Justin Lovato

"THIS TOO SHALL PASS" Opening @Gallery Heist SF 8/6/11

2011-08-01T01:31:00.000-07:00

Gallery Heist is pleased to present This Too Shall Pass, a solo exhibition featuring new work by artist Justin Lovato. The exhibition marks the artist first solo exhibition in San Francisco and with Gallery Heist.

An opening reception will be held on Saturday, August 6, 2011 7-11pm

The exhibition will be on view from August 6, – September 3, 2011
THIS TOO SHALL PASS
Shelter in times of the greatest of suffering and humbling in a moment of prosperity. The temporary nature of all things seen, a certainty among an environment of discord and antagonistic uncertainty on the great blue dot, earth. Thoughts, beliefs, wealth, poverty, economic systems, all volatile in an environment where sometimes peace is fleeting like a mercurial liquid passing through hands. It is a comfort in an intrinsically anarchistic universe. Exploring Ideas of passing and dissolving memory, experience, dreams and expansion of awareness through a personal image mythos mixed among archetypal esoteric symbolism that draws from our past and collective human experience.

For more information please visit http://galleryheist.com/ or email us at info@galleryheist.com

GALLERY HEIST
679 Geary
San Francisco CA

www.galleryheist.com

Video by Merlin Jackson

Justin Lovato..... This Too Shall Pass.. from Merlin Jackson on Vimeo.

PRINT RELEASE ON 1XRUN

2011-06-09T16:29:00.000-07:00

I have a print being released by the good people over at 1XRUN.com. Drops in 6 days...

17x22 Giclee on 330gsm 100% Archival Cotton Paper. Signed and numbered edition of 40. $45.00

"An Ancient House"

BUY HERE!

Feature in EMPTY MAG, Australia

2011-04-19T21:56:00.000-07:00

http://emptymag.com/index_main.html

Paintings for sale online at Double Punch Gallery SF's store

2011-04-06T17:46:00.000-07:00

New work for Double punch, SF

2011-03-31T16:13:00.000-07:00

One more for LOPO Gallery! Opening tomorrow night.

2011-03-11T14:32:00.000-08:00

New Paintings for "Here we go" @ LOPO gallery, SF

2011-03-07T13:44:00.000-08:00

Inspired by Robert Anton Wilson. Hail Eris! or not.

Upcoming shows! Lopo gallery and Double Punch gallery

2011-03-04T12:28:00.000-08:00

Really excited to show with these people!

I dont have a flyer for the LOPO gallery show yet, here's a facebook events info page...

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185846778117559

Some New work, and more to come soon...

2011-03-04T12:25:00.000-08:00

Noo works show "You're Welcome" w/ Jason Vivona & Chad Hasegawa

2011-03-04T12:22:00.000-08:00

The opening went awesome! This show is up for a few more weeks, so make sure to check it out if you're in the mission...

Here's some Collabos Jason and I did for the show, as well as some install pics...

wall collabo....

chadalack

and Jason....

Subscribe to my youtube channel!

2011-03-04T12:11:00.000-08:00

http://www.youtube.com/user/JustinLovato

Heist one year anniversary show 'Til death do us part' opens tonight

2010-11-13T17:17:00.000-08:00

I have a new piece and an install for gallery Heist's one year anniversary show. Julianne from Heist put together an amazing show.

Gallery Heist One Year Anniversary Show "Till Death Do Us Part" from Gallery Heist on Vimeo.

Russia trip featured in Hi-Fructose

2010-11-13T16:54:00.000-08:00

Skinner wrote a great article about our Russian adventure, featured on Hi fructose. Much love to Hi fructose and the Skin man!

Video for De Profundis show at Fifty24PDX

2010-11-04T14:35:00.000-07:00

Pieces for Godzillas Hostel in Moscow, Russia

2010-10-19T22:21:00.001-07:00

Heading over to Russia with Skinner in the morning. The Journey begins tomorrow!!!!

De Profundis Preview

2010-10-05T12:43:00.000-07:00

These are a few new pieces I did for the De Profundis show at Upper Playground PDX...

De Profundis with Martin Ontiveros

2010-10-05T12:31:00.000-07:00

Go to this show If you are in PDX this Thursday and have an awesome time with me and Martin Ontiveros!!

