French Express

if you're in the area...also, check out the gallery's website.

JD Beltran on SFGATE writes on Vernissage

"The Bay Area community is awash in MFA exhibitions at the moment, with those of the San Francisco Art Institute, Mills College, Stanford University, and the University of California, Berkeley all up at the moment. Hopefully I'll be able to get to all of them, as it's always fascinating to see what's coming out of the graduate programs, and how the work is responding to the current climate. Last Friday, I attended the opening reception for "Vernissage," the San Francisco Art Institute's MFA Exhibition, which is always a giddy madhouse. (The French term "Vernissage" comes from "varnishing day," the day before the opening of an art exhibition traditionally reserved for the artist to varnish the paintings.)"

Read the full article here.

kinda hippy design...

but I really support the direction of design intent.

"Modeled after the wings of a dragonfly, this incredible urban farm concept for New York City’s Roosevelt Island intends to ease the problems of food mileage and shortage, and reconnect consumers with producers. Urban farming is a growing trend amongst savvy city dwellers today, but in a densely packed borough like Manhattan, growth must come vertically. Spanning 132 floors and 600 vertical meters, the Dragonfly can accommodate 28 different agricultural fields for the production of fruit, vegetables, grains, meat and dairy. A combination of solar and wind power make Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut’s Dragonfly concept %100 self sufficient."

read more here.

Update on Temescal

Barry Beach vs. John K. Melvin has been postponed.
There will be no exhibition at Temescal this Friday, 5/22.
Sorry for any inconveniences.
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see work by Barry : : : see work by John
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Fredericksen Hardware - Marina/Cow Hollow - San Francisco, CA

http://www.yelp.com/biz/fredericksen-hardware-san-francisco

JKM

www.johnkmelvin.com

Jay Jay Gallery ad in SacTown Magazine

this will be published in the June/July issue of SacTown Magazine, www.sactownmag.com

more details on this show to come soon!!! in the meantime, check out the gallery here : http://www.jayjayart.com/

- Enter Radical Practices

http://radicalpractices.com/

JKM

www.johnkmelvin.com

Last but not Least

and of course the culmination of my two year graduate school adventure, exhibiting with my friends and colleagues at:

MFA Vernissage, San Francisco Art Institute MFA Graduate Thesis Show, Herbst Pavillion at Fort Mason, Reception Friday, May 15, 2009 at 7:00pm

Exhibition runs from the 16th to the 23rd, open daily from 12-6pm

I think I will sleep the entire month of June.

be well.

this one too...

Barry Beach vs. John K. Melvin, May 22nd 2009, 7-10pm, Temescal Arts Center, 511 48th @ Telegraph, Oakland, CA http://temescalcontemporary.org/index.html

more on this one soon....

and another one

The Ever Gold Gallery: First Thursday of MAY!!
“Everything for Nothing or Something”

Artist Stephanie Dodes’ most recent production is an experimental short film, “Everything for Nothing”. This group exhibition features many of the artists that contributed to the film’s production and design, and is itself inspired by this same collaborative nature of the film making process.

Featuring the work of:

Stephanie Dodes, Elinor Diamond, Cathy Fairbanks, Kevin Laccone, Brittany McCall, John K. Melvin, Chris Ritson, Izumi Yokoyama

Please join us to celebrate our fourth exhibition at the Ever Gold at 441 O'Farrell Street (b/w Taylor and Jones) opening reception May 7th from 6-9pm.


Hope to see you there!

Upcoming Shows

Please join me if you are in the area:


Lobot Gallery

For Immediate Release:

Z-axis

Exhibition dates: May 9th 2009 – June 7th 2009
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9th, 7-10pm
Lobot Gallery, 1800 Campbell Street, Oakland CA 94607
www.lobotgallery.com

Featuring works by: ERCH, Dan Grayber, Ryan Jones, Steven M. King, Whitney Lynn, Marhsall Marice, Jsun Mccarty, John K. Melvin, Niki Shapiro, Renetta Sitoy, Emma Spertus, SEO Won-Tae, Matt Volla, Patrick Wilson.

Curators: Eric Araujo, Ross Campbell

A two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system is defined by 2 axes perpendicular to each other at right angles forming a plane known as the XY plane, X=horizontal, Y=vertical. The Z-axis is added to provide the third dimension of measurement.

Z-axis is a group exhibition of interdisciplinary artists who explore the realm of architecture and confront the various aspects of our built environment. By exploiting the intersections between art and architecture artists accommodate new beliefs and perceptions of how to direct and re-direct the purposes of space. They create new processes and rituals to live and work through momentary renderings of material reality, and invent the possible reality, that profoundly shapes the buildings, cities, and homes that help us define what is real and tangible.
The artists in Z-axis compose new architectural references by assimilating the host space to translate their formal, social, and political meanings into their own art-architectural language. What is expressed is hidden in the grandeur, depth, scale and volumetric integration of their installations, sculptures, films and two-dimensional demonstrations.
Dan Grayber’s playful look at building machinery uses scaled spring-loaded mechanical models that rely on existing architecture for support. Matt Volla analyzes human walks that reflect spatial conditioning via a participatory postcard, while Steven M King’s sound installation explores the logistical underbelly of urban planning that defines the process of city making. Z-axis aims to present diverse and dynamic works that reflect disparate aspects of our built environment; this is framed within the large art space of Lobot gallery.