Monday, August 10, 2009

You're Invited!: George Perrou Unveils New Paintings in PDX's Manor of Art show!

George Perrou Unveils New Paintings in PDX's Manor of Art show!

THE MANOR OF ART -
A 10-Day Festival of Visual Art, Music, and Performance
George Perrou to unveil new works and introduce aluminum ‘Case Study Art Panels’ in this weekends The Manor of Art show, in room 342. ‘Manor of Art’ is a 10-day festival beginning August 14th and includes live music by PDX bands, theater and performance art, artist round tables, and daily guided tours of the 100+ exhibits. Over 100 artists have been invited to turn the yet-to-be-renovated rooms of Milepost 5’s ‘The Studios’, a 51,000 square foot three-floor building, into installations and exhibits.

Mod-Culture artist George Perrou unveils a new series of 24”x12” framed paintings and introduces his high-polished aluminum ‘Case Study Art Panels’ this weekend at The Manor of Art show, beginning on Friday, August 14th, from 6pm to 9pm (all-ages are welcomed). The festival art will continue through Aug. 22nd. The address is: 900 NE 81st Avenue, Portland, 97213. Visit Perrou’s studio in Room #342.

Visual artists include: Adam Bailey, Adam Brock Ciresi, Ashley Costa, Adam Charles Ross, Alicia Rose, Amy Jorgensen, Amy Ruppel, Andrea Nelson, Anna Solcaniova King, Anni Tracy, Angela Gay, Appendix, Arringtond de Dionyso, Ben Pink, Brennan Conaway, Brooke Weston, Christine Meinke, Urban Eden (Bret Hostetler and Andrew Enna), Brin Levinson, Brooke Weston, Chris Haberman, Cris Moss, CJ, David Stein, Derek Ecklund, Derek Olsen, Eatcho, Erin Nations, Ezra Johnson-Greenough, Felicity Fenton, Gabe Flores (w Jerry Gilmer), Gabriel Decker, Gabriel Liston, Gary Wiseman, George Perrou, Heather Hawkins, Heidi Elise-Wirz, James Wood, Jennifer Doheny, J.Shea, Joel Barber, Jason Brown, Jason Graham, Jeff Fontaine, Jennifer Mercede, Jeremy Schultz, John Graeter, John Meyers, John Wray, Jonathon Hill-Jacquard, Jonathan Stanish, Julianna Paradisi, Karah Bruce-Larkin, Hypnokomix/Jason Squamata, Hypnokomix/Kate Fenker, Keith Rosson, Kelly Rauer, , Klutch, Launchpad Gallery, Luke Heinrich, Maggie Casey, Marian Spadone, Mark Randall, Mart Schaefer, Marlena Simone, Matthew Haggett, Matt Schlosky, Meredith Andrews, Michael Fields, Michael Costello, Michael T. Hensley, Misty Ray, Molly Jochem, Moto Galore/Kenneth Wright, Muse Art & Design, Nathan Bennett, Nicole Linde, Rachel J. Siegel, Rebecca Shapiro, Rhoda London, Richard Schemmerer, Rob Pellicer, Roscoe Hall II, Roxanne Jackson, Samurai Artist Presents, Sarah Kamsler, Scott C. Johnson, Sean Joseph Patrick Carney, Steven Plount, Suzanne Elizabeth, Tender Loving Empire (BT Livermore, G*Force, Agnes Hamilton, Edward Juan, Adrian Vita, Alex Bibb), Tamara English, Taylor Cass, Tiffany Lee Brown, Tomita Designs, Travis Taylor, Troy Briggs, Tyler Corbett, Tyler Owings, and Walt Curtis. Performance and musical artists include: Another Cynthia, Worlds Greatest Ghosts, Boy Eats Drum Machine, Magic Johnson, Atole, Jeffrey Jerusalem, Quiet Countries, Holliday Junction, Rollerball, Climber, Bryan Free, Boy In Static, Chores, Blue Skies For Black Hearts, Jared Mees and The Grown Children, Dirty Mittens, Southern Belle, Charmparticles, Tango Alpha Tango, Joe von Appen, Angela Fair, Faith Helma, Hand2Mouth Theater

See George Perrou’s artwork at http://www.elroyart.com/art/george_perrou/index.html
About Elroy Art Agency
Elroy Art Agency (Portland, Oregon) founded in 2008, is a boutique agency specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and of the venues whom partner with Elroy to showcase it.

