End of 2007
A new year ahead, here's a recap of the past six months- much has happened and hopefully, I will be posting more frequently after the new year...
July 2007-
San Diego Comic Con- a week in san diego, met a lot of great people, signed on with Acumen Entertainment to produce affordable prints and posters of my art-
artists that they feature include Ron English, Van Arno and Anthony Ausgang...
Acumen Entertainment
August 2007-
Solo Show at Invisible NYC, 25 brand new paintings of some of New York's Finest Tattoo Artists- great show, great turnout, a learning experience for sure-
'Seen's Hands', oil on panel, 16"x 16"
'Paul Booth's Hands', oil on panel, 16"x 16"
'Mike Rubendall's Hands', oil on panel, 16"x 16"
'Steve Boltz' Hands', watercolor and gouache on toned paper, 12"x 10"
'Portrait of the Artist, Stanley Moskowitz', oil on panel, 24"x 24"
sdbarber.com
Invisible NYC
Massive Black Foundation Painting DVD
Officially released my first instructional DVD- Foundation Painting- an overview to beginning painting in oils...
Massive Black
DVD Reviews
DVD Reviews
September 2007-
Montreal Tattoo Convention- WOW, what an amazing city with a European feel and very genuine people. 3 Days of live painting and overall good times. Spent some time with the very bad ass artist Kim Saigh- painted a study of Kim at the convention and she asked me to tattoo her there, as well. Very intimidating and humbling experience, for sure. Met so many great people- watching Tin Tin tattoo was eye opening- I've never seen anyone attack the process- just go for it with complete confidence, vigor and power- Tin Tin exudes who he is as a person completely through his art and how he carries himself in general, an amazing artist!!! Stayed with Yves Laroche the whole trip and he took care of business!
Gracious host and a great person- he showed me how awesome Montreal really is-
we are doing a two person show with Turf One in 2009- I love Montreal so much- it looks like I will live there for a month before the opening to finish works and collaborate with Turf One making some new pieces for the opening, and hopefully tattooing the whole time I'm there...
Speaking of Turf One did a studio visit and was blown away by his work, definitely incentive to raising the bar with my art...
Tattooing Kim....
Tin Tin Tattooing Turf One
Kim Saigh
Yves Laroche Gallery
Turf One
Tin Tin
October 2007-
* San Jose Tattoo Convention
Henry and I drove down to San Jose for the annual Tattoo Convention there-
It has to be the show with the best artists per capita from around the world showing off what they do to the west coast-
I started a painting of the Legendary Bill Salmon at the convention- and finished it up for my show in Miami in December...
State of Grace Tattoo Convention
* Officially started tattooing one day a week...
Everlasting Tattoo
* Kim Saigh came up for a studio visit and painting demo. Kim also did a guest spot at Everlasting and we did our best to show her how we work and play in San Francisco... I photographed Kim's foot, and we both did a painting of Kim's foot-
she fucking rocked it- totally blew me away with how fast she grasped oil painting...
Kim, Henry Lewis and me painted together a few days, Partied hard and even had an eventful drunk tattoo night with Phil Holt, Yutaro Sakai, Henry and our crew in SF...
November 2007-
* LA INK baby!
Drove down to Los Angeles to get Tattooed by Miss Kim Saigh on LA Ink and the Grand Opening of Canvas Los Angeles!! Kim and I had been talking for a while about showing off how much of a bad ass she is on the show- something that most people wouldn't know unless they looked at her art online or seen it in person. She 'owed me' for the tattoo in Montreal- and I definitely got the better deal overall... Kim rocked a skull and roses on my leg- and painted a sick painting of the tattoo for the show at Canvas Los Angeles... I hooked her up with my painting of her foot and the study I did of her in Montreal-
and presented the large scale painting of her on the show, as well... which is now in her collection...
The episode with me and Kim should air sometime in Feb/March 2008
Works in progress...
Kim Tattooing me...
'Portrait of the Artist, Kim Saigh', oil on linen, 60"x44"
Kim Saigh
High Voltage Tattoo
The opening at Canvas Los Angeles was awesome- a ton of the artists represented drove and flew in for the opening- an amazing retail and gallery space dedication to clothing and art made exclusively by artists in the tattoo community on fairfax ave in Los Angeles- next time you're in LA- definitely check it out...
Canvas Los Angeles
Nikko Hurtado came up for a studio visit and painting demo- Nikko is one of the premiere color portrait tattoo artists in the world- we photographed him, and both did a portrait of Nikko, he did a great job for his second oil painting...
Nikko's Myspace
December 2007-
* Miami Art Basel
My second year at art basel- this time with the Shooting Gallery at the Red Dot Fair-
I made 8 new pieces for this show, and we sold 7 so far!!!
Also made a new piece for the FAME Collective, a group show curated by Josh Liner at an amazing space in South Beach...
