Alter State: Damion Silver and Kenji Nakayama
ALTER STATE
April 13 – May 25, 2024
Drive by Projects
81 Spring Street
Watertown, MA 02472
Drive-by Projects is please to present Alter State, a two-person exhibition including paintings by Kenji Nakayama, mixed media work by Damion Silver, and collaborative works by the two artists.
During the act of making, we are searching for balance, harmony & composition.
We question, why does the feel right? Why it brings up comfort & satisfaction.
Is it because we’ve seen this before in some other space and time?
And over time these visions & experiences sit in our minds, blurring, hiding, distorting, breaking down. Now here by our hand, it becomes present again in front of us in physical form. What guided us here? Conscious or unconscious movements, moments…
Kenji Nakayama and Damion Silver
Kenji Nakayama and Damion Silver
Alter State no.1
2024
ink, acrylic on paper
12 x 9″
Stockholm International Sign Painting Workshop
Stockholm International Sign Painting Workshop
Event poster by Peter “Letterboy” Liedberg
2 day Sign Painting Workshop at STHLM Sign Shop
March 16–17, 2024
Instructors:
Ged Palmer
The Luminor Sign Co.
Peter Liedberg
Letterboy & Tokyo Sign Co.
Kenji Nakayama
Need Signs Will Paint
Hosted by STHLM SIGNS
BRUSH LETTERING & SIGN PAINTING WORKSHOP AT PENLAND
DRAWING AND PAINTING WORKSHOPS AT PENLAND
DRAWING AND PAINTING SUMMER SESSION 3
JUNE 18–30, 2023
Jon Bocksel and Kenji Nakayama
Brush Lettering and Sign Painting
Calico Editions
2 Color Risograph Prints On Sale Now From Calico Gallery Brooklyn
EXCERPT FROM THE CALICO GALLERY NEWSLETTER:
We are excited to share the 2nd and 3rd releases in our new Calico Editions series. o/e 15 by Kenji Nakayama is 2-color Risograph print on 65lb bright white measuring 17" x 11". Each print is signed and numbered by the artist, editions of 50.
Calico Editions features a new artist each month and all prints are priced affordably at $30 each. Visit our web store to order online or stop in the gallery to pick one up in person.
Last Chance to see “Under New Management: The Commodification of the Permanent Collection” closing on April 3, 2022
Join us at the Fuller Craft Museum on April 2nd for the 2022 Spring Reception. It will be the perfect chance to check out this collaboration show before it closes on April 3rd!
RSVP REQUIRED! Follow the link to register. See you there!
EXCERPT FROM THE FULLER CRAFT INSTAGRAM :
This exhibition features works from Fuller Craft’s collection selected by guest curators and Boston-area artists Oliver Mak @djguccivuitton, Kenji Nakayama @kngee, and Pat Falco @pat_falco. Operating as a fictitious marketing company, MFN Integrated Solutions, the curatorial team aims to activate the collection while challenging the perception of museums through exhibition curation and design, including promotional posters created by artists/sign painters Nakayama & Falco as retail advertisements for each artwork. By reframing the works as commodities, the exhibition disrupts the oft-opaque nature of cultural institutions and offers new ways of looking at museum objects.
Folie à Deux: Artist Talk with Cyrille Conan and Kenji Nakayama
This event is over, thanks everyone who stopped by in person or joined via zoom we had a great time!
Join us (March 3, 2022) for an artist talk with Kenji and Cyrille Conan as they discuss the process that went into their collaborative show, Folie à Deux.
6pm - 7pm at the Simmons University “Trustman Gallery”, or join by Zoom! More details in the blog link.
This event was held on March 3, 2022. Thanks everyone who stopped by in person or joined via zoom, and thank you again to the event organizers and the Trustman Gallery for hosting us!
“Curious about how Cyrille Conan and Kenji Nakayama worked together to create the stunning art on view in Folie à Deux? Join us for an artist talk with Conan and Nakayama, who will discuss their inspirations, artistic processes, and the nature of their collaboration and take questions from the audience. This event is hybrid, with in-person and virtual options available.” - Excerpt from the exhibition website
Artist Talk is from 6pm to 7pm at the Trustman Gallery at Simmons University or join via zoom. Registration is requested
Folie Á Deux
HAPPENING NOW!
From February 14th - March 25, my collaboration show with Cyrille Conan will be on view at the Trustman Gallery at Simmons University.
JOIN US! February 22nd for the opening reception, which will run from 5pm to 8pm. More details here!
We will also be hosting an artist talk on March 3rd from 6pm to 7pm, details here!
For more information on the show, gallery hours, directions to the gallery, etc. please visit the exhibition link here.
Hope to see you all there.
