 lb gloss chrome coat stock & will never be reproduced for sale again.

 

 

  20th Annual DIA DE LOS MUERTOS (Day of the Dead) Art Exhibit
  Bath House Cultural Center  (Dallas, TX)

Opening Reception: Saturday October 21st, 6:00 pm

The Bath House Cultural Center presents the 20th annual Día de los Muertos art exhibition, October 14 – November 11, 2006. This year’s exhibition features 70 local, regional, national and international artists working in traditional and contemporary styles to celebrate, explore and honor people, things, and ideas that have “passed on.” This eclectic exhibition includes a collection of eighty pieces of art, all of which promise to be challenging, inspiring and thought provoking. The show includes works by artists from the DFW area, Texas, Mexico, Paraguay, Japan, Norway and Colombia.

20th Anniversary of the Day of the Dead exhibition:
The year 2006 Marks the 20th Anniversary of the Day of the Dead exhibition at the gallery spaces of the Bath House Cultural Center. The Bath House's tradition of presenting the Day of the Dead show began on November 1986 when Teatro Dallas incorporated displays of traditional Mexican altars of the dead into a theatrical presentation titled Johnny Tenorio.

Throughout the years, the exhibitions have evolved from being primarily a collection of traditional altar installations done mostly by Dallas Hispanic artists to a much wider selection of artistic interpretations that include-- in addition to the altars-- sculpture, painting, photography and other contemporary mixed media techniques. The last ten years have also seen a significant increase of non-Hispanic artists participating in this exhibition as more people embrace the Day of the Dead tradition and see the tremendous potential of the show’s theme for artistic creation.

Reception with the artists:
Saturday, October 21st, 2006 - (6-8 PM)

Free and open to the public.

The photo in this exhibit, entitled "Guardian Cemetary Angel Bearing the Miracle Water of Lourdes" is for sale.

This photo is framed & printed on 100 lb gloss kodachrome stock & will never be reproduced for sale again.

If you are interested in purchasing this piece, please contact Kris for a preview or stop by the Bath House Cultural Center during the Day of the Dead exhibit to inquire about purchasing or to view.

 

 

  24th Annual Juried Art in the Metroplex exhibit
  (Fort Worth, TX)

Opening Reception: Saturday September 9th, 2-8 pm, in conjunction with Fall Gallery Night.

TCU and Templeton Art Center's joint Art in the Metroplex exhibition is the North Central Texas area's only serious, theme-free, competitive survey of contemporary art.

Works in painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture and mixed media selected from artists' works submitted from 16 north Texas counties that comprise the Metroplex.

The exhibition runs from Saturday, September 9 - Thursday, October 5.

JUROR

Janet Bishop is Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Bishop's recent projects have included the special exhibitions Pop! From Bay Area Collections (2004), Points of Departure: Connecting with Contemporary Art I and II (2001) and Fact Fiction: Contemporary Art that Walks the Line (2000).

Free and open to the public.

 

 

  Featured in Bloodwars Magazine, Issue 22, Sept. 2006

Thanks to SFaustina at Bloodwars Magazine for the 2-page spread on my artwork.  Download here for free: http://bloodwarsmagazine.com/downloads.html

 

 

  Outside the Lines 6 - Juried Art Exhibit
  Bath House Cultural Center

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 3rd - 6:00 pm

The Bath House Cultural Center presents Outside the Lines 6, a juried art exhibition featuring new works by local and regional visual artists. This exhibition celebrates the transcendent, innovative and experimental work of contemporary visual artists.

This year, Outside the Lines was juried by a panel of three jurors that includes Gabrielle Castañeda Pruitt, Jacob Kupersztoch and Rita Barnard. The panel selected forty local and regional artists presenting works in different media, including painting, sculpture, photography, etchings, installation art and mixed media.


Exhibition reception with the artists:
Saturday, June 3, 2006 - (6-8 PM)

Featuring a poetry reading by Thomas L. Walker and an award presentation at 7 PM and a jazz concert presented by Mark Cook's Static Trio at 8 PM.

Free and open to the public.

 

  Spring Cleaning
  Kettle Art Gallery

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 20th - 8:00 pm

Kettle Art Gallery
2714 Elm St.  (Deep Ellum)
Dallas, TX  214 573-7622

Music by Timothy Moffett - Touch Synth & Vocals.


piece titled: 'departure' 2006.

price list & preview >>

 

  Paintings and Assemblages - Reduce Reuse Recycle

Opening Reception: Friday April 21, 6:30 - 9:00pm

In the Gallery:
Art Exhibit: Paintings and Assemblages -Reduce Reuse Recycle
Griot Storyteller (Melody Bell)
Music by Terry Horn & Mark Cook

In the Theater 7:30 - 9:00pm
Poetry (Tammy Gomez) 7:30
Trash Art Fashion Show

 

Earth Day Celebration!

