At it...

Preparing for Peel Here 07 show in Los Angeles, mounting a set of large hand painted stickers...These two might not make it over so I thought I will post them here...

London

Went to London for my birthday, spent time with friends...took some pictures, walked a lot and filmed a bunch also...and eaten ton of sushi as usual.

New studio wildlife!!!

We went for lunch at Harlow Carr Gardens here in Harrogate with my friend Clare and I got these 3 in their plant centre. They live on the window of the studio now...:)



Morty the Cactus


Hubert the Lithops


Gertrude the Aloe

Talent Database feature!

Thrilled to announce that my profile got selected for
a feature on the main page of Art Portal at Talent
Database...click by and have a look!

http://www.talentdatabase.com/channels/1-Art
you are looking for this icon...

Melvin!!

This gentleman was originally cut out with a hot wire from insulation foam back in Amsterdam in 1998...traced him up yesterday to show him again...Enjoy!!

My work included in At the Edge show!

i copied this from the gallery website...don't know what pieces of mine made it into the show, Cathy Byrd, the gallery director and the curator of the show promised me photos so that is great news:) she selected what she liked in NYC, i have quite a lot of work at the Living Museum, i spent a long while at Creedmoor back in 2001-2002

http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwgal



September 6 - November 8, 2007

Street Address:
Georgia State University School of Art & Design Gallery
10 Peachtree Center Avenue
Atlanta, GA 30303

For information or to speak to the gallery director, call: (404) 651-0489

Email: artgallery@gsu.edu

Gallery hours:
Monday through Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 12 - 4 pm

This two-part exhibition presents art by adults and teenagers in residential treatment. While their lives are enclosed, studio practice frees the artists to translate their unique experience into work that moves beyond confinement. Please join us in a critical dialogue about mental health and the creative edge.

The Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design Gallery
Georgia State University
Presents
Art from The Living Museum, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens, New York & Skylans Trail, Atlanta, Georgia

Youth Art Connection Gallery, Boys and Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Atlanta
Presents
Art from The Bridge, Devereux, Hillside & Laurel Heights

Atlanta Artist Mentors: Benita Carr, Angus Galloway, Patty Gregory, Daniel Hoover, Lynn Marshall Linnemeier and Paul Rodecker

September 6
Opening Events
First Thursdays Downtown ArtWalk
5pm – 7pm: Youth Art Connection Gallery Teenage Edge Reception
5pm – 8pm: Welch Gallery Edge Reception
6pm - YAC Gallery Talk with Atlanta Artist Mentors
7pm - Welch School Gallery Talk with Cathy Byrd, Project Curator and Welch School Gallery Director, Andrea Weyermann, Ph.D., Visiting Lecturer and Lindsey Zimmerman, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University

September 20
3pm
In the Realms of the Unreal: Documentary Screening and Dialogue with Susan Richmond, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Welch School of Art & Design, Georgia State University
GSU Arts and Humanities Building, 4th Floor Screening Room

October 4
First Thursdays Downtown ArtWalk
6pm
Living Museum Documentary Screening and Conversation with Dr. Janos Martin, Museum Director, Lisa Armistead, Ph.D. and Walt Wilczynski. Ph.D., Psychology Department and Center for Behavioral Neuroscience, Georgia State University
GSU Recital Hall, Arts and Humanities Building

October 9
7pm
A Beautiful Mind: Film Screening and Dialogue with Elaine Walker, Ph.D., Psychology Department, Emory University
Fernbank Museum of Natural History

November 1 Final Event
First Thursdays Downtown ArtWalk
6pm
The Interactive Edge, a participatory performance with the Art Student Union, the Graduate Association for Students in Psychology and the Poetry Society, Georgia State University


http://www.gsu.edu/artgallery
http://www.youthartconnection.org
http://www.fernbank.edu/museum

new shop on Red Bubble!

i finally found a place that prints in real nice quality, so i am slowly uploading my designs to be available through there. all sort of things, cards, posters, framed prints, also t-shirts (but those i need to see first for the quality control...waiting for one to arrive) fingers crossed, i have a bunch of designs i want to go your way!

http://www.redbubble.com/people/mariaslovakova

here is the latest piece i completed this afternoon...titled 'Hello There!'

Singing Berry-Ness at Click Clack Open Mic

Here we are with Dave, recorded by Rachel, at Iron Duke in Harrogate...:)









for more Click Clack videos go to:

http://www.youtube.com/MariaSlovakova

Harrogate!!

This is where i live. It's a great looking place on a sunny day like it was yesterday...


If you are in town, you gotta go to Bettys. My favourite thing of all they sell is their little round cheesecake :)


The Montpellier Quarter is in the heart of town and it's very pleasant place to walk through...


There are many many hotels and bnb's and guest houses in this town, The Crown is a great building, this sign is on the side wall...


Another place to go when you are here is definitelly Valley Gardens. Smells are
great on a sunny day!!!



