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Kathie Olivas

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About Me



I'm an internationally emerging artist, independent curator, and obsessive art collector currently based in Tampa, FL and Sandia Park, NM. I also run an artist/ design collective that produces limited edition fine art prints for strongly emerging and established lowbrow artists CircusPosterus.Com )
Current projects include limited edition vinyl toys with MINDstyle Toys and a book project with Murphy Design
Upcoming Shows:
May 2008- 4 person show with Brandt Peters, Colin & Sas Christian-- Richard Goodall Gallery, UK
September 2008- "Young Blood" Opera Gallery, NY
October 2008- Solo Show (tba) My Plastic Heart, New York, NY
February 2009- Solo Show (tba/ showing concurrently with Shag) M Modern Gallery, Palm Springs, CA
May 2009- Solo Exhibition (TBA)- Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles
www.MiseryChildren.Com

My Interests

Lowbrow, highbrow, alternative visual arts, new wave, vintage toys, independent films, japanese horror films, anything freakshow or carny, pin-ups, corsets, vintage clothing (30's-50's), art mags--everything from Juxtapoz to Art Papers...

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

An eclectic mix...Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Girl in a Coma, The Rapture, Fischerspooner, Dr. Steel, Cibo Mato, Le Tigre, PIL, David Byrne, David Bowie, PJ Harvey, Sneaker Pimps, Franz Ferdinand, Danny Elfman, The Killers, Deathcab for Cutie, Wolf Parade, Blur, Echo and the Bunnymen, Comsat Angels, Andrew Bird Bowl of Fire, The Faint, Gorillaz, The Smiths, The Cure, Nick Cave, Bauhaus, Love and Rockets, Siouxsie and the Banshees, the Stranglers, NIN, Duran Duran, Dean Martin, Moby, Oingo Boingo, The The, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs, Morrisey, Rufus Wainwright, Fugazi, Built to Spill, Weezer, Rob Zombie Chingon, World Party, Pixies, The Breeders, Manu Chao, the Stooges, Morphine, Adam and the Ants, Madness, Stan Ridgeway, Wall of Voodoo, Jimi Hendrix, Leonard Cohen, Altered Images, Bow Wow Wow, Split Enz, Mick Harvey, Crime and the City Solution, Cocteau Twins, Dr. John, Desmond Dekker, Bel Canto, The Pogues, Devo, (early) B52s, INXS, Talking Heads, They Might be Giants, Peter Murphy, The Housemartins, Alert, Suburban Lawns, Concrete Blonde, Big Star, The Damned, Kate Bush, The Creatures, The Pretenders, (early) Eurythmics, The Who, ELO, The Low and Sweet Orchestra, Stray Cats, Violent Femmes, Men Without Hats, The Dead Milkmen, Lene Lovich, The Specials, Ennio Morricone, Falco, Jonny Marr, The Jim Carroll Band, The Church, Kitchens of Distinction, Beck, Los Super Seven, Dream Warriors, King Chango, Blondie, Talk Talk, The English Beat (The Beat), Iggy Pop, The Sugarcubes, The Sisters of Mercy, Fishbone, Belle and Sebastian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, R. Crum & His Cheap Suit Serenaders, XTC, Beautiful South, Happy Mondays, Ministry, Patti Smith, The Sparks, Polecats, Blancmange, Depeche Mode, Big Sandy, Multipass,The Pogues, Nirvana, Cowboty Junkies, Beck, Garbage, Morphine, Joy Division, Portishead, Si Se, Tears For Fears, Ann Margaret, New Order, Luna, Roxy Music, Jamiroquai, The Psychedelic Furs, Dalis Car, Haysi Fantayzee, The Vapors, Django Reinhardt, The Belle Stars, Muse, and a few others...

Movies:

Sin City, Kill Bill 1 & 2, Pulp Fiction.. anything Tarantino...anything Michael Moore.. Tim Burton (except for Planet of the Apes), Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels, Memento, Magnolia, Real Genius (that's my 80's pick), Freaks, Brazil, Ghost World, Requiem for a dream, Ricky-O, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Lady Snowblood, Fight Club, Sick, Seven, Zoolander, Secretary, the City of lost children, Fargo, Boogie nights, May, 12 Monkeys, Royal Tannenbaums, Rushmore, O' Brother where art thou, Wild Zero, Female Convict Scorpion, Lord of the Flies, American Psycho, Blue Velvet, the devil's backbone, Swimming Pool, Frida, Run Lola Run, Kids, Gummo, the Brood, funny games, Party Monster-the Shockumentary, Short Cuts, lots of obscure documentaries...

