_ _ORNAM_NTS: keepsakes, relics, socks, magic
curated by Kio Griffith Balconi Coffee Company
11301 West Olympic Blvd. #124, Los Angeles, CA, 90064 | 310.906.0267


Opening reception: December 11, 2011, 5pm to 10pm
Show runs from December 11 to January 9, 2012
OPEN EVERY DAY FROM 10 AM - 10PM


_ _ ORNAM_NTS: keepsakes, relics, socks, magic is a group show of artists' non-traditional ornaments. All ornaments will be available cash-and-carry in time for the uncommon holiday gift seekers. Small sized ornaments will be priced at $30 and larger works at $50.


FEATURING: LISA ADAMS, BRIAN ALLAN, DOUGLAS ALVAREZ, JUNA AMANO, MICHAEL ARATA, TERRI BERMAN, MICHELLE BOROK, JENNIFER LYN BROWNE, GINO BURMAN-LOFFREDO, STEVE CHILDS, MATHIS COLLINS, JANA COOKSEY, DAVID DE BOER, LAUREN DEES, HIRO DEGUCHI, ANNA DUSI, SHIGENORI EBATA, DOUG EISENSTARK, CHARLES ELLINWOOD, JAMES FAULKNER, BILL FARROUX, AARON GIESEL, WALT HALL, PHIL HAYES, JUN HIRAOKA, ASKA IRIE, TOMOYUKI IWANAMI, JIWON KIM, MICHELLE LAI, CHRISTINE LEE, MONIQUE MCKEAG, JON MEASURES, YUKI MIYAZAKI, MISATO NAGARE, ERIC NAKAMURA, AYA NIIBO, JAYME ODGERS, DAISUKE OKAMOTO , MOTO OKAWA, DIDI OI, SHINICHI ONO, ICELA PEREZ-BROWN, POEL, PHLOE PONTAOE, KOSTA POSTAMIANOS, CAROL POWELL, ERNIE RAMIREZ, NINA SAVILL, AMY SHAWLEY, MIKA SOMA, DEBBIE STAFFORD, RICCARDO SPINOTTI, JOE SUZUKI, MACHA SUZUKI, KELLY THOMPSON, NORTON WISDOM, FRED ZOLAN and more…

Big In Japan

it's been long time from last post in English.. haha sorry about that. i went to Big in Japan event on 6/26/11 at hollywood bowl with 2 others.



it was my first time to visit hollywood bowl. you can actually bring food and alcohol which is cool! feels like picnic! brought some wine from Napa Valley and sausages from Alpine village.

if you don't know YMO, ask wikipedia
Cibo Matto, Towa Tei, and Buffalo Daughter were also performancing. i am loving Cibo Matto now.

YMO + Christian Fennesz + Keigo Oyamada + Tomohiko Gondo + Yoko Ono(guest)

sorry if you feel my singing ruin the song. LOL

here's the list what they played( got the info from twitter

firecracker
behind the mask
Riot In Lagos
the city of light
Tokyo Town Pages (or U.T.)
Technodelic
Taiso
Tibetan dance
1000knives
COSMIC SURFIN'
Tong poo
rydeen
It's been very hard (by Yoko Ono)
Hello, goodbye

awesome!

Feed the blue whale

DOUGLAS ALVAREZ DANIELA ARBIZZI NEYSA BOVE DAVID DE BOER HEYWARD BRACEY SHIGENORI EBATA DOUGLAS EISENSTARK BILL FARROUX RONI FELDMAN P-JAY FIDLER DAIKI FUKUOKA KIO GRIFFITH

MOSHE HACMON PATRICK HAEMMERLEIN ICHIRO IRIEI ASKA IRIEI RAFAL KARCZ MASSIMILLIANO LEANZA KAORU MANSOUR JON MEASURES MISATO NAGARE AYA NIIBO AMY OLIVER AKANE OSADA

AVE PILDAS ALLISON SWING AGNES SZUMSKI KEN TANAKA MAYUMI TANAKA ANDREW TAYLOR JOHN URQUIZA PETER WATKINSON NORTON WISDO

curated by Kio Griffith 
Saturday, Dec 11, 2010　123 Astronaut E S Onizuka St Los Angeles California UnitedStates

Here is mine! :

AFTERSHOCK

ELEMENTAL PRODUCTIONS + ROYAL/T present
AFTERSHOCK LA : a benefit for BUILD CHANGE


Join us for a night of art, music and dancing and party to help developing countries
build earthquake-resistant houses. All proceeds and 50% of art auction sales
go to BUILD CHANGE.


