Art Ensemble of Chicago, Wadada Leo Smith, Anthony Braxton, Milford Graves, Ornette Coleman, Vinny Golia, Empty Cage Quartet, Jason Mears, Kris Tiner, Ivan Johnson, Paul Kikuchi, Richard Long, Bob Marley, Bela Bartok, Duke Ellington, Jim Jarmusch, Nels Cline, Albert Ayler, Laura Owens, Bob Dylan, Daren Burns, Misuzu Kitazumi, Masumi Urakami, Zanzibara, Jonas Mekas, Allen D Glass II, Zoe Canner, Kristin Pepe, Dottie Grossman, Nick Drake, Misato Nagare, Charles Ives, Martin Kippenberger, Billie Holiday, Leonard Cohen, Andrew Shoultz, Rocco Somazzi, Miles Davis, Erik Friedlander, Topaz, Jo Jackson, Taarab music, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Haino Keiji, Tanaka Min, cappuccino, Iannis Xenakis, Tim Hawkinson, Neil Young, Hijikata Tatsumi, Thelonious Monk, Chris Ofili, Toru Takemitsu, Mitchell Brown, Charles Mingus, Devendra Banhart, Harry Partch, Soga Shouhaku, Eric Dolphy, Gregory Bateson, Erik Satie, Marc-Andre Dalbavie, Lettrism, Haruki Murakami, Otomo Yoshihide, Ruins, Joseph Beuys, Steve Lacy, Jeremy Drake, Gabriel Orozco, Ozu Yasujiro, Raymond Pettibone, Cory Wright, Lothar Schmitz, Harris Eisenstadt, Georgeanne Deen, Gary Panter, Ed Ruscha, Billy Higgins, Jockum Nordstrom, Sara Schoenbeck, Ellen Burr, Jeffrey Holmes, Evan Parker, Keegan McHargue, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mika Soma, Tanizaki Junichiro, Kokontei Shinshou, Kawanabe Kyousai, Ken Garduno, Alex Schaefer, Future of the Left, Mclusky, Kaz Oshiro, Wilson Hsu, Yugo Fujita, Tadanori Yokoo, Koizumi Yakumo, Ishikawa Kyuuyou, Ifukube Akira, Alfred Jensen, Herman Hesse, Steven Schwartz, Haubs, Aaron Freeman, Shinichiro Ono, Rob Nichols, Timothy Hull, Laylah Ali, Amy Cutler, Miranda July, Amy Sillman, Tatsu Nishino, Kenichi Yokono, Kazuyo Sejima, Masahiko Shimada, Ambrose Akinmusire, Alex Steinweiss, Frank Magnotta, Katsuki Tanaka, Ichiba Daisuke, Kuri Yoji, Caleb Considine, Daren Burns, Misuzu Kitazumi, Ken Tanaka, Mayumi Tanaka, Mari Araki, Pay Katsuyuki, Masami Yoshimura, Billy Sprague, Lick The Beaters...
關於我： I draw and design visuals for music labels, design logos, lettering, tagline copy, tooled improvised watercolors, shuffle ASCII ooperloopers, fold and glue "super origamic" characters, low grade site specific sculptures, licking beaters, build and play found instruments, improv video feeding, curating art + music, channeling in English and Japanese, teaching typography, finding rare OOP soundtracks, collecting fortune cookie messages. (if you got any crazy ones send a small jpeg file or just the text to fortunes@kiogriffith.com). thanks!
I'm currently working on a series of screen prints. Some of my work can be seen by clicking on the "pics" link by the profile.
COMING UP
Barnsdall Gallery Theatre 4800 Hollywood Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90027 Cafemode presents ISFAR SARABSKI TRIO concert October 30, 2009 8PM
Museum of Neon Art 136 W. 4th Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90013 Cryptonight @ MONA presents: Daren Burns' Onibaba live video feed November 6, 2009 8PM
ARTRA @ T•LOFTS, 11500 Tennessee Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90064 Here and Now Group show Opening November 14 + 15, 2009@12-5PM
For more info >www.artrala.org
Black Maria Gallery, 3137 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90039 Black Market at Black Maria Group Show November 21, 2009@7-10:30PM
ADC Contemporary Art Gallery, 1330 Factory Place, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Birthmark Performance November 21, 2009@8PM
Folly Bowl 1601 East Loma Alta Dr. Altadena, CA 91001 solo set + with The Philabosians performance September 27, 2009 7PM
Echo Curio 1519 Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90066 Department of Real Estate performance August 18, 2009 9PM-12AM
CAFE BOLIVAR + GALLERY, 1741 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405 Omocha de ChaChaCha Group show Opening September 12, 2009@7PM-11PM and will run from August 15 - September 27, 2009.
SOUNDWALK 2009East Village Arts District Event/Performance October 3, 2009@5PM-10PM
Echo Curio 1519 Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90066 Exotic Boulders performance June 15, 2009 9PM-12AM
Kim Gillingham's Studio 4411 Grand View Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90066 The Love Ensemble Mountains and Rivers Without End, Part One June 20, 2009 8:30PM
REDCAT Lounge 631 2nd Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90012 Daren Burns Quintet video feed June 24, 2009 6-9PM
CAFEMODE presents @ SHOJIN, 333 S. Alameda St. Suite 310, Los Angeles, CA 90013 Earthworks 03 : Impulse Group show Opening May 7, 2009@5PM-11PM and will run until July 7, 2009.
For more info >www.cafemode.com
HIVE GALLERY, 729 Spring Street, Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90014 Group Show Group show Opening February 7, 2009@8PM-12AM and will run until February 29.
我想認識： a cup of siphon coffee at Cafe Balcony again soon. mistakes that are actually miracles, rare out-of-print soundtracks, text books from the 1930s~60s, home, beater lickers
Let us present a little comment, That in this very particular moment, Presents happiness for lack of rejection That turned into invisible connection Of ThiSpace and ThaTime friends One so sturdy, that it never ends, And a little video it sends...
Hello Kio, Nice to meet you and thanks for accepting my request. Your musical taste is very cool, but there are so many names I didn't know. Cool, man. And your abstract art is interesting, i felt something Japanese favor in them.
