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Arkady

I'm Rokken like Dokken!

About Me

YES WE CAN!!!

I'm an artist. I rock.

everything else is just icing on the cake.

my website: www.arkadyroytman.com

and my blogs

My Interests

sleep, drawing, painting, bitching about politics

I'd like to meet:

porn stars, your mom... actually I'm not opposed to meeting anyone with an opinion about art, life, politics, and the absolute insane reasoning behind women wanting us guys to leave the toilet seat down.

a note to all my Friends: If you post anything Flashing, Noise Making or Self-Promoting in my comment's page,
I WILL DELETE IT!!!
Don't waste your time.

Music:

Godspeed You! Black Emperor, A Silver Mt. Zion, Weakertheans, Death Cab for Cutie, Postal Service, Decemberists, Radiohead, Flaming Lips, A Perfect Circle, Tool, Dream Theater.

I got the new Mogwai and Explosions in the Sky albums and they are awesome. Also playing non-stop is Mirah (the Joy Ride Remixes), Red Sparrows, Isis, Menomena, Laura, TV on the Radio.

Movies:

Big Fish, LOTR, the Professional, Almost Famous, American Beauty, Requiem for a Dream. The last good movie i saw was the Incredibles. everything since has sucked balls

Television:

Six Feet Under, Carnivale, Deadwood, Entourage, Sopranos, Real Time with Bill Maher, Def Poetry (basically I'm an HBO whore), 24, West Wing, Arrested Development, Lost, Heroes, Battlestar Gallactica, Daily Show and the Colbert Report

Books:

i like books with pictures.

Heroes:

superman, batman, spiderman, oh wait you mean my heroes

My Blog

sketchDETAIL group show 09.19.2007-11.19.2007

So this is a pretty late development.I have some work in a Group Show called "sketchDETAIL" at the Ryan Chelsea-Clinton Community Health Center on 10th Ave between 45th and 46th streets in Manhattan.T...
Posted by Arkady on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:46:00 PST

Nude of the Day

so i started another blog.I already have a sketch blog, which has been neglected for a while.This one is more of a money-making scheme. There's been a slew of successful "Painting-a-Day" blogs out the...
Posted by Arkady on Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:00:00 PST

Spectrum 14

I've known about this for a little while because i'm with the "in" crowd, but since the list was posted online a few days ago it is now 100% official. After 5 years of trying I made it into Spectrum: ...
Posted by Arkady on Thu, 29 Mar 2007 05:29:00 PST

Phoenix rising (and then getting shot down repeatedly and beaten with a pointed stick)

So for those who are not in the know, I was supposed to have a Solo Show at the Ironworks Gallery in early December. Unfortunatly it was canceled about a few weeks before in November (just as I aprove...
Posted by Arkady on Tue, 02 Jan 2007 07:29:00 PST

Ironworks Gallery Summer Show

So for those of you who missed it (including myself) - Ironworks Gallery in Mott Haven NYC had it's third opening this past Saturday. here is my piece that was in the show: and some pics from the ope...
Posted by Arkady on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 10:41:00 PST

Group Show at the Ironworks Gallery

hey hey everybody. i have two paintings in a group show in SoBro. the opening is this Saturday at 8:00 PM. Come out and show your support. and get drunk with me . for those of you who can't make...
Posted by Arkady on Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:31:00 PST

Egon Schiele 2.0

check it yo! I'm the next Egon Schiele: all i need to do now is paint a ton of girls masturbating and die of the bird flu in 2.5 years....
Posted by Arkady on Thu, 16 Mar 2006 09:45:00 PST