Chimeria Festival in France

This comming 23rd of October is teh opening to a visionary Art group show in Sedan, france. I am stoked to be part of teh lineup there, to share wall space with greats as Venosa, Peter Grit, Skamoto and HR Giger. What an honor, whish I could be there.
For more info, please go here: http://www.chimeria.org/2010/index.php?r=2

Interview with Slam Art Network

I just got another interview with an Art Magazine blog from Florida called Slam. It's a good one, check it here: http://artslammagazine.com/?p=6867

Illustrations in Maple Vedas, book release

My friend Gandhar Chakravarty is a great poet and he just published his second book called "The Maple Vedas". Inside that book you can find a bunch of my illustrations he is using to illustrate his words.
He is launching it tomorrow Wednesday September 22 from 5 to 8 at Librarie Olivieri on 5219 Cote des Nieges, Montreal.
For more info on this project go to www.8thhousepublishing.com .

Show with Other at Yves Laroche Gallery

Other is one of Montreal's best street artists that kills it at many styles and travels the world doing his thing. He has recently published a book and will be releasing it at the popular gallery Yves Laroche on September 30th. For this he invited a few of his artist friends, including me, to show art on paper. Super stoked on that!
Yves Laroche Gallery: 6355 Saint Laurent, MTL

Satori Movement Webpage Interview

Yesterday, Satori Movement, the awesome San Francisco Skate brand I do work for, had a full on interview with me on their webpage. Good stuff, check it out here: http://satoriwheels.org/news/chris-dyer/

German record covers for shows n book

This here is the front n back cover artwork for the German rock band Amos. I was one of hundreds of international artists that did these pieces for their latest album (Show time) that will be shown in galleries across Germany and eventually end up as a phat book. The piece is for sale on their web page http://www.amos-showtime.com/gallery/2010/08/22/chris-dyer/ so hook it up!

Toronto Events this coming weekend

This upcoming weekend I will be going to Toronto for a couple of fun events. The first one is a Sneak preview Screening of my new documentary, Positive Creations. The editing of it is pretty much done, we are just mastering the sound and creating the bonus disc before producing the DVD, to be on sale in October. The Screening will help us get some feedback on what can be improved in the film. It' is happening this Friday September 10th at 6pm sharp, at Longboard Living Store (74 Oxford St. in the Kensington Market). For more info go here.
The second event will be a Block Party in the Kensington Market (289 College) where I will be doing some live painting and products sales at the Longboard Living Table there. So stop by and say hi!

New graff

Being a hot sunny summer in Montreal doesn't really make it easy staying at home doing art indoors, so I've been doing more n more spray paint art in different spots, preferably where I can also skate. I recently got a small sponsorship of Sabotaz cans (brand from Greece) making it affordable. Here's a couple of pics. One i did this morning at my local skate park (Rosemont) for my friend Nilton Neves' upcoming book. The other one is one of the pieces i did at the new Urban ambush Yard, a skate paradise in the underground of our city.
For more pics of new art I've done lately, please go to my facebook fanpage here.

Planet Shifter Interview

Today a new quick interview about my painting "The 8th Fire" came out in "Planet Shifter" magazine in San Francisco. You can check it out here: http://www.planetshifter.com/node/1658 . Enjoy!

Boom Festival

This 18th to 26th of August is the yearly Boom Festival in Portugal. This is pretty much Europe's version of Burning Man and it's Huge. I have the honor to be one of the artists featured in the visionary Gallery, so I am stoked. For a full list of the participants, please go here: http://www.boomfestival.org/boom2010/arts-culture/the-drop/visionary-art-gallery

My Spiritual Wedding

A week ago I got married to the Love of my Life. Though this news isn't business oriented, I chose to mention it in my blog because it is something important for my life, and in a way it was an art expression in itself.
The intimate native American/Celtic ceremony was a magical experience, let by a Algonquin tribe elder. It was beautiful and I cried like a baby. If you would like to see the full album of it, you can go here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=469862&id=691325380&l=11ac9a158a

New Tech Deck Toy

Cruising through Ebay recently I spotted new Tech Deck toys with skate graphics on them. Here is a pic of one of them. I'm sure they are out there in Wallmarts n such, but I just bought some straight from Ebay to save me the hunting time. Let me know if you'd like to buy one off me (20$ each).

