Posts Tagged ‘Safety First’
Collaborative Installation – Marxist Glue Art Show – Los Angeles, CA
Saturday, December 18th, 2010Ghost Party, Dead Eyes, Safety First – Berkeley, CA
Tuesday, October 5th, 2010AMANAKI Sticker – San Francisco, CA
Friday, August 27th, 2010BDS installation – Oakland, Ca
Monday, August 16th, 2010OPTIMISTIC SHOW and BENEFIT SALE for Ras Terms – 8/13/10
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010FREE BEER FOR THE FIRST 40 PEOPLE!
Come hang out at this classy free art show on the water front in Emeryville.
About OPTIMIST
Optimist grew up in Oakland California and started doing graffiti at an early age.
Inspired by the dozens of graffiti legends painting in Oakland in the 90’s, he couldn’t help but become addicted to Graffiti. After visiting the SF MOMA during a Gerhard Richter exhibit in 2002 he decided to try his hand at painting with a brush instead of a spray paint can in an attempt to mimic the skills of Richter. This led to another addiction to painting.
Optimist went to University of California Berkley and received a degree in Conceptual Information Arts and painting in 2005. After Graduation he rented out a small studio in San Francisco and began painting, blending photo realism and collage and techniques learned from graffiti into his own unique style. He spent most of the day painting in the studio working on new ideas and visual metaphors for his fine art and at night painting freight trains or the city streets in an attempt to keep a balance between the two.
In 2007 he moved to Taipei Taiwan.
The move to Taipei was a self experiment in an attempt to see what kind of effects moving to a completely new and strange environment would have on his Art and self expression. This new body of work is the result of that experiment, and intense collage of images and statements describing the ever changing landscape of Taipei as well as the social and economic metamorphosis that is taking place. Optimist’s paintings depict the shift that is occurring in Taipei because of the influence of capitolism and materialism of the western world.
In 2009 he moved back to Oakland and continues to make art daily and graffiti nightly.
SAFETY FIRST, POP Crew – Original Canvas for Sale
Sunday, May 23rd, 2010SAFETY FIRST of POP Crew
Original Painting on Stretched Canvas.
16 by 20 Inches I’m guessing, but I still have to measure it.
(We’re just excited to get it up!)
Between New York and the Bay Area, graffiti artist Safety First of POP crew is famous for his distinctive hand styles. His contemporary urban cubism seen in his fine art is a special treat that we are proud to exhibit.
Available for a limited time in our store… EndlessCanvas.BigCartel.com
OPTIMIST, SAFETY FIRST – Oakland, CA
Saturday, May 22nd, 2010Photos from DEEP ROOTED SCRIBES
Saturday, May 15th, 2010Endless Canvas curated our first art show last night (May 14th, 2010) at Basement Gallery in Oakland, CA. It was a huge success and we were very pleased with the way everything worked out under such short notice. Thank you to everyone who came out!
DEEP ROOTED SCRIBES – Art Show – 5/14/2010
Wednesday, May 12th, 2010Come out this Friday. The first installment at a look in Modern Cultural Folk Art.
Basement Gallery 1027 3rd street, Oakland
DESTN, SAFETY FIRST – Oakland, CA
Monday, February 8th, 2010The Golden Ticket, an Art Show – Oakland, CA
Thursday, November 19th, 2009with Paul Bothwell, Justin Marshall, Nicholas Powell, Haley Smart, Timothy Holgerson