This year at Play/Ground I added to the wall paintings I made for last year’s iteration. 30+ artists made installations in an abandoned high school in Medina, NY.
This is what the original set of 2018 paintings looked like.
I was also asked to make coloring pages based on my paintings and the Play/Ground logo, which I designed.
You can now buy some of my prints in a variety of sizes on the shopping site FY! Check out my shop here.
Anna Kaplan Contemporary, January 2019
Check it out if you are in Western New York or Southern Ontario, or just passing through Buffalo.
I have a new series of paintings on the way.
I guess I got into the spirit of the holiday this year.
I made these on my way to making something else.
A mural I designed for Just buffalo Literary Center was recently completed in downtown Buffalo. The painting was done by Yames Moffit.
Cafe Taza, the small cafe that I go to most mornings, is changing ownership and with this change the old identity I designed for the cafe is going to be retired. Below is the poster I designed for the transition party. Below that are some examples of the identity system in action.
I spent two days making six large wall paintings for Resource Art’s Play/Ground event. 29 artists will be making installations in a former high school in Medina, NY. More pictures soon.
I've been making larger paintings. My previous abstract paintings were connected to my fictional artists of The Thorold Gallery, these aren't connected to any particular conceptual project.
More about this soon.
I'm test printing some larger sizes for my next show of Thorold Gallery work.
I have been playing around with recombining and repurposing past illustrations, with no particular goal in mind. These chickens come from the State print series.
I recently designed a poster for the Swiss band Duck Duck Grey Duck. It is being screen printed in Switzerland. I look forward to receiving the final print in the mail.
I've been making paintings for the exhibition posters for my fictional 1970's art institution, The Thorold Gallery. Now, somewhat confusingly, I'll be showing the paintings that started out as the work of fictional artists. They will be part of Resource:Art's exhibition series at Hotel Henry in Buffalo.
The visual identity I designed for the Nuits Sonores music festival was unveiled today. The indie/edm festival in Lyon, France features 200 performing artists and 140,000 festival-goers at 40 urban locations. Some amazing European studios have done the identity in past years (Superscript2, Studio Feixen). As a designer I’m really excited about the big posters that are going to go up in the Paris subway. The full line-up will be announced tomorrow. I'll be posting more from this project as it takes shape.
Last week I reached 40k followers on Instagram. Thanks to everybody that follows (and please start following me if you don't already)!
