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Gallery Hijinks

November 20 - January 2, 2011

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Biosynthesis Biosynthesis new works by Yellena James and installation by Pete Belkin
Biosynthesis new works by Yellena James and installation by Pete Belkin Opening: November 2o, 2010, from 6-10pm Gallery Hijinks presents Biosynthesis a collection of new works by Yellena James and installations by Pete Belkin. Together the artists will transform the space with saturated color mixed with organic forms and light. This exhibit will entice the viewer to explore the intricate and delicate forms that twist and float in the artists alluring ecosystem. Please join us for the opening reception on November 20, 2010, from 6-10pm. Yellena James’ colorful arrangements of organic shapes and tangled lines are at once floral and alien, organic and sci-fi. She creates each intimate world with pens, inks, markers and acrylics, which possess their own ethos and special ability to radiate emotion. By adding tiny little details in a sort of compulsive meditation, her ethereal places are hauntingly familiar and yet hypnotically exotic. Yellena James grew up and attended art school in Sarajevo, Bosnia. At the age of 18 she moved to the U.S. After gaining her BA in painting and graphic design at UCF, she moved to Portland, OR. where she currently resides. Pete Belkin brings natural forms into hard-edged empty spaces. The visceral explosion of color and mass in his installation morphs Gallery Hijinks both internally and architecturally. His interested in the effects of color and light on the psyche has inspired him to build psychoactive environments and explore natural phenomena. Through painting, sculpture and mixed media installation, he investigates the human relationship to the natural world. Peter Belkin was born in Moscow, Russia into a family of microbiologists. In 2010 he received an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. His work has been exhibited both locally as well as Internationally.