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UTOPIA – a solo exhibition by Hara Katsiki

Guillaume — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 10:34:30 +0000

After making her way to Berlin three years ago, Hara Katsiki won the Illustrative Young Illustrators Award in 2010. From drawing to costume design, fashion, graphic design, and music, Hara Katsiki lets her creativity pick the medium. Currently exploring illustration, Hara Katsiki will debut her latest work at her very first solo show on September 22, 2011 at West Berlin Gallery. Doors open at 18:00 and it goes until 22:00.

Through this exhibition, Hara Katsiki plans on giving us a sneak peak into the fantastically romantic inner world of her thought-dreams. Always keen to experiment, this daring artist transcends the boundaries of imagination. Using her dreams as the main source of inspiration, Katsiki was inclined to define/refine her work for this show by using three primary colors: black, white and gold. Hara is also using ink on paper and wood, creating abstract pieces reminiscent of what she describes as “nature’s unspoken beauty”.

On Thursday, September 22th, West Berlin Gallery will feature 33 pieces ranging from black and white paper, to works on wood, as well as drawings on printed fashion photographs. The exhibition will also showcase an installation that is bound to be the highlight of the show!

The opening ceremony will feature a performance by harpist Claudio Cherubin, starting at 19:30. The versatile musician will most definitely make this evening one to remember!

An afterparty will be held at Bar Tausend (Schiffbauerdamm 11, S/U-Bahn Friedrichstrasse), starting at 22:00 with DJs Emil doesn’t drive and Spacelex. The entry is free for everyone attending the opening ceremony!

Opening Ceremony: Thursday, September 22, 2011
Time: 18:00 – 22:00
Location: West Berlin Gallery
Brunnenstraße 56 / 13355 Berlin
You can RSVP on Facebook and/or become a fan here for daily updates!
Contact: +49 (0)30 548 566 29 / info@westberlingallery.com

Codaï Nakamura Solo Show

Guillaume — Sat, 29 May 2010 10:17:16 +0000

Codai Nakamura grew up, studied and leaves in Japan.
West Berlin Gallery presents his first solo show in Europe from June 3rd to July 3rd.

Codai Nakamura‘s first key inspiration comes from Taro Okamoto. The Japanese mentor, noted for his abstract and avant-garde paintings and sculpture, changed is vision for Art. Okamato’s vision being very different from the approach of the traditional Japanese Fine Art Schools. Okamato showed him that Art doesn’t necessarily needs to be beautiful in the conventional way, opening new doors to his creativity.

Nakamura‘s paintings & illustration are very iconic, with central characters who represents Japanese people in their daily life. His work draws heavily from a pessimistic view of the urban experience which he describes in his work as tired characters and sad persons. Later on he was also influenced by Barry McGee and got to paint a lot of street characters.

Despite his young age, Codai has already had numerous shows in galleries in Japan such as galerie 6C or the Sunsui Museum. He uses pens and oil acryl and favors aqueous inks. West Berlin Gallery will present a collection of his latest works, exhibited for the very first time in Europe. During the vernissage on Thursday June 3rd he will do live paintings for the pleasure on the audience.

The Opening Ceremony will be held on Thursday the 3rd of June at 19:00 in West Berlin Gallery, Brunnenstr. 56 Berlin. The evening will be completed with a live painting session by the artist, music by Massimiliano Pagliara (Balihu / Rushhour / Robert Jonhson) and nice drinks to make it a date!

RSVP over Facebook as usual.

Despite his young age, Codai was born in 1983, he already has a quite a lot of experience and his curriculum is very impressive.

Solo exhibitions

2003

“GENKAN TANBARIN”

2004

“Cora-Hori Decoration”

“Cora-Hori Decoration 2nd”

2005

“NEE-TOO”

2006

“MEAT”

“FATMART”

2007

“NIKKO”

2008

“MOTOGOE”

“a museum.”

2009

“KOEN”

“Codai Nakamura Solo exhibition”

“torstrasse60″

Live Painting

2005

“ART stream riverplace 2005″

“Orchestra band with Codai Nakamura”

2006

“ART stream riverplace 2006″

2007

“Joint Art Battle”

2008

“SUMMER SONIC 08″

2009

“Illustration Factry Opening event”

“”SUMMER SONIC 09″ ”

Art events

2002

“Free soul”

“Artbeat riverplace”

2003

“GEISAI#4″

“The 1st ARTSTREAM”

“DESIGNER’S WEEK 2003 Design bridge Project”

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 01″

2004

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 02″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 03″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 04″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 05″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 06″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 07″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 08″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 09″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 10″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 11″

“PARK ART MARKET in CRYSTA 12″

“The 2st ARTSTREAM”

2005

“ARTSTREAM 2005″

2007

“ARTSTREAM 2007″

“DESIGN FESTA vol.25″

“1000000 people Candle night”

