Ocean health, art, community education on the topic of plastic pollution, good vibes, and inspirational activism – what’s not to like about the upcoming collaborative art show dubbed Message In A Bottle? Hosted by the San Francisco Chapter of Surfrider Foundation, this event is entering its third year and evolving as it goes. Set to […]
Unless you were in Japan this past October you probably missed Alex Knost’s latest art show titled Form & Void at T-Art Hall in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo. Thanks to a short video by LIQUID, however, you can take somewhat of a virtual tour of the exhibition set to music by Glitterbust. T-Art Hall aims “to present more works of […]
“I’m a graphic designer, artist, sign painter, and some kind of combination of all three of those things…” – Jeff Canham – If you surf or pay attention to graphic design, chances are pretty high that you’ve encountered Jeff Canham’s art. He was Art Director at Surfer Magazine from 2000 to 2005 before moving to […]
The cosmos is all encompassing. According to Merrium-Webster it is “an orderly harmonious systematic universe” or “a complex orderly self-inclusive system.” By titling his new show We Are The Cosmos, Thomas Campbell appears to be reaching for an expression of universal connectivity. This theme manifests in the show through an exhibition of a diversity of mediums and […]
Tyler Warren’s Instagram is full of images of intriguing surfboard and fin designs. From retro inspired twin fins, to thrusters, eggs, mid-length single fins and logs, the shapes he’s pushing out into the world are polished with charisma. In a recent video release, “Home,” he puts on an alternative craft riding clinic. In it he […]
As if it wasn’t radical enough that Courtney Conlogue has been winning events and vying for a world title on the Women’s WSL Championship Tour since she qualified in 2011, she’s also a talented artist. With a painting on exhibition in Women of Surfing: Art & History and the onset of the 2017 Vans US Open of […]
The Huntington Beach Art Center is hosting a new exhibit titled Women of Surfing: Art & History in collaboration with the Surfing Heritage & Cultural Center. The show features artwork by women with close ties to the ocean, along with vintage surf equipment and historical documentation. This exhibit will kick-off about a week before the WSL […]
Flyers for events that don’t exist, fake books with intriguing titles, posters, record covers, skateboard graphics, murals, and music are a handful of the mediums Nathaniel Russell is known for. Let Me Be It, the upcoming show opening in July at Mollusk Surf Shop in San Francisco, will mainly feature prints and wood cut-outs. The […]
Andy Davis is known for creating stylish surf-steeped animation based imagery that hones in on the essence of wave riding and its surrounding culture. Powerful lines swoop through his work, culminating in seemingly simple abstract compositions that flow through vibrant colors straight off the canvas. His subject matter includes figures crouched in styled out tube stance, rail […]
A black light sea urchin mandala, a starfish crucifixion sculpture, a sardonic painting entitled Whale Evacuation Plan, and other representations of a perilously anthropocentric connection between humanity and sea life make up some of the subject matter of Charlie Callahan’s work. Callahan studied art at Columbus College of Art and Design in Ohio before settling into the art scene along […]