Bookending the exhibition will be two receptions, the first on May 25 at 6:30pm and a closing reception on September 28 at 6:30pm.
836M is delighted to present its first exhibition of cartoonists, graphic novelists and zine makers. Featuring four Bay Area artists - Rina Ayuyang, Tyler Cohen, Janelle Hessig and Thien Pham - this exhibition will offer the public a window into the multidisciplinary process behind this form of visual storytelling. Over a four-month residency, the artists will create new work inside 836M's street front gallery space responding to a prompt to explore the history of San Francisco's distinct neighborhoods, past, present and future.
"In keeping with our commitment to art-in-process, 836M is proud to transform our gallery space into a working studio for four graphic novelists and cartoonists," said Jade Fogle, associate curator and gallery manager at 836M. "During their residency, each artist will produce a zine offering their personal take on the multicultural history of San Francisco, and the public will have many opportunities to interact with the artists whose practice usually happens behind the scenes," said Céline Ricci, 836M programming director.
Co-curated by Ayuyang, the joint residency and exhibition brings together four artists who represent some of the rich diversity within the field of comics making today. Based in Oakland, Ayuyang is the author of Blame This on the Boogie, a graphic novel which appeared on the best-of-year lists at Forbes, London Free Press and Publishers Weekly. Ayuyang's newest book, The Man in the McIntosh Suit, will be released next month. Described as "a Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir," the novel follows the exploits of a Filipino immigrant whose search for his long-lost wife brings him to the community of San Francisco's Manilatown.
Tyler Cohen is best known for her book, Primahood: Magenta, which won the 2017 Bisexual Book Award for Graphic Memoir. Her shorter work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including the Eisner Award-winning Drawing Power and Ignatz Award-winning Qu33r. Cohen's style ranges from sketchy to finely detailed compositions that play with memoir and surrealism. "I love to make use of the comics medium's capacity to simultaneously express a multiplicity of voices, thoughts and visual language. Art is a means of engaging in conversations and contemplations," said Cohen.
Janelle Hessig, who also goes by the name Janelle Blarg, is a multimedia humorist who has been making zines in the Bay Area since the 1990s. Hessig's autobiographical comics can be found in numerous anthologies, including Too Tough to Die, a graphic novel about aging punk rockers. Her recent books include the illustrated memoir The Cruising Diaries, a collaboration with writer Brontez Purnell, and the mini-comic Big Punk.
Finally, Thien Pham is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo, and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His Latest book, Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, is described as "a moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America."
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836M is delighted to present its first exhibition of cartoonists, graphic novelists and zine makers. Featuring four Bay Area artists - Rina Ayuyang, Tyler Cohen, Janelle Hessig and Thien Pham - this exhibition will offer the public a window into the multidisciplinary process behind this form of visual storytelling. Over a four-month residency, the artists will create new work inside 836M's street front gallery space responding to a prompt to explore the history of San Francisco's distinct neighborhoods, past, present and future.
"In keeping with our commitment to art-in-process, 836M is proud to transform our gallery space into a working studio for four graphic novelists and cartoonists," said Jade Fogle, associate curator and gallery manager at 836M. "During their residency, each artist will produce a zine offering their personal take on the multicultural history of San Francisco, and the public will have many opportunities to interact with the artists whose practice usually happens behind the scenes," said Céline Ricci, 836M programming director.
Co-curated by Ayuyang, the joint residency and exhibition brings together four artists who represent some of the rich diversity within the field of comics making today. Based in Oakland, Ayuyang is the author of Blame This on the Boogie, a graphic novel which appeared on the best-of-year lists at Forbes, London Free Press and Publishers Weekly. Ayuyang's newest book, The Man in the McIntosh Suit, will be released next month. Described as "a Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir," the novel follows the exploits of a Filipino immigrant whose search for his long-lost wife brings him to the community of San Francisco's Manilatown.
Tyler Cohen is best known for her book, Primahood: Magenta, which won the 2017 Bisexual Book Award for Graphic Memoir. Her shorter work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including the Eisner Award-winning Drawing Power and Ignatz Award-winning Qu33r. Cohen's style ranges from sketchy to finely detailed compositions that play with memoir and surrealism. "I love to make use of the comics medium's capacity to simultaneously express a multiplicity of voices, thoughts and visual language. Art is a means of engaging in conversations and contemplations," said Cohen.
Janelle Hessig, who also goes by the name Janelle Blarg, is a multimedia humorist who has been making zines in the Bay Area since the 1990s. Hessig's autobiographical comics can be found in numerous anthologies, including Too Tough to Die, a graphic novel about aging punk rockers. Her recent books include the illustrated memoir The Cruising Diaries, a collaboration with writer Brontez Purnell, and the mini-comic Big Punk.
Finally, Thien Pham is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo, and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His Latest book, Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, is described as "a moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America."
Bookending the exhibition will be two receptions, the first on May 25 at 6:30pm and a closing reception on September 28 at 6:30pm.
