Featuring the artwork of
Dave Lowell, Graham Franciose and Brent
Houzenga
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Art Whino makes it’s way to Austin, TX for its “Lone Star State” premiere.
Art Whino will be showcasing some of the
area’s best talent. Texas artists Dave Lowell and Graham Francoise join Iowa
artist Brent Houzenga in a powerful Now Brow exhibition, three distinct but
cohesive artistic stylings. These artists deliver works that cover the whole
spectrum, from the illustrative works of Graham Franciose contrasts well with
the stencil works of edgy Dave Lowell and interpretive Brent Houzenga. Together
they pack a powerful punch of New Brow figurative works with a Texas twang.
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Saturday, May 22th, from 5pm – 11pm
Location: Seventy
Seven Gallery
900 E. 6th St. #103, Austin TX 78702
Show end date: June
5th
Live DJ sets by:
Weight, Mad Classy, and Irresponsible
Voltron
The event is FREE and open to the public.
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| Dave Lowell
 Dave works with a combination of multi-layer
stencils and freehand spraying. His preference is using found materials as
canvas when possible. He likes the challenge it presents; ad how the materials
are utilized to contrast and balance the aesthetic of his work. He includes
elements of text and writing which adds a level of exchange with the viewer. He
also has two cats and says he is still growing up in Austin, Texas.
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| Graham Franciose
 Relatable and honest, Graham's works are some of
the most gentle, yet emotionally evocative works ever featured at Art Whino. His
imaginative illustrative paintings are small in size and big on emotion, each
depicting its own little narrative, often dreamily reminiscent, reaching deep
into the human condition and showing us all little pieces of ourselves along the
way.
"A lot of my work deals with the quiet moments in a story, between
the excitement and action where characters deal with internal conflicts, doubt,
loneliness, wonder, apprehension. My work often comes across as sad and
melancholy, but there is always a sense of hope that I am trying to
portray."
Graham Franciose graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the
Hartford Art School in 2005l. He has exhibited his work for the last five years
across the United States and has been published in various art publications and
children's educational books. When he is not painting he is probably riding his
skateboard, rolling skeeballs, spending time with his girlfriend, or wishing he
was doing any of those things.
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| Brent Houzenga
 Brent Houzenga is an artist living in Des Moines,
IA. Houzenga is originally from Fulton, IL. He studied printmaking and graphic
design at Western Illinois University before moving to Des Moines in 2006. Since
relocating to Des Moines Houzenga's work has been featured in many group and
solo shows on the local and national level.
Houzenga’s inspiration stems
from modern art, comic books, punk rock posters and album covers, graphic
design, street art and the desire to accomplish something with his time spent on
earth.
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| Art Whino
 Art Whino is a DC based art gallery whose
mission is to bring together the freshest and rawest talent from around the
world. With over 700 artists in the Art Whino arsenal, ranging from California
to New York, Germany to Japan and beyond, Art Whino has become an all
encompassing force in the art world. Exhibitions cover the whole spectrum of new
art forms ranging from exposing emerging stencil and wheat pasting artists to
showcasing the most skilled leaders of many different genres.
http://www.artwhino.com
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| Seventy Seven
 Come visit the newly opened Gallery in downtown
Austin whose goal is to exhibit talented young emerging artists. With the owner
Jon Bookers background as an artists himself he thrives to expose the latest
talent for the Texas area.
http://seventysevengallery.com/
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