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New work made today. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151572227528008&set=a.10151572226948008.1073741826.192433888007&type=1&theater

Having trouble viewing this email? Click here Hi, just a reminder that you're receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in Gallery Swarm. Don't forget to add galleryswarm@gmail.com to your address book so we'll be sure to land in your inbox!   You may unsubscribe if you no longer wish to receive our emails. News From The Swarm Gallery Swarm has exciting news to share! Samuel Gillis, owner, founder and Artist in Residence of Gallery Swarm has been accepted into the School of the Art Institute for Fall 2013! In recognition of his professional artistic achievements, Sam has been awarded a Merit Scholarship of $15,000 a year annually As well, Sam has been accepted into several juried competitions, listed below.   SHOP ONLINE Gal...

I honored the Woman in My Life . My  fiancé  Glendy X. Mattalia was happy when I took her to a great event hosted by NEIU and El Centro.  For all the women in our lives, they were honored by various and faculty of Northeastern University with reading of that special someone created by the students. Glendy received from me a portrait in ink of her and an essay how titled How We Met . Here are a couple of photos of that night.

Net Worth is the current work in progress by Samuel Gillis Check out more of his work at www.gillisfineart.com also check out the updates @ www.galleryswarm.com. Net Worth is the largest painting I have worked on to date. This painting is 160"x30". Hope you enjoy!

Gallery Swarm is proud to present the Art Flows Like Water: Creations from Caves of the Deep exhibition. Featuring cave diver and artist Michael Angelo Gagliardi and new works by master painter Samuel J. Gillis, the show focuses on the preservation of the world’s caves, natural resources and water. Filmmaker and cave diver Jill Heinerth will be on site speaking about water conservation and showing clips of her documentary We Are Water . The exhibition will feature water sponsored by Angel Water Conditioning, Inc., food, drinks and entertainment provided by DJ Servoe. Event Details Date: Friday, August 24, 2012 Time: 7 – 10 pm Location: 2902 N. Clark St.                     Chicago, IL 60625

Gallery Swarm www.galleryswarm.com www.gillisfineart.com galleryswarm@gmail.com “Gallery Swarm keeps buzzing with their first Art Rave!” Gallery Swarm proudly announces its first ever Art Rave! Sponsored in part by artist/art collector Joe Silverberg, the first Gallery Swarm Art Rave is taking place between 7 – 11 pm on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 1240 S. Halsted in the heart of UIC village. Featuring Henna Tattoo Artists and Live Outsider Tile Portrait Artist Jon Lange! DJ Servoe and Infamous EN-V from Reverbnation spinning! Gold Dot Signed Limited Edition Collector’s Poster Sale! And more! Art Rave will feature henna tattoos for $10, tile portraits for $10 and signed, limited edition collectible posters from $20 - $30! Open from Saturday August 4 to Sunday August 26, 2012, the pop-up gallery features live painting, sidewalk sales, Art Raves and more! Silverberg and Gillis’ extensive private collections features artists that range from complete unknowns l...

Altered self portrait created from a photo in photoshop.  Many layers created this edgy image.  

Cuban Artist Pedro Pulido at Gallery Swarm February 17 2012 7-10pm DJ Servoe plays Salsa Music food and wine compliments of the Swarm Open to the Public and we have a parking lot. So hope to see you there. Artist info Widely recognized as an illustrious artist who is outspoken about his opinions on political issues many avoid, Pulido has accumulated a distinguished body of work that speaks both to his love of Cuba and his poet’s soul. His impressive credentials include graduating from the University of Havana with degrees in Graphic Design, Ceramic, Sculpture and Ecology, a BA from the National School of Fine Art, San Alejandro, Cuba, in Drawing and Sculpture, commissioned monumental national works from the Cuban government and touring worldwide as a professor of fine art. Though his works are exhibited around the world in Cuba, Italy, Bulgaria, Australia and throughout the United States in private collections and at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Havana and the Museu...

"ART FLOWS LIKE WATER" is an art exhibit featuring whose work focuses on Water Conservation both fresh and salt and it’s fauna. The show is being curated by Chicago artist Michael Angelo Gagliardi. The artists come from all parts of the USA but all share a deep love and dedication to our planets Oceans, lakes, rivers and springs. The exhibit is sponsored by and is part of OUR WORLD-UNDERWATER the Midwest largest scuba dive industry expo. OWU is at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL on February 17 thru 19, 2012. http://www.ourworldunderwater.com/

An Event of our World Underwater.  This event is an event not to miss.  Go to the website http://www.ourworldunderwater.com/ to purchase your event ticket goes to a great cause. Thanks! From the Swarm and our friends at Our World Underwater

