Kelsey Melville is a multi-media artist from Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Working with a variety of materials and processes, the central idea behind her work deals with human emotion, thought, experience and connection.
Join us for May's First Friday this week and experience mixed media art from Kelsey Melville and the smooth underground beats of DJ Kah'z.
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Know that your career can save you. When life hands you lemons -- and trust me, at some point it will hand you lemons -- your work becomes a steadying, ego-boosting knight in shining armor. The one place that reminds you of your value. It has for me...and I know it will for you.
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Nathan Wellman: Graphics & Photography
Don't miss Nathan Wellman this Friday, April 5th @ Alter EGO. Born in Wake Forest, North Carolina, Nathan Wellman began refining his artistic interests from an early age. As a talented and disciplined illustrator he very quickly turned to new mediums, experimenting with painting and graphic design. After graduating from Wake Forest Rolesville High School with a double focus in art and design, Nathan went on to study at The Living Arts College where he earned his Bachelors Degree in Interactive Media Arts. While attending the school he held the positions of Student Ambassador, Publisher for the Student Government, and Co-President of the Photography club, Photograffiti. He is a six time Addy Awards Winner, taking home Silver and Bronze in 2011, two Bronze in 2012, and a Gold & Silver in 2013. Nathan is also the 2012 winner of "The Robert F. Lauterborn Scholarship for Advertising".
Celebrate the Imperfect Human Hand - Art by Paul Tobin
Paul Tobin was born and raised in the south, though his parents are both yankees. After studying art and history at Appalachian State University, Paul moved to Raleigh in 2012 in hopes of pursuing a career as an artist. The terms "outsider art" and "street art" have both been used to describe his work, though he prefers "a celebration of the imperfect human hand in a culture over run with digital perfection." His work is currently on display in Canada, New York, Virginia, and North Carolina. He is also furthering his education through the Raleigh based Deadbeat Academy, where students are encouraged to inflate their own sense of self entitlement while maintaining healthy levels of self loathing and developing the unique set of skills necessary to not pay any bill on time, ever. The life of true artists across the globe! Join us Friday from 6-9pm to celebrate and enjoy the show!
First Friday 2013!
This January, Alter EGO welcomes graffiti muralist and screen print artist Brian Norton. Originally from Rhode Island where he received his BA of Fine Arts, Brian moved to North Carolina in 2007. His work is characterized by its abstract layering with acrylic, paint marker, spray paint, and stencil combinations. He is currently experimenting with graffiti on flesh using water based paint markers.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Alter EGO will be closed Dec. 25th as many of us celebrate the birth of our savior Jesus Christ, and again on Jan 1st for New Years Day. We wish you and your families a very wonderful Holiday season together, and we thank you for your patronage and support of our salon.
Many Blessings to you in the New Year,
Shawn Briscoe, Dana Hunter, April Hunter, Alura Lanoza, Jennifer Wang, Kegan Rushing, Jennifer Baldwin, Meghann Holland, Jon Weston, Chelsea Collett, Anna Stancil, Alli Carter, Alisha Hoover, Kevin Ponce Vivian Ellis, Krista Behrendt
Mathew Curran is back! Nov. 2nd @ Alter EGO
OPI celebrates 50 years of James Bond with the SKYFALL COLLECTION
Come let our new nail technician paint your nails like a bond girl! Certified as an OPI Expert NT and Creative Master Tech, Vivian has worked over 15 years excelling in the application of natural looking enhancements giving top priority to maintaining healthy nails. A Nail Care Specialist, she provides medical grade services, having extensive experience pedicuring geriatric, diabetic, sports, and other hand/feet issues while educating clients on maintaining healthy nails, always ensuring a clean, sanitary, safe environment.
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This Friday: Ott Art!
On Friday October 5th, Alter EGO invites you to experience Ott Art. Elijah Ott grew up in beautiful upstate New York on an organic farm. Spray paint is his medium, and he makes use of various tools from newspaper to bare hands. This First Friday he is bringing you futuristic cityscapes.
"Using a can of spray paint lets me create something quickly. I start a painting with just a small idea and from there, go with the flow and let it kind of create itself. I don't have to be neat or perfect with a spray can. Just get lost in paper and fumes!!"
Sept First Friday: Contrast Studios
John Rodgers started his business in 2008, specializing in commercial, weddings, and portraiture, but he personally enjoys more artistic ventures. John's love of art brought him to choose photography as a career.
