MARCH: “Regional Affairs”

MARCH 1ST – 31ST

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“Regional Affairs”

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A select group show with new works by:

Aron Dubois, Colin Matthes, and Matt Relkin

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Preview Reception (open to the public): Wednesday, Feb. 29th, 2012 5:30-8pm

Opening Reception, 1st Thursday March 1, 2012, 6-10pm

Runs through, Saturday March 31st

For inquiries, please email: info@breezeblockgallery.com

VIEW ARTWORK

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We are pleased to announce “Regional Affairs”, featuring a collection of new works from regionally diverse painters Aron Dubois, Colin Matthes, and Matt Relkin. Hailing from Colorado, Wisconsin, and New York, these three artists reference distinct yet cohesive aesthetics using watercolors, acrylic, and ink. The exhibition represents a relevant cross-section of contemporary art from around the country with nods to architectural precision, traditional tattoos, and narrative illustration.

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Artist bios:

Originally from Milwaukee, WI, Colin Matthes is currently an Artist in Residence at the Burren College of Art in Newtown Castle, Ireland. Matthes received his BFA at University of Wisconsin in 2001 and his BFA from University of Michigan in 2003 and works in mixed mediums including gouache, watercolor, flasche, acrylic, and ink on paper. He has exhibited extensively across the United States in solo and group exhibitions and internationally in Antwerpin, Copenhagen, Madrid,  Schrattenberg, and Paris. Since graduating in 2003, Matthes has been awarded numerous grants and residencies and participated in a number of public art projects.

Aron Dubois is from Boulder, CO and now resides in Denver, CO where he works at Kaze Gallery and Tattoo Studio. Within the tattoo industry, Dubois is recognized as a strongly talented tattooist whose approach to traditional tattoo design is uniquely his own. This original aesthetic of shadow and hue spills into his fine art using ink and watercolor on paper. He has shown across the U.S. travels extensively for his tattoo work. For more information please view this artist documentary video here: http://vimeo.com/30198612

Matt Relkin graduated in 1999 from Ringling School of Art and Design in his hometown of Sarasota, FL. He currently lives in Brooklyn, NY where he practices photography, writing, and recording music in addition to his fine art. Relkin works largely in acrylic on panel with a level of detail rarely matched by others. Relkin has exhibited extensively across the country and this is his first time showing in Portland.

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