Kosart Effects Studios & Gallery invites you to our inaugural event The First Annual MALEFICIUM Dark Art Exhibition. A Halloween Themed Art Show featuring Award Winning Artists of All Media!!
EXHIBITION OPENING & ARTIST RECEPTION
Saturday, October 29, 2011, 6:30pm to Midnight
The MALEFICIUM Dark Art Exhibition runs:
October 29th through December 2nd.
Gallery hours (Oct 30 to Dec 2nd) by Appointment Only.
Please call to schedule an appointment: 630.310.8353
Costumes & Creative Attire Optional. Admission is Free!
At Kosart Effects Studios & Gallery, 760 Burr Oak Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
In April 2011, J. Anthony Kosar, 25-year-old award-winning artist of multiple creative disciplines from fine art painting and illustration to sculpture and special effects, opened his own 2600 sq ft gallery/studio/workshop in Westmont, IL. Between projects, he has since been teaching FX art classes and workshops such as the Art of Mask Making, Art of Make-Up FX, Life-Casting, Extreme Face-Painting, and On-Skin Silicone FX from his studio. During this time, he has also been actively preparing the gallery and making the studio space become a convertible extension of the gallery. Kosar is looking to host several group exhibitions a year, and believes Halloween is the best time of year to kick-start these exhibitions. The goal was to assemble an elite group of artists of all media, genre, and trades, many of which are his friends and colleagues in the industry, and display the best themed artwork in Chicagoland, making this the MUST SEE quality art event during Halloween.
Thus, MALEFICIUM was born. MALEFICIUM is a Latin term meaning “mischief” and is used to describe black magic and the dark arts. The name was selected to represent this group exhibit as a metaphor for the Halloween inspired artwork. Twenty-eight award winning artists will have their work on display and for sale, plus, Kosar is excited to have his acclaimed “monster pig,” the life-size BOARIS FRANKENSWINE sculpture (left, photo by Bear McGivney) back for a limited time on display for the MALEFICIUM Show, after it originally sold at a charity auction benefit in March 2011! Also, get a sneak peak at the new action figure toy line PRESIDENTIAL MONSTERS before they hit stores! This show is sponsored by HorrorSociety.com.
The image used for the First Annual MALEFICIUM: Dark Art Exhibition (top & right) is Nigredo Two (18” by 24” Oil on Wood Panel, Published in Ars Memoria #1) by Menton Matthews III aka menton3. Menton3 is an artist for IDW, Image, and Dark Horse comics, and is the creator for such titles as Ars Memoria and MONOCYTE. This painting, Nigredo Two will be on display for the duration of the 2011 MALEFICIUM Show.
Other highlighted artists: Ben Templesmith is a New York Times best selling artist and writer known for 30 Days of Night, Fell, Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse. Jill Thompson is an Eisner Award winning illustrator known for Scary Godmother, Magic Trixie, and Beasts of Burden. Jason Seiler is an award-winning illustrator for TIME, Rolling Stone, MAD Magazine, and character designer for Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland. Dave Dorman is an Eisner & Inkpot Award-winning illustrator for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and more, and was voted the “#1 Star Wars Artist of All Time” by the Star Wars fans. Douglas Klauba is an award winning illustrator most known for his work on Zorro, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Doc Savage, The Spider, and The Phantom. Tony Akins is an artist for Dark Horse, Vertigo, and DC Comics. Bill Reinhold is an artist for The Badger, The Punisher, Silver Surfer, Batman, and more. Bill Ystrom has been the lead Halloween mask designer and sculptor for 37 years at Chicago’s own Zagone Studios, formerly known as Be Something Studios. Chad Savage is a leading Dark Artist with his work in books and magazines, and as a web designer, manages nearly 200 dark websites. They will be joined by these additional award winning and accomplished artists of everything from fine art and illustration to sculpture and FX: Charlie Athanas, Kyle Bice, Brian Busch, Melita “MissMonster” Curphy, Samantha DeCarlo, Ray Frenden, Aron Gagliardo, Ashton Gallagher, Tom Herzberg, Kenn Kooi, J. Anthony Kosar, Rich Kryczka, Larkin, Joseph Lester, Darick Maasen, Matthew McCarty, Aaron Miller, and Tim Shumate. Read all artist bios on the MALEFICIUM Page at www.kosartgallery.com
Don’t miss the Artist Reception on October 29th, 2011 to meet the artists in person!
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