OUR FAVORITE GAMES / Group Art Show / Presented by POP Montreal Festival 2007
duration: October 7th - 11th 2007
location: My Hero Gallery / 3655 Blvd. St. Laurent / Suite 206
opening : Sunday, October 7th, 2-7pm.
performance : Brian Borcherdt
A salon style show of artists involved in various areas where Canada's art and music culture meet. Contributions of drawings, collages and works on paper exhibit a diverse vision and a shared enthusiasm.
OUR FAVOORITE GAMES POP Montreal OPENING PHOTOS:
Chris Mills
Erica Beyea
James Mejia
Jay Malinowski
Jeff Lee
Julie Fader
Justin Peroff
Melody Hovey
Nicole Legault
Stewart Jones
Tara Azzopardi
Tomas Del Balso
Brian Borcherdt (Holy Fuck / Remains of...)
An Acoustic Performance - I am Brian, I play music under many names (Holy Fuck, Remains of..., etc..), I produce music for other folks (upcoming Beans, Cherie Pyne), I still work with a label/collective I started in my late teens (dependent music). And other than that I like walks on the beach, babies, kittens, ponies.......etc...etc.......
www.myspace.com/brianborcherdt
www.myspace.com/holyfuck
www.myspace.com/dependentmusic
Chris Mills (video director for Broken Social Scene, Modest Mouse, Sam Roberts, Sparta... )
Chris Mills has received many nominations for various music videos including MTV2 awards, Much Music awards and Juno awards. He has won 2 International Broadcasting awards and won an MTV award for Float on by Modest Mouse. He has worked with many diverse, independent and major label artists including Broken Social Scene, Interpol, The Tragically Hip, Tegan and Sara, Ron Sexsmith, Blue Rodeo and Modest Mouse.
www.threefootgiant.com
www.myspace.com/m_i_l_l_s_y
Erica Beyea
Erica Beyea grew up in the midst of the 1990's Moncton music scene and was influenced by the music and art of Eric's Trip, Orange Glass, Bad Luck #13, and Rick White. A graduate of NSCAD University, she currently lives in Toronto but sticks close to her East Coast roots, doing album work for the Peter Parkers and other area bands. She is also working with other Toronto based musicians like: Todor Kobakov (Small Sins, Major Maker), Adam Cotton (Basement Entertainment, Field Work with Howard Hughes), Rob Benvie (Camouflage Nights, Thrush Hermit), Paul Mathew (The Low Notes, Hidden Cameras) and American acts like Matt Johnson (Brooklyn), The Tomatoes (New Orleans) and Squid’s Eye records (label out of Ohio).
www.myspace.com/beyea
James Mejia (artist for Holy Fuck, Wintersleep, Great Lake Swimmers, Ron Sexsmith...)
James Mejia is a graduate of Visual Studies & Art History from The University of Toronto, a collective member of Dependent Music and co-graphic designer for Szoldier. He has designed artwork for such artists as Ron Sexsmith, By Divine Right, Greg Keelor, Luke Doucet, Wintersleep, Great Lake Swimmers and Holy Fuck. James was nominated for a 2006 JUNO Award for CD Artwork Design Of The Year, won a 2006 COAST Award for Best Album Artwork, and won The 7th Annual REELWORLD Film Festival Award for Best Music Video (Wintersleep's Jaws of Life - Directed w/ Sean Wainsteim).
www.jamesmejia.com
Jay Malinowski (Bedouin Soundclash)
Jay is a graduate of Fine Arts from Queen's University. He is a founding member of Bedouin Soundclash (Vocals / Guitar) and can be found somewhere on tour.