Saw quite a few friends- Tons of great artists and galleries from around the world were there for a week to enjoy what's being made today in contemporary art- an extremely broad range of works- most of it really not that good. It seems like the track for most 'fine artists' that make it into the 'establishment' get their shiny MFA's in Philosophy of Bullshit- it pays to talk the talk but don't dare to get your own hands dirty or concern yourself with aesthetics or a sincere interest in craft or artistic progression. It's actually very numbing to weed through the mediocrity to find the few jewels that are out there...
Miami BLOWS- probably one of THE most pretentious cities in America- the people and clubs are definitely not my scene- VIP "parties", a cheesy florida vibe and plastic galore- the ONLY reason to be in Miami is for the week of Art Basel....
'Portrait of the Artist, Genevive Zacconi', oil on canvas, 60"x 38"
'Portrait of the Artist, Cristy Road', oil on canvas, 44"x 32"
'Portrait of the Artist, Bill Salmon', oil on panel, 22"x 38"
'Portrait of the Artist, Shige', oil on panel, 30"x 24"
My painting for the F.A.M.E. Collective show...
'Feast or Famine, oil on panel, 36" x 42"
sdbarber.com
The Shooting Gallery
Red DOt Fair
* This is my last semester teaching at CCA-
It's been 8 years teaching at art school: starting as a TA at Ringling, coordinating their Precollege program for a few years and teaching full time there, then moving on to San Francisco to teach at the Academy of Art and then CCA...
I'm taking a break from teaching to focus full-time on tattooing and painting!
Although, I will be spending a little time this coming year helping out at the ConceptArt.org's Atelier...
ConceptArt.org Atelier
* Going to Japan!!!
* Finished up my second book for the Tattooed Portraits Series-
Forever and Ever- a 256 page overview of the past 3 years...
UPCOMING EVENTS
* January 2008-
Seattle Conceptart.org 2008 Workshop!!!
ConceptArt.org
* Late January / Early February- the release of Forever and Ever
9mm Books
Amazon.com
* February 22, 23, 24
Kat Von D's MusInk Tattoo Convention-
I will be Tattooing there with Henry Lewis at the Everlasting Tattoo Booth-
email or call me if you want to set up an appointment to get tattooed at this convention
MusInk.Org
* July 2008
SOLO SHOW at BILLY SHIRE FINE ARTS in Culver City, CA-
the next few months is dedicated solely to producing works for this show-
The LA Experience ....
Billy Shire Fine Arts
July 2007-
San Diego Comic Con- a week in san diego, met a lot of great people, signed on with Acumen Entertainment to produce affordable prints and posters of my art-
artists that they feature include Ron English, Van Arno and Anthony Ausgang...
Acumen Entertainment
August 2007-
Solo Show at Invisible NYC, 25 brand new paintings of some of New York's Finest Tattoo Artists- great show, great turnout, a learning experience for sure-
'Seen's Hands', oil on panel, 16"x 16"
'Paul Booth's Hands', oil on panel, 16"x 16"
'Mike Rubendall's Hands', oil on panel, 16"x 16"
'Steve Boltz' Hands', watercolor and gouache on toned paper, 12"x 10"
'Portrait of the Artist, Stanley Moskowitz', oil on panel, 24"x 24"
sdbarber.com
Invisible NYC
Massive Black Foundation Painting DVD
Officially released my first instructional DVD- Foundation Painting- an overview to beginning painting in oils...
Massive Black
DVD Reviews
DVD Reviews
September 2007-
Montreal Tattoo Convention- WOW, what an amazing city with a European feel and very genuine people. 3 Days of live painting and overall good times. Spent some time with the very bad ass artist Kim Saigh- painted a study of Kim at the convention and she asked me to tattoo her there, as well. Very intimidating and humbling experience, for sure. Met so many great people- watching Tin Tin tattoo was eye opening- I've never seen anyone attack the process- just go for it with complete confidence, vigor and power- Tin Tin exudes who he is as a person completely through his art and how he carries himself in general, an amazing artist!!! Stayed with Yves Laroche the whole trip and he took care of business!
Gracious host and a great person- he showed me how awesome Montreal really is-
we are doing a two person show with Turf One in 2009- I love Montreal so much- it looks like I will live there for a month before the opening to finish works and collaborate with Turf One making some new pieces for the opening, and hopefully tattooing the whole time I'm there...
Speaking of Turf One did a studio visit and was blown away by his work, definitely incentive to raising the bar with my art...
Tattooing Kim....
Tin Tin Tattooing Turf One
Kim Saigh
Yves Laroche Gallery
Turf One
Tin Tin
October 2007-
* San Jose Tattoo Convention
Henry and I drove down to San Jose for the annual Tattoo Convention there-
It has to be the show with the best artists per capita from around the world showing off what they do to the west coast-
I started a painting of the Legendary Bill Salmon at the convention- and finished it up for my show in Miami in December...
State of Grace Tattoo Convention
* Officially started tattooing one day a week...
Everlasting Tattoo
* Kim Saigh came up for a studio visit and painting demo. Kim also did a guest spot at Everlasting and we did our best to show her how we work and play in San Francisco... I photographed Kim's foot, and we both did a painting of Kim's foot-
she fucking rocked it- totally blew me away with how fast she grasped oil painting...
