Author Archives: Garry

The first exhibition to open 2012 for Phone Booth Gallery, “Almost Blue” is a collection of works by a variety of artists implementing the color blue. Above piece by Rod Luff.  Show opens February 25th. RSVP HERE.

Handiedan returns to Long Beach for her fourth solo exhibition with the gallery.  New prints, new originals, and special experiments will be included in her most anticipated exhibition to date. RSVP

“Shrapnel” is a collection of all new work from Glasgow based artist Lola Dupré.  Consisting entirely of her “Exploded” series of portraits, Dupré delivers her strongest work to date, exploding portraits such as Tura Satana, and Nikola Tesla, as well … Continue reading →

David Soukup brings his meticulously hand-cut stencils to Phone Booth Gallery this fall.  His new body of work combines stencils, spray paint, graphic design, reclaimed materials, found photos and typography all translated in sophisticated imagery depicting the urban environment and … Continue reading →

In his new body of work, Diaz examines his identity as an immigrant artist. Reinterpreting mayan textile patterns through abstract drawings. Reeses’ new work explores the misinterpretation of representational forms. RSVP

“Fear and Consumption” is Bryan Schnelle’s second solo exhibition with the Phone Booth Gallery, in which he explores the essence of contemporary mainstream media and advertising and the effects of this phenomenon on our collective consciousness.  Opening Reception July 9th. … Continue reading →

“Anima” is a series of works from Australian artist Rod Luff that collects together a variety of drawings and paintings inspired by the harmonious relationships between people, nature and their imagination. Artist in Attendance.

After curating the acclaimed “Girls, Girls, Girls” Exhibition in 2010, Jennie Cotterill takes on her first solo exhbiition with Phone Booth Gallery with “Family Album,” a playful collection of things you might find in a fictional family album. Opening Reception  … Continue reading →

An exhibition of works inspired by the life and works of the legendary David Lynch, includes five David Lynch movie screenings in Long Beach, and an ambitious David Lynch screen printed art series. Movie screenings kindly provided by Long Beach … Continue reading →

Renegade and succinct in a Banksy-like manner, the work of Russian based Lora Zombie responds to popular culture, incorporating the in-the-moment energy of graffiti with the pithiness of comic strips.  With a loose but wholly sincere sassiness, her images depict … Continue reading →

“Habba Habba,” the most ambitious collection of work by Handiedan to date will include an impressive selection of new, never before seen originals and prints.  Artist in Attendance.

Exquisitely detailed, and Macarthur’s most meticulous work to date, the drawings in “Wildlife” imbue nature’s elegance with supernatural energy. Done in graphite and ink on paper, each features a de-contextualized specimen, often isolated on the page but kept company by … Continue reading →

Like the prolific poster work that established Kevin Tong’s reputation in alt music and art scenes, his new fine art screen prints are clean and self-possessed but still experimental. The prints in Mechanical Dreams push at the boundaries of narrative … Continue reading →

A mesh of vintage consumerism, post-war sophistication, and classic car culture, Rizk’s work explores nostalgia with understated virtuosity. In “Collagephile,” worn advertisements, fashion images, colored shapes and tactile wood surfaces put minimalism into conversations with sentimentalism.

Both a celebration of the freedom enjoyed by today’s female artists and an investigation into the cultural tropes and tangles that still inhibit expression, “Girls, Girls, Girls” presents a diverse array of visual narratives, scenarios and dreamscapes. The exhibition ultimately … Continue reading →

An open-themed exhibition featuring over 40 artworks by more than 20 diverse artists, “Off the Hook III” channels the inventive, renegade, and reflective energy that makes Phone Booth Gallery distinct. Smartly crafted and inquisitive, the work in the exhibition ranges … Continue reading →

The drawings of Mr. Frivolous, deliberately executed in felt tip pen, occupy a precarious space between lucidity and eccentricity. Often crisply articulate, Mr. Frivolous’s portraits exude a devil-may-care free-spirit that makes their intentionality seem uncompromising and inspired. His subjects, young … Continue reading →

A confluence of fragility, sexiness, nostalgia, and empowerment, “Translucent Skin” explores the tangled relationship between bodies and their histories. Skin has an unsettling yet strangely lyrical presence in Handiedan’s work—images of limbs, faces, and torsos often disappear into the yellowed … Continue reading →

Zuercher’s work is reminiscent of early “moticos” and posses a grimy, gritty amalgamation of ephemera composed into a body of work bursting with nowness. Hendon’s work possesses similarities in color choices, while maintaining a mastery over traditional drawing skills. Both … Continue reading →

Milner’s second solo show with Phone Booth Gallery, “Papillae Paradise” continues his Tastebud series. The idiosyncratic characters, or “Tastebuds”, in each painting hail from inhibition-free realities in which creativity reigns. Each of Milner’s 3”x 5” wood panels accommodates one free-standing … Continue reading →

Like the exhibition itself, Schnelle’s work in the show is intentionally Untitled. He wants viewers to encounter each piece freely, without the looming burden of culturally assigned meaning. He liberated meaning on another, more biting level as well, severing sleek … Continue reading →

Allegory of the hybrid wades through the mayhem of cultural imagery in search of something true, using the accoutrements of design as ammunition. Glue, paint, magazines, and graphite, all materials with their own individual histories and baggage, together approximate the … Continue reading →

The self-aware absurdity of Smell the Glove is what makes it intoxicating. Grandeur, mystery, levity, slapstick and sarcasm all commingle in this multimedia exhibition, paying tribute to the hold pop culture has over us. Exhibiting artists include: Brian Banks, Garry … Continue reading →

A barrage of ball point pen madness from Poway, CA based artist Mike Knife. Inspired by vintage photographs and death metal, Mike Knife’s oeuvre is eerie. His dark, humorous drawings flout portraiture’s age-old tropes: the subject stares out from the … Continue reading →

“Off the Hook II” marks the one year anniversary of Phone Booth’s inception. It’s an open-themed exhibition that reflects the gallery’s expansive yet coherent oeuvre. Painstaking craftsmanship coexists with renegade expressiveness and nostalgic palettes juxtapose vivacious colors. Yet each drawing, … Continue reading →

Bannister’s medium of choice for “Mundane” is black and white charcoal on grey paper, drawn with a steady hand and exceptional attention to detail.  Using landscape, cityscape, and a variety of bystanders and atmospheres, he juxtaposes anatomically fantastical creatures with … Continue reading →

Hydeon gathers his ideas from socio-natural mannerisms in the environment in and around his hometown of Seattle, as well as his day-to-day occupation as a thrift store clothing processor. Hydeon uses a variety of media to create his characters referred … Continue reading →

In “Portraits of Another World.” Macarthur explores many different subjects and attempts to link the world of abstract pattern with the organic flow of human form. Each piece is created very photorealistic with pencils and different types of media such … Continue reading →