Upcoming Shows

Memoriam to 9/11


September 12, 2010
Performance, art, and noise.
More details soon.

   9/11

Bodies in Space(s):
Negotiating Sites/Sights

September 22, 2010 8:00 - 10 pm
$5/advance (at Madrone) or $10/door

Madrone Art Bar
500 Divisadero St (at Fell) map
San Francisco, CA 94117
info line: 415/241-0202

Exhibition:
Jeffrey Beauchamp • Theophilus Brown • Linda Wallgren

Performances:
Bert Bergen • Daniel Blomquist • Terrance Graven • Justin Hoover • Geraldine Lozano • Lauren Marsden • Honey McMoney • Crystal Nelson • Heather Sparks • Kathryn Williamson • The Muistardeaux Collective

This presentation contemplates how experiences and representations of the body are embedded in socially conditioned modes of expression, and are constituted as sites/sights of identification, agency, and personal history, articulated in varied cultural spaces.

   b.i.s.

Recent Shows

BLACK LAB

August 13th - August 28th

The Lab
2948 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
p: 415.864.8855

Opening reception
Friday, August 13, 7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
Special performances by Terrance Graven and Gerritt Wittmer & Paul Knowles

Performance Night
Friday, August 20, 8:00 - Midnight.
Performances by Group Rhoda, Eric Svedas, Amir Coyle, Eighth Evening, and more. Afterwards dance party with DJ's Warm Leatherette and more

   Black Lab

Gallery hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 1:00 - 6:00 p.m.
FREE admission
Featuring: Vincent Como with Reuben Lorch Miller, Eric Larson, Rachel Dawson, Josh Hagler, Faye Kendal, Eric Madsen, Malcolm Smith, lourdes of the flies, Michael Campbell, Caitlin Denny and Marcella Faustini, Terrance Graven, Ben Venom, Ryan De La Hoz, Kara Joslyn, Group Rhoda, Amir Coyle, Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles, and No Peace at the Gates.

Inspired by The Black Laboratory of Brooklyn artist Vincent Como, Black Lab investigates the cultural connotations and psychological implications of the darkest color. Michael Campbell, Eric Larson, Reuben Lorch Miller, Malcolm Smith, and Ben Venom deploy counterculture themes and imagery in two and three dimensions. Artists Rachel Dawson, Erik Madsen, and Como formally evoke aftermath, decay, and possible transcendence through color and texture in paintings, drawings, and sculpture. Faye Kendall's, Kara Joslyn's, and Ryan De Hoz's sculptures and drawings tap into occult and animalistic archetypes. Marcella Faustini and Caitlin Denny's multi-media installation plays with popular fascination with dark topics in science. Painter Josh Hagler's portraits, artifacts from the life and family of Anton LaVey, Lourdes of the Flies, and No Peace at the Gates portray the flip-side of American religiosity. Performances by Terrance Graven, Group Rhoda, Amir Coyle, and Gerritt Wittmer and Paul Knowles enact paranormal ritual and unspeakable mysteries.

The Junk Mail Show:
So Many Products, So Little Time

July 9th - July 30th
Artist Reception: Friday July 9, 2010 6-9PM

Gallery Hours: Monday -Thursday 10-1 or by appointment.

Soap Gallery
3180 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
between Cesar Chavez & Valencia

Email: sfsoapgallery@yahoo.com

Phone: 415-920-9199

Curator: Andy Vogt & Sarah Smith

   Junkmail Show

A group exhibition of bay area and midwestern artists presenting meditations on the ultramundane products that surround us. Using 'Junk Mail' as a roadmap participants create homages to the detritus of the mail slot.

