Wednesday, December 7, 2011

final exhibit for 2011

greetings.........

i'll be exhibiting a small collection of sculpture at the "wonders to come" show which opens this friday night @ spingbox gallery here in portland................

this will be my final exhibit for 2011.................. so if you are in the portland area........ feel free to drop by........


"wonders to come"
a group exhibit of fine art interpretations of toys
opening reception
december 9th,2011 5pm - 9pm
springbox gallery
2234 nw 24th ave.portland ,
or. 97210503 228 1600
www.springbox.us

have a chill holiday season....&....thanks for listening..........




















Saturday, November 12, 2011

the fillmore poster lives on

i've been fortunate for the past 12 years, to have the oppurtunity of creating many rock posters for the fillmore in san francisco........its the only place i know........where you can see a great rock show........and then get handed a free poster on the way out of the auditorium.......its a san francisco institution............and we are all very fortunate that it is still around..........here is a preview of my latest poster for the"dawes / blitzen trapper" double bill show that will happen this tuesday night november 15th.....it should be a good one.....if you are going.....be sure to wait till end of the show to recieve your poster..............i had a some good fun creating it............


Friday, September 9, 2011

featured show in vancuver b.c. opens........

greetings.........

i'm in route to vancouver ,b.c. canada for an exhibit that will feature a new collection of sculpture.......... plus one of my rare installations...........

"no more sugar"....... features the fresh painting styles of jose rivas , andrew young & jose luis ramirez.................

the show opens this friday night.........
sept.9th...............
with specail guest dj's
and a live music set...........


for more info...........
check out........
www.aydengallery.com

thanks for listening...........
j.shea
www.jshea9.com











Tuesday, September 6, 2011

"GOLIATH"

i've been invited to create a piece for the "stop it" exhibit @ munky king in los angeles.............

the show is curated by my good buddy 12 year old super cooper............. and the show opens on his birthday.....

saturday night sept. 10th........

here is my contribution titled......"goliath"......

for more info........

http://www.munkyking.com/gallery_events.php?id=143







Sunday, July 17, 2011

pdx vs tyo exhibit @ comicon

i've been invited by matt wagner @ hellion gallery to exhibit some work in the "pdx vs tyo" show.......it will include work by some of my favorite artists from portland & tokyo................the show take place in san diego this week during comicon.......so if you are heading to comicon......feel free to drop by and check it.............heres the skinny......


San Diego, CA: PDX vs TYO Group Exhibition


Curated by Portland’s famed Hellion Gallery, this show will be featuring 9 fine artists from Tokyo, Japan, and Portland, Oregon. The viewing will be taking place in San Diego during Comic Con 2011 JULY 21-24.



ARTISTS RECEPTION & BOOK SIGNING
FRIDAY, JULY 22ND @ 7pm.
433 3rd Ave. San Diego, California, 92101 USA


Team Portland
Josh Clay
Blaine Fontana
Jshea
Martin Ontiveros


Team Tokyo
Imaone
Nigamushi
Shohei
Taka Sudo
Ryuichi Ogino


















Wednesday, July 6, 2011

1st collection of work created in the new studio

here's the freshest collection of work created in my new studio....... these pieces will be part of the "harry potter tribute" show.....@ gallery nuclues in los angeles....

the show opens this sat. night july 9th............ its another one of their big group show events............. and i had a lot of fun creating the pieces....... these 3 works are mixed media hanging sculptures......... and were created in the outdoor section of my new studio........... for more info. on the exhibit............ check out.....

http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/244












Wednesday, May 25, 2011

pdx studio moves

after 3 years of making some great work in my studio based in southeast portland..........
its time to move.........
i'll be moving into a larger studio here in the pdx........
but i'll miss this old studio for sure............
i had some great artistic breakthroughs here ............
and spent many all nighers as well, so i could make my deadlines..........
it will be sorely missed......
but i'm excited about my new studio..........
and the possibilities to create some larger then lafe scale works.......
more on that in the future.....
heres a few photos to remember my old studio.......