Contact:
Joe Staskerz, Agent and Founder
Elroy Art Agency
www.ElroyArt.com

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Friday, July 31, 2009

You're Invited!: 4th Annual ‘AC/VC’ Arts Extravaganza on Aug. 15th Featuring 36 Visual Artists and Bands

4th Annual ‘AC/VC’ Arts Extravaganza on Aug. 15th Featuring 36 Visual Artists and Bands

AudioCinema presents AC/VC ’09 – a yearly arts event featuring an eclectic grouping of Portland artists working in diverse media. 36 artists and bands will perform and show in a 10,000 square foot warehouse performance space which allows for installation, performance, and wall-mounted art to function harmoniously in a single exhibition.

Portland, Oregon (July 30, 2009) - AudioCinema today announced the details of its upcoming 4th Annual AC/VC (AudioCinema Visual Collective) show and exhibition. AV/VC ’09 will be a multi-media art experience featuring the paintings, sculptures, photographs, videos, as well as live music and readings of Portland artists. AC/VC ’09 features 20 visual artists and 16 live bands, and is open to the public.


A working artist himself, AudioCinema’s founder Ilan Laks is the event curator, and has once again scheduled to fill the 10,000 square foot warehouse performance space with the creativity of AudioCinema’s art-career tenants and some invited artists. “This is the first AC/VC since our size-doubling expansion,” says Laks, “and we now have hundreds of talented artists and musicians creating in this building daily.” AC/VC is the event which brings it all out of the studios and into the performance hall to share with fans, friends and the public.


AC/VC ’09 is on Saturday, August 15th, from 6pm to 2am (all-ages are welcomed until 11pm). The visual art show will hang through Aug. 23rd. The address is: 226 SE Madison, Portland, 97217 (under the Hawthorne Bridge). The performance hall is made up of gallery walls and lighting, and three separate performance stages and sound systems.


Visual artists include: Candace Gossen (paintings), Dustin Zemel (video), Evertt Beidler (sculpture), Ilan Laks (paintings, photos), Cat Coats (paintings), Marian Slakie (paintings), Jacob Perkins (video), Mike Albano (paintings), Heidi Wirz (paintings), Jennifer Sims (fashion), George Perrou (paintings), Michelle Thompson (photography) - Musical artists include: Strangeletter (Lush electronic/ live rock), Casper Maccabee (storytelling rock ensemble), Jacob Perkins (singer/songwriter), Search Party (pop trio), Defeating the Purpose (experimental), Hotter than a Crotch (party band), Drunken Prayer (troubadour, gypsy, blues), Noise (Ambient, electronic soundscapes), Battle Axe Massacre (Metal), Doonevetter (Bluegrass), The WokenBokes (Rock-n-Roll), Julius (Singer/songwriter)


About AudioCinema:
AudioCinema (Portland, Oregon) founded in 2005, is a multi-use art and music production facility that houses and works with some of Portland’s finest artists. Services offered to Portland’s culture-creating community include an in-house recording studio, video production/editing, photography, hourly and monthly rehearsal studios, art studios, creative offices, performance stage, event space and more.


Contact:
Ilan Laks, Owner and Creative Director
AudioCinema
www.AudioCinema.org
(503) 467-4554


About Elroy Art Agency:
Elroy Art Agency (Portland, Oregon) founded in 2008, is a boutique agency specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and of the venues whom partner with Elroy to showcase it.

Contact:
Joe Staskerz, Agent and Founder
Elroy Art Agency
http://www.ElroyArt.com

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Friday, May 1, 2009

You're Invited!: Palm Springs' Dezart One Gallery to host Artists Reception for the ‘In Living Color’ group exhibit, May 9th, 2009 from 7-9 p.m.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com


Palm Springs' Dezart One Gallery to host Artists Reception for the ‘In Living Color’ group exhibit, May 9th, 2009 from 7-9 p.m. - show runs through May 31st:   Dezart One Gallert in Palm Springs is proud to unveil new works by JUSTIN MASTERS, MARIAN MOISEYEV, DONNA REIBSLAGER and DEAN TRIOLO. 

Dezart One Gallery also represents:  George Perrou - Mod-Culture painter:  Drawn to those shapes and colors as envisioned by Calder, Miro and Kandinsky, George Perrou has created his own style by imagining the everyday things he sees instead into his own colorful versions of reality...a style that can be best described as Mod-Culture!

