Please help me win this People's Choice grant for $2,000 by rating my artwork here

You can vote every 24 hrs as many times as you want until February! Please share the love of neon art and support my work!

My show got a write up in the Chronicle! So excited! Check it out!

My Etsy store is updated and ready to go for the holidays! All of my site visitors will receive 10% off with this coupon code: tumblrthanks. Just type in the code when you purchase!

My Etsy Store

50 pounds of glass, approximately $2500 and 200 hours later, my neon solo show opening has come and gone. The opening went very well. So many friends came out to support and I appreciated seeing a lot of new faces viewing my work. I’d like to thank the people that I have worked with previously for coming to support me: Micke Tong, Betty Bigas, Jeff Whitmore and Emilio Freire.

I’d also like to give special thanks to the following people for their amazing contributions to and support of my work: Lori Shantzis, Jillian Mackintosh, Semar Prom, Ian D Brown A.K.A “Indigo Danger”, Patrick Stoner, Bill Concannon, June Zandona, Shea Greene, Karanina Leigh, and Michael Flechtner.

Here are some photos from the opening

I am having my first solo show this Thursday, November 11th, at a.Muse Gallery at 614 Alabama Street. The show reception is from 6pm - 9pm and will run until January 1st. The show is titled, Metaphysics, and encompasses all of my neon work so far plus a couple of new pieces never before seen! I hope that you find yourself available to attend! If not, please visit my website for new portfolio pictures!

Press:
a.Muse Gallery

Lost at E Minor

Juxtapoz

My Love for You

SFist Interview

Academy of Art

Art Nouveau Magazine

Process Video:
http://vimeo.com/16206802

I collaborated with 161 Project and Root Division for OUT SIDE ART, a block party at a new arts and entertainment venue opening up in the Mission. Local artists painted a wall that Banksy started and I created a neon swing that will permanently hang on the exterior of the venue on Mission between 14th and division.

Neon swing on Mission Street, San Francisco

Please make sure to check out my neon works in the windows of Gallery Hijinks on Bryant and 21st, San Francisco through July 20th, 2010.

My new collection of work is on sale at RVCA on Haight and Ashbury here in San Francisco. If you are in the area, please make sure to stop by!

My neon installation, "Playground Love", is featured on the art website called Design Milk. You can see it here

I have started a blog that featured highlights of my art, stories and everyday stuff. It is called Swing of Things and you can see it here

I am participating in a group show at Terminal22 gallery in Oakland, CA called "Paper Cuts". It's all about the fragility or, in many cases, durability of paper as a medium in art. My Paper Kadish installation will be featured there amongst other artists that make their work from paper. The reception is on February 5th at 2443 Telegraph Ave from 6pm-10pm.

Here for flier

Here is a link for more information about Terminal22 and the Oakland art community.

I will be featured in the upcoming issue of CREO Magazine. Due out in February, the issue is named Nature vs. Nuture and includes artworks by artists that deal with this concept. Tread Softly, Playground Love, and My Mother's Daughter were chosen for the issue. Here is a link to the magazine where you can scroll through the issue's pages online.


UPDATE: The issue is live! Click Here for my spread!

I have been selected as a finalist for the 2010 NICHE Student Awards in the category of Fine Jewelry for my Civilian Medals! Over 800 entries were received and only 5 finalists were chosen for each category. An exhibit of finalists work will be displayed on February 12, 2010 in Philadelphia where the winners will be announced. Here is a link to check out the other finalists in my category

Three of my pieces are currently installed at the 79 New Montgomery Gallery in San Francisco. The show is up until November 30th!