Group show this Friday at Co-Prosperity Sphere

The Level Eater is an annual event hosted by the Co-Prosperity Sphere in collaboration with Pentagon.

This 2nd annual event will focus on artists’ work that play with or have gained influence from Science Fiction or Fantasy. The work was all curated under the mission of Level Eater’s gaming retreat. There will be a selection of painting, drawing, sculpture, sound, photography and video. There will be also areas for viewers to participate and play fantasy games. Viewers are encouraged to bring any game they wish to share. There will be an assortment of games to also be played.

For more info please visit:
http://pentagongallery.tumblr.

http://coprosperity.org/2011/0

http://www.facebook.com/event.


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An interview about teaching art and going to school:

HERE
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Check out the interview here:

http://issuu.com/artistportfol

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Big Youth: Two Years After its Close, Where Are They Now?
by Stephanie Cristello


Check it out here:

http://chicagoartmagazine.com/

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As part of the Italian Cultural Institue of Chicago's (ICI) group show in conjunction with the Venice Bienale, myself and another presenter will be giving a slide show talk. My slide show is about Sienese painting's influence on my work including a preview of a soon to be shown 5'x10' piece I made in egg tempera!

The other presenter, Sarah Nodelman, is going to show slides she photographed from this year's Bienale, including the Italian Pavilion. The whole thing including any questions shouldn't take more than an hour and a half.

Attached is the press release that the ICI put together for the August 25 event. There's an RSVP element to the invite, so let them know if you're coming. There will be refreshments!

Istituto Italiano di Cultura
500 N Michigan Avenue
Suite 1450
Chicago, IL 60611
iicchicago@esteri.it
www.iicchicago@esteri.it
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"A Sense of Place" represents Chicago as one of eighty-nine satellite exhibitions featured in the Italian Pavilion in the World at the 54th International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennale. Organized by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in honor of the 150th anniversary of the unification of Italy, the Italian Pavilion brings together Cultural Institutes from across the globe to promote Italian art as it has emerged internationally over the past decade.

This local presentation - represented at the Venice Biennale through film - highlights the work of seven exceptional, Chicago-based artists who share a connection with Italy's landscape and culture as inspiration for their practice. Through the works on view, "A Sense of Place" also considers how we understand and engage our own experiences of a place, and how such encounters continue to permeate our sensibility.

The opening on Friday, June 3rd is free and open to the public. Reservations requested by May 27th. (312) 822-9545.

The exhibition is open through September 16th Monday through Friday from 9 am to 5pm.

Istituto Italiano di Cultura
500 N Michigan Avenue
Suite 1450
Chicago, IL 60611
iicchicago@esteri.it
www.iicchicago@esteri.it
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April 23-24th
@ the Geolofts
3636 S. Iron Street in Bridgeport

Hours:

Saturday 1-10pm
Sunday 1-5pm

Recent works by me!

Lloyd Dobler Gallery - Booth #207
Side Car Gallery - TBA
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The group show is in Chicago! Come see us!

1545 W. Division Second Floor Chicago, IL 60642 t:312.961.8706

lloyddoblergallery@gmail.com

For more info:

http://www.lloyddoblergallery.

and our blog:

http://www.666exhibition.blogs
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Group Show currated by Ryan Travis Christian

Works by: Carl Baratta (Chicago), Timothy Bergstrom (Chicago), Samantha Bittman (Chicago), Ted Gahl (NYC), Rogelio Gamez (Oakland), David Leggett (Chicago), Shona Macdonald (Chicago), Rachel Niffenegger (Chicago), Paul Nudd (Chicago), Marcie Oakes (Chicago), Melissa Oresky (Chicago), Tyson Reeder (Chicago), Kate Ruggeri (Chicago), Deb Sokolow (Chicago), and Scott Wolniak (Chicago)

FFDG
248 Fillmore St.
SF, CA
94117

For more information please visit: http://ffdg.net/
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ARC Gallery
Exhibition dates: March 2-26, 2011
Gallery hours: Wed to Sat 12-6 pm, and Sun. 12-4 pm

With: Alberto Aguilar · Isak Applin · Carl Barrata · Rose DiSalvo · Rebecca Walz

|www.arcgallery.org |
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I have some larger pieces in this 3 person show here in Chicago, opening January 22nd.

With Joshua Reames & James Fuentes

Directions: http://www.swimmingpoolproject
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I have some work up at the Darke Gallery (Houston, TX), Friday, January 14th -- February 26th. Stop by if you're in town!

Opening pics coming after the actual opening!

http://web.me.com/darkegallery
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January 8-29, 2011*

*This exhibition is the first of six exhibitions in each of the home cities of each of the artists involved.

Opening Reception:
January 8, Saturday, 8-11pm with music performance at 8pm by die Fistery

QUEENS NAILS PROJECTS
3191 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
www.queensnailsprojects.com
queensnailsprojects@gmail.com

Artists: Jeff Badger (Portland, ME), Carl Baratta (Chicago), Amanda Curreri (San Francisco), Joanne Lefrak (Santa Fe), Kathy Leisen (Detroit), and Dan Schank (Philadelphia).

