Shows / Exhibitions
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2012 EXHIBITIONS
I’m A Frayed Knot /// Group Exhibition
Feb 11 – Mar 17, 2012 /// Opening Reception Feb 11, 6 – 10pm
Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion /// Orange Coast College /// 2701 Fairview Road /// Costa Mesa, CA 92626 /// map
714.432.5102 /// www.occartspavilion.com
BIG and BRIGHT: New Work from Texas /// Group Exhibition
Jan 26 – Feb 21, 2012 /// Opening Reception Jan 26, 11am – 1pm + 6 – 8pm
Southwestern College Art Gallery /// 900 Otay Lakes Road /// Chula Vista, CA 91910 /// map
619.216.6605 /// Southwestern College Art Gallery
2011 EXHIBITIONS
Pattern Plan /// Group Exhibition
Sept 30 – Oct 30, 2011 /// Opening Reception Sept 30, 7 – 9pm
grayDUCK Gallery /// 608 W Monroe Street, Suite C /// Austin, TX 78704 /// map
512.826.5334 /// www.grayduckgallery.com
ART for CLARE /// CLARE Foundation’s 5th Annual Art Sale + Event
Jun 12, 2011 /// 1 – 4pm
Bergamot Station /// 2525 Michigan Avenue /// Santa Monica, CA 90404
www.bergamotstation.com
Unnatural Process /// Solo Exhibition
Jan 8 – Feb 6, 2011 Extended through Feb 27 /// Opening Reception Jan 8, 6 – 9pm
Fifth Floor Gallery /// 502 Chung King Court /// Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.687.8443 /// www.fifthfloorgallery.com ///Show description by Curator-Owner, Robert Apodaca »
2010 EXHIBITIONS
ART for CLARE /// CLARE Foundation’s 4th Annual Art Sale + Event
Jun 13, 2010 /// 1 – 4pm
Bergamot Station /// 2525 Michigan Avenue /// Santa Monica, CA 90404
www.bergamotstation.com
the OsCene 2010 /// Juried Show, Group Exhibition
Feb 21 – May 16, 2010 /// Opening Reception Feb 20, 7 – 10pm
Laguna Art Museum /// 307 Cliff Drive /// Laguna Beach, CA 92651
949.494.8971 /// www.lagunaartmuseum.org
Kunstmilch Presents: Dameon Lester /// Display Case Reutilization Project /// Solo Exhibition
Feb 22 – Feb 28, 2010 /// Closing Reception Feb 28, 5 – 9pm
California State University /// Long Beach, CA 90815 /// Fine Arts, Building 3
CURATE THIS! 2010 /// BECA: Bridge for Emerging Contemporary Art
Participating Artist /// Online Exhibition, Artwork at 0:52 of Video
notBig /// Juried Show, Group Exhibition
Dec 11, 2009 – Jan 2, 2010
Logsdon 1909 Gallery /// 1909 South Halsted Street /// Chicago, IL 60608
312.666.8966 /// www.logsdon1909.com
2009 EXHIBITIONS
Geometric Sequence: Random or Otherwise /// Juried Show, Group Exhibition
Nov 1 – Dec 14, 2009 /// Online Exhibition
Caladan Gallery /// Cambridge, MA 02139
617.838.8929 /// www.caladangallery.com
The Ethnocentric Nature of Line /// Solo Exhibition
Sept 17 – Oct 16, 2009 Extended through Oct 30 /// Opening Reception Sept 17, 6 – 8pm
Irvine Valley College Art Gallery /// 5500 Irvine Center Drive /// Irvine, CA 92618
949.451.5404 /// www.ivc.edu/artgallery
2009 DigitalArt.LA /// Juried Show, Group Exhibition
Aug 13 – 15, 2009 /// Opening Reception Aug 13, 7 – 9pm
Los Angeles Center For Digital Art [ LACDA ] /// 107 West Fifth Street /// Los Angeles, CA 90013
323.646.9427 /// www.lacda.com
MOCA FRESH! Silent Auction
Event: May 9, 2009 /// 7 – 11pm /// Public Preview: May 2 – 8, 2009 /// 11am – 4pm
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA /// 152 North Central Avenue /// Los Angeles, CA 90013
ticket info: 213.633.5318 /// auction info: 213.621.1778 /// www.moca.org
OC Art Grant /// Juried Competition and Catalogue /// Honorable Mention
Roll Up Long Beach /// Group Exhibition
Apr 11, 2009 /// 7pm – 1am
Jet Studios /// 811 East 7th Street /// Long Beach, CA 90813
www.rulongbeach.com
Mail Art Festival 2009 /// Group Exhibition
Apr 6 – 30, 2009 /// Galeri Shah Alam /// Persiaran Tasik, Shah Alam, Malaysia
Works of Paper /// Solo Exhibition
Jan 10 – Feb 7, 2009 /// Opening Reception Jan 10, 6 – 9pm
Fifth Floor Gallery /// 502 Chung King Court /// Los Angeles, CA 90012
213.687.8443 /// www.fifthfloorgallery.com
The Art of Communication /// Group Exhibition
Jan 10 – Feb 7, 2009 /// Opening Reception Jan 10
Gallery RFD /// 106 N. Green Street /// Swainsboro, GA 30401
478.237.6873 /// www.galleryrfd.org
11th Annual Postcards From the Edge Benefit /// Group Exhibition
Jan 9 – 10, 2009
VISUAL AIDS /// 526 W. 26th St. #510 /// New York, NY 10001
212.627.9855 /// www.thebody.com/visualaids
2008 EXHIBITIONS
Naturally Synthetic /// Group Exhibition
Nov 1 – Dec 7, 2008 /// Opening Reception Nov 8, 6 – 9pm
@space Gallery /// 2202 N. Main Street /// Santa Ana, CA 92706
714.835.3730 /// www.atspacegallery.com
Fifth Floor is happy to host Dameon Lester’s second solo show at the gallery.
Unnatural Process presents some of Lester’s newest sculptural work in conjunction with the most recent evolution of his sculptural drawings. Using long strands of metal and felt, Lester meticulously knits biomorphic forms that evoke images of nature with a sometimes endearing and sometimes uneasy twist. The accompanying drawings are translations of these forms laser etched into felt mounted on panels. Many processes come together in the creation of these pieces including the manufacturing of natural materials which culminates in the various processes the artist uses to finalize the form. Felt and metal were some of the first and most important materials to be manipulated by man and Lester takes an unusual approach to them by using various methods which are at opposite ends of the technological spectrum. These vary from labor intensive hand knitting to the machine generated, thereby accentuating this relationship between the natural and man-made. This contrast of the laboring of the hand and the use of mechanized methods of production scratches at a theme that underlies all of Lester’s work: the human disconnect with nature and thereby ourselves.
Lester is a Long Beach based artist working primarily in sculpture. During the last 15 years he has traveled internationally in his studies and exhibited work in numerous galleries across the US. He received his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University, in sculpture, where he studied abroad at Loughborough College of Art and Design in the UK and Technikon Natal in South Africa. He received his MFA from the University of Nevada in 2000.