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“Balls Out” Group Art Show at Grass Hut

Balls Out 2 at Grass Hut in Portland

Opens First Friday, April 2nd, 2010 from 6pm – 10pm

Each artist is doing a single piece on an 18×18 panel. and the option of doing a 9×9 as well. the artist goes balls out on it, working with all the magii they can muster. here’s the line up.

Artists: APAK, AJ FOSIK, AMANDA VISELL, ANDY KEHOE, ARBITO, BEN WALKER, BIGFOOT, BRENDAN MONROE, BRENT WICK, BRIAN RALPH, BUFF MONSTER, BWANA SPOONS, CHANMEN, CHRIS JOHANSON, CODY HUDSON, CUPCO, DALEK, DAVID FREMONT, DAVID WIEN, DAWN RIDDLE, ERIC INKALA, ERIK RAILTON, EVAH FAN, FAREL DALRYMPLE, JASON VIVONA, JAY HOWELL, JESSE RENO, JESSIE ROSE VALA, JILL BLISS, JOHN STUART BERGER, JOSH HERBOLSHEIMER, JUDIT NAVRATIL, JUSTIN LOVATO, KATOPE, KEITH GREIMAN, KINOKO, KIYOSHI NAKAZAWA, KRISTIN CAMMERMEYER, LARK PIEN, LE MERDE, LORI D, MAIJA FIEBIG, MARTIN ONTIVEROS, MATT FURIE, MAXWELL HOLYOKE-HIRSCH, NATALIE PHILLIPS, OLIVER HIBERT, PINKS, REUBEN RUDE, RYAN BERKLEY, RYAN BUBNIS, RYAN DE LA HOZ, SCOTT C, SCRAPPERS, SHAWN WOLFE, SPENCER HIBERT, TIM BISKUP, TRIPPER DUNGAN, WILL McCURTIN, and YELLENA JAMES

Runs April 2nd – 31st, 2010
Grass Hut Art House
811 East Burnside, Portland OR.

3 Friends ~ Brett Superstar, Tripper Dungan and Steve Mathews at Report Lounge

3 Friends at Report Lounge

First Friday, Feb. 5th, 2010 from 8pm – ?

Report Lounge ~ 1011 E Burnside Portland Oregon

New Artwork by Portland artists Brett Superstar, Tripper Dungan and Steve Mathews. Show runs till March 5th, 2010.
Music by Dj’s Cuddly Kitten & Operation Trip to the Moon

Tripper Dungan’s Mental Staycation with Doodles’ Arise People at Together Gallery

TRIPPER Dungan

Tripper Dungan will be having a showing in Together Gallery‘s Project Gallery. This show is all about Mental Staycations. Have a virtual Holiday in Tripper’s mind without having the hassle of renting a car.

In the main gallery, a solo show by San Francisco’s DOODLES titled “Arise People”. Doodles will be coming up and doing a week long install.

Together Gallery, Last Thursday, Jan. 28th, 2010 from 6 to 11 in the evening.

Ice Cream Truck Face will be performing a SHADOW PUPPET SHOW later on that night at Together. NE 29th and Alberta in Portland.

Note: Tripper will also have some paintings in the valentines show at Guardino Gallery across the street from Together.

DOODLES art

Hungry Eyeball Interviews Portland Artist Tripper Dungan III

3D Owl by Tripper Dungan

I’d like to introduce my good friend and creating powerhouse…. Tripper Dungan, who is actually the third John…. which became Tripper since he was wee small. This became more convenient since his brother was named John too or II. Anyway here he is:

Why is your art so positive, is this done on purpose? I think at first it wasn’t… then it was… and now it’s not again. When I think about life and what I want to bring to it, it’s usually a positive thing.

What does your art do for you? It excites me when I see a painting coming together. Sometimes I stop and do a couple jump kicks of joy in the middle of it. Creation is a very satisfying thing.

You call your house the Cartoon Bungalow, obviously your are inspired by cartoons, what are some of your favorites and why? I was raised on Bugs Bunny, Merry Melodies, classic Disney, and Popeye. I love those guys. Some of the old Betty Boops are pretty rad; so creative. People growing beards in the middle of sentences, shoes talking, ghosts dancing. The musical integration of the old Fleisher, Van Buren, and Ub Iwerks cartoons is unmatched. As far as modern cartoons John K (Spumco), and there’s the Cartoon Exprez collections that are pretty cool and Devin Flynn’s Y’all so Stupid is sheer mind numbing weirdness. Not for the kids but if you like psychedelic low brow it comes highly recommended.

I’m going to name some common themes in you art, why are you attracted to these?

robots? They’re pretty.

music? Sounds good.

animals? They’re just people with fur.

gnomes? I like the little guys.

mushrooms? They amaze me.

UFO’s? They intrigue me.

You seem to always sketch out your ideas first in your drawing pads and then transfer them into paintings. What is your reasoning? Give away all my secrets why don’t you.

What is your favorite thing to do in Portland? Anything involving my friends and beer. Honestly the first thing to come to mind was paint.

How has the recession effected you? As far as the money goes It’s been steady but I think that might be because of the time I’ve put in.

What are your plans for 2010? I’d really like to get some gallery shows outside of Portland with some friends and rock some kind of installation. And I want to build a shed in the backyard where I can Paint.

What are you mostly hungry for? I just ate, but metaphorically I want to make enough money with my art that I can give a little to charity. I know that sounds a little Miss America of me. I’ve always aimed to inspire people and make them happy but beyond that my art is what I have to give and if I could do a little more and be comfortable that would be nice.

Check out some more of Tripper’s artwork in the Hungry Eyeball Gallery or his website numberstar.com.

TRASHED @ 35: Willamette Week 35th Anniversary Art Show at Backspace

Portland Artist Klutch paints up Willamette Week Newspaper Box

Portland Art Show Opening, First Thursday, November 5th, 2009 starts at 5:30pm (Show closes Nov. 30, 2009)
Backspace – 115 NW 5th Ave., Portland, Oregon

To help celebrate Willamette Week’s 35th anniversary, WW asked some of Portland’s hottest emerging and iconic artists to turn their newspaper covers into new pieces of art in their own unique styles. They got the idea from local artist Klutch (Vinyl Killers), whose “remixed” WW covers caught their eye and inspired them to invite other artists to try their hand at using, well, us, as a medium. Trashed @ 35 features Klutch’s work, as well as WW-inspired art by Brett Superstar, Dan Gilsdorf, J. Shea, Alexis Mollomo, Josh Arseneau, Chris Haberman, Tripper Dungan, Pedro Dorsey, Jason Graham, Lydia Crumbley, Eve Lake and Tom Cramer among others. Come meet the artists, check out their kick-ass work, and toast WW at the crusty old age of 35 at the show’s First Thursday opening.
Willamette Week Newspaper Box was done by Portland artist Klutch for the art show.

Klutch Paints a Willamette Week Newspaper Box

Portland Artists Bring You “Pinata Hunt” on Gothtober Halloween Films

Gothtober.com has been putting together a Halloween film calendar for the last few years. Some Portland artists were invited to be apart of this annual online video event. Every night at 12 midnight, a new video is released, opening up a new film for the day. You can find, “Pinata Hunt”, behind door #24, a music video by Martin Ontiveros, Tripper Dungan, Greg Pitters and Chelsea Fletcher. Music is by Portland’s Ice Cream Truck Face. Enjoy and Happy Halloween!