Perrou is a distinctive genre' artist who has made the successful jump to the gallery scene, and is being snatched-up by collectors now in Dallas, TX and Palm Springs in addition to his hometown of Portland!  His work is both a unique narrative of colorful landscapes and structures, and made with a  technique equally as unique - which will not be easily copied...  George was a featured artist this season on OPB's Oregon Art Beat!  (watch Video here)

George Perrou will join collectors and fans to unveil his latest modernism-inspired paintings at a Wine and Cheese Reception also in the Modern Villa Gallery on Saturday, May 2nd at 6PM. Dates: May 1-3:  "Spring Unveiling 2009” Art Festival, Cannon Beach, Oregon 
 May 2nd, 6-9 PM:  Artist reception @ Modern Villa Gallery, 224 N. Hemlock #6, Cannon Beach, OR, 97110 (Map here)

George Perrou is represented exclusively by Elroy Art Agency (www.ElroyArt.com). 

Elroy Art Agency is a management consulting firm specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and the galleries whom partner with Elroy to showcase it. For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Art Agency, Perrou artwork sales and leasing, or the Forever Modern show, please contact: Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com,info@ElroyArt.com

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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

PRESS RELEASE: ‘Mod-Culture’ Artist George Perrou Featured in Cannon Beach’s Annual ‘Spring Unveiling’ Art Festival, May 1st-3rd, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

‘Mod-Culture’ Artist George Perrou Featured in Cannon Beach’s Annual ‘Spring Unveiling’ Art Festival, May 1st-3rd, 2009

Portland, Oregon – April 15th, 2009:   Portland painter George Perrou has been selected as a featured artist for the Cannon Beach Gallery Group’s annual “Spring Unveiling” art festival.   

The Galleries of Cannon Beach, Oregon present an annual fine art festival – “Spring Unveiling”.  Each year, ending the first Sunday of May, all 11 participating galleries hold a unique event.  They host local, national or international artists who unveil their new works of art, specially created for the occasion, and demonstrate their artistic techniques.  During the evenings, numerous galleries hold artist's receptions with refreshments and hors d’oeuvres.

‘Spring Unveiling 2009’ Art Festival gallery events will start Friday, May 1 and will continue through Sunday, May 3.  Individual gallery events are scheduled staggered to allow people to move from one to another without missing any of the excitement.  For more information please email info@cbgallerygroup.com.

About George Perrou - Mod-Culture painter:
Drawn to those shapes and colors as envisioned by Calder, Miro and Kandinsky, George Perrou has created his own style by imagining the everyday things he sees instead into his own colorful versions of reality...a style that can be best described as Mod-Culture!
Perrou is a distinctive genre' artist who has made the successful jump to the gallery scene, and is being snatched-up by collectors now in Dallas, TX and Palm Springs in addition to his hometown of Portland!  His work is both a unique narrative of colorful landscapes and structures, and made with a  technique equally as unique - which will not be easily copied...  George was a featured artist this season on OPB's Oregon Art Beat!  (watch Video here)

George Perrou will join collectors and fans to unveil his latest modernism-inspired paintings at a Wine and Cheese Reception in the Modern Villa Gallery on Saturday, May 2nd at 6PM.

Dates:
May 1-3:  "Spring Unveiling 2009” Art Festival, Cannon Beach, Oregon

May 2nd, 6-9 PM:  Artist reception @ Modern Villa Gallery, 224 N. Hemlock #6, Cannon Beach, OR, 97110 (Map here)

George Perrou is represented exclusively by Elroy Art Agency (www.ElroyArt.com).

Elroy Art Agency is a management consulting firm specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and the galleries whom partner with Elroy to showcase it.

For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Art Agency, Perrou artwork sales and leasing, or the Forever Modern show, please contact: Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

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Thursday, February 5, 2009

PRESS RELEASE: Palm Springs’ Dezart One Gallery Exhibit "Forever Modern" Opening Tonight

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

Palm Springs’ Dezart One Gallery Exhibit "Forever Modern" Opening Tonight

Portland, Oregon – February 5th, 2009:  Opening tonight and running through February 28th, the "Forever Modern" group exhibit will run concurrently with 'Modernism Week', an annual celebration of Palm Springs' position as the epicenter of modernist architecture and design. 
 
Featuring Portland artist George Perrou alongside Kim Chasen, Gary Janis & Michael Pfleghaar, the "Forever Modern" group exhibit spotlights modernism-inspired paintings of architecture, landscape, palette and forms.  Perrou will unveil new works including Sun Burst, By The Lake, January Landscape, Tuesday, and Inaguration Day.  The artists will join collectors and fans for a Wine and Cheese Reception in the Dezart One Gallery on Monday, February 16th from 5 - 7 PM.

