Art at 35th North presents
“Urban Playground – New Drawings by Nhon Nguyen”
June 19 – July 11, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday June 19 5p – 9p
35th North Skateshop
1100 E. Pike St. Seattle, Wa

Art at 35th North is proud to present “Urban Playground”, a series of new drawings by artist Nhon Nguyen exploring the architectural environment of Seattle through the eyes of a skateboarder. It has been said that the repurposing of the architectural landscape of our cities by skateboarders is the ultimate in culture bending. Nhon’s work explores the way people are transforming the mundane into a virtual playground, often transforming forgotten corners of the city into hallowed proving grounds of ones prowess on a skateboard. This series of drawings builds upon his work that was started in Osaka, Japan where his travels through the city allowed him to create his own series of landmarks based on the multitude of great skatespots he would find during these trips. Nhon Nguyen is a longtime resident of Seattle, Wa and is often the first person out at Lower Woodland skatepark. A limited edition skatedeck will be created in conjunction with this show.

Art at 35th North is proud to present the art of STUBBORN SIDEBURN for the month of May as well as the release of his LTD. Edition 35th North Shop Skate Deck. Junichi Tsuneoka was born and raised in Japan and,upon graduating Waseda University in Tokyo, arrived in the US at the end of the 20th Century. After five years …as a graphic designer, Junichi established a style often recognized as “California Roll Stylie,” the result of both a visual and conceptual fusion of Japanese pop culture and American urban culture. He founded STUDIO STUBBORN SIDEBURN to broaden his visual communication and to employ his visual language in art, illustration, and design. Junichi’s pieces possess highly communicative, assertive graphics, and contain clear signs pointing back to his strong design background. California Roll Stylie is still evolving, as it has been consuming Japanese traditional aspect to reflect in Junichi’s art.

Art at 35th North presents
Scratch The Surface
New Work by Michael McGovern
April 8 – May 9, 2010
35th North Skateshop 1100 E. Pike St.
Seattle Wa 98122

Art at 35th North Skateshop is proud to present Scratch The Surface, New work by Michael McGovern for the month of April 2010. Michael McGovern makes work that is about constructing autobiographical images that explore the ghosts and spirits of his past. By visually recording impressions of specific times, places, and events in his life Mike is preserving memories that seem to fade with each passing year. McGovern’s work calls upon the repetitive nature of printmaking and photography to create a network of reoccurring images that one can meditate on to help search for a truth. He use’s a lexicon of images that relate to specific events in his history. Repeated images of bridges, birds, trains, war, masks, urban landscapes, and old family portraits find their way into his work lending themselves to an unfolding narrative. For this exhibition Michael has designed a graphic for a limited edition 35th North skateboard deck that will be available for purchase during the show.

About Michael McGovern :
Michael McGovern was born and raised in Portland Oregon and is a current part time faculty member at Portland Community College teaching both printmaking and drawing. McGovern studied photography at Pacific Northwest College of Art where he received his BFA in 2004. Moving to Illinois in 2006, McGovern went on to graduate school where he received his MFA in 2009 in printmaking from Northern Illinois University.

Skating since the age of nine McGovern has looked up skaters who have transcended into the world of fine art, artist such as Mark Gonzales, Ed Templeton, Andy Howell, Neil Blender, Lance Mountain, Glen E. Friedman, Robert Hardgrave, Chris Johanson, Barry McGee, Chris Miller, Paul Fujita, Dan Ness, Jesse Reno, Ed King, and Tyler Kline. Other highly influential artist on McGovern’s work consist of Robert Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Jean Michel Basquiat, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Egon Schiele, Phil Frost, Robert Frank, Margaret Kilgallen, and William Kentridge.

A voice spoke down upon me one day and said, “build plenty of skateboards and tell the people to skate to the top of the mountain and lay down below the trees which grow there naturally. I shall spare the lives of those who obey. I am angry and shall punish the wretched sinners.”

The Sky Is Fall
some art and a skatedeck (maybe)
on a wall by a local named Sua

March 11 – April 4

35th North Skateshop
1100 E Pike St.
Seattle Wa 98122

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The Sneke DVS DAT x 35th North collabo deck is now available at 35th North for only $35

Art at 35th presents
“Let Me Ride – New Works by Jesse Brown”
February 11 – March 7, 2010
Opening Reception Thursday February 11, 2010
5pm – 9pm
35th North
1100 E. Pike St.
Seattle Wa 98122

Art at 35th is proud to present “Let Me Ride – New Works By Jesse Brown” for the month of February 2010. Jesse Brown is a Seattle based skateboarder and multidisciplinary visual artist whose artwork has been exhibited at galleries in Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, Chicago, New York, Tokyo, Berlin, London and Paris. Jesse’s work is often an exploration in geometric forms, pattern, shape and repetition which display a very clean, graphic quality. He is know for working in a variety of mediums including drawing, painting, sculpture, murals, artist books, installation, video and textile works. You can find Jesse’s work at the newly refurbished Bellevue Skatepark and throughout the streets of Seattle due to his ongoing public art projects with the City.
View more of Jesse’s work at Paper vs. Pencil

Work is online here