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This piece, "Nuclear Passport," was selected to be in American Illustration 32.
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These portraits, from my Author Portrait Postcard Set, will be featured in PRINT magazine's Hand Drawn issue, August 2013.
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To Be Kept is now a real book, instead of just being an idea of a book.
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The Kickstarter project for To Be Kept (the book) was a success. Thanks to all who helped to make that happen.
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I have two events coming up...
I will have a table at ICON7 (The Illustration Conference) Rhode Show Bazaar,
selling paper goods and small original art. The Rhodeshow will be open to the public,
and will take place in the Renaissance Hotel ballroom in Providence, Rhode Island
(5 Avenue of the Arts). Friday June 15th, 6:30 - 10:00 pm.
The following weekend I will be selling more paper goods and original art at the
Renegade Craft Fair Brooklyn (booth No. 132), which will take place at East River State Park
on the Williamsburg waterfront, Kent Ave. & N. 8th St. June 23rd & 24th, 11:00 am - 7:00 pm
(more info at http://www.renegadecraft.com/brooklyn-info)
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While I will continue posting news here, for those who are interested, I am also now posting illustration and exhibition news on twitter.
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These two pieces, which are a part of a personal series of author portraits, have been chosen for American Illustration 31 (web annual).
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The photos below are of the illustrations I have in the May issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine. On stands now.
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My threadless shirt submission, "I draw from old snapshots," is up for scoring for the next week (through February 17th).
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These illustrations (Jewish Community Center of San Fransisco fall guide cover on far left and Nashville Scene Love Issue series) have been picked to be in the Society of Illustrators annual, ILLUSTRATORS 54. Below is the info on the corresponding exhibits.
ILLUSTRATORS 54: Sequential/Series, Moving Image and Uncommissioned Categories
January 4th through January 21st
Gala Jan. 6th, 6pm. click here for more info
ILLUSTRATORS 54: Advertising and Institutional Categories
February 23rd through March 17th
The Society of Illustrators is located at:
128 East 63rd Street
(between Park and Lexington Avenues)
Tues 10 - 8 Wed - Fri 10 - 5 Sat 12 - 4
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Installation shots from my show, To Be Kept, at Accola Griefen Gallery, 547 W. 27th St, #634 ( up through January 7th)
Here is a link to a youtube video of the show by O'Delle Abney.
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On Sunday (Oct 9th) I posted the 1000th drawing on my blog, sketchbookdrawings.blogspot.com.
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"Beardmaster No.2" (above) in 43 Uses of Drawing exhibit |
43 Uses of Drawing The aim of the exhibition is to ignite the debate and discussion by mapping the different practices and uses of drawing across disciplines and beyond the boundaries of fine art. The exhibition showcases drawing the work of both artists and non-artists who use drawing in their professions. It will include drawings from graffiti artists, children’s illustrators, political cartoonists, architects, animators, landscape architects, set designers, tattoo artists, digital renderers and performance artists, along with fine artists and many others. The 43 Uses of Drawing demonstrates both the breadth of drawing today and its continued relevance to contemporary artistic practice and the wider creative industry."Gallery site: http://www.rugby.gov.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=324 Show blog: http://the43usesofdrawing.blogspot.com/ |
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Come see "Bad Luck Club", a group exhibit I'm in at myplasticheart (210 Forsyth St), curated by Aya Kakeda, opens Sept. 30th, and up through Oct. 30th.
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Accola Griefen Gallery, 547 West 27th Street #634, opening September 8th (2011).
I will be having a show there in December. More details to come...
http://accolagriefen.com
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I did the fall guide cover illo for the Jewish Community Center of San Fransisco... you should get a copy if you're in the Bay Area.
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"The Irregular Pattern" mural at the Affordable Art Fair, info below.
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These two pieces from an unpublished series, "Pas Tres Alphabetique (Not Very Alphabetical)" have been chosen for American Illustration 30 (web annual).
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This illustration* will be in Communication Arts Illustration Annual 52 (available this coming July/August).
* Originally created for and published in the L.A. Times to accompany review of T. C. Boyle's book Wild Child: and Other Stories.
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I have a bunch
of work in the upcoming event NOW
SHOWING, which features
emerging artists along with literary performances by Lili Taylor and Jesse
Eisenberg; a dance party with DJ Gilles Wasserman, live music by Max Vernon;
purchasable artwork; and a special performance by chamber-rock trio Rasputina.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2011
Astor Center @ 399 Lafayette St., NYC 10003
VIP preview from 7 – 8:30pm, $125
General admission from 8:30 – 11pm, $30
Now Showing is a benefit for the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Tickets will be available soon at www.artandwriting.org/nowshowing
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I have a new show up:
REMNANTS, an exhibit of new small works
January 7 - March 7
@ Modca, a new cafe in Williamsburg
103 N. 3rd St, between Berry and Wythe
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I have four illustrations in the travel section of today's Washington Post (01/09/11).
