Closing Reception for Jonathan Rogers Tonight at Gateway
Gateway Galleries is holding a closing reception tonight for Jonathan Rogers - "Multiple Spirit 2" - Drawings and Paintings by the many and only Jonathan Rogers, complete with live DJ and a special guest.
According to Steven J. Myers, owner of Gateway, Rogers is an artist with a full and interesting past, having worked in advertising, murals, portraits, teaching and animation. "At 71 years old, he's been painting all these years," Myers said. "His work is surrealistic in that his painting look like photos but with elements that make them not real."
If you haven't had the pleasure, tonight would be a great way to see this show out. "This is a big gallery," Myers said, "and it's absolutely filled with his stuff--abstracts and portraits in oils, Conte crayo--and you can see his whole evolution as an artist, all the way back to his abusive childhood."
For more information on Rogers, see Gateway's My Space page.
-1973- "The Gift of Winter" for CBC, featuring Gilda Radner and Dan Ayckroyd.
-1975- "Witches Night Out" , with Gilda Radner. Highest rated animated show in NBC history.
-Also did animation for Sesame St., Disney Studios, and Marvel Produtions until 1992.
-1985- awarded Best Computer Animated Music Video by Billboard Mag. for "Atomic Dog" (George Clinton).
-2002- 7 major paintings in the "In Western New York 2002" show, the first show to accept his work in his entire life. He had a whole room to himself.
-2003-04 2 solo shows at the Castellani Museum of Art, Niagara Falls, NY. The museum purchased "Little Dancer" for the museum's collection.
-2008- First show in a commercial gallery at Gateway Gallery. A one man show with much new work.
-A second Rogers show at Gateway Gallery is tentatively planned for the fall of '08, and will feature the new series he is currently working on at his studio in Niagara Falls, NY, at the Niagara Arts and Cultural Center (NACC).
May 30, 8PM 'til ?
On display through Sunday, June 1
Thur 2PM - 7PM
Fri-Sat Noon -7PM
Sun Noon -5PM
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