6/6/6 is a traveling exhibition that created itself through connectivity. With the proliferation of social networking and technology-based communication, making real connections becomes more important than ever. Each artist in this exhibition has selected one other artist who lives and works in a different community, forming a network of art communities and developing personal connections among artists and audiences. This effort makes introduces new practitioners to each locale and infuses each region with new energy from around the country. Like a chain letter, this process is expansive and like an exquisite corpse, the results are surprising and unexpected. Appropriately for a show about drawing connections, the show takes the drawn line as its subject and features artists from all over the country. The exhibition, in a sense, created itself by means of connectivity.

www.666exhibition.blogspot.com
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I have 2 new paintings up at Ebersmoore Gallery in the West Loop. Also 2 new black and white drawings for the Ah Wilderness book. This is a huge group show with a ton of great artists involved.

Come check it out:

Opening: Friday 12.17.2010 @ 6-9pm

Directions: http://ebersmoore.com/info.htm
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I have 2 new paintings up at Pentagon Gallery in Pilsen. Come check it out. Also that evening, they will be showing my favorite movie: Flas Gordon!

with: Carl Baratta, Carolina Wheat, Montgomery Perry Smith, Theodore Darst, Ryan Ingebritson

Pentagon Gallery
961 West 19th street Chicago, Il 60608
Opening Reception Saturday the 10th of July 2010 from 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Closing Monday the 26th of July 2010 at 9:00pm

Call for appointment after the 10th of July 2010

http://pentagon961.blogspot.co

Bad At Sports Top 5 Weekend Picks: http://badatsports.com/2010/to
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I have a painting in this show. So if you're around, go check it out!

Grand Rapids Art Museum
101 Monroe Center
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
616-831-1000
http://www.artmuseumgr.org/
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Group show at Western Exhibitions. For more information:
http://westernexhibitions.com/

Reviews:

hc2.ca:
http://hc2.ca/2009/03/carl-bar

Trend Hunter:
http://www.trendhunter.com/tre

Gapers Block:
http://gapersblock.com/ac/venu
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Check it out:

http://fnewsmagazine.com/wp/20
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Check out the latest issue and back issues here:

http://www.bailliwik.org/
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2 person show with my fellow painter, Mr. Isak Applin in Galesburg IL.

Review:

http://www.theknoxstudent.com/
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Solo Show up at Vox Populi in my old home town, Philly!

More information here:

http://www.voxpopuligallery.or
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Check out my interview with The Chicagoist:

http://chicagoist.com/2009/10/
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July 11-September 5, 2009
Opening reception SATURDAY July 11, 5-9 pm
Followed by an afterparty at Roots & Culture
1034 North Milwaukee Avenue

Reviews:

Time Out:
|http://http://chicago.timeout.com/articles/art-design/76802/big-youth-at-corbett-vs-dempsey-art-review|

New City:
http://art.newcity.com/2009/07

Daily Serving
http://dailyserving.com/2009/07/big-youth/
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New gallery in Hammond, IN! Side Car Gallery.

Sweep the Inside Out
Currated group show with:

Bob Reinard
Jeremy Price
Jeremy Somer
Mindy Schwartz
Sarah Hicks
Chris Miller
Dan Gunn
Karolina Gnatowsky

email: sidecargallery@gmail.com for more information
Check out Friends & Community Page for individual artist links!

Check it out:

http://www.fecalface.com/SF/

Seach under 'Carl Baratta' for the interview.
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Solo show at Western Exhibitions. More information here:

http://www.westernexhibitions.

Reviews:

New City:
http://art.newcity.com/2008/10

Daily Serving:
http://dailyserving.com/author

Chicago Sun Times:
Baratta makes the abstract a reality in paintings.(Carl Baratta) November 7, 2008 (Dead Link)


The Reader:Critic's Choice: Carl Baratta. by Bert Stabler, October 16, 2008 (Dead link)
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Group show at Western Exhibitions. For more information:

3 Landscapes in The Modern Style, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL, 2008
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Check out the interview here:

http://theextrafinger.blogspot
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'Keep The River on The Right'

Check it out:
http://www.westernexhibitions.
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Of great import: Isak Applin and I have started up Enkidu Publications. We have released a collaborative relief print! We still have some if you are interested.

Enkidu Publications is a small, private publishing firm devoted to creating and distributing handcrafted, yet accessible, contemporary
images. Keep the River on the Right was conceived and drawn by Isak
Applin and I. 100 copies of Keep the River on the Right were printed on
honen Japanese paper by David Wolfe and Isak at his press in southern Maine.

We have many wood block prints in the works, so stay tuned!
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Check out the reviews of our 2 person show! Read more at The Green Lantern Press:

http://greenlanternpress.wordp

New City's Top 5 Gallery Shows, 2007:
http://www.newcitychicago.com/
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2 person show with one of my favorite painters, Iva Gueorguieva at Western Exhibitions!

Review at Time Out Chicago:
http://chicago.timeout.com/art

Please visit www.westernexhibitions.com for more information.
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