Kim, Henry Lewis and me painted together a few days, Partied hard and even had an eventful drunk tattoo night with Phil Holt, Yutaro Sakai, Henry and our crew in SF...
November 2007-
* LA INK baby!
Drove down to Los Angeles to get Tattooed by Miss Kim Saigh on LA Ink and the Grand Opening of Canvas Los Angeles!! Kim and I had been talking for a while about showing off how much of a bad ass she is on the show- something that most people wouldn't know unless they looked at her art online or seen it in person. She 'owed me' for the tattoo in Montreal- and I definitely got the better deal overall... Kim rocked a skull and roses on my leg- and painted a sick painting of the tattoo for the show at Canvas Los Angeles... I hooked her up with my painting of her foot and the study I did of her in Montreal-
and presented the large scale painting of her on the show, as well... which is now in her collection...
The episode with me and Kim should air sometime in Feb/March 2008
Works in progress...
Kim Tattooing me...
'Portrait of the Artist, Kim Saigh', oil on linen, 60"x44"
Kim Saigh
High Voltage Tattoo
The opening at Canvas Los Angeles was awesome- a ton of the artists represented drove and flew in for the opening- an amazing retail and gallery space dedication to clothing and art made exclusively by artists in the tattoo community on fairfax ave in Los Angeles- next time you're in LA- definitely check it out...
Canvas Los Angeles
Nikko Hurtado came up for a studio visit and painting demo- Nikko is one of the premiere color portrait tattoo artists in the world- we photographed him, and both did a portrait of Nikko, he did a great job for his second oil painting...
Nikko's Myspace
December 2007-
* Miami Art Basel
My second year at art basel- this time with the Shooting Gallery at the Red Dot Fair-
I made 8 new pieces for this show, and we sold 7 so far!!!
Also made a new piece for the FAME Collective, a group show curated by Josh Liner at an amazing space in South Beach...
Saw quite a few friends- Tons of great artists and galleries from around the world were there for a week to enjoy what's being made today in contemporary art- an extremely broad range of works- most of it really not that good. It seems like the track for most 'fine artists' that make it into the 'establishment' get their shiny MFA's in Philosophy of Bullshit- it pays to talk the talk but don't dare to get your own hands dirty or concern yourself with aesthetics or a sincere interest in craft or artistic progression. It's actually very numbing to weed through the mediocrity to find the few jewels that are out there...
Miami BLOWS- probably one of THE most pretentious cities in America- the people and clubs are definitely not my scene- VIP "parties", a cheesy florida vibe and plastic galore- the ONLY reason to be in Miami is for the week of Art Basel....
'Portrait of the Artist, Genevive Zacconi', oil on canvas, 60"x 38"
'Portrait of the Artist, Cristy Road', oil on canvas, 44"x 32"
'Portrait of the Artist, Bill Salmon', oil on panel, 22"x 38"
'Portrait of the Artist, Shige', oil on panel, 30"x 24"
My painting for the F.A.M.E. Collective show...
'Feast or Famine, oil on panel, 36" x 42"
sdbarber.com
The Shooting Gallery
Red DOt Fair
* This is my last semester teaching at CCA-
It's been 8 years teaching at art school: starting as a TA at Ringling, coordinating their Precollege program for a few years and teaching full time there, then moving on to San Francisco to teach at the Academy of Art and then CCA...
I'm taking a break from teaching to focus full-time on tattooing and painting!
Although, I will be spending a little time this coming year helping out at the ConceptArt.org's Atelier...
ConceptArt.org Atelier
* Going to Japan!!!
* Finished up my second book for the Tattooed Portraits Series-
Forever and Ever- a 256 page overview of the past 3 years...
UPCOMING EVENTS
* January 2008-
Seattle Conceptart.org 2008 Workshop!!!
ConceptArt.org
* Late January / Early February- the release of Forever and Ever
9mm Books
Amazon.com
* February 22, 23, 24
Kat Von D's MusInk Tattoo Convention-
I will be Tattooing there with Henry Lewis at the Everlasting Tattoo Booth-
email or call me if you want to set up an appointment to get tattooed at this convention
MusInk.Org
* July 2008
SOLO SHOW at BILLY SHIRE FINE ARTS in Culver City, CA-
the next few months is dedicated solely to producing works for this show-
The LA Experience ....
Billy Shire Fine Arts
posted by shawn barber at 8:29 AM
5 Comments:
2007 was definitely a good year for you, Shawn.
Good luck in the future, and keep doing amazing art.
Wish I could go to Seattle :(
-Rodrigo
PD:Please update often ;)
is that all you did? damn. you need more to do. ;) damn boy. keep killin it. when i'm out there i will be calling for some ink.
jeff.
Love the Art! Thanks. Dorks Guide
man I LOVE your work, it's amazing. I can't say anymore.
your paintings are amazing
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