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Product Description

6.5 in x 8.5 in, Mixed Media

Artist Statement and Biography:
In 2005 I was working at a record store in Seattle. I had been working retail ever since I dropped out of art school in the mid-nineties and after a decade of working to pay back that one year of college I was dreaming of an escape. I pretty much lived exclusively for the nightly retreats to my decrepit drafting table where I was free to spend hours hiding away in a vivid watercolor washed world surrounded by the warmth and comfort of my unusual creations. After years of existing like this I eventually gained the courage to take a chance and quit my day job to pursue my art full-time. Obsolete world is a name that was originally taken from the 1961 Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man” where in a future totalitarian state, Burgess Meredith’s character (a librarian) is a man put on trial for the crime of being obsolete. I had always loved that episode and I pictured a similar scenario in which the make-believe creatures of childhood suffer a similar “crime” as one grows old. I took to the task of conserving these victims of consequence and created “Obsolete World” as a place where my own creations could safely while away the hours.

Exhibitions:
2013
November-Mad Hatters group show curated by Ixie Darkonn at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena, CA

2012
November-Get The Lead Out IV group show at The ARTtery in Costa Mesa, CA
August-Signals End on the project wall at C.A.V.E. Gallery in Venice, CA

2011
September-Get The Lead Out III Group Show at Echo Echo Gallery in Seattle, WA
June-Guest artist at Monster Art in Seattle, WA
April-Spring Group Show at Rivet Designer Toy And Art Gallery in Columbus, OH
January-Pop Up Show presented by Swoon at Mina Dresden Gallery in San Francisco, CA
January-Group show at C.A.V.E Gallery in Venice, CA

2010
October-”Hallows Eve” at Tasty Gallery in Seattle, WA
August-Group Show, “Get The Lead Out” at Swoon Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
March-Group Show, “Glass, Cinder and Thorns” at 323 East in Detroit, MI
February-Solo Show at Doma Cafe and Gallery in New York, NY

2009
December-Group Show at C.A.V.E Gallery in Venice, CA
October-Group Show at Six By Six Gallery in New York, NY
September-Show with Emma Overman at Rivet Designer Toy and Art Gallery in Columbus, OH
August- Solo Show at Frame Up Studios in Seattle, WA
July-”Swoon” Group Show at Black Maria Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
May-”Wish You Were Here” Group Show at Tender Loving Empire in Portland, OR
April-”Beyond The Page” Group Show at Gallery 1988 in San Francisco, CA

2008
October-featured artist at Gallery 1988‘s 88point5 Online Show.
August-Group “Paper Pushers” show at Gallery 1988 in San Francisco, CA

2007
December-Solo Show at Frame Up Studios in Seattle, WA

Artist Website: http://obsoleteworld.com/artwork/

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