BUILD CHANGE is an international, non-profit organization that designs earthquake-resistant houses
in developing countries and trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to
build them.
www.buildchange.org



ART EXHIBIT & AUCTION NIGHT
organized by CAFEMODE

curated by Kio Griffith
with curatorial assistance by Judith Kyvik + Bill Farroux


• FEATURING 92 ARTISTS AND OVER 100 WORKS OF ART


• AFTERSHOCK LA EVENT PARTY & AUCTION FINALE:
MAY 15, 2010 (Saturday) from 7:30pm-11:30pm


• ART PREVIEW & BIDDING STARTS:
MAY 10-14, 2010 (Monday thru Friday) from 10am to 6pm



SELECTED WORKS BY:

LISA ADAMS | DEREK ALBECK | DOUGLAS ALVAREZ | FUMIKO AMANO | JACKI APPLE | MICHAEL ARATA | DANIELA ARBIZZI | MARI ARAKI | MATTIA BIAGI | AIROM BLEICHER | CLAYTON BROTHERS | ELLEN BURR | KIME BUZZELLI | RYAN CALLIS | NATHAN CARTWRIGHT | FREDDI CERASOLI | TOFER CHIN | L. CROSKEY | DAVID DE BOER | TIMOI DE LEON | JUSTIN DIAMOND | ANNA DUSI | SHIGENORI EBATA | DOUG EISENSTARK | AMIR FALLAH | EVAH FAN | BILL FARROUX | REMI FEBRUARY | RONI FELDMAN | PJ FIDLER | KATERI FORBES | AARON FREEMAN | CLARK GOOLSBY | PHYLLIS GREEN | JAMES GRIFFITH | KIO GRIFFITH | THOMAS HAN | PHIL HAYES | SALOMON HUERTA | ASKA IIDA | ICHIRO IRIE | RICH JACOBS | JAMES JEAN | NISEY JORDAN | AUDREY KAWASAKI | YUMIKO KAYUKAWA | KEITH KNIGHT | STEPHAN KOLSANOFF | JUDITH KYVIK | KELLY LEBWITH | SUJI LEE | DANIEL LIM | TIFFANY LIN | TIFFANY LIU | CARL LOZADA | SAMANTHA MAGOWAN | JASON MANLEY | KAORU MANSOUR | JON MEASURES | GABI MENDOZA | SONIK MERCURY | JEFFREY MOHR | EDITH MONDRAGON | BRENDAN MONROE | MISATO NAGARE | ALAN NAKAGAWA | AYA NIIBO | FRIEDIA NIIMURA | PAM NOBUTO | JAYME ODGERS | AMY OLIVER | KENTON PARKER | AVE PILDAS | PLASTICGOD | POEL | MARY ANNA POMONIS | MAX PRESNEILL | RETNA | ANNA RODRIGUEZ | DON SCHMIDT | SHARKTOOF | AMY SHAWLEY | RICCARDO SPINOTTI | BILLY SPRAGUE | MARY SPRING | STEVE SUEOKA | MISATO SUZUKI | AGNES SZUMSKI | KAZU TABU | KEN TANAKA | MAYUMI TANAKA | FROHAWK TWO-FEATHERS | DOLORES UDAVE | EDWIN USHIRO | MARINA VALENTINA | PETER WATKINSON | VICTOR WILDE | NORTON WISDOM | IAN ETHAN VLOKE-WURTH | OVOL VELLUM VLOKE-WURTH | GREG YERMAKOV

(Artwork will be on view at Royal/T during the preview week from 10:00a.m.- 6:00p.m. or by special arrangement. Select artwork can be viewed online beginning May 10, 2010.)

EarthWorks06

I did Nigaoeya(portrait shop) for earthwork06 at shojin restaurant.

I got tired of sitting for 3hours but... people are smiling at their own portrait, made me so happy!


http://picasaweb.google.com/aya.niibo/Earthwork06#

Cafemode show went real good too. Thanks for all visiting and giving me the opportunity to have the event.

Feel free to download my design of Christmas card : dowload >>

Earthworks06 50/50show

EARTHWORKS 06 opens Dec 15, 2009 @ 8 - 11pm.
All new work can be previewed by clicking on the artists' names.
SHOJIN www.theshojin.com
333 S. Alameda Street., Ste 310 (3rd FL), Los Angeles, 90013

selling arts at sellit.com