The Visual Underground - OCT 29th

VU ART GALLERY & CUSTOM INSTALLATION TO FEATURE:

KELLY HUTCHINSON //
Hutchison who is better known under the pseudonym, Dark Vomit, was born in Texas in 1974. He was adopted by a military family and spent his early years living in Holland and different parts of the United States. After graduating high school, he joined the Navy and traveled the world while working painting ships, and cutting hair as a barber. In the Mid 1990’s Hutchison left the Navy and moved to San Diego, California after falling in love with the warmer climate while enlisted in the Navy.[2] He embraced the Southern California punk rock lifestyle and began working odd jobs including a graveyard shift at a gas station. To make ends meet he began rummaging through garbage and junk in the neighborhood to sell at the local swamp meet. Hutchison began painting on these found objects and quickly realized the increased value he was able to obtain from the objects as a result.[3] His work has since materialized in a painting style that ranges from pop art to surrealism with heavy macabre, political, social, humorous, and iconic undertones. He has also worked creating album covers, comic books, t-shirt designs, book covers, posters, 3d animations, commercial graphics, skateboard decks, video games, public art, and curating art events both in his own art gallery which was called Fish out of Water as well as other venues in Southern California. He has also collaborated with other artists to create paintings, custom mechanical art sculptures, and other works. He currently works independently as a full-time artist in San Diego, California.

THE INFUSION PROJECT //
San Diego based company The Infusion Project raises the bar for what people expect of themselves, and the events they go to. With unbridled creative energy and cutting edge concepts, The Infusion Project creates events that engage and challenge. Our work is about personal expression, passion, and a vibrant love of life. Artwork, music, fashion, technology, culture and the world around can play a part in what The Infusion Project does at any given time. The Infusion Project takes many forms, doesn’t settle and is here to make a mark.
To include: Kai Martin; Kiska Zilla; Vincent Gordon

ALSO FEATURING ARTWORK BY:

WENDY TEAGUE // Born and raised in Dallas, Texas, Wendy Teague was awarded the Silas H. Rhodes Portfolio Scholarship in 1997 by the School of Visual Arts (NYC) and after attending, graduated in 2002 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her visual art background led her to creative work as a stylist for photo shoots and videos, a make-up artist, and a visual merchandiser. In 2004 Wendy moved to San Diego. She began working for a local energy drink and action-sports clothing brand, putting her further into the merchandising and marketing realm within the creative industry. Her travels and experiences with photography, fashion and design greatly influenced her artistic style, pushing her own art into a new direction with the use of mixed media. She uses magazines, photos, tissue paper, fabrics, wallpapers and photocopies to cut and paste on canvases, along with various materials like watercolors, acrylics or ink to give a fluid contrast to the collaged elements. In 2007 she went to work for Reel FX Creative Studios in Dallas to help develop the marketing department and promote the studio’s work in animation and visual effects for feature films and commercials. At Reel FX, she began to assist the curator in the studio’s gallery space, The Gallery at Reel FX, in planning and coordinating events and shows for local and national artists. Always on the move- in early 2010 she was hired to head up the marketing and PR efforts for Indigo Post, a San Diego post-production design studio. Wendy has shown her own works in various galleries in New York, San Diego, Los Angeles and Dallas.

LINDY IVEY //
I'm a self-taught artist, my work is full of flaws and imperfections, I feel like these characteristcs breathe life into my pieces. I'm a simple girl, and I like bunnies. Thank you for taking the time to look.