Our New Banner Artist: Peter Max Lawrence
February 1, 2012
We are pleased to showcase the work of Peter Max Lawrence as the new banner artist for our site. This is the first time we’ve had sketch art as a banner and frankly, we think it’s pretty good. Peter lives and works in San Francisco and is preparing for a major collaborative exhibition “AT WAR” with Troung Tran at SOMArts February 3rd, 6pm – 9pm.
Peter Max Lawrence is a maker of things. Born in Topeka; adopted soon there after and raised in Kansas City, Kansas. Over the course of his life, he has created a large and diverse body of work, exploring a wide variety of approaches, media and themes. Lawrence’s visual art, performances and videos have been presented internationally in venues ranging from basement bathrooms to major museums. Among his recent works of note are QUEER in KANSAS, Warholics and the experimental short de Young which was created while working as an artist-in-residence at the museum and later was featured on KQED’s Truly California. He has also directed music videos for Carletta Sue Kay, Krystle Warren and troops. Currently he is the curator for The One and Art Thieves as well as developing various collaborations with other musicians, artists and writers.
You can find more information about Peter and see his work at PeterMaxLawrence.com.
If you would like to become the next Bay Bridged banner artist and are from the Bay Area send us a link to your work and a short description about yourself.
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Our New Banner Artist: Thomas Wing
November 7, 2011
We are thrilled to introduce you to our newest banner artist, Thomas Wing, whose work we are privileged to display at the top of our website. In his own words…
My creative process often utilizes references from an existing images in a book, magazine, newspaper and the Internet. Most recently, I have found myself drawn to images of floods, evoking a trapped of lack of control sense of state. I considerately place the images to create juxtaposition, contradiction, and narrative and try to speak with broad dialect of mark making. This method of working allows for or creates an interruption. This interruption calls for the viewer to try to make the jump to understand why two different images are brought together thus creating a non-verbal experience. This can hopefully give an importance to an image in a world filled with images. Balance plays a large role in my compositional studies; the white of the paper is a space for the viewer to contemplate relationships between seemingly disparate elements.
You can find more information about Thomas and see more of his work at his website: thomaswing.wordpress.com
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Our new banner artist: Holly Coley
August 4, 2011
We are pleased to introduce yet another great banner artist to our readers here at TheBayBridged.com!
Holly Coley is an emerging Bay Area artist currently exploring the similarities in religious iconography and musical celebrity. Coley was born in Bell Flower, California and made her way up here 1n 1996. Currently, outside of making some outstanding art, you can find her volunteering for San Francisco Arc, Creativity Explored, and the San Francisco Zine Festival.
Check out more of her work over at her website: MyLifeMightBeLikeAPapercutsSong.blogspot.com. And yes, we love that web address.
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Our New Banner Artist: Joshua Rampage
February 14, 2011
We are thrilled to introduce our new banner artist, Joshua Rampage. Born and raised in and around the foot of Lake Michigan, Joshua studied Fine Arts at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. Heading west in 2005, he settled into the oatmeal weather of San Francisco and began conjuring music and art, collaborating with his surroundings – mainly, people.
I believe somewhere between 1 and 99% of what I create is influenced by everyone around me. Using the strength of suggestion, I encourage others to view things closer, zooming far in and out, making sure all internal mechanisms are fully functioning; specifically, our imaginations.
Joshua would like it very much if you kept tabs on him from time to time to make sure he’s not spending his total waking hours shining his shoes alone in his bedroom. This is a good place to start, under Currents: www.joshuarampage.com
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Our new banner artist: Brendan Sheehan
October 28, 2010
With the World Series underway we thought it would be a perfect time to change the face of the site with a new banner! This terms banner artist is Brendan Sheehan.
Brendan Sheehan is a graphic designer and musician currently living in Playa Del Rey, California. You can catch him around the Bay playing shows with his band Sands (formerly Dame Satan) or just kicking it at the
The photographs used as the basis of his banner for the Bay Bridged were taken by his beautiful wife Katherine, whom he often collaborates with. More examples of their work can be found on his design blog.
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Our new banner artist: Amy Woloszyn
August 16, 2010
It has been a bit of time since we changed our lead banner and we’re absolutely thrilled to introduce our readers to the work of Amy Woloszyn – a trusted friend and long time Bay Bridged cohort.
Amy Woloszyn (aka amymade), is a NYC transplant, now San Francisco based artist and founder of amymade graphic design. She has crafted a graphic design business around what really motivates her, working with community organizations and individuals striving for social change, and musicians.
After graduating from Pratt in Brooklyn, NY with a degree in Communications Design, and living on the east coast all her life, she has found new inspiration in the landscapes and personalities of the west coast. A lifelong music and craft lover, when she’s not behind the computer, you’ll find her pasting glittery things together, painting, concocting a beat or ripping up a dancefloor.
Head to amymade.com to contact her and see more of her work!
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Latest KQED Gallery Crawl visits Sonny Smith’s ’100 Records’
May 10, 2010
More than I’d like to admit, I calendar a prospective gallery opening to attend, miss the reception, and assure myself, “the show’s up for a month, I’ll get around to seeing it.” In these situations, thankfully I can scan KQED’s Gallery Crawl for a virtual visit to various Bay Area gallery shows. The monthly video series’ latest episode explored Gallery 16‘s show for Sonny Smith‘s 100 Records project. 100 Records is up until the end of May, but Gallery Crawl supplements the show, going behind-the-scenes with its creator, and shedding biographical light on the gallery space itself.
The Gallery Crawl series dates back to 2006, including tours of many of the Bay Area’s art-and-show spaces: Adobe Books, SPACE Gallery and Oakland’s Mama Buzz Cafe. For a full archive of episodes by date or venue, visit Gallery Crawl’s page.
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Our New Artist in Residence: Nidhi Chanani
May 6, 2010
These months keep flying by in 2010 – but we are incredibly thrilled showcase the work of our latest Artist in Residence, Nidhi Chanani. Nihi received formal training in illustration from the Academy of Art here in San Francisco and holds a BA in Literature from UC Santa Cruz. In her own words:
as a conscious, curious and educated person i am often overwhelmed by the pain in the world. i create cute art because it makes me happy – with hopes it can make others happy, too.
She is also a strong supporter of local music where she designs fliers, banners, and album art for her husbands band, Monsters are not Myths. Head to her web site to see her blog with more of her current work and if you like what you see Nidhi is also available for freelance work.