Rose Marine Theater's Gallery is pleased to present Reduce, Reuse, Recycle curated by Junanne Peck, April 21 & 22, 2006. This exhibit features works that are concerned with recycling. Artists come together to introduce a body of works incorporating recycled materials and found objects. Exploring recycling through art, the exhibit, Paintings and Assemblages- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, focuses on the world's problem of disappearing resources that are necessary to sustain life.

As a part of its year long 40th anniversary celebration, the Texas Commission on the Arts (TCA) is supporting local arts events in cities and towns across the state. To show their appreciation for helping to make Texas the State of the Arts, the TCA is promoting the Earth Day 2006 Art Exhibit and Trash Art Fashion Show

Kris will have several new pieces displayed in the gallery for this exhibit.

  Spring Gallery Night

"Pull the String and See the Light"
Opening Reception Saturday, April 1, 2006 from 4-9pm.  Music & Refreshments will be served.

Kris will be exhibiting 3 pieces at the FireHouse Art Gallery.  Sponsored by the Fort Worth Arts Consortium & Participating Art Galleries.

Spring Gallery Night will be here on April 1st this year.  We will have the bus again this year and will be stopping at the following galleries: Untitled #1518, Warehouse Gallery, Studio 4, William Campbell, Firehouse, Heliotrope, Arts 5th Ave. 
>> The tour will start at 4:00pm and end at 8:00pm.
More details on cost and starting point to come.
 

  Memorial Art Project

"Heads Up - The Pat Penny Memorial Art Project"

PRESS RELEASE .pdf

Opening Reception: Sunday, April 30 @ 7:00 PM

Medical City Hospital Dallas
Atrium A, Entrance 3

7777 Forest Lane  |  Dallas, TX

Parking Provided

Please RSVP: 817.538.3209
Email cynthia.ward@ladiesoflegacy.org

Head's Up - The Pat Penny Memorial Art Show is expected to feature artwork by people such as Congressman Michael Burgess, the Fort Worth and Dallas mayors and Faith Hill and Tim McGraw, the Texas Rangers, the Fort Worth Cats, as well as local artists.  The pieces will then be auctioned on ebay June 1, 2006 with proceeds benefiting the new foundation. So far, the artwork is scheduled to be displayed at  Medical City Hospital (April 30th, May 1st, May 2nd), Presbyterian Hospital (May 3rd, May 4th and May 5), Firehouse Gallery in Fort Worth (May 6th through May 13th). 

This benefit serves to raise public awareness about the unique challenges posed by brain & spinal cord tumors, while also creating a legacy of love that will enhance the quality of life for patients and their families now and in the future.

The pieces will be displayed at local hospitals and other venues from May 1st - May 31st, Brain Cancer Awareness Month.

As a non-profit charity, Ladies of Legacy offers referral information, education, and financial assistance such as grants-in-aid for patients and scholarships for their children. Although the focus of our organization is on female brain tumor survivors, families come first for most women, therefore our services are also available to survivors of male brain tumor patients.

 

  RED Solo Art Exhibit

RED opens at the AMS Production Group Gallery

Friday, March 10, 2006 through March 31st.

Opening Reception:
Friday, March 10 from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
 

For more info & a sneak preview of some of the new pieces, go here>>

View RECEPTION PICS
 

  Mosaic Minds CD is released

Mosaic Minds cd artwork by Kris.  Artwork was also used in construction of the MM website (developed by 100 proof entertainment).  View FULL cd artwork!!
 

  "Battie" Page digital dress up doll

Dress up your favorite Pinup Girl!  "Battie" Page Dress-up doll.

(you'll need Flashplayer - )
 

 

  Preview New Pieces by Kris - February 2006.

> http://strangefamiliar.com/new/

> http://strangefamiliar.com/srt_preview/index.html
> http://strangefamiliar.com/new/#
> http://strangefamiliar.com/rrr2006/rrr_preview.html
> http://strangefamiliar.com/red/red_preview.html
> http://strangefamiliar.com/heads-up
> http://strangefamiliar.com/blackmagic/blackmagic.html

 

 

 

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