Happy New Year!
The Monkey Whisperer, oil on canvas 18x24, 2011
 
 
News Upcoming Events
 
La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary Show
Hollywood Ca.
Oct. 7th.- Oct. 30th., opening reception Oct. 7th. 8-11pm
 
 
"The Rupture"
Mark Bryan and Tony Natsoulas
American River College, James Kaneko Gallery
Nov. 14th.- Dec. 6th., opening reception Nov. 14th. 12 noon
4700 College Oak, Sacramento Ca. 916 484 8399
 
"Hello Tomorrow"
David Brower Center, Berkeley
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704 Tel: 510.809.09008
 

" The Mad Tea Party Part D'uh"
oil on canvas, 44"x72", 2010
click here for more details

Press release

" I'll never go there again!" said Alice, as she picked her way through the wood. "It's the Stupidest tea-party I ever was at in all my life!"

 
New, Lost Horizon Cellulose phones
 
Mark has created Lost Horizon cellulose phones. In addition to their fine craftsmanship and subversive message, each Lost Horizon cellulose phone also comes with a generous service plan and user agreement: Lost Horizon provides free unlimited minutes for you to talk to your phone (with no health risks) until you die. See the full line of designs and all the details at Etsy .............http://www.etsy.com/shop/MarkBryanArt?ref=top_trail..............
 

The Republic of Suicide, oil on canvas 44x72, 2009

 

Humorologist C.W. Metcalf says humor and laughter do not exist in the absence of sorrow and tears, but co-exist as a balance of sanity. Mark Bryan's iconography, loaded as it is with multiple inferences, has the potential to make us laugh and also think about the frivolities and stupidities committed by so-called "enlightened" human beings . "Sometimes while I'm sketching," says Bryan, "I often feel like I'm taking notes at a dark comedy, but the play never ends, and they won't let us go home."

essay by Nicholas Roukes, Artful Jesters

Sorry, This Party's not Over!

"The Mad Tea Party"
oil on canvas, 48"x 84", 2005


Posters and Giclee prints of "Mad Tea Party" and "Dick" are available click here for details
 
The Collectors, oil on canvas art print, 30x40, 2011
 
Recent Events
 
"Down the Rabbit Hole"
Steynberg Gallery
April 1st.- May 31st., opening reception April 1st. 6-9pm 2011
1531 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo Ca. 805 547 027
 
"Hard Times"
Steynberg Gallery
Nov. 20th -Jan 10th 2009, opening reception Nov. 20th, 6-9pm
1531 Monterey St. San Luis Obispo Ca. 805 547 0278
 
"El Dia De Los Muertos""
San Luis Obispo Arts Council, Arts Space
570 Higuera St. San Luis Obispo Ca.
Oct 29th- Nov. 13th 2009, Opening reception Nov. 6th, 6-9 pm
 
"Meditations on the Apocalyptic"
Cal State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Sept. 21 -Oct 23 rd, opening reception Oct. 4th, 3-5pm 2009

W. Kieth and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery

 

Open Studios, Oct 10th-11th, 2009

16 Temple St. San Francisco Ca.
 
Hollywood Ca., June 2009
 
"A Farewell Kiss" (for Bush)
Feb. 6th- March 14th., Opening receptions Feb. 6th, March 6th, 7-10 pm
Curated by DeWitt Cheng

Oakopolis Gallery, link
447 25th Street Oakland, (510) 663-6920

 
"Visual Subversion"
Mark Bryan, Dennis Larkins, KRK Ryden, Winston Smith
Oct. 11th/Nov. 30th, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
 
"Monkeys in my Head"
Steynberg Gallery Nov. 7th/Jan 2nd, San Luis Obispo Ca.
Nov. 7th .-Dec. 28th, opening reception Nov. 7th 6-9 pm
 
"Bread and Circus" Art of Democracy
ArtObjectGallery, San Jose Ca. Nov. 15th-Jan !5th
Opening reception Nov. 15th 6-9 pm http://www.artobjectgallery.com/
 
Art of Democracy: War and Empire
535 Powell Street San Francisco, CA 94108
Sept. 4th-Nov. 4th, opening reception Sept. 4th 6-9 pm
Solo Exhibition, May 1st-31st 2008, Sacramento Ca.
Opening Recption May 10th
 
"Lakeview Terrace"
Mark Bryan's Mad Tea Party painting featured in "Lakeview Terrace"
Starring Samuel Jackson, release date sept. 19th 2008
 
"Carnivora"
The Dark Art of the Automobile
Cpop Gallery, Detroit, Opening Jan 12th
L'imagerie Gallery
May 3rd.-June 14th, opening reception May 3rd 7pm
10555 Victory Blvd. North Hollywood
 
JUXTAPOZ Magazine
Feature article, Gallows Humor, The Art of Mark Bryan, January issue 2007
 
"Last of the Shiraz", oil on canvas, 30x24 2010
 
Geez Magazine
Cover art , Monsters in our Midst, fall issue 2007
 
Miz Radio interviews Mark Bryan
 
 
"Dick"
New portrait, oil on canvas 30x24", 2006
Posters and giclee prints are available of "Dick" click here for details
 
 
 
T- shirts of "Mad Tea Party", "Dick" and "Uncle Sam" are now available click here for details
 
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