FIFTY 24PDX Gallery presents “De Profundis”, an exhibit of new paintings and installations by artists Martin Ontiveros and Justin Lovato.

Martin Ontiveros is an artist, rocker, metalhead, wizard, warrior, father, miscreant, grump, and good friend living and working in Portland, OR. "De Profundis" is Latin for "from the depths", or "out from the depths of misery". In Martin’s words: The feel for the show, at least on my end, is putting a face on some emotions/issues that have given me trouble over the years. Exposing their big, ugly, twisted heads. The first step to any change or recovery in one's self is to be able to give a name to the root cause.

Justin Lovato is an artist from Sacramento, currently residing in Berkeley, CA. Lovato creates dreamlike, ethereal landscapes that reflect his thoughts on nature and our relation to it, human belief systems, the psycho-political-control system, multidimensional concepts, and esoteric symbolism.

Please join us for the opening reception of “De Profundis” on First Thursday, October 7^th, 2010 from 6pm - 10pm.

DJ B-LiT will be playing tunes. Beverages courtesy of Red Hook.

“De Profundis” runs October 7^th - November 24^th, 2010.

Gallery hours are Sunday 12pm-6pm and Monday through Saturday 11am-8pm.

Upper Playground FIFTY 24PDX Gallery is located at 23 NW 5th Ave., Portland, Oregon, 97209.

New Zine, "Theoretical Object" Coming Soon

2010-10-05T12:23:00.000-07:00

I Just finished making a new zine/comic book called theoretical object. I will be selling it at the APE convention in San Francisco mid october.

Death Head Time Lapse

2010-10-05T12:15:00.001-07:00

Juxtapoz interview, part 2

2010-10-05T12:14:00.000-07:00

Here's the other part of the series I did a month back with Juxtapoz... Juxtapoz interview Part 2.

New painting time lapse!

2010-08-25T15:21:00.001-07:00

Juxtapoz interview, part 1

2010-08-04T18:34:00.001-07:00

http://www.juxtapoz.com/Features/getting-to-know-justin-lovato-part-1

Hot Freaks preview on Fecal Face

2010-08-04T18:33:00.000-07:00

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php/good-stuff/2062-hot-freaks-preview

Installing at 111 Minna, Opening Thursday 8/5

2010-08-03T13:14:00.000-07:00

I spent yesterday installing my portion of the show I'm in at 111 Minna gallery in San Francisco. Here's a preview of my new work, as well as a few pictures of the rest of the show!

Some new Jesse Balmer work. Jesse's work is so amazing.

This is Darryl Pierce, working on his install. really amazing, big pieces.

Jay hanging some of Lango's work. Lango has some really beautiful work in this show.

Giant Robot NY "Printed Matter" Show

2010-07-16T12:25:00.000-07:00

I made a very limited Painting/ print series of 10 for this GRNY show. I believe it will be available on their website for purchase, http://www.grny.net/ .... Great line up in this show!

"something from nothing" Print....

Show in Denver!

2010-07-16T12:20:00.000-07:00

"We haven't felt this way in years II" opening, SF

2010-07-16T12:17:00.000-07:00

I had a couple pieces in a show at Heist gallery in SF, Here's a few pictures (stolen from Ryan De La Hoz's facebook, Thanks!). This was a fun night, and a great way for me to kick off my relocation to Berkeley! Thanks Ryan for putting together such an awesome line up!!

Here's the pieces I had in the show...

Some New Paintings, some new shows

2010-06-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

Here's a new piece on paper. I'm doing some newer stuff on paper lately...

Here's a piece I did for Solomon Dubnick Gallery for their "Beyond the frame" show opening 6/12

Below is the painting I did for the WWA gallery "I believe in unicorns" show in culver city. Below that is the sketch for it.

More coming up!! I'm still grindin' on some new stuff for my 111 Minna group show coming up in august, as well as a show over at upper playground Portland in october, a group show at Giant Robot NY again, and an online show opening next week at Dirty Pilot .

