What happens when contemporary artists look within for inspiration to make art about landscape?

“Seen & Scene: The Imagined Landscape” comes to the new Sturt Haaga Gallery at Descanso Gardens in May. Under the curatorial coordination of noted artist, writer, teacher and L.A. art-world figure John David O’Brien, the exhibition brings together seven contemporary artists all living and working in California. The show presents inspiring and distinctive viewpoints, all linked by the common theme of landscape as imagined, seen and interpreted through the imagination of the artist.

This year's auction will feature original artwork donated by 150 established and emerging artists. Attendees will indulge their taste buds with tasty hor d'oeuvres and desserts and a variety of drink options including Colorado Wine Co's Sparkling White Sangria and a special cocktail infused with organic spirits provided by Greenbar Collective. Dublab DJ Andres Renteria will occupy your ears with his energetic beats and mixes.

Sunday, April 22, 2012
2:00-5:30pm

2:00-3:00pm: Center Members & VIP Preview
Includes special performance by Body City

The Irvine Fine Arts Center is pleased to announce, Landscape and Architecture, the second exhibition in a two-part series that explores the contemporary vernacular of these traditional subject matters. The exhibition will feature both painting and sculpture by 20 Los Angeles-based artists and one artist from The Netherlands

March 3 - April 7, 2012
Reception: Saturday, March 3, 5-8pm

Irvine Fine Arts Center
14321 Yale Avenue (in Heritage Park) Irvine 92604

Friday, February 24, 12:30 PM–2:00 PM

West Hall Meeting Room 515A, Level 2, Los Angeles Convention Center

Chairs: Reni Gower, Virginia Commonwealth University; Vesna Pavlovic, Vanderbilt University

Sculptural Effects and Fabrication for the Motion Picture Industry
Kirk Starbird, independent artist

John Michael Kohler Art Center: Arts/Industry Residency
Sue Johnson, St. Mary's College of Maryland

MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House Residence Program
Kimberli Meyer, MAK Center for Art and Architecture at the Schindler House

Interactive Web for Digital Agencies
Andre Yi, independent artist

Documentary Photography/Online Book Production
Dan Milnor, independent artist

A 10 year survey of artwork made by Los Angeles artists at the Stichting Kaus Australis residency program in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Curated by Carl Berg.

The Prospectus at the Pacific Design Center
8687 Melrose Ave B266, West Hollywood, CA 90069

A lot of Earth-themed art shows seem to be popping up around Orange, LA and Riverside counties lately. There was "Spaceship Earth" and "The Weight and the Magnitude" up in the Pomona Arts Colony/Claremont Village and Sant Khalsa's "River Run" in Riverside, and at the end of the month, "Speak for the Trees" opens at Irvine's House of Balsamic. Before that show, there's the Irvine Fine Arts Center's pro-green-themed exhibit, "Earth-Like Planet," opening this weekend...

"Andre Yi's hyper-spiritual acrylics perfectly embody the future/science/nature ideal with their twisty, gnarly tree trunks and stumps surrounded by green Kubrickian monoliths—the generators of universal life,..."

The Irvine Fine Arts Center is pleased to present Earth-Like Planet. This exhibition, curated by Matt May, explores the dominion where art and science intersect. In this territory, somewhere between real and imaginary, artists take on the role of forecasting a future of what may be and what is yet to come.

The term "earth-like planet" references the rapid advancement of science and technology, and in particular, that of deep space exploration. Inspired by such possibilities, this mixed media exhibition examines varying themes of wonderment, exploration, conservation and a resulting dose of sci-fi.

Claudia Bucher, Virginia Katz, George Katzengerger, Kelly Newcomer, Carolie Parker, Ephraim Puusemp, Jason Rogenes, Andre Yi

curated by Whitney Carter and Molly Larkey, April 29 - May 29, 2011
Opening reception: Friday, April 29, 7-10 pm

Artists: Sara Clendening & Eric Wesley, Samantha Fields & Andre Yi, Samara Golden & John Seal, Kate Harding & Steven Bankhead, Michael Henry Hayden & Anthony Lepore, Daniel Ingroff & Paul Pescador & David Gilbert, Kristi Lippire & Matt Wardell, Yunhee Min & Patrick Meagher, Tracy Nakayama & Jeremy Yoder, Amy Sarkisian &Tyler Vlahovich

Statler Waldorf Gallery is pleased to present “My House is Your House." The exhibition examines couples who work together, either in a direct capacity, or by sharing an intimate space outside of their respective studio practice(s). A partner’s role as confidant and critic is essential, as they are often privy to the most intimate evolutions that each other’s work endures over time. How do the conversations that happen within a studio and a home, with a partner whose opinion is a trusted source, affect one’s practice? “My House is Your House” also celebrates the role that communities of like-minded individuals (partners of another sort) play in our creative endeavors. In opening up one’s home, and creating connections with those around us, we build exchanges that ultimately make our world meaningful.

Sunday, April 17, 2011 2:00-5:00pm

Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
2225 Colorado Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90041

Buy your tickets before April 8 (this Friday)
Save with the special prepaid ticket price!

General Admission: $30 at the door
Prepaid Admission: $25 paid by April 8

Art donated by over 150 emerging & established artists.

Virginia Katz and RAID Projects will be hosting another informal art discussion group on April 13th, with special guest Andre Yi. Please join us in the conversation.

