Pepper Spray Recap. Veefer X Trike

It was an amazing turnout, as we imagined it would be. The gallery was packed, the block out front was packed. It was a great night, and well deserved by the artists. The show will be up until the end of the year, so come by and check it out. Everything is priced to sell. You can see a more detailed set of photos here, as well as all the artwork with prices..any inquiries can be sent to info@urbanfolkart.co

You can catch up with the artists on instagram if you want to touch base directly

TRIKE @graffitineverdies

VFRESH @vfrxr15

Trike

Trike

VFResh

VFResh

Trike and some OLD SCOOL mofo's including Checker 170

The street was packed

Trike

Coming Up Veefer and Trike!, Old school Graffiti legends

Opening Friday Nov 22nd,  6-10pm. 2 infamous Graffiti artists that definitely helped shape graffiti history. If you don't recognize these tags and throw ups from the 80's, you were walking around with your head in the ground. Show will be up through the end of the year. Come and check it out!

Facebook event page here

Veefer

Trike

Veefer

3rd Annual Group Halloween Show, Friday Oct 25th, 2013

On Friday the 25th of Oct, we will open our 3rd Annual Halloween Group Art Show. Over 30 artists of varying background and mediums will be showing some creepy and Halloweeny shit. Come check it!

Facebook event page here!

UFA® X NuHotel MTV VMA art show.

Last month Urban Folk Art® curated a show at the NU Hotel in conjunction with the MTV Music Video Awards at the Barclay Center. It wasn’t done with MTV, it just opened the same weekend as the MTV VMA’s and was close enough to the Barclay center.UFA® Chose artists who's work had been used in some regard in the music industry at one time or another. The show included Chris CYCLE, KEO, Pete Conlon, Jason Mitchel, and Adam Suerte. All of the artists picked by UFA® Had some tie to Music in some way within their art. It was a great layout. Here are some photos of the joint. It will be up until the hotel finds another show to put up, so check it out while you can, have a cocktail, and a cheese platter, as Jason did 2 nights in a  row! The work is priced to sell, so any interest contact info@urbanfolkart.com

Here's a write up of the event in DNA

And here's a full catalog of the artwork

Chris Cycle

 Adam Suerte Left, Jason Mitchell Right

Blake KEO Lethem

Pete Conlon

Adam Suerte

Da Lobby

KEO and RIBS up top

'Works" show Recap

It was a great Opening night. Lots of old friends and new came out, another night of legends. Below are some photos, and a link to all the shots we took including a full catalog of work with pricing is here (the artists priced these works to sell, so don't sleep). The show will be up through the 5th of August, so come check it out in person! 

Urban Folk Art® is brought to you in part by the adjacent Brooklyn Tattoo®

Full house

KEO

KEO

KEO Borough Mascots

SP-One (SOLD)

SP-One

SP-One

Lee Greenfeld (Dead Flowers productions), TRIKE, and others

UFA® in house DJ Bishop

Greg SP-ONE Lamarche, Blake KEO XMEN Lethem, and 

Adam Suerte Founder of Urban Folk Art®

This Friday, July 12th "WORKS"

Urban Folk Art® Studios is proud to present "WORKS"- selected works on paper by Greg SP-ONE Lamarche and Blake KEO XMEN Lethem . Opening this friday July 12th from 7-10pm. The show will be up until August 5th. Come check it out, and stay tuned for photos of the show.

Juxtapoz got the memo!

Facebook event page here

Brooklyn Bridge 130th Anniversary Group Art Show

Urban Folk Art® Gallery will be honoring the 130^th anniversary of the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge with a group show of over 30 local artists of varying mediums. In their fourth show of this type, artists will be showing their homages to the bridge with one common element. In February 2013, curator and contributing artist Adam Suerte acquired five 5 gallon buckets of surplus paint from the NY Department of Transit that was used to do touch ups on the Brooklyn Bridge (http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/05/surplus-paint-from-the-brooklyn-bridge-now-could-be-yours/). Each artist in the group show will be using the

“Chocolate Brown Enamel” in some way within their piece. Painters, comic artists, graphic designers, photographers, screen printers, tattooers, graffiti artists, toy designers and artists of other mediums will be contributing. Suerte, as one of his pieces has repackaged some of this paint in a limited edition quart size cans that will be for sale at the show. If you ever wanted to own a piece of the bridge, this could be considered pretty close.

The show opens May 24^th from 7-10 and will remain up until the end of June.