Drawgasmic

This coming Saturday July 10th is the opening art show and book launch of Drawgasmic, which I am part of.
Happening at Art Dimensions Gallery on 2720 Cherokee Street, in Saint Louis, Missuri, in the USA, from 7pm at 1am.
Should be a good show with over 1000 international artists and a sick book with it all, cant wait to see it.
For more info go to:
http://www.drawgasmic.com/

Alchemeyez Interview

A new video just came up on You tube with Interviews with Carey Thompson and me, conducted by Roman Villagranna. Fun stuff at Alchemeyez Visionary Art Congress in Hawaii. Enjoy.

Group show in Venice Beach this Friday

This coming Friday I will be part of a groupd show at a Gallery in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, California. Stoked.

"Eagle and The Condor: The Prophecy" and 99 High Art's 1 year anniversary!

Reception/Celebration Friday, July 2nd, 2010.

6 to Midnight.

at 99 High Art Gallery- 1108 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, California, 90291

www.99collective.com

Alchemeyez show in Hawaii

I just got back from the Big Island of Hawaii where I spent a very magical week. Other than the beautiful weather and Nature of this volcanic island in middle of the sea, I also delved much into art. On my first full day there I had a lil solo event at Oasis Skateshop where I signed boards, black-books and then did some live art, a trippy fish with spray paint.

Late rthat week I joined over 20 of the best Visionary artists at a nature retreat centre, for Alchemeyez, a Visionary art congress, basically a festival where we the artists flown there where teh focus. It was epic. The art by everyone (including Roberto Venosa, Martina Hoffman, Alex Grey, Carey Thompson, Luke Brown, Xavi, etc.) was great and all of us did live painting together at one point. I also took a painting workshop with the Venosas and heard speeches by many of my favorite artists. There was much more enjoyed, but I will let the images do the speaking. Go Here for a full album of the event.

Bombes Sur Le Main

Yesterday I participated in a surprise "Urban Intervention" in the intersection of downtown Montreal's busiest Avenues (Saint Laurent and Saint Catherine). There are all these porn/streeptease shops that got closed down in that block and will be demolished at the end of summer. So Under Pressure hired me along a bunch of the best graffiti artists of Montreal (including other crews of mine like La Paria and EnMasse) to beautify this area.

So I painted up a shut down store front with a big spiritual Godface. Peeps seemed to like it as I even got interviewed for the 6pm news on CBC.
You can check the report here: http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/News/Canada/Montreal/ID=1507273561

So enjoy these fun mural's over summer! Bless!

Oasis Skateshop Show in Hawaii

This Tuesday 8th of June at 8pm I will be at Oasis Skateshop in Hilo, on the Big island of Hawaii (794 Kilauea Av). For a few hours I will be doing some Live art and signing some of my boards, prints and books. So if your in that remote location come and say hi!!

KnowledgeBorn07 CD cover

KnowledgeBorn07 is an excellent musician from South Bend, IN. He jsut put out his new LP called Cosmic Knowledge and includes 11 songs by himself and collaborations with greats as Popa Wu, Ras Attitude, Prince Po, etc. And yeah, it has my art on the cover.

You can download it for free HERE . Enjoy!!

New Canvas

So I just spent 31 straight days at my desk painting my latest canvas for my upcoming group show in Hawaii. It is called "The Apotheosis of Duality" and in a nutshell it is the journey of a human into assention. Hope you like it!!

Qee group exhibition in Lincoln

This coming May 7th I will be participating in a group show of painted "Qees" (vynil plastic toys from Hong Kong). This will be happening in Marz martini Bar, in1140 O street in Lincoln, NE. I don't know which state NE is but sounds nice. Enjoy!!

Big Visionary art show in Hawaii!!

This summer I wont have the chance to travel so much (as I am getting married in July). But I will be going all the way to the big island of Hawaii to make it to a big Visionary Art Festival called ALCHEMEYEZ. This will go down from June 10 to 13 and I will be there showing some original pieces, doing live art and selling my stuff in the arts market. The event has some of the biggest names in Visioanry art and music, so it should be pretty epic, not to mention the unique location. Hope to see you there!! http://alchemeyez.com/Alchemeyez_Home.html

To be Published with Schiffer Books!!

