Call for Emerging Artist for monthly shows

The Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio is seeking new and emerging monthly guest artists to have an intimate art show in the on-site gallery. If you are interested, then check this new contemporary/post-contemporary art gallery/design studio and submit some samples. It is located at the sunny side of Bayview, San Francisco, California. The space has direct traffic with large windows that optimizes the exposure of your pieces to the community, potential buyers and collectors. It is a great opportunity to show and share your art to the community, a community that is constantly changing. The art culture in the vicinity will be brightly enhanced with the potential of showing at the facility. Share and show your creativity in a new venue and potentially sell to the community and your patrons.

Guidelines:
*Submit 5-10 clear samples. (ie. last name_title.img; < less than 2M) and/or website/link
*Include information/itemization in a separate .doc file (title, medium, dimension, year, price)
*Small Bio/Artist Statement (1 paragraph is fine)

Sales:
Sales will be handled through the gallery. The Gallery and artist will have 50/50 for any sales of art in the gallery.



Private shows:
The art gallery is also renting for private art shows. The cost of the rent is $200 for three days worth of showcasing. The days are from Sunday through Tuesday. The time slot for the show is from 12 - 5 pm, regular business hours. Preparatory and de-installation time will be allotted before and after scheduled time of show. If you are interested in finding out more just reply to this ad. Below are some pictures from a recent show.

*For more details email: paolomejia@hotmail.com

Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio

4343 #B 3rd. Street

San Francisco, Ca. 94124
www.paolomejia.com

February Emerging Guest Artist: Seren Moran

The Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio is proud to introduce and showcase the arts of Seren Moran. Seren Moran is a local Bay Area artist, who received her B.A. from San Diego State University and studied at the original Leonardo da Vinci school of art in Italy. Her recent colorful and vibrant work entitled "Brazil" is a culmination of her recent trip/residence in Brazil.

"I fear being predictable, in life and in my art. My life has always been unstable; I have lived in over 10 different homes, with different people, studied in more than 10 different schools, and worked a variety of places. I struggle to find comfort and balance through feeling alone and misunderstood. I envy stability, but I see the ignorance in staying stagnant. I have never been someone who works on a schedule or plan, and I don’t do that with my art. I use my impulsiveness as inspiration; my choices are made in the moment, often without a conscious thought. I make conscious decisions after I have made the unconscious ones. Like Dancing, I let my body do the work, moving without thinking.

My curiosity drives my impulsivity. A need to face the unknown rather than hide from it. I question what people perceive to be normal, or right, or wrong. And I question my work. I have always had a need to push boundaries, to break rules, and I have managed to channel that energy in my art. I am constantly trying new things, pushing past what is expected.

I see painting as being alive, it moves, in shapes and textures and has depth. It can have energy or be calm, can be stubborn or unsure, or be everything at once. And I view my paintings as accurate depictions, of the images they are inspired from. I take away or add information to give emotion, and honesty to the places and people I paint."

(*Below are some samples from the show. For more samples go to: http://www.facebook.com/artistserenmoran )

Brazil 12:  Luzes da Noite

Brazil 33:  Esquina Colorida

Brazil 34: Quatro Becos

 

We invite you to come and see Seren Moran's recent work that shows abstract beauty and vivid colors at the Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio. The art show will be displayed from January 28 through February 24, 2013. The arts are for sale and is waiting to be part of your collection. Come, enjoy and see beautiful, vibrant works made by Seren Moran at the Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio.

RECEPTION:  February 10, 2013, from 2-5pm

Located:

Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio
4343 #B 3rd. St.
San Francisco, Ca
408.341.9104 
Open Sundays 12 - 5 pm &
Mondays and Tuesdays by
Appointment

In Transit

"In Transit" is a group art show that will be held at ManilaTown Center in San Francisco. The show features ten artists who examine different transitional junctures. These junctures can be physical, emotional, psychological or even spirirtual. In Mel Vera Cruz’s piece "Lucky", he incorporates Balikbayan boxes that are used for shipping items to family in the Philippines. The goods delivered in Balikbayan boxes contains conventional day-to-day materials such as clothes, medicines, packaged food, toys and other necessities. This shipping box represent something that of intrinsic nature. It is a package of hope. This package of hope is being shipped in transit to their love ones and recipients. While at other times the change is emotional and psychological, such as Charlene Tan’s piece "Silent Labor", which discusses privilege and inequality. In Marcius Noceda’s piece "Sway", he involves the physical and emotional transformation that occurs simultaneously. "In Transit" is a show that investigates multiple levels and provides a space for understanding the nuances of these moments. These processed concepts and emotions provided by these artists' work allow us to form an ineffable, unfamiliar vocabulary and connection for this newly attained vision of being in transit. 

We invite you to attend this month long show and enjoy the visuals provided by these artists.

The artists include: 

Lexygius Calip
Bonnie Kwong
Cathy Lu 
Paolo Mejia

Marcius Noceda

Carlo Ricafort

Charlene Tan

Mel Vera Cruz

Pamela Ybañez

Fonda Yoshimoto

Opening reception: 

Saturday February 2^nd from 3-6pm  

Location:  

Manilatown Center

868 Kearny Street
San Francisco.  

The exhibit will be on display from February 2^nd through March 2^nd.  

For questions please call 415-399-9580. 

Current show at the Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studion

Currently showing at the gallery. The three different body of works are oil paintings from the Process It (framed pieces), Diffusion (unframed) series and a mixed media work from the Convolution (5 pc panel) series. The show will be up until the end of the month.

Part of Convolution series on the left; Process It! on right

Diffusion: Something from Nothing series

Paolo MejiaArt Gallery and Design Studio
4343 #B 3rd. st.
San Francisco, Ca.
Sunday 12-5pm
Mondays and Tuesdays by Appointment

 

Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio

The Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio offer services that attempts to meet our client's need to reorganize, revamp, improve and/or add taste and color to your environment by:

*Renting artworks per day or week
*Installation of art/mirrors
*Preparatory for shows/events
*Gallery rental
*Framing consultation
*Framing (coming soon)
*Simple Graphic Design (Business Cards, Collaterals, Letterheads)
*Reorganizing the decor of the room/facility
*Interior Decor logistics/planning
*Refurbishing small furniture (coming soon)
*Interior/exterior painting

*For more details email the gallery:

Paolo Mejia Art Gallery and Design Studio
4343 #B 3rd. Street
San Francisco, Ca
paolomejia@hotmail.com