Particle Collisions
Collisions is a new zine title I just got back from the printer. It's inspired by data coming from detectors at the Large Hardon Collider in Switzerland. It's available here.

Many in May
May 4 - June 23, I will have a piece in the ceramic group show Ceramiques Contemporaines at Galerie L.J.
May 10 - June 30, I've got a small piece in Nathan Spoor's Sugestivism at Bold Hype in New York.
May 17-20, I'll have a couple pieces with Park Life at the artMRKT in San Francisco.

TORONTO
This is the last week to see Observations of Light and Matter in Toronto, the show ends Sunday, March 25.

The Huffington Post wrote a nice review and Hi-Fructose interviewed with me about the work in the show.

For those who can't make it in person I've made a short slide show of my photos.

PARIS Drawing Now
I will have a series of paintings at Le Salon du Dessin Contemporain or The Drawing Now show in Paris. I'll be represented by Galerie L.J. March 29 - April 1. Please stop in if you are in the area. Also, Quarante Par Trente runs until April 7 at the Gallery in the Marais.

TORONTO
Observations of Light and Matter is opens at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto this friday, March 2. Please stop by and see it in person if you are in Toronto. I will be there for the opening reception and I will be giving a talk on Saturday, March 3, presented by The Ministry of Artistic Affairs.

PARIS
March 15, Evah and I are both participating in a group show opening at Galerie L.J. in Paris. The gallery selected a group of it's represented artists, then asked them to each invite another artist. Each work in the show is produced at the standard european size of 40 x 30 cm or Quarante Par Trente.

Brendan Monroe
Observations of Light & Matter
March 2, 2012 - March 25, 2012
Opening reception / Friday March 2, 2012 / 6 - 10pm
Artist talk / Saturday March 3, 2012 / 3 - 4pm

COOPER COLE is pleased to welcome American artist Brendan Monroe for his first solo exhibition in Toronto.

Through a series of paintings and sculptures, Monroe tells a story of a world filled with unique personalities and imaginary organisms. Monroe cultivates a taste for scientific challenges, relationships to math, the properties in physics, and the surreal. His dream-like scenes overflow with cellular shapes, creating a landscape set on a universal level. Möbius strips and algorithms integrate with human figures to create an environment that allows the mind to explore a journey of solitude. Monroe's atmospheric imagery achieves a pause in both time and space; a moment that can be read as either the creation of new being or as the passing in to a serene immortality.

"Observations of Light and Matter is a way for me to reinterpret the facets of current and past scientific frontiers. The work is sometimes directly derived from scientific observations and at other times loosely inspired by them. My purpose is to ask the questions that lead to an understanding of physics in nature all around us. I often don't completely understand the entirety of every concept, but I'm searching for a way to interpret their possibilities and how they might have an impact on myself and others. My interest is not in explaining or figuring out, but more in the interpretation and injection of perspective of these subjects."

Brendan Monroe was born and raised in Southern California with a BFA honours from the Art Centre College of Design. He has exhibited his art internationally at galleries such as Richard Heller in Los Angeles and Galerie LJ in Paris. His work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times and New American Paintings. Monroe currently lives and works in Oakland, California.

COOPER COLE
1161 Dundas Street West, Toronto ON, M6J1X3, Canada
info@coopercolegallery.com / 647 347 3316 / www.coopercolegallery.com

Happy New Year!
It's shaping up to be a good year. So far so busy in the studio. Observations of Light and Matter is my next solo show opening in March at Cooper Cole Gallery in Toronto.

I've started up a Tumblr page and Twitter feed. Evah's also been Tumbling and Tweeting.

Charitable Causes
I'm participating in two charitable shows coming up as well. The $100 show at Wieden + Kennedy in Portland February 2. Each artwork in the show is a steal at only $100. I'll have two bigger pieces at the Fresh stART show in Santa Monica on February 4. Both of these shows are donating %50 their sales to charities.

NYT
I had a chance to do some artwork for the New York Times Sunday Review section. I really like the way the newspaper dot printing looks up close and in color. You can see the article on NYT and full printed image here.

Alternative Press Book Fair
This weekend if you are in the Bay Area, I will be participating in the East Bay Alternative Press Book Fair with my friend Deth Sun. It takes place on Saturday, December 10 at the Berkeley City College.

2012
Two thousand and twelve is right around the corner. I just finished making a calendar for next year.
It's available here if you're interested in checking it out.

Prints This Week
From now until Nov 21st the Walk print is on 1xRun.

100
Black Art Projects presents 100, Nov 4 - 13 in Melbourne Australia at the Langford 120 Gallery. 100, by and large, is a project that challenges the notion of 'drawing' by staging an exhibition of works that engage the act of drawing in relation to facets of perception, process and the capacity for individual invention. It seeks to encourage discussion about the relevance and transformation of drawing in contemporary art practices.
I have a series of works in the show, more info can be found here.

Staf Magazine
I did a special online cover and feature in this month's issue of Staf Magazine in Spain.

1 x Run Print
Coming up on Nov 14 will be the release of a new print through 1xRun. They are a printing house in the Detroit area who releases a print for the very limited time of 1 week at a time. They will be making a 3 color screenprint of an image based on a page from my comic Islands.

East West Connect
Evah and I each have a piece in this show coming up in Hong Kong. Currated by Arrested Motion, it opens on the 25th at the Above Second Gallery.

Islands
I just got a newly printed run of my Islands comic. They're still smelling like fresh litho inks. Check it out here. It's Nice That gave the book a very kind review. Also, coming up in about a month I'll be releasing a print based on an image from the comic on 1xRun.

Madrid
Espacio Mínimo in Madrid, Spain has a couple pieces of mine in their group show Human Nature, co-curated by Richard Heller. It looks to be a really good show with lots of amazing work. It runs Sept 15 through Nov 8th.
Go see it if you are near.

A.P.E.
Coming up on October 1st - 2nd in San Francisco is the Alternative Press Expo. I'll have a few things with my friends Mark Todd and Esther Watson at the Fun Chicken table. I should have some freshly printed copies of my new comic Islands. Come by and say hi if you're there.

Surf-Jaw Print!
It's been so long since I've posted news here. Evah has a new print that just released on Tinyshowcase.com. A portion of the print sales go to benefit Pangea Seed, an anti shark finning and clean beach organization based in Japan.

Oaklanders
The new studio is officially located in Oakland, California. We will miss Stockholm for it's water and plentiful forests, but we're also happy to be back where we can get a cheap bite to eat.

SF Zine Fest
I'll be sharring a table with my friend Deth P. Sun at the SF zine fest coming up on September 4th and 5th.

Veneer
I've been playing a bit with bending and gluing. It's pretty fun and sometimes feels like like drawing in three- dimensional space. Lines and curves. . . more to come later.

Islands
I made a mini comic recently for some local comic fairs with friends. I have a few left from the first printing. If you are interested in checking it out, they're here on etsy.

Insects and pollen in the air. Worms and fungi in the ground. Lichen, slugs, rain and clouds.

Happily Ever After
Evah and I both have a few pieces in a show in Portland this month at Together Gallery.

Grattis Grattis!
Congratulations to all those who are finishing school. Here is the master of storytelling class at Konstfack.

NPR's Science Friday Blog
Recently Science Friday started a new blog called Science and the Arts and they invited me to share some pinhole photos and camera building experience. I've been listening for years so I feel honored to contribute. Here's my guest blog.

Marci in San Franscisco: Our very good friend has a show at Rena Bransten Gallery until June 4th.
Austin from Stockholm: Just began his publishing company, Domino Books, for comics, artist books and prints.