#CoolArt: 'Wednesday' print by Jel Ena

'W' by Jel Ena.

11" x 8½" fine art print on Red River Polar 60 lb Matte paper, in a signed and numbered limited edition for $25.

On sale now through Jel Ena's website.

#CoolArt: WOW x WOW presents 'Imaginators-a-Go-Go' Online Group Art Exhibition

WOW x WOW presents 'Imaginators-a-Go-Go', an online group art exhibition featuring over 60 international artists.

The online exhibition opens Friday August 5 at 7pm UK on the WOW x WOW website and will be on view until August 26 2022.

by Ingrid Tusell

#CoolArt: Haven Gallery presents 'Allegory' Group Art Exhibition

Haven Gallery presents 'Allegory', a group art exhibition featuring artwork from over 20 international artists that encourages an exploration of the use of allegories throughout art history, prominent works of literature and the humanities.

Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the exhibition will only be available on view at the Haven Gallery website.

The art show will now be on display from Saturday June 13 until July 5 2020.

by Sean Mahan

#CoolArt: Haven Gallery presents 'Folklore' Group Art Exhibition

Haven Gallery presents 'Folklore', a group art exhibition of over 20 international artists that looks to the folklore of various cultures and uses inspiration from these tales to create a visual translation.

The opening reception is Saturday April 6 from 6-8pm ET at Haven Gallery, 155 Main Street, Carriage House Square, Northport, NY 11768 with exhibiting artists also in attendance.

Haven Gallery will also be exhibiting new solo exhibitions from Syd Bee (Dear Illusions), Stephanie Law (Awaken) and Yoko d’Holbachie.

The exhibitions will be on view until May 5 2019.

Artist Spotlight: The Art Of . . . Jel Ena

I've previously showcased a few of my favourite pop culture and vintage pulp artists, and each weekend I showcase art from more of my favourite artists.

The art of Jel Ena.

#CoolArt: WOW x WOW presents WOW² (Volume II) Online Art Exhibition

WOW x WOW presents WOW² (Volume II), the second installment of their annual exhibition of square artworks, curated by Tim Maclean, and featuring over 50 artists, both established and emerging talent from within the international New Contemporary Art movement, and comprised of almost 60 brand new and previously un-exhibited drawings and paintings.

The online exhibition is on view on the WOW x WOW website until June 22.

by Allison Reimold

#CoolArt: Haven Gallery presents 'Mission Blue' Group Art Exhibition

Haven Gallery presents 'Mission Blue', a group art exhibition of paintings and drawings curated by Christina Ridgeway in support of Sylvia Earle Alliance’s Mission Blue organization.

Mission Blue is dedicated to raising awareness and garnering public support towards our planet’s oceans through means of education and the creation of 'Hope Spots'. 'Hope Spots' are areas in the ocean that become protected by the organization to help the ocean alleviate the negative impacts of humanity on the indigenous species and ecological systems of all residing aquatic life.

In addition to sharing the organization’s objective visually through art, the exhibition will also be contributing towards the creation of a Hope Spot by donating a percentage of all art sales to the organization.

Exhibiting artists include: Lioba Brückner, Erich J Moffitt, Jel Ena, Sarah Joncas, Hannah Yata, Erica Calardo, Tom Bagshaw, Jana Brike, Melissa Hartley, Adam Oehlers, Christina Ridgeway, Annie Stegg Gerard, Brianna Angelakis, Nom Kinnear King, Tammy Wampler, Ania Tomicka, June Leeloo, Amy Katherine Minchew, Helice Wen, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Josie Morway and Lea Barozzi.

The opening reception is Saturday October 29 from 6-8pm at the Haven Gallery, 155 Main Street, Carriage House Square, Northport, NY 11768, and will be on display until November 27.

#CoolArt: 'Dress Me In Leaves In Shades of Dreams' by Jel Ena

'Dress Me In Leaves In Shades of Dreams' by Jel Ena.