Flower arrangements like this one are all over town. Cant's escape them. :)

more photos on http://www.flickr.com/photos/mariaslovakova

Sunflowers time again!!!

i love sunflowers. really do...here they are in my studio...

Stickers!!

my stickers get around. i give away many many. it's a way to cheer people up for free. some are found on the streets places i don't get to go...here are some, captured very finely by me and my friends...


Peace and Cookies in Bratislava.. photo by Filip Drabek




Be nice in Miami...photo by dfunkdamager




Little Eskimo in Paris...photo by me

Artspace@ORB

We are working on a new artspace here in Harrogate, please come and support the idea by becoming a friend!! only if you like of course. this is where we are on the internet: http://www.myspace.com/artspaceatorb



So far it's in pilot times and we are running on Thursday afternoons. Some truly nice work is being produced and i really wish it grows and we will show in various interesting spaces near you.



here is the write up...

Orb community enterprise based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire is working with Maria Slovakova, a local artist who’s artwork has been exhibited in many galleries and spaces across the USA, Canada & Europe to develop artspace@ORB which aims to provide facilities to enable artists to have the space to work on individual projects with support if required. Maria and Orb aim to develop the project inspired by activities of the Living Museum which is part of Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital in Queens Village NYC & AIM (Artists In Mind) in Huddersfield. Maria’s found her experience of being involved in the Living Museum whilst in New York and also her work with AIM very positive in their mission and is keen to develop a similar project locally.

More coming soon...

Cat-A-Phonic Dog!! in Speakerdog series 3

Speakerdog series 3 were just launched by Ben the Illustrator!! Here is another design of mine...



for Cat-A-Phonic dog paper toy click here!!

so get the scissors and glue out and enjoy!!

for Flower Power dog design from Series 1 click here!!

for more about Ben the Illustrator click here!!

Babybugs!

Here is the latest painting...:)

also...tomorrow is Click Clack open mike again, sang couple of songs last week, will do some more poetry tomorrow...nice to be doing that again, it's been a long time...lots of recording is coming up...looking forward to it.

Walter!!

Walter in a field of overeasy daisies...just finished, black still drying...

Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace

I just joined forces with Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace
amazing organization operating from California. You can show support by becoming a member from as little as $1



Musicians and Fine Artists for World Peace is a network of musicians, artists
& performers working to promote events & concerts focused on peace & raising
global consciousness.

Also, here is a link to Butterfly Gardeners Association which seeks to foster an
appreciation for butterflies, hummingbirds & other life forms and promotes
the installation of butterfly gardens & children's environmental & nonviolence
programs. www.butterflyspirit.org

I am working on pictures inspired by their message. Will keep you posted!

Peace and cookies to ya!

MRI scan

went to the hospital and they scanned my brain this morning. what a sci-fi sorta experience, the nurse gave me headphones to block of the noise, it sounded like minimal experimental industrial music and i had to lay still for quite a long while so the machine could take masses of pictures. she talked to me via a speaker just above my head. wow. man, 21st century life of a schizophrenic gets more and more interesting everyday!

Pohoda festival report

banner design by Zlty


photo by almighty Ctibor Bachraty

hello, my old blog died without any notice, so here we are with a wish that this one will last a bit longer...
i am a week back from Trencin, Slovakia, it was Pohoda festival again, and what a nice one it was...i did another large mural, it was the first time this year i left England, stayed very local for the past year...


photo by Stanislav Hosek

man, it was hot. hottest summer in 100 years, they said. it was a real shock, as there was no summer in England almost at all and, mostly 15 degrees and pouring so coming into tropical heat was a bit too much for my shell. but i managed, painting mornings and evening, sticking to the fan in my room during the afternoons...had the laptop with me so i got quite a lot done..



i was the first to perform of all the many greats who came this year, starting two days before everyone else just to make sure i get it finished in time. i completed the wall Saturday before sunset, so all well. i did not see too much of the festival this year, but what i have seen was amazing. the highlight was definitelly KTU, i was really looking forward to see them live, we hang out afterwards too, a real boost of wonderful energy they were.


Kimmo Pohjonen of KTU

another amazing show was Blind boys of Alabama, these men are so powerful in their positive. i was there with two friends from London, we danced and danced and danced.

i jiggled with a big smile in the front row to Junkie XL, he was so much fun to witness there!!!

Slovak national theatre opera singers and a full orchestra were probably the most emotional performance, to hear them from the biggest stage on huge soundsystem at 1pm was a real strong experience. shivering while it was baking. after they finished their show, Michal Kascak (main organizer) came on stage and told them to repeat it all over. everyone applauded so off they started again. beautiful.

i bumped into many old friends, so nice that. many myspace friends came to say hi also, so it was nice to meet them also...


photo by Filip Drabek (feefo) of Cisty Urban

my last years mural appeared in July issue Reflex magazine published in Prague, Czech republic...this photo was part of an interview with Michal Kascak who is the heart and mind of Pohoda festival


photo by David Kraus

Pohoda festival lives all year long at: http://www.pohodafestival.sk