I have work in 3 shows happening now - 2 in Detroit and 1 in Brooklyn. Details below.
Art for Denitza
Exhibition at Studio 207, 20 Jay street, Brooklyn, NY, with online bidding here: www.artfordenitza.com
A fundraiser for an eleven year old girl, Denitza (Deni), whose mother, Tzveta Tocheva, was killed in Mexicantown in Detroit. Tzveta was an artist and community organizer who could always be found painting murals and co-organzing exhibitions and events in Detroit. The organizers of this show wanted to help Deni and give something back in memory of everything that Tzveta gave to the community. 100% of the proceeds will go directly to an educational fund for Deni.
I have two photographs in the show. If you are interested in purchasing them I encourage you to visit the website and participate in the fundraiser. If after the fundraiser closes you would like a print of these works in exchange for a donation to the fund for Deni, please let me know.
Inaugural exhibition @ 555 Gallery's new home
2801 West Vernor Highway; Detroit 48216; www.555arts.org
555 has a group exhibiton opening Friday 6/27 from 4pm - 2am at their new home in the former police precinct. Come check out their first exhibition in the new space!
I'm showing photography and the mixed media piece below, called "Thanks to People Like You".
Partners in Crime exhibition@ Whitdel Arts
1250 Hubbard, Suite B1; Detroit 48209; www.whitdelarts.com
Whitdel Arts presents Partners in Crime, a collaborative exhibition in which local artists were randomly paired to collaborate.
Dynamic duos like Thelma and Louise successfully committed their crimes by making sure they knew how to do one thing - collaborate. These ladies understood that through collaboration, each partner gains from the others' talents. This innate quality of partnership is as equally beneficial for artists. When artists work together, it creates the opportunity for networking and the exchange of ideas. Each artist grows as new avenues of creativity are opened...and new schemes are plotted.
I was paried with Jen Boyak, and we created two pieces. Photos are below, but both are 3 dimensional works best seen in person - which you can do Saturday 6/30 or Sunday 7/7.
I was also paired with Thomas Bell, and we presented the performance piece documented & described below.
Remote Control Tomato
Thomas Bell, sound & performance + Christina deRoos, video + Hiroshi Shafer, video
Internet performance from Detroit to Brooklyn and back again
Spread Art, Brooklyn, NY (Right screen)
Spread Art streamed in video from Whitdel Gallery in Detroit. Thomas Bell performed in response to the video. Hiroshi Shafer livestreamed video and sounds from Spread Art. All took place during Spread Art Summer Group Show V in Brooklyn, NY, part of Bushwick Open Studios 2012.
Whitdel Gallery, Detroit, MI (Left and Right screen)
Spread Art video and sounds were streamed to Whitdel Gallery. Christina deRoos created a real time video mix of artwork from the exhibition opening in Detroit (Partners in Crime), the exhibition opening in Brooklyn (Summer Group Show V), the video streaming from Spread Art, personal video files, and a live camera feed at Whitdel Arts.
