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Don Pendleton is an American artist whose techniques range from creating digital and hand painted artwork for his legendary body of skateboard graphics to original acrylics on canvas for gallery shows, murals, conceptual art, and installation pieces that merge linguistics with his narrative artistic vision.
His aesthetic compositions resonate from linear organic cubist creations and similarly move to more expressionist forms that deal with issues of communication in a narrative, visual context. He often incorporates references to insects, animals and ambiguous characters to complete his finished compositions. These equivocal Archetypes are in constant interaction competing for space within the linear composition of the painting creating a confluence of tension and issues of communication that is a metaphorical reflection on the state of contemporary society and culture:
“ I was always drawn to this idea of people cohabitating the same space and the conflicts that arise on a regular basis within that space. Whether it's war or arguments or brushing shoulders or stepping on toes, there's a consistency within the line and the space but at the same time, there's tension and conflict and potential for fights. All of that appeals to me when breaking up the space and creating a piece. I like the tension, I like the potential for conflict that people might recognize but I also like that there are characters in there that are basically on top of each other who may look confused or perfectly at ease within the chaos."
While the preponderance of his artwork is centered on his linear organic cubist, expressionist style, he continues to explore different new techniques to aesthetically complete each project he engages. He is currently working on several new projects for clients that encourage his growing creative repertoire of paintings, graphics, gallery shows and limited editions of silkscreen prints for worldwide exhibition.
-Karl Bornstein, March 5th 2011
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Juggling Knives, solo online exhibit, elephont.com, March, 2001
Friendmakers, Camp Fig, Austin, TX (3-man show with Craig Metzger & Michael Sieben), 2003
Stop Motion, group show, The Mockbee, Cincinnati, OH, March 11, 2004
Russian Dolls, Green Street Gallery, group show, March 12, 2004
Friendmakers 2 (3-man show), Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA, April 1, 2004
Beautiful Losers, Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, March 13 - May 15, 2004, Cincinnati, OH, board graphics section
Beautiful Losers, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, October 3, 2004, San Francisco, CA
board graphics section
Beautiful Losers, Baltimore Contemporary Museum, June 25 - Sept 25, 2005, Baltimore, MD, board graphics section
Beautiful Losers, Orange County Museum of Art, February 6 - May 15, 2005, Orange County, CA, board graphics section
Fun with Dead Bodies, group exhibit, Oct. 21, 2005, Rotofugi Gallery, Chicago
Elementrio Exhibit (3-man show with Todd Francis and Matt Irving), London, UK, July 2, 2006
Elementrio Exhibit, 3-man show and mural, Street Machine, Paris July 6, 2006
Elementrio Exhibit, 3-man show, Brussels, Recyclart, July 10, 2006
Elementrio Exhibit, Bread and Butter tradeshow, July 14th, 2006, Berlin, Germany
Kings & Queens, group show, Oct. 7, 2006, Receiver Gallery, SF
Arkitip presents Highmath, group print show, V1 Gallery, Denmark, Copenhagen, May 2006
Paint Ball, group show, Sept. 12, 2006, Kid Robot store, NYC
Speaker and presenter, Influences Design Conference, Marshall University, Oct. 18, 2006
Last Rites, group exhibit, Vancouver, Canada, Oct. 26 2006
Last Rites, group exhibit, Toronto Canada, Oct. 31, 2006
Make the World Go Away, 2-man show w/ Dave Ackels, Louisville, KY, Butcher Block Gallery, May 3, 2007
Untitled "Streetwear Today" group exhibit, Bread & Butter tradeshow, Barcelona, Spain, July 2007
Dirty Wood. 4-man show, Chop Chop Gallery, Columbus, OH, June 21, 2008
Mixed Messages, group show, Village Jester, Ojai, CA, June 28, 2008
Rovereto Italy, Sept. 6 2008, Cent-100 shop, solo art exhibit & live painting event
Lak duGard, Italy, solo live painting event & exhibit, Sept. 9, 2008
Paul's Boutique, solo live painting event & exhibit, Modena, Italy Sept. 10, 2008
99 Bottles of Beer, Skatepark of Tampa, group show, Dec. 4, 2008
RIP the Ripper, ASR tradeshow, San Diego, group show, Jan 22-24, 2009
The Edge of Bright, solo online exhibit, elephont.com 2009
Element Advocate/Vice Magazine art show, Barcelona Spain, July 3, 2009, 5-man show
Smile on your Brother, Vancouver, Canada, group show, Aug. 24, 2009
Drawing on Vancouver, Vancouver, Canada, group show, Nov. 19, 2009
Eyes Wide Open, Red Bull Space, NY (group show), June 8, 2010
Eyes Wide Open, Costa Mesa, CA, The Camp gallery space (group show) Aug. 17, 2010
The Worst is Yet to Come, 2-man show w/ Mark Penxa, Booksmart Gallery, Rochester, NY, Sept. 23,
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The Lost Thought, solo online exhibit, elephont.com, 2010
Tied up in Knots, solo exhibit, part of the Sundance Film Festival, Jan. 21, 2011
Skate & Create, Museum, with Mark Penxa and Russ Pope, Columbia Museum of Art, Feb. 22, 2011
Full Deck , South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN, group exhibit and workshop/demo, Oct. 16, 2011
The Jaws of Life: Lamentations on Loss , Nov. 7, 2011. Solo exhibit online at www.elephont.com of 45 new paintings.
These Friends III, This, Los Angeles, group show, Feb. 24, 2012.
N'TENCE, Porous Walker & Friends , group show, Anno Domini Gallery, San Jose, CA, Feb. 26, 2012
Juxtapoz Turns 18 , Copro Gallery, group show, Santa Monica, CA, March 24, 2012
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Alien Workshop (full-time, in house,1998-2005)
Element Skateboards (full time, contract, 2005-2009)
Zero Skateboards
Stereo Skateboards
Hessenmob Skateboards
Heroin Skateboards
Landscape Skateboards
Designarium Skateboards
DVS shoes
Etnies shoes
Gravis
Burton
Nike 6.0
DC Shoes
Crownfarmer
Livestock
(Vancouver)
Commonwealth Stacks
Furni Creations (Montreal)
K2 Snowboards
Stance Socks
Verde Bikes
Gatorade
Oakley
Mountain Dew
LG Electronics
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