This last week I got a call from Peter Schiffer, who is the Publisher of Schiffer books. They put out awesome books, like the Jim Phillips (artist for Santa Cruz skateboards) book I am enjoying in this photo.
I was uber-stoked to hear from him that Jim Phillips himself had recomended the book I have been working on for a year, and that he wants to publish it!! This is huge as my 250 color page art book will be widely distributed worldwide next year. A dream come true. i will let ya know when it's out!!

New board for Series Kates n ad in Expose mag

This coming 28th of April will be the official Launch of my newest skate graphic for Series skateboards, an arts focused brand from Montreal. The party will happen at Salon Officiel (351 Roy est.) after 10. The new Expose Mag will also be released there, and you will find a new Positive Creations advertisement in it's pages.
So hook yerself up with both next week!!

Skin the Bottle Series

Skin the Bottle is a company from San Francisco that produces metal bottles (that unlike plastic ones are non toxic) that have bright colors and artwork on them. They recently gave me a 6 bottle series on their webpage where you can order these puppies online.

Go to www.Skinthebottle.com and go to the street art section. If you order today, you dont hav eto pay for shipping fees, so get on it!!

Tribe 13 group show in Mendosino, California

Today starts a Visionary Art show organised by Tribe 13 in Mendosino, California. My art will be part of it so try to check it if youre there before the end of April. All details on the flyer here.

Interview on Artsprojekt site

Artsprojekt, an awesome artist collective started by Andy Howell (former pro skater n artist) in California, put out an interview with me. I just put together few new products on my artsprojekt profile, like shoes, so go n buy some if ya wanna. Bless!
http://theprojekt.artsprojekt.com/post/428559513/artist-proof-chris-dyer-is-a-beaming-source-of

New Movie Webpage!!

So the Webpage for the upcoming Positive Creations Documentary has been completed this week! There you can see the trailer, description of the project, pictures of the film and characters and a chance to pre-order the DVD and find the screenings (once we make the tour list). Anyways, hope you enjoy!
www.PositiveCreationsMovie.com

A Good day for Art

Today I had a good day. Ive been in Gent, Belgium for like a week now and find myself by my own in a cozy lil hotel room, where I've been painting, eating fries with mayo and painting a vynil "Qee" toy for fun.So I finished that piece today and dropped it off at a local street art store called "City Kings" so its displayed for these next 2 months here.

I then went out to practice my spray paint skills in a graffitty alley they have here. I was pretty happy with what came out. I am starting to be less crappy at it, so I wanna do more.

Then, as I walked back home I randomly went into this huge beautifull church and enjoyed seeing lots of awesome old school art. But the best was bumping into a 15th century masterpiece by Van Eyck. "Lamb of God" is a giant triptich set of paintings that blew my mind, crazy detailed and realistic and spiritual. A really humbling experience to be in it's precence, especially so unexpected...

After talking to my girl on the phone n having dinner with my aunt at a vegetarian restaurant here, I came back to this hotel to find that a new Tech Dech toy skateboard with my art just came out. So I am stoked. Nothing like reaching kids through the heart of the mainstream!

Expo at Sub Swara show

Tonight (Jan 16th) my art will be displaying at the sick show of Sub Swara, a sick dubstem dj team from New York. Come to 1822 Saint Catherine st to enjoy the crazy energy in visions and bass!!!!

New Vibes coming through!!

Hi! Happy New Year! So with a new year and new decade, I present to you some new art for your enjoyment. Im a sure this will be a good one!

Love n light, Chris

Crux mag cover n interview

Next week CRUX Magazine will be out, available for free in many action sports store across Quebec. Make sure to grab your free copy as my art graces it's cover aswell as a 4 page interview. Yeah!!

New Decover Magazine

Last week the new issue of Decover Magazine came out. This is a big magazine that is totally dedicated to showing the art of Montreal. It is free to pick up in many stores or bars. Oh yeah, and I have 2 pages of my own in there, so make sure to get a copy!! Or see it online here: http://decovermag.com/mag/magazines/nove2009/big.html .

Trailer of Positive Creations, The Movie

This here is the trailer for the upcoming documentary called Positive Creations about my art and positive creators in general. I filmed it for a year between 2008 and 2009 and its now being produced in Arkansas by Dreamtime Cinema. They are aiming at having the movie ready by June 2009. Hope you enjoy.

The Terrific Art Show

Nest December 11th there will be a awesome group show here in Montreal (1130 Ottawa st.) . Curated by Christopher Ross, it will have lots of great art, music and booze. See ya there!!