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Lauren YS Illustration
Lauren YoungSmith is an artist and illustrator from Denver, Colorado. She works in a variety of mediums including painting, comics and animation, and is constantly creating the residents of some...
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Video: Moleskine Sketchbooks '09-'13 by Lauren YS
Lauren YS, who we have put on the site in the past, has captured some of her excellent Moleskine sketches via a stop-motion animation designed to showcase the work of numerous years into one single...
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Erotica by Lauren YS
Lauren YS (b. Denver, CO) is an artist and illustrator based in SF/Bay Area. Her work attempts to communicate the unseen and interrogate the escapist impulse. Lauren likes robots, guts and tentacled...
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"Confluence" @ FIFTY24SF, San Francisco
San Francisco gallery FIFTY24SF opens "Confluence" on September 4th, an aptly-named show featuring a slew of diverse established and up-and-coming artists/illustrators. "You'll notice some big names...
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Interview: Wayne Coyne's Comic, "The Sun is Sick"
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne is a bona fide Freak of all Trades, and on top of decades producing weird psychedelic music, art and mind-blowing confetti-fantasm-performances has just released his...
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New Work by Lauren YS
New paintings by San Francisco based artist and illustrator Lauren YS. These paintings are done with ink, acrylic and watercolor on panel, employing a hot-pink-fueled color palette and detailed...
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Artist Interview: Jun Cen
We posted Jun Cen's work in the erotica section recently, and his work--specifically, his animation, Mutual Tunnels--struck me with such force that I wanted to ask him some questions myself. Jun Cen...
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"Authoring Evolution" at Loakal Gallery, Dec. 6
This December, Loakal presents the three-person group show “Authoring Evolution,” featuring recent work by Xiau-Fong Wee, Lauren YS and Robert Bowen. The oeuvres of these Bay Area-based painters are...
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Preview: Lauren YS Solo Show @ Public, SF
Public is pleased to present Lauren YS' first solo show in San Francisco. Featuring a body of work united by persistent psychedelic characters and a vibrant signature palette, Lauren's work draws on...
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"Kraken" : Lauren YS @ Rabbit Eye Movement, Vienna
On August 13th Lauren YS will open her first international solo show to cap off her summer artist residency at Rabbit Eye Movement Art Space in Vienna, the gallery owned by Austrian street artist...
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"Confluence" @ FIFTY24SF, San Francisco
San Francisco gallery FIFTY24SF opens "Confluence" on September 4th, an aptly-named show featuring a slew of diverse established and up-and-coming artists/illustrators. "You'll notice some big names...
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Interview: Wayne Coyne's Comic, "The Sun is Sick"
Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne is a bona fide Freak of all Trades, and on top of decades producing weird psychedelic music, art and mind-blowing confetti-fantasm-performances has just released his...
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New Work by Lauren YS
New illustrations by San Francisco based artist and illustrator Lauren YS. These paintings are done with ink, acrylic and watercolor on panel, employing a hot-pink-fueled color palette and detailed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
"Authoring Evolution" @ Loakal Gallery, Dec 6
This December, Loakal presents the three-person group show “Authoring Evolution,” featuring recent work by Xiau-Fong Wee, Lauren YS and Robert Bowen. The oeuvres of these Bay Area-based painters are...
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Preview: Lauren YS Solo Show @ Public, SF
Public is pleased to present Lauren YS' first solo show in San Francisco. Featuring a body of work united by persistent psychedelic characters and a vibrant signature palette, Lauren's work draws on...
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"Kraken" : Lauren YS @ Rabbit Eye Movement, Vienna
On August 13th Lauren YS will open her first international solo show to cap off her summer artist residency at Rabbit Eye Movement Art Space in Vienna, the gallery owned by Austrian street artist...
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Welcome to the World, Athen B. Gallery
Tonight marks the opening of Athen B. Gallery in Oakland, California, curated by photographer and gallerist Brock Brake. With a nice line-up for their "Housewarming" exhibit, we're looking forward to...
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Booooooom x WeTransfer: Heavy Dreamers
"Heavy Dreamers" is a film produced by Booooooom in collaboration with WeTransfer investigating different artists’ creative motivations. The film features established and emerging artists including:...
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"Devolution" Group Show @ Fifty24SF Gallery
On August 1st, 2015 Fifty24SF Gallery in association with Upper Playground will present "Devolultion", group exhibition featuring the work of Smithe, Tina Lugo, Lauren YS and Benjamin Constantine.
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Watch: Jansport #LiveOutside San Francisco
If you live in San Francisco or have visited here recently, it is likely that you traveled down Market Street and encountered a wonderful addition to the city's public art. Our friend and local bay...
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