836M is delighted to present its first exhibition of cartoonists, graphic novelists and zine makers. Featuring four Bay Area artists - Rina Ayuyang, Tyler Cohen, Janelle Hessig and Thien Pham - this exhibition will offer the public a window into the multidisciplinary process behind this form of visual storytelling. Over a four-month residency, the artists will create new work inside 836M's street front gallery space responding to a prompt to explore the history of San Francisco's distinct neighborhoods, past, present and future.
"In keeping with our commitment to art-in-process, 836M is proud to transform our gallery space into a working studio for four graphic novelists and cartoonists," said Jade Fogle, associate curator and gallery manager at 836M. "During their residency, each artist will produce a zine offering their personal take on the multicultural history of San Francisco, and the public will have many opportunities to interact with the artists whose practice usually happens behind the scenes," said Céline Ricci, 836M programming director.
Co-curated by Ayuyang, the joint residency and exhibition brings together four artists who represent some of the rich diversity within the field of comics making today. Based in Oakland, Ayuyang is the author of Blame This on the Boogie, a graphic novel which appeared on the best-of-year lists at Forbes, London Free Press and Publishers Weekly. Ayuyang's newest book, The Man in the McIntosh Suit, will be released next month. Described as "a Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir," the novel follows the exploits of a Filipino immigrant whose search for his long-lost wife brings him to the community of San Francisco's Manilatown.
Tyler Cohen is best known for her book, Primahood: Magenta, which won the 2017 Bisexual Book Award for Graphic Memoir. Her shorter work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including the Eisner Award-winning Drawing Power and Ignatz Award-winning Qu33r. Cohen's style ranges from sketchy to finely detailed compositions that play with memoir and surrealism. "I love to make use of the comics medium's capacity to simultaneously express a multiplicity of voices, thoughts and visual language. Art is a means of engaging in conversations and contemplations," said Cohen.
Janelle Hessig, who also goes by the name Janelle Blarg, is a multimedia humorist who has been making zines in the Bay Area since the 1990s. Hessig's autobiographical comics can be found in numerous anthologies, including Too Tough to Die, a graphic novel about aging punk rockers. Her recent books include the illustrated memoir The Cruising Diaries, a collaboration with writer Brontez Purnell, and the mini-comic Big Punk.
Finally, Thien Pham is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo, and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His Latest book, Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, is described as "a moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America."
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836M is delighted to present its first exhibition of cartoonists, graphic novelists and zine makers. Featuring four Bay Area artists - Rina Ayuyang, Tyler Cohen, Janelle Hessig and Thien Pham - this exhibition will offer the public a window into the multidisciplinary process behind this form of visual storytelling. Over a four-month residency, the artists will create new work inside 836M's street front gallery space responding to a prompt to explore the history of San Francisco's distinct neighborhoods, past, present and future.
"In keeping with our commitment to art-in-process, 836M is proud to transform our gallery space into a working studio for four graphic novelists and cartoonists," said Jade Fogle, associate curator and gallery manager at 836M. "During their residency, each artist will produce a zine offering their personal take on the multicultural history of San Francisco, and the public will have many opportunities to interact with the artists whose practice usually happens behind the scenes," said Céline Ricci, 836M programming director.
Co-curated by Ayuyang, the joint residency and exhibition brings together four artists who represent some of the rich diversity within the field of comics making today. Based in Oakland, Ayuyang is the author of Blame This on the Boogie, a graphic novel which appeared on the best-of-year lists at Forbes, London Free Press and Publishers Weekly. Ayuyang's newest book, The Man in the McIntosh Suit, will be released next month. Described as "a Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir," the novel follows the exploits of a Filipino immigrant whose search for his long-lost wife brings him to the community of San Francisco's Manilatown.
Tyler Cohen is best known for her book, Primahood: Magenta, which won the 2017 Bisexual Book Award for Graphic Memoir. Her shorter work has appeared in numerous anthologies, including the Eisner Award-winning Drawing Power and Ignatz Award-winning Qu33r. Cohen's style ranges from sketchy to finely detailed compositions that play with memoir and surrealism. "I love to make use of the comics medium's capacity to simultaneously express a multiplicity of voices, thoughts and visual language. Art is a means of engaging in conversations and contemplations," said Cohen.
Janelle Hessig, who also goes by the name Janelle Blarg, is a multimedia humorist who has been making zines in the Bay Area since the 1990s. Hessig's autobiographical comics can be found in numerous anthologies, including Too Tough to Die, a graphic novel about aging punk rockers. Her recent books include the illustrated memoir The Cruising Diaries, a collaboration with writer Brontez Purnell, and the mini-comic Big Punk.
Finally, Thien Pham is the author and illustrator of the graphic novel Sumo, and the illustrator for the middle-grade graphic novel Level Up, written by Gene Luen Yang. His Latest book, Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, is described as "a moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy's search for belonging in America."
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