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Sidney Pink Prints
Prints are now available for purchase at:
www.littlepaperplanes.com
and
www.etsy.com The above is a one-color letterpress print on 5 x 7 in.
somerset watercolor paper. It is available at littlepaperplanes.com in an edition of 50 and all are
hand-signed and numbered.
Opening at Gildar Gallery
 New Works by Sidney Pink Paintings by Bill Dunlap Exhibition Dates Dec 7, 2012 - Dec 28, 2012 Opening Reception Dec 7, 2012 from 6-10pm
Gildar Gallery presents two concurrent exhibitions by Maryland based artists Sidney Pink and Bill Dunlap. Both artists create representational works on spare backdrops to very different effect. Click Here for more info.
One Love
 Mark your calendars… 30 artists have created artwork responding to the Baltimore Love Project and their pieces will all be on show for one night only. All of the art will be available as limited edition giclees FOR ONLY $50 EACH. 100% of the proceeds go to funding the last Baltimore Love Project walls. What’s not to love? At Creative Alliance on August 23 from 6-8pm.
Welcome to the World Opens on March 1
 In anticipation of my first solo show at Bold Hype Gallery, opening March 1st 2012, the gallery paid me a visit to my studio and asked a few questions. Click here to read the interview.
Welcome to the World
 Welcome to the World: New Works by Sidney Pink Bold Hype Gallery
March 1 - March 24, 2012 Opening Reception Thursday March 1 6-9pm Bold Hype Gallery 547 W 27th Street, 5th Floor NY, NY more
Year of the Dragon
 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 January 28 - February 15, 2012 Reception: Saturday January 28, 2012
Printed Matter 10
 GR2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 January 11 - January 25, 2012 Reception: Saturday January 11, 2012
Recent Illustration for the New York Times Magazine
 Illustration for the Aftercrimes article in the December 2010 "Year In Ideas" issue.
Paper Chasers
 Nudashank 405 W. Franklin Street 3rd Floor Baltimore, MD 21201 A group exhibition of works on paper. November 5 - November 26th, 2011
Reception: Saturday November 5th, 2011
Tendencies
 Tendencies Bold Hype Gallery March 10 - April 5, 2011 Opening Reception Thursday March 10 6-9pm 'Tendencies' features drawings and paintings by Sean Morris, Lori D, and Sidney Pink. The show takes a surreal and humorous look at people and our often backwards ways, our strange habits, interests, and vices. Bold Hype Gallery 547 W 27th Street, 5th Floor NY, NY more
Post-It Show at Barcelona Atticus Gallery
 Barcelona Atticus Gallery Calle Lledo n 10 08002 BCN Barcelona 93.319.34.76 www.atticusbcn.com Post-It Reception: May 5th - May 26th more
Year of the Rabbit
 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 February 5 - March 2, 2010 Reception: Saturday February 5, 2011 6:30-10:00pm more
Upcoming Exhibitions
 Almost Always Double Punch, San Francisco, CA May 26-June 30, 2011 Non Sequitur Hibbleton, New York, NY Jan 7-30, 2011 Art in Boxes AG Gallery, New York, NY Nov 26, 2010 – Feb 20, 2011 Feeling Better Already Double Punch Gallery, San Francisco, CA Dec 10 – 31, 2010 AAF NYC Bold Hype Gallery Booth, New York, NY September 22 - September 25, 2010 Printed Matter 8 Giant Robot, New York, NY July 10 – August 4, 2010
Post-It V
 Giant Robot NY 437 East 9th Street New York, New York 10009 grny.net 212-674-4769 Post-It V Art on Sticky Notes Reception: Sat June 19th, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. more  Strangers Bold Hype Gallery June 3 - July 3, 2010 Opening Reception Thursday June 3 6-9pm Bold Hype Gallery 547 W 27th Street, 5th Floor NY, NY more  Mental Mazes Double Punch Gallery May 8 - June 8, 2010 Opening Reception Saturday May 8 7pm till late New Works by Jesse LeDoux, Mia Christopher, Sidney Pink, Tom Haubrick, Steve Seeley, Kyle Pellet, Amy Vazquez, and Yan Copelli. Double Punch Gallery 1821 Powell St SF CA at Filbert 415.399.9785 more
Natural Remedies
Stephanie Kaye joins curator Sidney Pink, on WAMU's Metro Connection for a sneak peek at the new exhibition,'Natural Remedies.' The show is made up of the works of two Charm City artists; Caitlin Cunningham and Alex Ebstein. Together they do away with medicine's sometimes antiseptic quality - and replace that with some psychedelic imagery. Click here to listen to the radio story. You can see 'Natural Remedies' through May 30th at the John Fonda Gallery, located at Theatre Project in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon neighborhood.
