Iconography, A Reflection of Anonimity

Last night I swung by Mighty Tanaka during the monthly 1st thursday art walk in DUMBO. Took some fun shots of the current exhibition, Iconography, A Reflection of Anonimity, and was impressed with the quality of work. nice job guys!. There is a opening coming up next Friday Oct. 15th, showcasing my best friends work, plus 6 other artists. Check out more details here.

The current exhibit features the work of Matt Siren, Peat Wollaeger (stenSOUL), Royce Bannon, Chris and Veng of Robots Will Kill, 2Esae and SKI of URnewyork.

@ marikeeler . 360 of Mighty Tanaka gallery.


Painting by Veng.

art work by matt siren

International Fine Art Competition Exhibit

I attended the opening of International Fine Art Competition Exhibit (hosted by Agora Gallery in Chelsea) back in August and just getting around to writing about it today.. sigh. I do want to bring attention to a couple of artists who stood out to me in this exhibit. First, my friend painter Julio Flores, whom I’ve written about before, was part of the selection, and the reason why I attended the show. Two other artists who caught my attention were Watercolorist/Illustrator Danny Bond and photographer Allen Bryan.

Denny Bond is an incredible craftsman. His rich details, wonderful colors and interesting items come to life in his perfect watercolors. They look like a photograph!

© art work by Denny Bond

Photographer Allen Bryan has some really interesting work. At first it took me a second to realize that these were put together. But I loved how it fooled me. His collage is flawless and evokes a dreamlike and surreal moment in reality. I think his use of photography and montage is well executed. I enjoyed them very much.

© photos by Allen Bryan

success!

thanks to everyone who attended and showed their support at my photography show for the past 3 weeks. The closing party was a big success and I sold MOST of my prints!! pretty amazing. I will be updating my website with the new work, but in the meantime, you can visit Mighty Tanaka’s online store and order prints from there.

Thank you again. The support is what keeps us artists going.

AMPERSAND Magazine – Call for Photographers!

Check out Ampersand Magazine and submit your photos!

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CAPTURE THE FADE
Photography Competition

GUEST JUDGE
Bill Henson

SUBMISSIONS OPEN: Monday July 26 – Monday August 30 2010

Ampersand is very pleased to invite you to submit to its first annual open photography competition. Whether you are a professional photographer or a dentist who happens to own a camera, we are looking for creative, evocative, humorous and thoughtful photographic responses to the theme, The Fade.

Adia Millett

Adia Millett’s current body of work, deeply embedded in metaphor, suggests a story of transition from loss to potential love. Her work examines the beauty of impermanence, the power of the unknown, and the illusion of innocence. She uses gestures, objects and sound to convey an abstracted reality where the viewer is asked to put together pieces of a mysterious puzzle. – Artist’s Statement

© artwork by Adia Millett

© artwork by Adia Millett

© artwork by Adia Millett

View more work on her website. She can also be found at Mixed Greens Gallery in Chelsea, NYC.

Oh Paris

I fell in love with this city…. I got to snap some shots of things I stumbled into. Also went to London and visited the TATE Modern. All fotos on my flickr.

Paris Streets

Vote for me!

Hi Everyone, if you have 2 minutes to spare, please take a moment and vote for your favorite shot of mine at the IFC’s Independent Spirit Photo Contest. I am close to (hopefully) winning this month’s ‘People’s Choice’ photo award. Vote for this particular image by March 30th if you’d like for me to win this month. 😀

http://photocontest.ifc.com/bin/Rate?image_id=1009700018



I also have a bunch of other shots, you can do a search by photographer and type in ‘marikeeler’ .

Thanks for your support and wish me luck!

Sneak Peek!

I have a show this coming July at Mighty Tanaka Studio with 2 talented Photographers (stay tuned for more details!!). I will be showing my latest collection of in-camera multiple exposures shot with 35mm film. I used both my grandfather’s olympus OM-1 and re-shot most of it with my trusty Lomo LC-A. I never use photoshop, what you see is how they look straight from the negative scans. I’m not hating on photoshop, in fact, I use it everyday for work, but with my photography I much rather go as traditional as I can. Its a lot more fun this way.

Below is one of the latest multiple exposures. This particular photo was shot at downtown Barcelona late one night. On this trip I experimented with the Olympus, the Lomo and my ’78 Hasselblad. I’m very much looking forward showing everyone my latest work.

bicing2ex_ddpilot© marikeeler.com

Here are some non-2x exposed shots from my trip.

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barca_narrowdark_ddpilot

pots_food_ddpilot©all photos by marikeeler

PANDA!!

Yea.. I’m screaming that.

Joe Latimore and friends have done. it. again!… This time opening a super laid-back, artsy, lounge bar/cafe in the Lower East Side. Man, this will be my hang-out! Dance parties, art openings, couches, babes.. what else do you want. Check out the site and surf around… you just might find an artist or two you’d recognize. 😉 Venue officially opens THIS WEDNESDAY. Come by, have some beer, sake, swedish meatballs, whatever you need to unwind. See you there. http://thepandanyc.com/

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view from above

a crisp flight from coast to coast…. I’m not sure if we were flying extremely high or what… but I felt I was on the edge of the earth… This is the closest I’ve come to my life long dream of one day going into space…

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