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CURRENT EXHIBITION:
Tiny Nightmare Presents: FALLOUT
OCTOBER - DECEMBER, 2024
ARTIST’S STATEMENT
“Through this series, I hope to inspire curiosity and exploration by inviting audiences to experience the isolation, anxiety and perseverance through the vibrancy, desolation and history of the desert—and our own lives—in a new and imaginative light.
In my recent series of fluorescent-colored desert landscapes, I transform the typically stark desert into a vibrant, surreal realm. Bold hues symbolize hidden beauty and resilience, inviting viewers to see a visual delight on the surface before acknowledging a less light-hearted reality.
Mushroom clouds repeated throughout the series reflect both personal upheavals against the backdrop of global conflicts that set the stage of our current collective reality. On a personal level, they represent moments of profound change, while on a broader scale, they comment on the ongoing threat of nuclear devastation, global effects of proxy wars, and the fragility of peace.
By combining fluorescent colors and surreal imagery, I aim to challenge perceptions and highlight the duality of destruction and renewal. These landscapes become spaces for introspection, encouraging viewers to find beauty and potential even in the most challenging environments.”
-Tiny Nightmare
@artbytinynightmare
If you are interested in purchasing any of the art you see on this website including art from past exhibitions, please reach out to us at hello@granada-house.com, call us at 619-333-7718, or find us on instagram at @granadahouse.
PAST EXHIBITION:
CJ TROXELL
AUGUST - SEPTEMBER, 2024
CJ Troxell is a self-taught artist whose unique style blends elements of "pop surrealism." His work frequently explores polarizing themes such as life and death, dark and light, and social and environmental commentary. With a preference for acrylic, CJ paints both canvas and murals, often incorporating music into his creative process, drawing inspiration from influences around the globe. Passionate about his art and deeply connected to the community, CJ is immensely grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Granada House.
Instagram: @cjtroxellart
If you are interested in purchasing any of the art you see on this website including art from past exhibitions, please reach out to us at hello@granada-house.com, call us at 619-333-7718, or find us on instagram at @granadahouse.
PAST EXHIBITION:
STRANGE BOUQUETS
”Yesterday’s Parades”
MAY - AUGUST, 2024
Strange Bouquets is the orphaned brain child and ART/DJ moniker for Rory Morison, founder of art collective, record label and event curators Bad Vibes Good Friends, and guitarist/songwriter behind psych- rock outfit Drug Hunt.
This collection represents the culmination of Morison's most playful juxtapositions, drawn from the intersections of the sacred and the profane, the cosmopolitan and the wilderness. Through a meticulous process, Morison weaves together a whirlwind of forgotten images, scanned and manipulated, alongside gold leaf, acrylics, resins, woods, and cut-outs, creating an amalgamation: Yesterdays Parades
Morison has shown in galleries throughout Southern California from Barrio Logan to Los Angeles and featured in The San Diego Union Tribune, The Eater, and San Diego Magazine. Many may recognize his mural that stands 48x48 outside the highly acclaimed restaurant Manna on North Coast Highway 101 in Leucadia.
PAST EXHIBITION:
BARBARA SMITH
Blue in Green
APRIL - AUGUST, 2023
Blue in Green is a series of paintings by Barbara Smith (b. 1987 Rockford, IL) that, in the tradition of color field painters and abstractionists, attempts to display a purity of pigment and expression. Each painting was improvised not unlike a jazz tune, and each painting has a song or series of songs “embedded” in them. In the course of painting, Barbara attempts to connect with feelings of euphoria, fear, mania, grief, lust, balance, loss, love, and peace.
Learn more at BarbaraSmith.co