13" x 13" and 8" x 8" prints on Epson Ultra Premium MATTE paper, 51lb/192 g/m2, with archival inks, in signed and numbered limited editions of 25 for $40 (13" x 13") and $29 (8" x 8") each.

Go here to buy.

#CoolArt: Flower Pepper Gallery presents 'See The Stars' Group Art Exhibition

Flower Pepper Gallery presents 'See The Stars', a group art exhibition featuring artwork by Audrey Pongracz, Jaclyn Alderete, Jel Ena, Mandy Cao, and Valerie Pobjoy, celebrating the idea that beauty is found in unexpected places.

"Sometimes we must venture into the obscurity of night and experience darkness that appears all consuming before we can see glimmers of light pierce the sky, and we are reminded, once again, that hope can never be eclipsed so long as we are still able to See The Stars. For most people in the world, this has been a truly challenging time, and through their work, these artists are reminding us that, "Only in the darkness can you see the stars." (Martin Luther King Jr.)"

Opening reception is Saturday September 17 from 6.30pm - 9.30pm at Flower Pepper Gallery, 121 East Union Street, Pasadena, CA 91103 and will be on display until October 11.

#CoolArt: Alexi Era Gallery presents 'Lowbrow Tarot II' Art Exhibition

Alexi Era Gallery presents 'Lowbrow Tarot II', featuring 22 new works of art from the lowbrow art movement inspired by the Major Arcana, each showing some aspect of the human experience. The cards of the Major Arcana are focused on three themes: the realm of the material world, the realm of the intuitive mind, and the realm of change.

In addition to the exhibit, a hard cover tabletop book featuring these works will be released later in the year.

The opening reception Friday August 5 from 5-8pm at Alexi Era Gallery, 425 W 8th Ave, Eugene, OR 97401, and will be on view until August 28.

Go here to view the exhibit online.

by Jel Ena

#CoolArt: Vanilla Gallery presents 'aestheticism'

Vanilla Gallery presents ‘aestheticism’ an international group exhibition curated by Danijela Krha, Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Australian contemporary art magazine beautiful.bizarre, and is an exploration of the beautiful.bizarre aesthetic, rendered through the use of different mediums, themes and materials.

“The artists I selected for this exhibition are incredibly creative and talented: their intense, psychologically-charged works, besides being technically impeccable, are conceived to replace verbal communication with a visual language capable of transcending the limits of ordinary communication. The theme ‘aestheticism’ allowed the artists an opportunity to explore the beautiful.bizarre aesthetic, to consider what represents beauty across cultures, continents and mediums. To explore both the culturally accepted notions of beauty and those dark hidden places inside our hearts that are drawn to the evocative darkness, to the odd things, to the macabre, and to the sharp and visceral moments of our experience.” ~ Danijela Krha

Exhibiting artists include: Aran (Japan), Bella Harris (USA), Caitlin McCormack (USA), Ciou (France), Craww (United Kingdom), Dihaze (Ukraine), Freaks Circus (Japan), Garth Knight (Australia), Haruna Hijikata (Japan), Jel Ena (USA), Julie Filipenko (Israel), Kristin Shiraef (USA), Leslie Ann O’Dell (USA), Mandy Tsung (Canada), Maria Menshikova (Russia), Midori Hayashi (Japan),Mimi Scholz (Germany), Mira Nedyalkova (Bulgaria), Miu Vermillion (USA), Naoto Hattori (Japan), Nina Y (Ireland), ONEQ (Japan), Sam Ectoplasm (Canada), Shin Taga (Japan), ShirrStone Shelter Dolls (Russia), Tom Bagshaw (United Kingdom), Tomomi Sakuba (Japan), Tsubaki Torii (Japan), Yukiko Hayashi (Japan), Zoe Lacchei (Italy).

The opening reception is Saturday April 9 from 5-7pm at Vanilla Gallery, TOSEI Bld.B2F, 8-10-7 Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo, 104-0061 Japan. The exhibition is on view from Monday April 4 until April 23.

#ArtOfTheDay: 'Amentia Vermiculus' by Jel Ena

'Amentia Vermiculus' by Jel Ena