Dates:
February 5 - 28:  "Forever Modern" –  George Perrou, Kim Chasen, Gary Janis & Michael Pfleghaar

February 14th 7-9 PM:  Artist reception @ Dezart One Gallery, 2688 Cherokee Way, Palm Springs, CA (760)-328-1440 

George Perrou is represented exclusively by Elroy Art Agency (www.ElroyArt.com). 

Elroy Art Agency is a management consulting firm specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and the galleries whom partner with Elroy to showcase it.

For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Art Agency, Perrou artwork sales and leasing, or the Forever Modern show, please contact: Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

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Monday, January 26, 2009

PRESS RELEASE: Mid-century contemporary artist Represented by Artizen Fine Arts Gallery in Dallas, TX

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

Mid-century contemporary artist Represented by Artizen Fine Arts Gallery in Dallas, TX
 Portland, Oregon – January 26th, 2009:  The artist George Perrou has been signed for exclusive representation in Dallas, TX by Artizen Fine Arts Gallery.

Perrou’s sought-after paintings abound with unique modernism-inspired elements to create highly-narrative compositions.  The pieces selected to be showcased by Artizen exemplify Perrou’s uniquely structured shapes and color palette.

George Perrou is represented exclusively by Elroy Art Agency (www.ElroyArt.com). 

Artizen Fine Arts Gallery is a contemporary gallery in the heart of the Dallas Design District, featuring the works of established and emerging artists.  
Visit the gallery at 1215 Dragon Street in Dallas, or call 214-979-2140 to discover beautiful contemporary or classic fine art originals - www.artizenfinearts.com, info@ArtizenFineArts.com
Elroy Art Agency is a management consulting firm specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and the galleries whom partner with Elroy to showcase it.

For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Art Agency, Perrou artwork sales and leasing, or the Dallas representation by Artizen Fine Arts Gallery, please contact: Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com
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Monday, January 5, 2009

PRESS RELEASE: Mid-century contemporary artist unveils new paintings at Palm Springs Modernism Week gallery exhibit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

Mid-century contemporary artist unveils new paintings at Palm Springs Modernism Week gallery exhibit

Portland, Oregon – January 5th, 2009:  The artist George Perrou's newest mid-century modern landscape paintings will be featured in the "Forever Modern" group exhibit opening Feb. 5th at Dezart One Gallery in Palm Springs, CA.

Perrou is excited to unveil in "Forever Modern" several new modernism-inspired elements to his body of highly-narrative compositions, including the pieces Sun Burst, By The Lake, January Landscape, Tuesday, and Inaguration Day.  George’s work for this show embodies his uniquely structured shapes and color palette, and highlights the majestic Coachella Valley landscape of Palm Springs.

Running through February 28th, the "Forever Modern" group exhibit is scheduled to correspond with 'Modernism Week', an annual celebration of Palm Springs' position as the epicenter of modernist architecture and design.  Featured with Perrou in the "Forever Modern" show are the artists Kim Chasen, Gary Janis & Michael Pfleghaar.  George will join the show's other artists for a Wine and Cheese Reception in the Dezart One Gallery on Monday, February 16th from 5 - 7 PM.

Dates:
February 5 - 28:  "Forever Modern" –  George Perrou, Kim Chasen, Gary Janis & Michael Pfleghaar

February 14th 7-9 PM:  Artist reception @ Dezart One Gallery, 2688 Cherokee Way, Palm Springs, CA (760)-328-1440 

George Perrou is represented exclusively by Elroy Art Agency (www.ElroyArt.com). 

Dezart One Gallery is an active and vibrant art destination in Palm Springs. Their pristine white walls and embracing energy make the space a perfect minimalist backdrop for contemporary and modern art, showcasing the works of outstanding emerging and mid-career contemporary artists whom exemplify a clarity of vision and strong narrative elements. - www.DezartOneGallery.com, info@DezartOneGallery.com

Elroy Art Agency is a management consulting firm specializing in the career development of visual artists. The agency’s raison d'être is increasing the exposure and sales of our clients’ artworks and the galleries whom partner with Elroy to showcase it.

For Media inquiries, additional information regarding Elroy Art Agency, Perrou artwork sales and leasing, or the Forever Modern show, please contact: Elroy Art Agency, www.ElroyArt.com, info@ElroyArt.com

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