Cuban artist Pedro Pulido an Internationally famous artist with sculpture and painting in collections around the world. The Swarm will be hosting Pedro this great figure in the art world. Friday February 17 2012 from 7pm to 10pm.  DJ Survoe will hit us up with Salsa music. Where this happening will be is at 2902 N. Clark St. (In Olson Rug)  Chicago IL - P: 708.583.1255 - E: galleryswarm@gmail.com .  Hope you Hit us up. And of course this event like any of our public events are open to the public. View works of Pedro Pulido at  http://www.galleryswarm.com/master-page-11

About Gallery Swarm Mission Established in 2010 by noted master painter Samuel Gillis, Gallery Swarm is unique in form and function. Located in an alternative gallery space in a 6,000 square foot facility with vaulted ceilings and exposed brick, it shares its home with high-end rug store Olson Rug. Gallery Swarm has but one guiding principle: anyone can be an artist. Founder Sam Gillis and his "swarm" have long believed that many an artistic genius has had his ember of creativity put out before it can blaze in all its glory because of judgment. From supporting budding artists in their first creative attempts to helping emerging artists build their portfolio and getting them ready for their first shows to exhibiting master painters at the height of their careers, Gallery Swarm seeks to give artists in all phases a refuge to call home. Like chameleon artist Gillis, who is known for his ability to paint with exquisite mastery i...

  Her work has been described as controlled chaos. To Ms. Neistat the most important areas of her canvases are those without paint: “The raw canvas is what gives the piece movement and flow.” Amanda’s “moving colors” allows the observer to connect in their own way to a piece. Her work is best experienced without opinion and an open mind. Amanda’s creative process is deceptively simple. She chooses different color paints then, using a pallet knife, spreads them across her canvass. The pallet knife is her tool to invent different patterns and textures. As the colors inspire her, the piece comes alive and eventually evolves into a completed work. The result is a moving, thought-provoking experience for the observer. Amanda was born in Miami but grew up in the Chicago area. She attended school at Hofstra University and received a Bachelors of Fine Arts with a focus in painting and drawing.  Major influences on Amanda’s work are Kandinsky and Mark Rothko. Their ...

 

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    To have an image look into you, as much as you look into it, is my goal as I create an image. I want you to lock eyes with the character in the piece and feel what it is he or she maybe feeling and create a story, a world even, in your mind. There is a goal to keep a person looking. Good characters in a piece draw a viewer in. As does an incredible amount of detail, design, and imagery. -Paintings- Using a specific technique of oil painting, I aim to create images that have a life like quality. Subjects in the paintings usually portait a connection to mortality, stress, and loss of control. Its that loss of control that creates a certain side of us, a side of us that has been defeated. Its that side that either goes on auto-pilot or goes mad. Masks are an important part of culture and psychology. They can be a literal mask and/or psychological mask. I like to explore both through my art. -Ink Drawings- Developed over years of doodling o...

  Michael Angelo Gagliardi was born in New York City in 1962 to Irish and Italian Parents.  He grew up living in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Staten Island, where he attended Msgr. Farrell High School.  He received a B.F.A. in painting and sculpture and a M.A. in Theatrical Design from C.W. College of Long Island University in 1985.  Michael Angelo sold his first painting in a bar on St Mark’s Place at the tender age of 17.  He is eternally grateful for not being carded that day.  Upon graduating college MA moved back to NYC where he kept studios in the East Village then Williamsburg Brooklyn.  Though finding his own path artistically, he is still to this day influenced by the Neo-Expressionist style.  Making a living in the NYC off Broadway theatre scene MA learned to be a scenic artist and stage craftsperson.  He never stopped making his own art showing mostly at that time in the smaller East Village Galleries.  Along with a group o...

When I was 22 I had a drug induced psychotic break. Reality stopped having any meaning and for a few days there, I felt like everything I’d been experiencing in my life until that moment suddenly came rushing out in vividly artistic psychedelic animations. When I sank back into consciousness, I was surprised to find out my “real” world no longer existed. I had to rebuild. From scratch. So I made a painting. And then another one. And another one. And slowly but surely, a new world emerged. My paintings are the way I create my world. I live something and then I paint about it. Or I paint something and then I live it. I’ve created thousands of pieces. And each one corresponds to a part of my self and my experience that I can only express through a painting. I’m classically trained and appreciate the foundation that gave me to explore my insider roots to teach myself new techniques. The broad range I’ve been able to master lets me create in virtually any style from 17th Cen...

Allison Manasse is a Chicago-based painter whose work focuses on color theory and the emotive qualities of color in an organic and meditative manner. Her work is intuitive, insightful and inspired by in-the-moment choices and reactions.  For Allison, painting is an opportunity for self-reflection and a kind of emotional therapy.  Her work is driven by experiences and people, particularly those who are no longer alive.  Her paintings are filled with colors and moods that reflect her interconnected relationships with people, places, and, for Allison, icons, which emulate those who are significant to her.  Allison received her Bachelor's degree in 2007 from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI in Studio Art and Art History.  She has shown her work in Appleton as well as Chicago since graduation.  While at Lawrence University, Allison's art focused on drawing and figural studies.  In Art History she gravitated towards the Abstract Expression...