Digital Art – Nic Cha Kim

Niche.LA presents Transdissipation

Niche.LA Video Art presents Transdissipation
new digital artwork by James Adams
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On June 11, 2009 from 4-9PM during the Downtown Art Walk in Gallery Row, Niche.LA Video Art presents “Transdissipation,” original video and digital artwork by James Adams.

James lives and works in downtown Los Angeles. His work spans across media and disciplines from video and sound to sculpture, photography, printmaking, and painting. Adams has exhibited throughout Southern California at venues including The Constant Gallery, Kellogg Art Gallery, i-5 Gallery, Soundwalk and the University Art Museum at CSULB. His single channel videos have screened at the Experimental Edit International Video Festival in Auckland, New Zealand.

Niche.LA presents Room

Niche.LA Video Art presents Room
digital photography by Brion Topolski and Adam Tenenbaum
curated by Kim Riccelli

Niche.LA presents DT

Niche.LA Video Art presents DT
digital photography by Dave Bullock and Charlie Cho
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On February 12, 2009, Niche.LA Video Art presents “DT,” a digital photography show by Dave Bullock and Charlie Cho. “DT” is an exploration of Downtown Los Angeles’ skyline, street culture, and industrial landscape.

Niche.LA presents Deconstruction Zone

Niche.LA Video Art presents new works by Stephen Hartzler
curated by woodywise

LOS ANGELES, CA – From December 11th, 2008 – January 30th, 2009, Niche.LA Video Art presents Deconstruction Zone, a collection of street sign found art and jewelry by artist Stephen Hartzler.

Stephen Hartzler graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Anthropology and another in Metals and Jewelry. He credits one of his Metals and Jewelry teachers, a Buddhist named Harlan Butt, with helping him find his direction and balance between metal, nature, and skin.

Niche.LA presents Motion

Niche.LA Video Art presents new works and video by Motion One
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – From November 13th – December 6th, 2008, Niche.LA Video Art presents a collection of new works by LA artist Motion One as well as his video art debut Mear One – Live Art Experience, a video expression chronicling famed LA grafitti artist, Mear One.

MOTION was born as Ricardo Estrada in Los Angeles, CA in 1980. Growing up, he was your typical kid: video games, skating, chillin’ with the homies, and getting his ass wooped by his mom. He was bit by the graffiti bug in Jr. High. Once he got to high school, Ricardo started to socialize with all the other graff writers and he was taken under the wing of his fellow writers SODA and HECTIC.

Niche.LA featured in Arts District Citizen

Art Spotting: Gallery (P)reviews
by Andie Villafañe

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Niche.LA participates in DigitalArt.LA

Niche.LA Video Art participates in DigitalArt.LA
digital international art expo curated by Rex Bruce

Rex Bruce and Los Angeles Center for Digital Art present:

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Niche.LA presents Pull For Peace

NICHE.LA VIDEO ART PRESENTS “Pull For Peace”
new work by Craig Ruda
curated by Trish Lamantea

LOS ANGELES, CA – On February 8, 2007 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA Video Art presents “Pull For Peace” curated by Trish Lamantea, featuring digital artist Craig Ruda and video artist woodywise.

Craig was born and raised on Long Island, New York. After a move to New York, Craig joined the band Gods Child and later Joe 90. Gods Child released two albums “Everybody” and “Aluminum” for Warner Brothers Records. Gods Child’s first single “Everybody’s One” topped both the Billboard “Modern Rock” and “Album Rock” charts simultaneously. Joe 90 based out of Los Angeles released two albums “Dream This” and “A Raccoons Lunch” for Interscope Records.

Niche.LA presents 04/05/06

NICHE.LA PRESENTS 04/05/06
new work by Retna and Michael Allen
curated by Marcela Garate

LOS ANGELES, CA – On September 14, 2006 (12:00 – 9:00PM), Niche.LA presents “04/05/06,” curated by Marcela Garate, featuring digital artist Retna and video artist Michael Allen.

Los Angeles based artist Retna removes corporate advertisements of women from illuminated signs and embellishes them in a style that not only recalls Mayan and Egyptian hieroglyphs but even the aesthetic heights of Byzantium with its mosaic tiling of Christ and other deities. In one work, the well-known and ill-fated singer, Aaliyah, gazes upwards while color explodes like jeweled fragments around her. Retna’s intervention in these advertisements elevates the perception of the mostly anonymous females – fodder for representing desire and selling other objects – to a form of idolatry.

Niche.LA presents Retrow // Censorial

NICHE.LA PRESENTS “RETROW // CENSORIAL”
curated by Nic Cha Kim

LOS ANGELES, CA – On April 13, 2006 (12:00PM – 9:00PM), Niche.LA presents “Retrow // Censorial,” curated by Nic Cha Kim, featuring new work by Osman Khan and digital animation by Tawd b. Dorenfeld & thePOLYMORPHCrew.

“Retrow /” returns many artists previously exhibited at Niche.LA since the July 2005 opening. Participating artists include John Edward Faulkner, J. Joseph Mahoney, Kjell Hagen, and Rex Bruce.