Adam Suerte's repackaged surplus paint cans signed and numbered will be for sale at the show

 

Sara Antoinette Martin's piece 

                                                                

Dave Tree's piece

Steven Weinberg's piece

Paul St. Savage aka Angry Eel's work

Facebook event page click here

 write up from Brooklynbased.net

From dnainfo.com

Brooklyn Tattoo will also be doing the Brooklyn Bridge Tattoo special on Thursday May 23rd (the actual anniversary). Come to the shop between 12-7 , Coose from our flash and get a $30 Brooklyn Bridge Tattoo. First come first served.

More info on everything at 

info@urbanfolkart.com

718 643 1610

PEOPs #8 FANZINE RELEASE PARTY THIS THURSDAY

UFA® Old friend Fly is having a release party for her 8th issue of he PEOPs zine. 
Its a great project where she interviews a subject while drawing them, then combines the 2 into a great piece of art. The zine's are compilations of the countless interesting people she comes across. 

PEOPs #8 features Portraits & Stories of Such Illuminaries as

PEOPs #8 features Portraits & Stories of Such Illuminaries as
Kembra Pfahler • Winston Smith • Eileen Myles • Peter Missing • Chino Garcia • Mikel & Elu Monkeymeat • Elliott Sharp • Dawn Crandell • Stanley Cohen • Katrina Del Mar • Noah Landis • Trina Robbins • Pookie Rodriguez • Jsn Mit • Puma Perl • Sascha Scatter • Dumpy • Mr Pants • Duv • & Many More !!

Thursday May 9th from 7-9 at the gallery

The work will be up til the 19th

come check out the originals and grab a copy!

for more on the project check out 

PEOPS.ORG

and Fly's work

flyspage.com

Fly putting up her work

UFA® Founder Jason S#!+#3@D checking out a copy while standing in front of his portrait

Nu Hotel Perpectives project opening/artshow

UFA® founder Adam Suerte was fortunate to take part in downtown Brooklyn's 'Nu Perspectives' project where local artists were invited to paint some of the guest rooms. Here's a time-lapse of Adam painting his room filmed by Jason Shaltz.  This thursday, Feb 21st will be the opening of this project and all are invited. Read below, and be sure to rsvp if you'd like to come check it out. On thursday from 6-7, join UFA® founder's Adam and Jason $#!+#3@D Mitchell at the gallery for a reception of their current UFA® 2nd anniversary show, the head over to the Nu Hotel from 7-9 to check out the local artist painted rooms, and have a drink on the NU. 

From the press release

NU Hotel Brooklyn and its neighborhood partners are  hosting an art opening, where friends and neighbors of the hotel are invited to tour the rooms and meet the artists, on February 21.

(Brooklyn, N.Y. – February 7, 2013) Local artists have invaded NU Hotel Brooklyn with their creative touch, literally, transforming four of the hotel’s 93 rooms with floor-to-ceiling murals as part of the NU Perspectives project. To celebrate their completed works of art,  NU Hotel is hosting a NU Perspectives art opening on February 21, 2013 with neighborhood partners Urban Folk Art, Brooklyn Republic Vodka and Bar Tabac. 

The evening festivities kick off at 6 p.m. with a gallery reception at Urban Folk Art/ Brooklyn Tattoo, an art gallery and tattoo shop, located down the street from the hotel. The gallery is co-owned and co-operated by one of the NU Perspectives Artists, Adam Suerte. Immediately following,  guests are invited for an art opening and open house from 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. at NU Hotel on the corner of Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue in Downtown Brooklyn.  NU Perspectives artists will be in attendance to discuss their art and creative process for the duration of the event.  Misdemeanor, NU Hotel’s lobby bar and lounge, will host the reception featuring light bites and Brooklyn Republic Vodka. Complimentary vodka  will be provided by liquor sponsor Republic Vodka from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

“The NU Perspecives project epitomizes NU Hotel’s dedication to art and the community,” said Javier Egipciaco, NU Hotel Brooklyn’s general manager. “The NU Perspectives guestrooms have already gotten a great response with our guests – now it’s time to showcase them to the larger community with an event that travels around the neighborhood with NU hotel at its core.”

Bar Tabac, Smith Street French restaurant and NU Hotel neighbor and partner, invites NU Perspectives party attendees to join them for an after party featuring live music from 9 p.m.  Attendees will receive a complimentary glass of champagne with the purchase of a dinner entrée. 

Learn more about the NU Perspectives project and the artists by visiting NU Hotel’s website.  The February 21, 2013 NU Perspectives party is open to the public, but RSVP is required. RSVPs should be sent to: events@independentcollection.com. At this time, guests can request to reserve a NU Perspectives room by calling the hotel for availability.