Television:

Carnivale, Daily show, Bill Maher

Books:

Right now I'm obsessing over Jean Baudrillard's "Selected Writings,"...anything Toni Morrison or Betty Freidan, Alice Walker's Warrior Marks, Stiff, tons of biographies on artists, or serial killers... contemporary art criticism.....anything written by an articulate feminist and/ or lesbian or a really harsh feminist and/ or lesbian art critic...I also enjoy the occasional eye candy in Pictoplasma and New American Paintings

Heroes:

This is more of my favorite artists category:
the late Margaret Kilgallen
Jim Houser
the late Rebecca Westcott
Liz McGrath
Chris Ryniak
Michael Hussar
Jonathan Weiner
Camille Rose Garcia
Matthew Barney
Maurizio Cattelan
Johnny Meah
Lesley Dill
Scott Radke
Colin & Sas Christian
Ray Caesar
Travis Louie
the list could go on forever...oh, and that Brandt Peters guy...

My Blog

Mergers & Acquisitions in LA

Hello everyone! Our next show opens next Friday in LA at Thinkspace Gallery. You can see the work here:http://www.sourharvest.com/thinkspace/2008/mergers/work s.php*Please direct any sales inquiri...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 04:28:00 PST

Bittersweet: Solo Show at Gallery 1988 San Francisco

New Paintings, Sculptures, and custom toys by Kathie Olivas ****View the Online Preview here:http://miserychildren.com/miserychildrenimages/painting sG88.htmlPlease contact the gallery for purchas...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:40:00 PST

Green Exhibition in Los Angeles 11/17/07

Green  Art Exhibition : Nov 17 : 7:30 PM : Exhibit Opening :The Robert Berman Gallery is pleased to present GREEN, curated by MarkMurphy, an exhibition that will showcase the inspired talents of ...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:22:00 PST

Ghosts & Martyrs/ Upcoming Solo Show

"Ghosts & Martyrs"Solo Exhibition by Kathie Olivas at Copro Nason Gallery Official online preview/ presale: http://miserychildren.com/GhostsandMartyrs.html Links on the preview page will go activ...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 01:14:00 PST

Benny & Red Bird San Diego Comicon Exclusive

San Diego Comicon Exclusive Mono Edition Limited to 200 July 26-29, 2007 Avaialble for purchase at the Toy Tokyo Booth Suggested Retail Price $129.99 **I will be doing a toy signing Friday at 2pm (ap...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 05:35:00 PST

Second Hand Smoke and Mirrors: Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters

 in Montreal... Opening June 20-July 3 Kathie Olivas & Brandt Peters: Second Hand Smoke and Mirrors *featuring new collaborations and individual works by both artists. We will both be in ...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:30:00 PST

Benny and Red Bird...coming this summer

"Benny and Red Bird" (pictured: hand-colored edition) Benny  (Approx. 8" at top of head, 12" at top of ears)  and Red Bird (6")  will drop at SDCC '07 from MINDstyle. This set will be...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 02:54:00 PST

The Instigators: Solo Show in Las Vegas March 1-31

KATHIE OLIVAS "The Instigators" March 1-31, 2007 Opening receptions: Thursday, March 1, 5-8 pm and Friday, March 2, 6-10pm **I will be at both openings www.TrifectaGallery.com TRIFECTA Galle...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 10:29:00 PST

Interview in Clutter Magazine

Clutter Magazine Issue 09 "The Wheaty Wheat issue"Winter 2006Interview by Nick CarrollDescribe your style. I work primarily in oils and my style is loosely inspired by early American portraiture, with...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Tue, 26 Dec 2006 08:40:00 PST

Solo Exhibition: Parasitic Haze

This show will feature all new paintings and custom vinyl toys. To get on the waiting list to purchase works or for more information, please contact CoproNason Gallery. www.copronason.comwww.miserych...
Posted by Kathie Olivas on Tue, 04 Jul 2006 12:57:00 PST