Master and Neophyte @ Krab Jab Studio
After a year exhibiting a didactic mix of work, Krab Jab Studio have kept our minds alight with thought provoking and wondrous delights. We have experienced 13th and 14th century painting styles re-imagined...
The 10th Anniversary of IX – the Home of Imaginative Realism
Watching their development, I’ve been counting down the days to tell you more about IX 10, the tenth anniversary show which opens its doors this month from October 18 - 22, 2017. It’s almost impossible not ...
A Tribute to Guillermo del Toro & Chet Zar’s The Fear @ Copro Gallery
This October, Copro Gallery once again shows its forte for curating exhibits both apt in seasonal theme and provokingly wondrous in concept. Stimulating our senses, Copro prepares for All Hallows Eve in sty...
A New Dawn: IX Arts in the Year of the Rooster
You may remember back in March an article on IX Arts introducing readers to the unique creative organisation and art show, focusing on imaginative realism. Since its birth by creative couple Patrick and Jea...
BLAB! 12th Annual Group Show @ Copro Gallery
Every year, there is a certain excitement in the air as we, at Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, await the annual BLAB! group show. In its 12th year at Copro Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, this year's selection of ...
Modern Symbolists @ Krab Jab Studio
Though long established, Symbolism didn’t become a real ‘movement’ until the 19th century, where the embers of its formation first sparked as the French translation of Edgar Allen Poe’s works were released ...
Variance Inaugural Group Show @ Abend Gallery
Abend Gallery in Denver, CO, has proven itself a prominent player in the artistic world since its establishment in 1990. Becoming a predominant platform for rising and well established contemporary creators...
David Palumbo’s RITUAL @ IX Gallery
Imaginative realism can take us to places far beyond our normal realms; we often get a taste of fantastical worlds filled with unusual creatures, magic, rich ancient history and futuristic cultures. What st...
Heavy Metal 40th Anniversary Exhibition @ Copro Gallery
For 40 years, Heavy Metal Magazine has been the forefront illustrative fantasy publication covering a gargantuan display of artists, styles and realities from around the world. As a magazine that many arts ...
Connecting Across the Seas: the Opening of IX Gallery
Have you ever sat at your computer and opened your eyes to visions of art so breathtaking, they make your heart skip? Even upon your pixelated screen, you see the colours clearly, fingers twitching to run over ...
Palette Painting 2017 @ Abend Gallery
For centuries, artists have developed their knowledge and skills in painting – experimentation with untried ingredients, new tools, modern - or long-lost – painting styles. Throughout it all, one tool has s...
“Metamorph” The Art of Stephanie Law @ Krab Jab Studio
After a successful year with the publication of her latest book, Descants & Cadences, mixed media artist Stephanie Law continues to raise the bar on enigmatic storytelling. Like a modern day Dreamweaver, sh...
Fantasy and Fortitude: The Visions of Michael C. Hayes
If you’re familiar with the work of Michael C. Hayes, it’s hard not imagine his delicate brush strokes forged through a childhood of drawing extraordinary visions from his very first breath. I was in for a surp...
Stephen Bower’s ‘Visions of a Terminal Reality: Pt1’ @ Copro Gallery
A form of art going back millennia, the intricacies of ink illustrations have continued to produce some of the boldest artworks in the modern age. From the ancient Greeks in 300 CE depicting their moral tales o...
David Cheifetz’s ‘Uncanny Worlds’ @ Gallery 1261
With his subtle, sensuous charm, Seattle based artist David Cheifetz once again lures us in with every brushstroke, as he gets ready to unveil his upcoming solo show, Uncanny Worlds, opening this Friday, May 5 ...
Into the World of IX Arts: Special Feature With Thomas Kuebler
Forget mind-altering chemicals to trigger over-stimulation - put yourself face to face with one of Thomas Kuebler's sculptures, so alive that your senses feel heightened, and the stir of excitement cannot be ma...
‘A World of Fae’ With Iris Compiet & A.M. Sartor @ Krab Jab Studio
"Faeries, come take me out of this dull world | For I would ride with you upon the wind | Run on the top of the dishevelled tide | And dance upon the mountains like a flame."
- William Butler Yeats, "The Land ...
IX Arts: Shaping the World of Imaginative Realism One Reality at a Time
There’s a certain excitement that hovers perpetually around the name IX Arts; it’s not without marginally contained elation that I find myself writing about them in the run up to their 10th anniversary show. A ...
Chris Mars, Amandine Urruty and Ciou Solo Shows @ Copro Gallery
Copro Gallery’s latest showcase prepares us to indulge in the works of three diverse artists as Chris Mars, Amandine Urruty and Ciou take centre stage...each, simultaneously, with their own solo exhibitions wit...
_Lo / WAVE Pop-Up Exhibition: Abend Gallery and Gallery 1261
In a one-night only pop-up exhibition, you are invited to cultivate your senses with an insightful collection of perspectives on the current human experience. The _Lo / WAVE project celebrates a unique collabor...