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D. Jean Hester // Artist & Curator
// Currently... //
// 06.22.06 - 09.02.06 // Biannual
The inaugural show at LAAA's satellite gallery in Hermosa Beach, LAAA South/The Mike Napoliello Gallery. Juried by Jeremy Strick, Director of MOCA.
Info: LAAA South/The Mike Napoliello Gallery, 936 Hermosa Avenue #105, Hermosa Beach, CA. Gallery hours Thurs through Sat noon to 5 PM. Map
LAAA Website.
// Upcoming... //
// 08.27.06 - 09.07.06 // Greater LA MFA Fine Art Exhbition & Screening
MFA Students from California State University, Long Beach begin this academic year by presenting a group show, which features work by graduate students throughout the greater Los Angeles area.
Info: California State University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd. Long Beach, CA. Gallery hours Mon-Fri noon to 5 PM, Thurs noon to 7 PM. Map.
Opening Sunday August 27, 4 PM to 9 PM
GLAMFA website.
// 09.14.06 - 09.17.06 // Conflux 2006
This is the third in a series dedicated to current artistic and social investigations in psychogeography (the study of the effects of the geographic environment on the emotions and behavior of individuals). Presented at the McCaig-Welles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY. More info soon.
Glowlab website.
// Date TBD // Interchange 4
The fourth in an ongoing series of one night events featuring interactive performance and installation has been scheduled! With new works featuring audience interaction and participation, the "Interchange " series is something very different from the usual music performance or art show. More information soon.
// Previous Highlights... //
// 08.07.06 - 08.10.06 // ISEA - 13th Annual International Symposium of Electronic Art, San Jose, CA
I was a collaborating artist on Drift Relay, a project produced by Glowlab for ISEA. Drift Relay is a collaborative psychogeographic workshop in the form of a 24+ hour exploration of San Jose. Participants will drift through new and familiar city spaces with a Glowlab guide and a mobile kit of digital and analog recording tools, contributing to a collective journey of endurance and discovery
Drift Relay website.
// 07.09.06 - 07.30.06 // Collisions & Pileups: CalArts 2006 MFA Graduate Exhibition
This year's graduates of the CalArts programs in Art, and Photo/Media, join together for a group show.
Info: Armory Northwest/965, 965 N. Fair Oaks, Pasadena, CA. Gallery hours Fri & Sat noon to 7PM, Sun noon to 5PM. Free admission. Map
Collisions & Pileups website.
Armory Northwest/965 website.
// 07.01.06 - 07.16.06 // Supersonic 2006 (part 1)
The annual mega-group show featuring graduates from all the major Southern California art schools, including CalArts, UCLA, Otis, UCSD, UCSB, USC, and Claremont. At Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery in Barnsdall Park, 4800 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA.
Supersonic website.
// 06.10.06 - 07.22.06 // Stars on Vine
The first show at the new Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery. Curated by Chris Sicat, the show features 12 Los Angeles artists.
Info: Aiden Riley Taylor Gallery, 1639 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. Gallery hours Weds through Sat noon to 5 PM. Map
// 04.03.06 - 04.07.06 // These Things I Say Out Loud - CalArts MFA Thesis Exhibition
My thesis show included installation/wall drawings and drawings on paper which explore ideas of communication, the inefficiency of language, and the frailty of human interaction. At California Institute of the Arts, L-Shape Gallery.
More Info and Pictures.
// 04.09.06 // CalArts MFA Open Studios
This year's CalArts Open Studios took place from 2:00 to 7:00 PM. Come take a look inside graduate student studios... My studio is located at Broad #11. More info & website.
// 02.13.06 // Sounding Out // CalArts Main Gallery 10 PM
My new performance text piece, "She's A (Pop Song Lyric)" was performed as part of Sounding OUt. Over 200 appropriated song lyric fragments beginning with the words "She's a..." present an exploration of the representation of women in contemporary culture. Performed by Caleb Epps, Anna Huff and Harris Wulfson.
// 10.17.05 - 10.21.05 // CalArts MFA Mid-Residency Exhibition
The second-year MFAs at CalArts presented their mid-residency exhibition. The show included my multi-channel video installation "Figures of Speech". More info.
// 10.14.05 - 12.11.05 // Glowlab: Open Lab, at Art Interactive, Boston, MA
I participated in a group show of interactive site-specific work, at Art Interactive in Boston, MA. My project was a Boston-specific version of "Hello". Artists in residence each weekend conducted artistic and psychogeographic experiments as the gallery was transformed into a working lab. More information.
// 10.07.05 - 12.11.05 // Hands On, at Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
My interactive sound installation, "16-8-1" was part of this group show of interactive work. More information.
// 09.16.05 - 10.08.05 // Dis/Connect: Video Installation Show
I curated "Dis/Connect", an exhibition of video installation by emerging Southern California artists. At South La Brea Gallery in Inglewood. Participating artists included Michele Jaquis, Wendy Mason, Julie Orser, Jeremy Quinn, and D. Jean Hester.
// 08.20.05 // Soundwalk 2005
My public space intervention "Hello" was part of Soundwalk 2005, at Long Beach's East Village Arts District. More information.
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