ArtWeeks

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God Only Knows Series

God Only Knows

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 36"

Wouldn't It Be Nice

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 36"

Help Me Rhonda

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 36"

I Know There's an Answer

Acrylic on canvas

20" x 20"

Don't Worry Baby

Acrylic on canvas

36" x 36"

Summer 07 Series

Robo-Kong and monkey boy make friends

acrylic & gouache on digital print
10.5" x 14.5"

Art Weeks

I Just Wasn't Made for These Times, Acrylic on canvas, 36" x 72"

Artist Bio

Art Weeks was born in the small town of Orange, Texas, just across the border from the swamps of Louisiana, not far from the murky shores of the Gulf of Mexico.

At age 5, a delighted Art found his name on the cover of a heavy, handsomely bound book in the family bookcase. He was transfixed by the paintings inside but it was many years 'til his dreams and passions of being a fine artist would find a place in his every day life. He went away to Ringling School of Art in Florida and then Lamar University in Texas, graduated from both and earned a B.A. In 1983, with the memory of songs of the Beach Boys' promise of fun in the California sun, he loaded everything he owned into a toy-sized U-Haul and found himself in Los Angeles along with the thousands of other dreamers who were pouring into LA at that time.

Weeks became an advertising Art Director and changed ad agencies almost as often as he changed hairstyles. After all, it was the 80s. He created several well-known TV commercials and print campaigns, He won many awards, made TV commercials in amazing places around the world and all the while kept painting, sculpting and taking classes in both art and writing. He even found time for a solo show featuring 30 of his paintings in the late 90's.

Time passed in a blur of meetings and clients. Suddenly it's 2006. Art heard the siren call ... left the commercial world to immerse himself fully into the Art scene. But marketing skills, of course, always come in handy and they did here - helping Art bag no less than 18 solo and group exhibitions of his work by the end of 2007. Among them, the Lawrence Asher Gallery Summer Group Show and the October Lawrence Asher Gallery duo show.

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Los Angeles resident since 1983

EDUCATION:

Lamar University, Beaumont, TX BFA

Ringling School of Art graduate

UCLA arts studies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Advertising Art Director

2007 SHOWS:

Lawrence Asher Gallery, Summer Group Show, July 28 – August 18, 2007

Cannibal Flower Group Show, July 28, 2007

Artists for Real Medicine Charity Show - Beverly Hills, August 16, 2007

Cannibal Flower Anniversary Show, August 25, 2007

Lawrence Asher Gallery Charity Show, August 28, 2007

Lawrence Asher Gallery – Duo show with Fumiko Amano October, 2007

Venice Contemporary, Mixed Media/digital art show...December 2007

SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

The Majestical Roof, Pasadena, CA Nov. 9 - Jan. 15, 2007

The Brentwood Gallery, Brentwood, CA June-July, 1999

GROUP EXHIBITIONS:

Pasadena Art Walk, The Majestical Roof, Pasadena, CA, Dec. 2006

That’s Amore, Pasadena, CA Dec. 2006

2nd City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA--“News: a Visual Exploration of Topics that are in the News or Should Be.” April 21 - May 31, 2007

I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, May 4 - June 23, 2007

Tinlark Gallery, Hollywood, CA, May 9, 2007 until ?

Cannibal Flower Group Show, Los Angeles, May 26, 2007

Infusion Gallery, Gallery Row, downtown Los Angeles June 1 - 25, 2007

2nd City Council Gallery, Long Beach, CA, Members Exhibition June 9 – July 19, 2007

Cannibal Flower West Group Show, Venice, CA, June 16 – July 16, 2007

ASSOCIATIONS:

LAXART founding member, Los Angeles, CA
2nd City Council Gallery member, Long Beach, CA