More sketch tuesday pics on Fecal face

2010-04-23T23:08:00.000-07:00

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1921&Itemid=90

Noah 23 shirt

2010-04-23T08:20:00.000-07:00

Just finished designing a shirt for canadian rap-mega-super-star Noah 23.
contact him here:
http://www.facebook.com/noah.brickley
Check out his music here:
http://www.myspace.com/noah23

Sketch Tuesdayness

2010-04-21T17:24:00.000-07:00

I headed over to sketch tuesday with skinner yesterday at 111 Minna gallery. We picked up a really polite, cool hitchhiker on the way named jack, stopped by juxtapoz and met some of the awesome people that work there and got to pick up a few books from there stock room, cool... ate a vegan doughnut at some place in japan town, and then headed over to the minna for sketch tuesday! It was so much fun, and I met so many cool people. Thanks to everybody that bought all my little paintings! I was having too much fun so I forgot to shoot any pictures, whoops! Maybe next month...
Thanks to Tim Gatto I have some photos.

4-20 Sketch tuesday line up
Artists:
- MATS!?
- Winston Smith
- Jennybird Alcantara
- Kent Myers
- Ruthie Swanson
- Jay Howell
- Jason Vivona
- Pacolli
- Mildred
- Sirron Norris
- Justin Lavato
- Rebecca Skelabear
- Kyle Ranson
- Michael Capozzola
- Arlo Jamrog
- Josh Yule
- Villen
- Leanne C. Miller
- Dan 'Chili' Stromberg
- Skinner
- Nate Van Dyke
- Ferris Plock

Some video entertainment For your viewing pleasure

2010-04-11T23:50:00.000-07:00

Painting for Godzillas Hostel, Moscow

Infinite Tree mutoscope

Wonder Con visit. San francisco.

2010-04-05T13:23:00.000-07:00

I made my way down to SF on saturday to visit wonder-con, the annual convention populated by a surprisingly diverse crowd of occupants and fringe art, video game, science fiction, & comic book nerddom enthusiasts. It was pretty damn awesome! I was intirely too distracted and overwhelmed to take enough pictures. Still getting used to this whole blogging thing, hope you enjoy!

On my way to the moscone convention center I saw this awesome paste up on a light pole. I don't know who did it but its simply amazing looking and I had to put this on here!

It was extremely crowded, shoulder to shoulder in some of the isles.

I geeked out when I saw lou ferrigno. You gotta freak out over the hulk himself!

Also saw Peter Mayhew of Chewbacca fame. That was also pretty surreal. Long live Chewy.

There you have it! Like I said I was distracted, there was a lot more to be seen! Including Alex pardee's booth, skinner, and another sacto-hometown hero, Ben walker...

SKINNER AND MARTIN ONTIVEROS SHOW. Whoo!

2010-03-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

Lindsay, Chris baxter, and myself headed out to SF last night to go catch the Skinner, and Martin show over at Super 7.
I am lousy at taking pictures, I swear there will be more next time, and better pictures. One gets distracted, ya know? Awesomeness Below....

The very intimate gathering over at Super7. The dudes at S7 are ultra cool, thanks for throwing an awesome show!

The wall...

Some of Martin's paintings. So amazing.

There's Martin Unwittingly posing for my camera lense.

Some of skinner's paintings, as well as the man himself Laser Blastin' a book.

2010-03-28T12:39:00.000-07:00

AAAaaaand, some stuff for the wonderfully awesome grass hut in Portland!! Wish i could make it to this show, theres a TON of awesome artists showing. Not to mention i would drive the 8 hours to portland just for the variety of vegan food alone. I made an 18x18 and a 9x9 for this show, check em' out down below!

2010-03-28T12:17:00.000-07:00

Some new Paintings for some new shows, yall. Here's a couple I made for Giant robot NY.

WEBSITE UPDATE, and MUCH MORE!!!!!

2010-02-07T17:25:00.000-08:00

Hello! I'm back into blogging! I'm going to use this here page as my news page, so if you want to hear about anything Im up to, just check here and you'll get the scoop!
I will be posting many pictures from shows and other events and things related. My trip to art basel will be up on here soon, and any other interesting artifacts I have.
I UPDATED AND UPROOTED MY WEBSITE!!! GO LOOK AT IT!
I've got a ton planned for this year, I'm in a group show at Grass Hut again in april, a group show at WWA gallery in culver city in may, a 2 man show at Upper Playground portland with the awesome martin ontiveros in october, and many more things in between, Including a westcoast bicycle tour in spring/summer!!!!!
New shirts out soon as well!