Small Favors
 Giant Robot NY 437 East 9th Street New York, New York 10009 grny.net 212-674-4769 Small Favors Reception: Sat Feb 6, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. more
New People Collection
 SUPERFORG GALLERY At NEW PEOPLE 1746 Post St, San Francisco, CA 94115 415-525-8631 February 13 - March 21, 2010 Reception: Sat February 13, 5-8pm more The NEW PEOPLE COLLECTION in the SUPERFROG Gallery brings together a vivid mix of pop art visionaries. Enjoy new works from edgy Japanese film director Katsuhito Ishii, Sidney Pink, one of Japan’s most inspirational gaijin (foreign) artists, as well as inspired pieces from Junko Mizuno, Kim Songhe, Mikito Ozeki and Yoshitaka Amano. A special opening party will be held on Saturday, February 13th from 5:00pm – 8:00pm. To attend, please sign up for an e-mail newsletter at www.newpeopleworld.com . The NEW PEOPLE ARTIST VILLAGE Vol. 2 also kicks off on Saturday, February 13th with a Valentines-themed art emporium taking place from 12:00 noon to 8:00pm. The one-day-only event will feature eleven vendors stationed in kiosks throughout the building offering works from an eclectic mix of Asian and Western artists influenced by Japanese pop culture.
Year of the Tiger
 GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 February 13 - March 10, 2010 Reception: Saturday February 13, 6:30-10pm more
Photos From Men At Work
 Click here for some photo's from the "Men At Work" opening at Giant Robot. And a few more by my friend Zach are here.
Aqua Art Miami
I'm going to have work at the Bold Hype Gallery booth at Aqua Art Miami this December. Aqua Art Miami is a contemporary art fair that takes place in Miami concurrent with Art Basel Miami Beach. Aqua started in 2005 as an experimental project at the Aqua Hotel in South Beach near Art Basel, and eventually expanded to include a larger booth-style fair called Aqua Wynwood. December 3 - December 6, 2009 Preview Brunch: December 3 Aqua Art Miami 42 NE 25th St. Miami FL 33137 (at N Miami Ave) more more about Bold Hype
Men at Work
 Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street New York, New York 10009 grny.net 212-674-4769 Men at Work Opening Saturday November 14 at 6:30pm more
Giant Robot Biennale: 15 Years
 I'm going to have a drawing in the "Giant Robot Biennale: 15 Years" show at the Japanese American National Museum. Curated by Giant Robot co-founder and co-editor Eric Nakamura, this expanded follow-up to the 2007 exhibition Giant Robot Biennale: 50 Issues will highlight artists associated with the magazine over the past 15 years. October 24, 2009 - January 24, 2010 Opening: October 24, 2009 Japanese American National Museum 369 East First Street Los Angeles, California 90012 (213) 625-0414 more
Illustrative 09
 I'm going to have 9 pieces at Illustrative 09 this October. Illustrative is the leading international forum for contemporary illustration and graphic arts. Every year at two different creative cities around the world, the exhibition displays an inspiring collection of current illustrative und graphical art with over 600 works from more than 60 artists. Berlin Oct 16 - Nov 1, 2009 Opening (invitation only) Oct 15, 2009, 7pm Villa Elisabeth Invalidenstr. 3 10115 Berlin Hours: Every day 11am to 8pm more
Printed Matter GR2
GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 July 11 - August 5, 2009 Reception July 11, 6:30-10pm more
Elodi
There's an article about my work in issue one of Elodi, page 38. Click here to read the article.
Giant Robot 15 Years
 Giant Robot San Francisco 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 June 20, 2009 - July 15, 2009 Reception: Saturday June 20 6:30pm-10:00pm more
Paraffin Poster
 Here's a couple of poster designs I did for the upcoming show 'Paraffin.' The show opens on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 at Theatre Project in Baltimore, MD. For more info about Theatre Project click here.
