For everyone in the North of this big state of California drop by this group show I am in this weekend in Berekely. The line up of people seems very fun and worth going. Click the top flier for more info or to go the galleries web-site.

Boys of Summer from Big Kid on Vimeo.

Lastly, THANK YOU to all who came out to the Boys of Summer 3 “New Empire“. It seems as though every one just gets better and better. The Turn out was great and the people had fun. You can see from the video on top how the night was. Thank you all for being apart of it. I have really great friends!

Ill have to scan the painting i did soon and show it off. Time to make a new comic for A.P.E now that everything is calming down! BAAAARRRRRROOOoooooo!

-emilio

The summer is coming to an end and that means it is time for a “Boys of Summer” show! For those who don’t know Boys of Summer is a small art collective of friends. I’ve known these guys for a very long time and it seems like every year this show just gets better and better. Here is the official press release. Read it, copy paste it, tell your friends, and tell the world!

For Immediate Release:

Raid Projects is pleased to present New Empire, a group exhibition featuring work by Mark Batongmalaque, Ryan Perez, Conrad Ruiz, Kristofferson San Pablo, Emilio Santoyo and Ashkahn Shahparnia on view from August 13 – 19.

Opening reception: August 14th, 6 – 10pm

Spanning across a broad range of media, from painting to installation, New Empire draws from the idioms of hyped popular culture, to create works that are both visually ecstatic and politically engaged. Eschewing the cliché of teenage rebellion, the assembled works explore the vast indeterminate space of summertime leisure, exploring its iconography, fantasies, and socio-economic formations. Along with themes of listlessness and recklessness, the artists also scrutinize questions of class, masculinity and privilege, key issues that shape the de-centralized sprawl of the Los Angeles area.

The collected works range from the photo based abstractions of Ryan Perez to Conrad Ruiz’s large scale water color paintings inspired by Hollywood disaster movies and video games, as well as a site specific-sculptural installation by Ashkahn Shahparnia.

This is the third exhibition from the Boys of Summer, a Los Angeles based collective of artists mining the ongoing currency of media culture.

I hope to see everyone there. It will be awesome! If for some reason you can’t make the show, please join us in celebration at Part 2 which is pretty much a giant party of good people and good music. We have Chris from Free the Robots, The Bings, Fell Apart Team, SuckaPunch, and John…..pretty much we are taking over……just saying.

-emilio

Late notice, but I am working with “We Are Contributors” again this year helping kid get some skateboards. The way this works is people(meaning you) buy my time to paint a custom one of a kind skate board. I really like what came out last time and if you do too, you can buy me here. Don’t get distracted by all the other awesome people contributing I am somewhere near the middle.

I am super busy working on fun awesome things that I hope to soon show. For now I leave you with a hint of whats to come…

-emilio

First off, thanks to everyone who showed up Saturday. I was glad to see all your faces.  Please make sure to check out the show before it comes down.

Exciting news……I got my copy of “Velo Bicycle Culture and Design” from Gestalten and it is awesome! It’s pretty cool, but what I’m most excited about it is that I am in the book a few times. Double page spreads are the best kind of spreads. This is my first time being published in something distributed world wide and with such a big company like Gestalten. I’m glad that they included in my intro/bio “chasing down taco trucks.” HAHA.

Pick yours up where ever cool books are sold.

-emilio

Quick reminder that this weekend is the “Art Works Every Time” show. In order to promote and get the people excited about the show Beautiful Decay has been interviewing all the participating artist.

Today was my turn! Click the picture above to get a sneak peek for this weekends show, a glimpse of my workspace, and some insightful information. See you all Saturday!

-emilio

I don’t know why I hadn’t posted this earlier. This is the one of the reasons why I’ve been at my desk for so long. I didn’t win the Beautiful Decay Colt 45 contest, but was asked to be part of the art show taking place June 12th. I made 5 new pieces for the show and am very psyched about all of them. Clear your schedule and come enjoy a fresh LA night with free Colt 45 ice cream by Scoops and free Colt 45 beer.

I am on a roll of forgetting to post thing. It has been a crazy month in my defense. I have a love hate relationship with Summers. There is a fun little interview on the Kong Magazine blog about me promoting my “Lets Do This” print with Paper Tiger. I talk about the usual love, porn, and Dead Prez conversations… you know. Click here to read it.

I like playing with coloring on photoshop.

-emilio

Derailleur Impaler is a silent art auction and raffle fundraiser to raise money toward artist Catherine Kaleel’s Aids Lifecycle goal.  Catherine has been training to do this 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. How could I not support this kind of adventure! My contribution: 2 drawings and some Tall Boy koozies ( I felt it was fitting ) to help her reach her goal to do this ride. Not only will you be helping Catherine, but the AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is designed to advance their shared interest to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS. Besides that coming out to the event sounds fun, their will be music, art, and raffles!

These are the drawings/paintings I donated to Catherine.

I hope they help.

If you needed more than just a desktop wall paper of the ” Bike Parade” painting then you are in luck. Society6 now makes all sort of stuff and they asked me to make my “Bike Parade” into a laptop skin!. Killer!

And just remember….

-emilio

Today Paper Tiger released my “Lets Do This” print. It is a very sweet painting about staying together, almost like a Bonnie and Clyde thing, but with a moped. No one knows what the future holds, but knowing that the other person in your life is there along side makes going forward a lot easier.

Get yours today. Limited run of 100. Each comes with a certificate of authenticity signed by me. That means I signed my name 100 times saying this print is legit. The print looks pretty dead on to the original on archival fine art paper. Get yours before they are all gone. Click the picture above or here to get yours.

Now to end this with a random drawing that might be my new sticker…..

-emilio