Andre Yi will focus on Art in the Age of the Internet and Its Impact on the Arts Culture. Does viewing art on the internet do a service or disservice to the work? Does the cost of losing the first-hand experience in viewing a painting or sculpture outweigh the benefit of its potential availability and ease with which to expose it? Does it interfere with visitors to galleries or does it provide a valuable venue to see work that might not otherwise be shown? These and other questions will be addressed.

Group exhibition of works celebrating nature by Sant Khalsa, Constance Mallinson, Samantha Fields, Andre Yi, James Patrick Finnegan, Rebecca Hamm, Emily Smith, Sally Egan and Juan Thorp

Saturday, March 12, 6-9pm

Andi Campognone Projects
300 W. Second St.
Pomona, CA

Open House

All Weekend
December 4th & 5th
12pm - 7pm

There's incredibly vibrant and innovative art being shown all over Los Angeles but with such busy lives it's hard to get out to see it. Good news. I've done the legwork and brought the very best of what I've seen back to my house.

943 Iliff Street, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272 at the home of Jacquie Israel - Art Consultant

Her Come Back Kid

http://letstalkaboutlovebaby.com/artists/andreyi.html

Andre Yi has had exhibitions in Los Angeles, New York, Berlin, Amsterdam and Seoul as well as being housed in the collection of the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art. Yi is currently living and working in Los Angeles, California.

Margaret Griffith, Thomas Müller, Christian Tedeschi, Jamison Carter, Brian Mallman, Andre Yi, Mary Jean Mallman, Amy Maloof, Dana Maiden, Jill Newman, Kiki Johnson, Amy Blount Lay, Cielo Pessione, James Graham, Julia Latané Walker, Sophia Allison

Opening Reception, Saturday Aug 7, 2010

August 7 - September 11

Kristi Engle Gallery
5002 York Ave.
Highland Park, CA 90042
323.258.2385

http://www.kristienglegallery.com/

New American Paintings was founded in 1993 as an experiment in art publishing. With more than five thousand artist reviewed annually, it has become America's largest and most important series of artist competitions.

Check out New American Paintings no. 85 at Barnes and Noble or Borders. Currently one of several featured artists in this bi-monthly edition of Pacific Coast Artists.

http://www.newamericanpaintings.com/

Curated by John O'Brien and Cielo Pessione
Participating Artists: Wendy Adest, Nena Amsler, Daniel Brodo, Matty Byloos, Jamison Carter, April Durham, Samantha Fields, Margaret Griffith, Mary Addison Hackett, Erika Lizée, Mara Lonner, Meg Madison, Nancy Monk, John O'Brien, Cielo Pessione, Rebecca Ripple, Steve Roden, Joseph Santarromana, Jose Sarinana, Elizabeth Saveri, Telemachus Studios, Carolee Toon, Shirley Tse, Hoang Vu and Andre Yi.

This is an exhibition of 25 contemporary L.A. visual artists who participated in collaboration with Sistema Museo in the Umbria region of Italy. Artwork was selected or created by these artists to travel and be exhibited within the existing archeological fragments on view in the Archeological Museum of Amelia in summer 2009. Placing their artwork within these archeological remains provided artists with a unique opportunity to find a significant and unusual setting for their work and to interact with these important art historical sources. Rebus Reconstructuring documents the results of this process by displaying the selected artwork and photographic images of the artworks within the museum collections.

Paul Davies | Christina Shurts | Andre Yi

February 27 – April 3, 2010

Opening Reception, Saturday, February 27th, 6 – 10pm

Lawrence Asher Gallery examines structure through the eyes and compositions of three distinctive painters. Paul Davies balances exquisite modern architecture in abstracted, painterly environs utilizing contemporary art-making techniques. Christina Shurts' loose and free application of paint reduces concerns with engineering principles of her super-structures. Dream states and imperfect memories serve as the catalyst of her creations. Andre Yi continues his masterly renderings of landscape and structure from a more focused, natural perspective. These paintings, inspired by his own photographs of National forests and parks, effectively examine man's complex relationship with the natural world.

Lynn Aldrich, Joshua Aster, Chad Attie, Claire Baker, James Buss, Kent Anderson Butler, Neha Choksi, Diana Cooper, Erin Cosgrove, Mike Cronin, Erin Dunn, Scott Daniel Ellison, Rene Holm, Whitney Hubbs, Anoka Faruqee, George Katzenberger, Andy Kolar, Matthew May, Dan McClearly, David McDonald, Douglas Meyer, Donnie Molls, John Mullin, Timothy Nolan, Patti Oleon, Jared Pankin, Carrie Paterson, Ephraim Puusemp, Matthew Ready, Lucas Reiner, Paul Silkowski, Allen Tombello, Megan Williams, Richard Wilson, Andre Yi

This multidisciplinary project will examine mining's history as well as its controversial present through lectures, visual arts exhibitions and films.

Mining is an essential part of the story of the Wood River Valley. Beginning in the 1860s, prospectors arrived in the valley in search of silver, galena and gold. The towns of Bellevue, Hailey and Ketchum sprang up to serve an influx of immigrants who came from Ireland, Wales, Germany and China to work the mines. Although eventually replaced by the sheep industry and later tourism, the long-term impact of mining on the valley continues to resonate.

Featuring artwork from more than 50 renowned artists from around the U.S., along with travel packages, local services, collectibles, and much more.