Paraffin Poster 2
Pencil Pushers
 Giant Robot San Francisco 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 May 16, 2009 - June 17, 2009 Reception: Saturday May 16 6:30pm-10:00pm more
A NY Print Show (aka: Printed Matter 5)
 Giant Robot Gallery 437 East 9th Street New York, New York 10009 grny.net 212-674-4769 May 9, 2009 - June 3, 2009 Reception: Saturday May 9 at 6:30pm more
Tree Show V
 Giant Robot San Francisco 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 April 18, 2009 - May 13, 2009 Reception: Saturday April 18 6:30pm-10:00pm more
Out of Order
Maryland Art Place 8 Market Place, Suite 100 Baltimore, MD 21202 410-962-8565 Friday, April 3, 2009 at 8pm more
Interview with Sidney Pink: Ready for Sunny Days Ahead
 Interview from www.poketo.com PK: Hey Sidney! How are you today? SP: I am feeling good. As spring approaches I am feeling a sense of renewal and a fresh start. PK: Can you tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started with art? SP: I grew up in Hagerstown, Maryland, which is not far from Baltimore and D.C. I have always had a passion for the visual arts from a young age. I was fortunate to have the opportunity to study at the Maryland Institute College of Art. That experience exposed me to a lot of different people and ideas. I am always driven to create new work and I am restless when I am not producing new stuff. Every new drawing is a struggle but it is that challenge that makes the process and the product worth it. PK: Many of your drawings incorporate old sci-fi elements with seemingly ordinary schoolgirls and businessmen looking types. What’s the connection? SP: My current visual style developed while I was living in Japan. School uniforms and salarymen are common sights in Tokyo. Those types of characters are also very common in anime and manga, which I was exposed to a lot during that time. I like the iconic pop quality that the “school girl” and “man in suit” give to my drawings, but I have tried to make them my own. These characters are sometimes allies in my fictional world, but are often in some kind of conflict. I love everything science fiction so it is natural for me to include it in my work. PK: Tell us the story about what’s going on in your wallet design for Poketo. Why is the octopus being zapped? SP: I do have a loose narrative in my mind for my work as a whole, but individual drawings are often created with the visual juxtapositions and line-work in mind. I like the viewer to create the narrative or meaning for themselves. PK: Where does the schoolgirl in the wallet go to school? SP: Nishimachi International School. PK: What are some things, ideas, themes you always try to capture in your art? SP: I want my work to both evoke meaning for the viewer and function as a beautiful image. Visually speaking, I love spare drawings that invite the viewer into delicate line work and simple forms. In regard to meaning or themes, I often want to create a sense of awkward relationships or moments of tension. I hope to expand my current catalogue of characters and their visual landscape. Eventually I would like to have a body of work that represents a whole reality. PK: Describe to us your perfect Sunday afternoon. SP: My perfect Sunday would start with a hike in a park on a warm day with my wife. We would then have lunch at a little café in the city. We would spend the afternoon napping and reading in a sunny room. In the evening we would watch an old black and white movie from the 40’s. PK: That sounds absolutely perfect. Thanks for the interview!
Game Over/Continue?
 Giant Robot San Francisco 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 March 27, 2009 - April 15, 2009 Reception: Friday, March 27 6:30pm-10:00pm more
Poketo + Little Paper Planes Wallet Series
 Poketo is getting ready to bring out a new line of limited edition wallets that they have done with Little Paper Planes. Keep your eye out for the release! Here’s a peak in the mean time. more
Giant Robot SF Interview with Sidney Pink
 Interview from www.gr-sf.com GRSF: How long did you live in Japan? What were some of the major influences on you while you were there, and how did that affect your art? Sidney Pink: I lived in Japan for four years. I found living in a foreign country presents constant challenges, which helped me to change and grow as a person. In regard to my art, I was constantly inspired by Japanese popular culture: everything from manga and anime to street graphics. But I think the subtler tone of gestures and human relationships in my work is a reflection of my experiences in Japan. GRSF: Your work has an amazingly deep simplicity to it. How can you tell when your work is done, or when there's something left to add? Sidney Pink: I don't edit myself or think a lot about how much to include in my work. A large part of my working method is to experiment and work without preconceived ideas. There are many drawings that I am often not happy with and decide not to exhibit. Some of my favorite drawings have been born out of accidents or unexpected circumstances while working in my studio. The process and discipline of working are both important parts of creating my work. GRSF: What are some influences on your art? Sidney Pink: I look for inspiration in every aspect of my life. For me, being open to influences is a frame-of-mind and something I have to work at. I often look for simple visual relationships and juxtapositions that might be a starting point for a drawing. I am influenced by lines and shapes in my environment, graphics and images in all kinds of media and print, or an image I see in my head while reading a book. GRSF: Can you tell us about the characters in your art? The schoolgirls, the squids, the men in suits...Do they represent specific things for you each time? Or are we meant to simply interpret them for ourselves, define them in our own way? Sidney Pink: My drawings have an illustrative quality and sometimes an implied narrative. I want viewers to interpret my work for themselves. I think visually which is often the jumping off point for a drawing. I have found that my final interpretation of meaning for a drawing might be very different from someone else's. I like that ambiguity in my work. GRSF: How did the GEISAI shows help you as an artist? Sidney Pink: GEISAI was the highlight and culmination of my experiences in Japan as an artist. Being part of such a high profile event really pushed me to create higher quality work and to further develop my visual style. GEISAI was a great opportunity to network and really get my name out there. GEISAI has an intensity of energy and represents a new kind of discourse in the Japanese art market. It was wonderful to be a part of all that. GRSF: With all of your work, the titles add so much meaning to the pieces themselves. Do those come after the work is done? Or prior? Sidney Pink: I write down interesting words and phrases in my notebook as I think of them. Once a drawing is finished I use my collection of notes as ideas for titles. Sometimes I pull phrases directly from the book or use combinations of phrases to create titles. I want my titles to add something to the drawing. I see the title as a little poem that adds layers to a work or raises questions about the meaning of the work.