Niche.LA presents Wireless

Niche.LA presents “Wireless”
new work by Rex Bruce

LOS ANGELES, CA – In his new series, “Wireless,” Los Angeles artist Rex Bruce presents images and videos taken with a cell phone camera where the subject is the “air” in which mobile communications are transmitted. Within abject looking sky-scapes, tops of golden arches, street lamps, vernacular decoration and architecture jut upward into the frame. Often included are telephone poles and slack wires strung between them, an ironic choice considering the instrument with which they were photographed.

Niche.LA presents Digital World: LA

Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Digital World: LA”
curated by S.E. Barnet

LOS ANGELES, CA – LOS ANGELES, CA – Beginning February 9th, 2006, Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Digital World: L.A.,” a diverse exhibit of art and videos from 20 emerging Los Angeles digital artists, including Robert Lepiz, Andrew Woll, Erin Preston, Tara Kozuback, Brent Langieri, James Olech, Helen Cahng, Wendy Given, Erika Suderburg, Eric Wise, Jeremy Lucido, Jacob Melchi, Thera Barnett, Calvin Phelps, and Lori Schindler. Works by Suzanne Oshinsky, Jacob Melchi, Christina Carrea, Laura Martin, and Hillary Mushkin, which are permanently archived at the Sandberg Instituut.

Niche.LA presents Process of Transformation

Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Process of Transformation”
new work by Richard Edson & John Edward Faulkner

curated by Lilli Muller

LOS ANGELES, CA – On December 8, 2005 (12-9PM), Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Process of Transformation,” curated by Lilli Muller. A collection of digital art by Richard Edson and John Edward Faulkner and digital videos by Lustre, “Process of Transformation” examines visions of metamorphosis and conversion.

Richard Edson, one time drummer with Sonic Youth, has led a rich and varied career. An actor, he has appeared in 63 films — beginning with Jim Jarmusch’s “Stranger Than Paradise.” As a photographer, Richard has been featured in magazines: “Juxtapoz,” “The Propagandist,” “WaxPoetics,” and “Puta.”

John Edward Faulkner’s work explores the wave front created through the fusion of media and medium. He says, “It propagates the surface of symbolism and iconography employed in commercial imagery to the point where they release their latent potential.”

By creators Dmitry Kmelnitsky & Kalim Chan, Lustre is an interdisciplinary creative group that addresses socio-cultural issues through the convergence of arts and technology in both commercial and fine arts practice.

Situated next to each other, Niche.LA & Lounge 441 form one space that features an 18-seat private screening room and a mixed-media/video art gallery. A digital cooperation in the middle of Gallery Row, these two “mini-galleries” offer an eclectic artistic experience on the 4th floor of the Spring Arts Tower in less than 750 square feet.

Niche.LA presents Pixel Pleasures

"Euro Erotica" by J. Joseph Mahoney Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Pixel Pleasures”

LOS ANGELES, CA – On October 13th, 2005, Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Pixel Pleasures,” a collection of erotic digital art and videos from J. Joseph Mahoney.
curated by Nic Cha Kim

Mahoney grew up in New York, where he received a BFA in Illustration from The Pratt Institute. He continued his studies in graphic design, typography, photography, sculpture, and production design at UCLA and NYU. He worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation for several years as a visual development artist and had a one man show of erotic drawings at The Pacific Asia Museum. Recently, he wrote and directed a live-action short film which was accepted into the New York International Independent Film Festival. He’s currently producing an independent live action feature length film.

Spotlight will be on Caltrans

Spotlight will be on Caltrans
Autumn Lights gets story in LA Times.

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GALLERY ROW ORGANIZATION PRESENTS AUTUMN LIGHTS
CURATED BY LILLI MULLER

LOS ANGELES, CA – Gallery Row Organization (GRO) presents Autumn Lights curated by Lilli Muller at the Caltrans Building on October 22, 2005 from 7:00PM – 12:00AM.

Sponsored by Caltrans, Morphosis Group, Bar 107, and Linear City, Autumn Lights is a multi-media and light art exhibition set against the backdrop of the Eli and Edythe Broad Plaza at the Caltrans Building located at 100 S. Main Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012. A group exhibit, Autumn Lights showcases digital projections, light box/backlight installations, and 3D light/found art sculptures by Los Angeles based artists accompanied by live music.

Niche.LA presents Digital World: Oz

Niche.LA & Lounge 441 present “Digital World: Oz”
curated by Jason Waters

LOS ANGELES, CA – On August 11th, 2005, Niche.LA and Lounge 441 present “Digital World: Oz,” a collection of digital art from various mediums, focusing on Australia and the works of ADAM PHILLIPS and SCART. Situated next to each other, Niche.LA & Lounge 441 form one space that features an 18-seat private screening room and a mixed-media/video art gallery. A digital cooperation in the middle of Gallery Row, these two “mini-galleries” offer an eclectic artistic experience on the 4th floor of the Spring Arts Tower in less than 750 square feet.

Niche.LA presents Cell-Outs & Phonies

“Cell-Outs & Phonies”
curated by Laura Merians

“I prowled the streets all day, feeling very strung up and ready to pounce, determined to ‘trap’ life – to preserve life in the act of living. Above all, I craved to seize the whole essence, in the confines of one single photograph, of some situation that was in the process of unrolling itself before my eyes.” – Henri Cartier-Bresson