Since 1996, Michael Salter has participated in developing the artist-run space, Lump Gallery in Raleigh, NC and has recently opened the new project space, LumpWest in Eugene, Oregon. He has exhibited nationally and internationally, including his recent show, "Are you sure" at Jeff Bailey Gallery in New York City. Appropriately titled, this exhibition challenges our perceptions of everyday media, merging the vernacular of commercial design with a willful irrationality. While the commercial appeal of Salter's work attributes to it's accessibility, the way in which the imagery and surfaces are designated confuses our expectations of both advertising and commodity. Daily Serving recently spoke to Michael Salter about past projects and his most recent solo show in New York City.

All Photos Courtesy: Jeff Bailey Gallery and the Artist

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Theresa Sapergia's show, A Thousand Natural Shocks, opened March 15th, 2008 at Cerasoli Gallery in Culver City, Los Angeles. Drawings, mostly large-scale and monochromatic, of various animals and one monumental depiction of the artist as both nymph and satyr hang in the front section of the gallery. The drawings have a tranquilized or sedated vibe to them, and yet there is also a drowsy yearning towards - for lack of a better word - nirvana.

Theresa Sapergia received a B.F.A. from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. and an M.F.A. from Concordia University in Montreal. She has exhibited at AIR Gallery in New York City, and across Canada in Vancouver, Toronto & Montreal. She currently lives and works in Prince George, British Columbia. Please read below for a full interview with the artist by Darrin Little.

Interview by Darrin Little for DailyServing - Photo Courtesy: Cerasoli Gallery

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Package Deals is an international artist film series program that explores artist videos through a site specific curatorial approach. Fueled by the work of Kelly Shindler and Deirdre Corley, Package Deals has explored a vast range of artist video selected from Iceland, Sweden and other Scandinavian and North American cultural sites. These video "packages" then travel around the world to locations such as Hong Kong, Athens, New York City, and Charleston, SC to be publicaly viewed. DailyServing recently spoke to Kelly and Deirdre about their previous projects and what's to come. Read the full interview with Package Deals below. All images courtesy of PD.

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The Annandale hotel, one of Sydney's most popular live music venues converted their unused top level into an art space to host Dead Galaxy, an exhibition of collage works by Paul "Presser" Towner, drummer from Sydney band, Gerling. The band formed in 1993, with a music career spanning almost fifteen years and four studio albums, their success has included an international tour, performances alongside burlesque act, the Suicide Girls and collaborative tracks with Kylie Minogue and Solex. Dead Galaxy is Towner's first art exhibition. DailyServing recently caught up with Presser to discuss the work.

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Currently on view at OKOK Gallery in Seattle is "Exact Change," new works by artist Grant Barnhart. For his fourth exhibition with the gallery, Barnhart has completed a series of paintings and a site-specific installation in the space. Barnhart has an forth coming exhibition scheduled in 2008 with Leslie's Art Gallery in Luxembourg and will be represented in Miami this month at Aqua Wynwood, Art Now Fair and Gen Art. The artist recently spoke with DailyServing about his current body of work featuring tinkling tanks, rockets and portraits in multi-colored leotards.

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Opening this Thursday at the RHYS Gallery in Boston will be an exhibition of several new works by Los Angeles-based artist Amir H. Fallah. On view in the gallery will be one of Fallah's signature fort/terrarium installations which will contain live cacti and music by Minor Threat. Fallah, who is also the founder and creative director of Beautiful/Decay Magazine, has exhibited internationally with the Third Line Gallery in Dubai and participated in the recent Rogue Wave exhibition at the L.A. Louver Gallery. DailyServing recently spoke with Fallah about his upcoming exhibition, new directions in his work and his pick of L.A. artists, read the full interview below.

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Curator and arts writer Carrie E.A. Scott has recently developed as a prominent force within the Seattle arts community. Scott is currently the director of the James Harris Gallery, having brought recent shows to the space such as the Rashid Johnson exhibition "Dark Matters" and recent paintings by Seattle-based artist Scott Foldesi. In addition to her duties at the James Harris Gallery, Scott is the curator for the Hedreen Gallery, a non-profit arts space housed in the Lee Center for the Arts at the Seattle University. Scott has produced numerous exhibitions within that space, including "Screen Shots: Selected works on screen by Justin Beckman, James Coupe and Tivon Rice", "Intricate Matter: Sculpture by Artist Eric Eley," and works by Jon Huck pictured below. Seattle Weekly, Seattle Magazine and Visual Codec regularly feature her selected writings and reviews, and Scott has a forthcoming article with Sculpture Magazine, "Sculpting Technology: The Monumental Art of Shawn Brixey and James Coupe." DailyServing recently caught up with the young curator to discuss more of her ideas, read the full interview below.

Jon Huck

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Recent Boston University graduate Matt Phillips is currently being featured in an exhibition titled "Orderline," which is organized by Petra Projects and hosted at the Mehr Gallery in New York City. The exhibition unites Phillips' recent paintings with the textiles and drawings of Pratt Institute graduate Eliza Stamps. Phillips approaches painting through several simultaneous avenues, experimenting with painting as both object and illusion. The artist recently exhibited in the second-annual Boston Young Contemporaries (BYC), a student-run, juried exhibition that features more than 150 new works by MFA and POST-BAC candidates from 11 New England Schools. The artist is originally from Roanoke, Virginia, and received his degree in visual art and art history from Hampshire College, where he will begin teaching as a visiting professor this fall. Click the link below to read the interview with the artist.

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On view now at the Redux Contemporary Art Center in Charleston, S.C., is "Tentacle House," new works by Korean artist Si Jae Byun. Byun was the 2007 artist in residence with Redux, completing the program only five days ago. The work of Byun often revolves around the artist's childhood experiences, focusing on inner conflict from social experiences, which are communicated to the viewer through the interactivity of her pieces. Using characterized images of human organs and videos that incorporate the artist's own body, Byun creates vibrant youthful works using multiple materials to achieve her diverse ideas. Byun currently lives and works in New York City. She received a BFA and MFA from the Kookmin University in Seoul, Korea, and has just completed her second MFA from the School of the Visual Arts in New York City. The artist has exhibited internationally, including "Da-Da-Da-Da-Da" with the Shin Art Museum and installations with the Seoul Art Center and the Seoul Museum of Art in Korea. Additional group exhibitions include "kinaesthetics" at Visual Arts Gallery in New York City and "Dual Scenery" at Artcom Center in New Jersey. To read an interview with the artist, please click below.

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Wolfgang Bauer, an Austrian artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, recently sat for an interview with DailyServing. (See his previous DS feature.) Bauer was educated in Austria and in the U.S. at the Hochschule fuer Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Vienna and Salzburg and the University of Southern California. This month, Bauer will be exhibiting "Spring Awakenings," a new series of paintings with Found Gallery in Los Angeles.

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