For the Love Of...
Giant Robot San Francisco 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 February 21, 2009-March 25, 2009 Reception: Saturday, February 21, 6:30pm more
AG Artists Shop Vol.2
AG Gallery 103 North 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 January 30 - March 15, 2008 Reception: January 30, 7-10pm more
Printed Matter IV
Giant Robot San Francisco 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 December 13, 2008-January 14, 2009 Reception: Saturday, December 13, 6:30pm more
AG Artist's Shop
AG Gallery 103 North 3rd Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 November 21 - January 25, 2008 Reception: November 21, 7-10pm more
Locus Issue 5
 Locus issue 5 is now out, which includes interviews with eight emerging artists. It features portraits of artists in their studios and an article on Baltimore’s Paperwork Gallery with my drawing "Pac Man" on page 32. Locus Magazine is an independently published biannual art magazine based in Baltimore, Maryland. Their mission is to provide a forum for local, emerging producers of culture. Ultimately, they want Locus to have the accessibility and immediacy of a magazine while also possessing the quality, thoughtfulness, and presence of a fine art book. Click here to purchase.
Paper Airplane Catalogue
 The catalogue for the Paper Airplane exhibition at Paperwork Gallery is now available. Click here to purchase.
Suggestion Box at GR2
 Suggestion Box A group show featuring new works by artists selected by Giant Robot store and magazine staffs in addition to pieces by many of the staffers themselves. GR2 2062 Sawtelle Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90025 July 19 - August 13, 2008 Reception July 19, 6:30-10pm more
Paper Airplane Photos
 BMOREART Blog has posted photos from the Paper Airplane opening at Paperwork Gallery. To see the photos click here. You can also see photos at There Were Ten Tigers.
GEISAI Museum 2 Wrap Up
Kaikai Kiki has released the GEISAI Museum 2 Wrap Up Press Release. Here is an excerpt: ” American artist Sidney Pink, a native of Baltimore, Maryland, who moved to Japan four years ago, delighted as his booth completely sold out. His drawings, which depict traditional Japanese schoolgirls crossed with themes from retro science fiction, were purchased by collectors including Sohaku Yamashita of Art Fair Tokyo, and caught the eye of Giant Robot publisher/merchandiser Eric Nakamura. According to Pink, "...GEISAI was not just an opportunity, but a challenge to push myself to the highest level of my abilities as an artist.” To read the full Press Release click here and click on “Download the Wrap Up Press Release”
Paper Airplane at Paperwork Gallery
Paper Airplane Group show of works on paper Paperwork Gallery 107 E. Preston Street Baltimore, MD 21202 June 26 - August 30, 2008 Reception June 26, 7-9pm more
15 x 15: Alumni Exhibition
Meyerhoff Gallery Maryland Institute College of Art 1300 Mount Royal Avenue Baltimore, MD 21217 June 5-22, 2008 Reception June 8, 1pm
GEISAI Museum 2 Photos
 On May 11th I participated in Takashi Murakami's art fair, Geisai Museum 2. I was honored with a Geisai Museum 2 Jury Award Nomination. To see all the pictures from the event click here
GEISAI Museum 2
Sidney Pink artist booth: # C-055 Tokyo Big Sight, East 4 Hall 3-21-1 Ariake Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-0063 May 11, 2008 10am-6pm more
I and You
Work by Sidney Pink and Britt Sanders Abacot Gallery 970 N. Broadway, Suite #201 Los Angeles CA 90012 February 9-March 8, 2008 Reception February 9, 6pm more
Tokyo Art Beat Interview
Click here to see an interview by Tokyo Art Beat with me at the opening of my solo exhibition, The Vostok 40. The exhibition is at The Pink Cow in Tokyo and runs until January 31st. The details are below.
The VOSTOK 40
Drawings by Sidney Pink The Pink Cow 1-3-18 Shibuya Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0002 January 4-31, 2008 Reception January 6, 7pm
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