www.myspace.com/bedouin
Jeff Lee (Blood Meridian / artist for Blood Meridian, Ladyhawk, The Mohawk Lodge)
Jeffry Lee was born in Calgary, Alberta, received his BFA from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, and is a member of the band Blood Meridian. Though he grew up on comic books, skateboard graphics and punk rock, his main influences are traveling, alcohol, and being married. Mr. Lee currently resides in East Vancouver with his wife, 2 cats and their record collection. His clients include Black Mountain, Ladyhawk, Pride Tiger, The Mohawk Lodge, Blood Meridian, Pink Mountaintops, Jagjaguwar, City Slang Records, White Whale Records, Octoberman, Teenage USA Recordings and V2 Records
www.jeffrylee.ca
www.myspace.com/bloodmeridian
Julie Fader (Sarah Harmer / Chad VanGaalen / Great Lake Swimmers)
Julie Fader is a Toronto based singer/songwriter/painter. Over the past few years, Julie has toured extensively and internationally in the Sarah Harmer band, Great Lake Swimmers and in Chad VanGaalen's band singing harmonies, playing wurlitzer, flute, guitar and melodica. This particular series, simply named 'tour drawings' have all been created in vans, planes, venues and hotel rooms while on the road. These ink drawings are influenced by organic images and colour combinations, with a definitive root in controlled design.
www.myspace.com/juliefader
Justin Peroff (Broken Social Scene)
justin is someone who makes his bed every morning. he spends some of his time inside of his own brain trying to manifest ideas. they can occasionally come to fruition. he is has been known to be a hopeless romantic and a one time attendee of the ymca ... but sadly, he cannot touch his toes.
www.myspace.com/brokensocialscene
Melody Hovey
Professional daydreamer, melody hovey loves to steal faces, mix mediums and generally make a mess. past shows include ottawa, montreal, halifax, toronto, moncton, berlin, and estonia. chosen to be part of the coachella music festival's travelling exhibit moving from new york across the US to san francisco and LA, self-taught melody counts herself as very lucky. influences are varied and approaches change constantly, a true aquarian.
www.myspace.com/melodyartattack
Nicole Legault
Nicole Legault was raised in Moncton, New Brunswick and graduated from NSCAD University in 2006. She has spent the last year working independently on drawings and has displayed work in Ottawa, Moncton, and Halifax and has been published in one online magazine and two up and coming national magazines. She spent the beginning of her artistic focus photographing bands in Halifax for three years with the intent on finishing a photo major, but switched to fine arts with a focus on drawing in the last two years of her education. While both mediums feed off one another, her drawings vary drastically in style and are heavily influenced by her photographic experience.
www.nicolealinelegault.com
www.myspace.com/lookidrewyou
Stewart Jones (artist for Sarah Harmer, Cuff the Duke, Wayne Petti, Andrew Rodriguez ...)
stewart was fortunate enough to have been involved with the artwork and design of Juno Award winning musician sarah harmer’s latest CD ‘I’M A MOUNTAIN’ as well as designing and doing all of the artwork for sarah’s tour shirts and her DVD documentary ‘ESCARPMENT BLUES’. this fall will see the release of "LIVE CITY MUSIC- A COLLECTION OF DRAWINGS" which as the title suggests is a collection of pen and ink drawings from various live shows stewart has been to over the past 2 years and is to be published by IMAGINARY RECORDS of TORONTO.
www.stewartjones.ca
Tara Azzopardi (The Torrent / Hank Collective)
www.myspace.com/thetorrentrocks
www.myspace.com/hankcollective
Tomas Del Balso (dd/mm/yyyy)
Tomas Del Balso is a recent alumni of OCAD and works mainly out of Toronto. Del Balso works a vigorous practice within multiple mediums and approaches. Drawing is fundamental as a tool for researching and creating. His final thesis dealt with the issues of post-modern living using art as a means to encourage personal education of intuition and criticism. Currently the work being produced by Tomas deals with the potential of an instrument or tool such as a guitar or a pen. He is an artist in transit travelling to different Canadian and American cities to perform, participate and observe art and performance. This contributes to a personal diary aesthetic in his drawings.
www.myspace.com/ddmmyyyy
