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Hellion Gallery Presents “Ema Show” in Paris.

Opening tonight - June 21st, 2016 - at Galerie Artisik Rezo in Paris, France is Portland, Oregon based Hellion Gallery’s popular group exhibition “Ema Show.”

Ema are small wooden plaques on which Shinto worshipers write their prayers or wishes. The ema are then left hanging up at the shrine, where the kami (spirits or gods) receive them. They bear various pictures, often of animals or other Shinto imagery, and many have the word gan’i (願意), meaning “wish”, written along the side. In ancient times people would donate horses to the shrines for good favor; over time this was transferred to a wooden plaque with a picture of a horse, and later still to the various wooden plaques sold today for the same purpose.

For “Ema Show” artists such as (above) AJ Fosik, Josh Keyes, Haroshi, Souther Salazar and Yoskay Yamamoto plus many others have all created gorgeous Emas in their own manners and styles.  

Equilibrium by Isabelle Santos.

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Joan Cornellà at Spoke Art.

Opening Thursday, March 3rd, 2016 at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco, California is artist Joan Cornellà’s first ever solo show in the United States.

Through simple, wordless imagery, Cornellà is able to effectively convey all that he sees humorous with pieces often reaching on and beyond taboo subjects.  The shocking results are often completely unexpected, adding to the alluring confusion of what exactly we are witnessing.