“DESIGN FESTA vol.26″

2008

“Scientific technique a project~plastic100~”

“GEISAI MUSIUM #2″

“1000000 people Candle night”

“GEISAI #11″

“ARTSTREAM 2008″

“1000000 people Candle night”

“Parent and child classroom”

2009

“1000000 people Candle night” ”

“1000000 people Candle night”

“SEIKEI SUMMER FES.2009″

Group exhibitions

2002

“40mm Badge exhibition”

“T-Shirt exhibition”

“KENKADO ART FEST”

“Peace Touch exhibition”

“Two exhibition~ MINORITY ~”

“I exhibition”

“3B exhibition”

“Psychology decalcomanie exhibition”

“THE Eyepatch exhibition”

2003

“Twenty exhibition”

“The 10th Small small large exhibition”

“Portable camera Applique exhibition”

2004

“First dream of the new year diary exhibition”

“The 11th Small small large exhibition”

“The south art festival RIKI EXPO 2004″

“Christmas exhibition”

2005

“LP Record Jacket exhibition”

“Trio exhibition~Monkey and Jam and Forest of neon~”

“Everyone’s ITOE”

2006

“sorameet”

2007

“LP Record Jacket exhibition02″

“Last handkerchief & Business card exhibition”

“ARTHOUSE 7anniversary~7exhibition~”

2008

“Photo frame exhibition”

“Letter paper exhibition”

“ONSA”

“EROSHI O REKI REKI”

2009

“Cherry blossoms weather”

“Creators paper exhibition”

“ONSA”

“LP Record Jacket exhibition04″

First Pics of the BSV Vernissage

Guillaume — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:09:21 +0000

Here are the first pics of the ‘WEST BERLIN GALLERY presents BLOOD SWEAT VECTOR’ opening last Thursday. Thanks to all who came around, especially to Brad, Jared, Marius and Eleanor, to 42Below and the excellent bartenders, to Tatjana and Guillaume for spinning some nice music and last but not least to all participating designers – really good job

For all who didn’t make it for the opening – the show is running till December 12th!

For even more pics try our flickr…

Blood Sweat Vector – Opening this Thursday

Guillaume — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:48:22 +0000

Only 3 days to go until we celebrate the big opening of our eagerly awaited next exhibition: WEST BERLIN GALLERY presents BLOOD SWEAT VECTOR…

West Berlin Gallery presents a group exhibition of the artist collectiv ‚Blood Sweat Vector’, running from November 13th to December 12th 2009. For the first time works by members of online-community Blood Sweat Vector will be brought together in the rooms of a gallery.

123Klan: We got the skills to pay the bills
Based on geometric variables like points, lines and curves and their composites in form of polygones, today computer generated vector graphics are an essential part of visual communication and illustration. Blood Sweat Vector, founded in 2008 by the designers Jared Nickerson (aka J3Concepts) and Brad Mahaffey as a platform for news, portfolios, recommendations and artistic exchange, is today one of the biggest networks for vectordesign. Some of the most important international vector artists are among the members. Blood Sweat Vector sees itself as an open channel for communication which encourages instant feedback and allows for interaction between likeminded designers.
All Blood Sweat vector members are highly regarded internationally and can look back on several cooperations, doing design for vinyl toys, skateboards, video games or fashion. In their portfolios you will find clients like Louis Vuitton, Kid Robot, Eastpack, MTV, Adidas, Sony, Artoyz and publications in magazines like Modart, WAD, Juxtapoz and many more.

Tokyocandies: Sweet Nightmare

In assembling an international selection of multifaceted styles the exhibition provides an overview of contemporary artistic vectordesign. The exhibition features works of more than 20 renowned artists, among them such staple names as Niark1 (France), 123Klan (Canada), Cuypi (France), Sheena Aw (Singapore), Maria Vittoria Benatti (Italy), J3Concepts (USA), Loungekat (Melbourne), Sublevel (Munich), Keuj (France), Tokyocandies (Italy), Charuca (Barcelona) and many more…

Niark1: Dead End

Join us for the Vernissage on Thursday, November 12th, starting 19:00. Some of the artists will be around, as well as Blood Sweat Vector founders Jared Nickerson and Brad Mahaffey.
42Below will care for excellent cocktails again and for the first time we will have DJs spinning, West Berlin Gallery’s own Guillaume aka DJ One (also founder of Vinyl kills MP3) back to back on the decks with Tatjana.
We are looking forward to see you on thursday, in the meantime also link up to the Facebook event :)

‘Martin Krusche vs laFraise: Ugly & Drippy’ Vernissage

Guillaume — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:46:39 +0000

Here are some pics of last night. Thanks to everybody who came around and enjoyed the evening

See more pics on our flickr.