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DAPPER DECKS now available on etsy
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My book, A FACE BOOK of missed connections, was in the SVA alumni show Ink Plots
(October 8th through November 6th, 2010).
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These two pieces were chosen for American Illustration 29 (web annual).
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This series, "Excerpts" (as it is a selection from Excavations and Adaptations) has been picked to be in the Society of Illustrators annual, ILLUSTRATORS 52.
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Bust Magazine blog post about my show:
"BUST loves America's Next Top Model just as much as the next
gal, but if you like your entertainment a little more highbrow, check out Lauren
Simkin Berke's new exhibit Excavations and Adaptations at the A.I.R. Gallery
in Brooklyn next month! Excavations and Adaptations features over 60 index
card-sized works that mix collages of things like photographs, luggage tags,
and dress patterns with Berke's own drawings. Here's more from the A.I.R. Gallery:
'These pieces engage with the past to play with universal themes of the industrial
and post-industrial experience: finding friendship and joy in times of war,
standing stiffly in front of monuments for vacation snapshots, taking required
portraits on picture day at school, and even taking pictures of places one
has fondness for, to remember, for evidence, or just for the beauty of the
sight of the world.'
If you're still not sold, take a look at some of the work displayed on Berke's
website. We're pretty sure this lady's got it goin' on."
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L Magazine blurb about my show:
"Combining text, found images, paintings, etchings and drawings, Berke’s collages feature playful references to art history, the popular press, personal journeys and interests. Though always vaguely nostalgic, it’s often hard to tell if these visions are informed by the artist’s personal past or our collective memory."
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artinbrooklyn, a local brooklyn art blog, post about my show at A.I.R. Gallery
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These pieces, "Counter Culture" (1) and "Aerial Schematic" (2), have been selected to be in American Illustration 28, which will be out in NOVEMBER.
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I have a few
spreads in a forthcoming book published by Laurence King Press (UK)
Sketchbooks: The Hidden
Art of Designers, Illustrators & Creatives
By Richard Brereton
530 illustrations
240 pages
260 x 185 mm
ISBN 978 1 85669 582 4
£ 19.95, USD 30.00
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I have a piece in Art House Gallery's Sketchbook Project 3, which is currently on tour, and in BKLN for one night.
Sketchbook Project Tour
3rd Ward, 195 Morgan Ave., at the corner of Stagg St.
March 13, 7 to 10 p , FREE
" 2,785 artists from the U.S. and 44 other countries filled
3 1/2 in. x
5 1/2 in. Moleskine® sketchbooks for Atlanta's Art House Gallery's
mobile exhibition. 3rd Ward is the seventh stop on a nine-location
tour. The theme of the show is 'everyone we know'. Don't miss this
exhibition on its only night in Brooklyn!"
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This piece will be in the Society of Illustrators annual, ILLUSTRATORS 51
AND IS ON DISPLAY AT THE SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS (128 E 63rd St)THROUGH MARCH 28TH
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10.23.08
Another LA Times Book Review piece
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09.14.08
this book review illustration is in today's sunday LA Times. (click here to read review)
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The illustrations I did last year for UVM's med school publication,Vermont Medical, just received an award from UCDA (University & College Designers Association).
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My first two book covers with seal press (Seal Studies series) are out. Transgender History by Susan Stryker and History of U.S. Feminisms by Rory C. Dicker.
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For most of September I'll be making art at Elsewhere (www.elsewhereelsewhere.org).
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This piece, "Gender Wars", was selected to be in American Illustration 27
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Here are some photos from the opening of my show at A.I.R. Gallery. |
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05.11.07 :: These four illustrations were chosen to be in the American Illustration 26 web annual.
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Just found out I was accepted into the A.I.R. Gallery Fellowship Program from 2007-2008.
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This site has been chosen to be the WEBSITE OF THE DAY (11.21.06) on TAXI. WEBSITE OF THE DAY is an effort from the design community on TAXI to recognize and share superior web sites that display unparalleled use of creativity and innovation.
http://www.designtaxi.com/wotd.jsp
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I have recently produced a small booklette of drawings titled "SKETCHBOOK DRAWING:Giving New Life to Discarded Snapshots (a.k.a. the flea market drawing)." available at Printed Matter, Inc. |
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this piece, "The Scream," is in the Her Mark 2007 datebook, produced by WomanMade Gallery (Chicago). To purchase a copy go to www.womanmade.org |
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here are the three paintings i made at "48 Hours of Making Art" B.K. Smith Gallery @ Lake Erie College
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These seven drawings have been chosen to be on the website for American Illustration 25
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Lauren Simkin Berke © 2013