Featuring 20 Bay Area and Midwestern artists including: Bert Bergen, Meri Brin, Jeff Canham, Randy Colosky, Creativity Explored artists (TBA), Ilana Crispi, Lauren Davies, Derek Fagerstrom, Tara Foley, Erica Gangsei, Terrance Graven, Jennie Hinchcliff, Malik Johnson, Kyle Knobel, Bessie Kunath, Miriam Lakes, Denise Laws, Kristina Lewis, Mike McConnell, Honey McMoney, Daniel Nevers, Kelsey Nicholson, John Riegert, Michelle Rose, Mark Stramaglia, Sarah Smith, Lauren Smith, Chalene Tan, Nicholas Torres, Scott Tsuchitani, Andy Vogt, Sam Ward, Christine Wong-Yap

Eidolon (Illusion/Delusion/Allusion)

Friday May 21st and Saturday May 22nd
Climate Gallery
285 9th St @ Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA
8:00 pm - 11:00 pm
$5 admission

www.climatetheater.com

Terrance Graven will feature two photographs and a performative installation entitled The Spoiler Set / His Seal of Silence which will be performed on May 22nd.

A few highlights of the evening will include: Elyse Hochstadt's sculptural installation "half truths and uncertain realities" which deals with the construction of memory with it's aspects of myth and fantasy; Philip Greenlief's solo saxophone performance of the original composition, "Mirrors," with which he will "seek to destroy the security blanket of western harmony;" Vita and Bryan Hewitt's scanned x-ray photographs, which allude to the collective memory of place, specifically, of San Francisco, in all it's true and fictive transience; Pantea Karimi’s prints, which combine iconic imagery from her homeland of Iran and the U.S. in a metaphoric layering that alludes to cultural identity, societal restriction, corporate hegemony, and political censorship; Terrance Graven's performative installations which use ritual materials to explore mortality, loss, and the frailty of the body; and John Melvin’s site-specific installation exploring the idea of transitional states.

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100 Performances for the Hole -
Take Two

March 6th, 2010
SOMArts Cultural Center
Opening: March 6, 2010
5:58 pm until 1:00 am (or until done)

Exhibition Dates: March 6 – March 26, 2010
Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 2:00 pm - 7:00 pm & Saturday 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
$2 to $12 suggested donation

www.somarts.org

On March 6th, for one night only, SOMArts Cultural Center will feature a progression of two-minute performances by one hundred artists. SOMArts has a unique space, among other attributes, it houses a large mechanics pit in the floor of its main gallery. This pit will be transformed into a unique platform for performance.

After the live event, documentation of all the pieces will be exhibited in the gallery for the duration of the month.


CLICK HERE for approx. schedule. Times may vary.

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The Pit

From Ancient to Present

November 20th, 2009
De Young Museum
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive
San Francisco, CA
6:00 - 9:00 pm

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Aghast

October 9th - November 3rd, 2009
K Gallery
2513 Blanding Avenue
Alameda, CA
Opening on Oct. 9th from 6:00 - 10:00 pm.

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TEMPVS: A Solo Project


July 2 - August 1, 2009
David Cunningham Projects Gallery
1928 Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA
Opening Reception: 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
With performance around 8:00 pm

Normal Hours: Noon - 6:00 pm
Thursday thru Saturday

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I recycle many used and found objects for costumes, props, and installations.
I would appreciate any donations. If interested in donating, I would ask that you provide the name of a deceased one–
a death that was especially difficult to deal with.

  • locks of hair or trimmings
  • dead flies
  • black suits (damaged ones are fine)
  • black dress clothes (damaged ones are fine)
  • old medications (especially ointments)
  • candles (black, white, brown, red, and yellow)
  • broken mirrors
  • handfuls of dirt
  • crow or raven feathers
  • cremation ashes
  • snakeskin sheddings
  • hospital gowns or scrubs
  • medical instruments
  • glass oral thermometers
  • broken car windows
  • black fabric
  • black ribbon
  • gold fringe and trim
  • old broken jewelry
  • pearls (especially seed pearls)
  • Swarovski crystals
  • gold beads
  • entomological pins
  • broken pocket watches and old clocks
  • goldleaf

If interested, please contact me:

info@terrancegraven.com