John says, "Finding ones style is an ever changing and growing journey, and one that I personally hope never ends. Embracing change is ... refreshing and inspiring. My style today is a far cry from years gone by, but I believe that it is maturing from raw, visceral works -- to capturing a more refined and thoughtful vision of our world. In the end I am driven to continuously heighten my level of skill, while pushing the boundaries of my artistic evolution."
First Friday August! Celebrate Summer before its gone...
Through his illustration, graphic art, and painting Franco synthesizes art and activism to form a genre of his own - visual activism. The characters and images he creates will grab more than your attention; they will spark your conscience.
"By finding an ironic comfort in the use of bold lines and bright colors, my art is designed to gently, but vigorously liberate minds from the bonds of conventional thinking."
At once easy to digest and thought-provoking, Franco's work makes statements about the laudable triumphs and continued struggles of those who fight for social equalities.
AE Presents: Taylor McDonald
"Collecting, remembering and altering are the essentials to my creations," says collage artist and photographer Taylor McDonald. For Taylor, Art is honesty. Creation is about bringing forth facts, images, and emotions that reflect the truth that she sees and feels around her.
Taylor regularly sorts through old pictures, magazine ads, stamps, trinkets and even junk yards. In doing so she says she is "mentally searching for a mind state, a way to sort through the present, remember the past and address things in need of change."
This series of Work is titled "Collecting, Remembering and Altering." It features photography and collage art Taylor has been creating since living in Georgia where she attends Savannah College of Art and Design.
This Friday: Anne Atkinson's Photography
Anne describes herself as a “professional treasure hunter”, which is very telling of the way she captures her photographic subject matter. Whether combing the cobblestone streets of fishing villages along the Amalfi Coast in Italy, or rummaging about a farm’s junk pile in rural North Carolina, Anne’s gift is finding treasures in simple things.
A self-taught photographer, Anne started her career as a photo stylist first in New York City and then in Denver, Colorado. But she turned her focus to working behind the lens when she gave birth to her first favorite photography subject, her son, Evan. Fourteen years later, Anne’s favorite photography subjects also include natural abstracts, architectural elements and street art. Her newest venture is in mixed media, where she infuses her photographic images into abstract collages using handmade paper, paint and ephemera.
Anne lives in downtown Raleigh with her husband, Ken, her son, Evan, two dogs and an occasional cat.
Rock it 'til Your Wheels Fall Off! First Friday
This Friday rock it 'til your wheels fall off at Alter EGO! See Graffiti by the world famous VanillaGorrilla and hear DJ F4CEPAINT lay it out on the 1's and 2's. Be there or be square!
First Friday: "Pieces" by Leigh Moose
Though not classically trained, Leigh Moose found herself so captivated by what the world and fellow artists had to offer, that she developed her own natural talents and has chosen to narrate living and share her voice through photography.
Born and raised in North Carolina, Leigh now resides just outside her hometown of Wake Forest. Encouraged by her parents to explore and experience the world around her; Leigh seized the opportunity to live in cities across the country. Experiencing both small town living and large metropolitan areas, Leigh found herself inspired by the diversity of the architecture, color, nature, history and people these areas had to offer. This exposure nurtured an appreciation for a variety of art mediums.
Leigh has worked with several major local musicians and her photography has graced the cover of three CD’s. Leigh has also enjoyed artistic photography work with fellow textile artists, making sure that those artists’ pieces also have a voice through her photography. Some of Leigh’s artwork has displayed at Raleigh’s VAE, The Anne Marie Sculptural Gardens Gallery: About Faces exhibit, Appalachian State University’s Turchin Center: The Halpert Biennial Exhibition, and The Lede Gallery of Wake Forest: Journeys Unknown exhibit. Although Leigh focuses most of her work on portraiture, she always takes the time to encourage a more “out of the box” approach to classic photography. Leigh lives by the motto that, “Every photograph deserves a moment in time.”
First Friday: "Abandoned Spaces"
Erin Woods lives with a creative passion and curiosity about the world. After graduating from Elon with a degree in Painting and Fiber Arts, she has made Raleigh her home.
Read on from Erin regarding her opening of "Abandoned Spaces" at Alter EGO:
"I can remember going on adventures with my dad, as a kid, through rural parts of Maryland. We would explore old tobacco barns and abandoned spaces. There was always a lot of mystery surrounding these structures and I would wonder about their stories. Like an archaeologist uncovering clues about the past, there is a great amount of excitement, imagination, and wonder present when I seek out these spaces. I take my role as an observer very seriously and never manipulate any of the scenes in my photos. What you see is what was left when and where I found it. As well as being visually interesting, I hope to convey a story and evoke emotions that will help the viewer imagine what might have happened." - Erin Woods