Yellow Panda

My yellow panda, covered in bold black designs, represents the universal strength and balance of yin and yang, where opposing forces come together as a harmonious whole. Through symbols of seeds, water droplets, unicellular beings, atoms, and particles, I explore the perpetual cycles of life. Inspired by the Mochica iconography of my heritage and the Ohlone culture of the land I call home, this panda becomes a bridge between past and future, inviting us to reflect on the interconnectedness and resilience that sustain our existence. Coming soon to San Francisco’s Chinatown

A Dark Matter: Coffee Concert

I am happy to announce that I’ll painting live in two concerts with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble in Berkeley and San Francisco. Thank you Matilda Hofman, Stacey Pelinka , and all musicians in this amazing concert. Here is the information:

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 11:30 AM

Berkeley Hillside Club, 2286 Cedar Street, Berkeley, CA 94709

Saturday, February 1, 2025, 11:30 AM

Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez Street, San Francisco, CA 94114

Complete info: https://www.leftcoastensemble.org/dark-matter

Corazones / Hearts

Saturday, January 18th at 6:36 p.m. at Red Poppy Art House will be the closing of my show CORAZONES / Hearts. There will be new works inspired by the heart and stories that have been born during this process.

There will be new pieces that were exhibited at the California Museum in Sacramento in October-November 2024. More info HERE https://redpoppyarthouse.org/event/party-of-hearts-exhibition-closing-reception/

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New Piece, The Goddess of Fish

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I will be reading a poem inspired by a painting by Julie Heffernan at Catharine Clark Gallery in San Francisco.

Whether You Fly: An Ekphrastic Poetry Project

Produced by EXiT at Catharine Clark Gallery

“Ekphrasis” according to The Oxford Classical Dictionary, means “the rhetorical description of a work of art.” Edward Hirsch, in his resource, A Poet’s Glossary, quotes Paul Valéry as saying, “Each work of art demands its response.”

This event has been organized by Annice Jacoby and Maw Shein Win who have invited accomplished Bay Area poets Adrian Arias, James Cagney, Jennifer Futernick, Heather June Gibbons, and Yiskah Rosenfeld to respond to the paintings in Julie Heffernan’s solo exhibition Whether You Fall.

This is the amazing painting by Julie Heffernan that inspired my poem, and the event and reading will be on Saturday, January 11th, from 4-6pm at the Catharine Clark Gallery, 248 Utah St, San Francisco.

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Adrian in Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/adrian_arias_art/

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Adrian’s End of the Year Sale (2)

From 2003 to today, a wide variety of creations: pencil drawings, inks, acrylics on paper and canvas, small and large formats, book-objects, and everything that defines the path of a multidisciplinary artist.

The end of year sale is over. Here is the complete list of pieces that are available. You can ask for the prices by writing to: adrian.arias@gmail.com

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Dreamscapes:

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Landscape listening to La Mer by Debussy (2009) Framed / Acrylic on Canson cardstock, framed 12×18 inches (art 9×12)

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Landscape listening to Claire du Lune by Debussy (2009) Framed / Acrylic on Canson cardstock, framed 12×18 inches (art 9×12)

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Landscape listening to Ravel’s Bolero (2009) Framed / Acrylic on Canson cardstock, framed 12×18 inches (art 9×12)

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Flower of a dream (2017) not framed / Acrylic on Canson cardstock, 18×24 inches

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Abstract # 14 (Living things at the bottom of the ocean) (2018) not framed  / Acrylic on canvas, 16×20

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Abstract # 16 (waterfalls)(2018) not framed  / Acrylic on canvas, 16×20

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Drawings, pencil and ink

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Mujer-pez sueña con un faro (2020) not framed  / Pencil and ink on Canson cardstock, 18×24

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Caracol-persona (Pandemia 2020) not framed  / Pencil on Canson cardstock, 18×18

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Day #6 of quarantine, Animal full of hands(2020) not framed  / Pencil on Canson cardstock, 18×24

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Big Format:

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Dream with a Bell pepper (2021) not framed  / Watercolor on Arches paper 300 grs, 51×62 inches

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Jack Hirschman (2021) not framed  / Watercolor, pencil and pastel on Arches paper 300 grs, 45×59 inches

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Ancestros caracoles (2022) not framed  / Watercolor and Acrylic on paper 240 grs, 38×50 inches

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Angel no trates de colonizarme (2022) not framed  / Watercolor on Arches paper 300 grs, 42×51 inches / Original design that will become a mural in Clarion Alley in 2023

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Not in our name (2024) not framed  / Watercolor, ink and Acrylic on paper, 42×60 inches / Painted live at Yoshy’s in Oakland in concert with John Santos Sextet

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Watercolor, Acrylic:

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Listening to “La flor azul” sung by Mercedes Sosa (2022) not framed but with passepartout / Watercolor and ink on Arches paper, 12×16 inches

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Mending Heart, Listening to “Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón / I come to offer my heart”, sung by Mercedes Sosa (2022) not framed  / Acrylic on Arches paper 300 grs, 26×40

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Yellow Dance (2022) not framed  / Acrylic, watercolor and ink on Arches paper 300 grs, 26×40

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Escuchando Pat Metheny “are you going with me?” (2023) not framed  / Acrylic and pastel on Arches, 16×20

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Blue Flower of a Dream (2023) not framed  / Watercolor and ink on Arches paper 22×30 inches

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Listening to Milhaud(2024) not framed  / Watercolor and ink on Arches paper 22×30 inches

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Woman dreams that she is an octopus with a person sleeping upside down (2024) not framed  / Watercolor and ink on Indian 600 grs paper 22×30 inches

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Cesar Chavez is an ancestral hummingbird (2024) not framed  / Watercolor and ink on paper 26×40 inches

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Ink:

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Robot in Paris (2023) not framed  / Ink on Fabriano paper, 20×40 inches

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Warrior #2 (2023) Framed  / Ink on Arches paper, framed 12×18 inches (art 9×12)

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Happy Bread Slices (2023) not framed / Ink on Arches paper, 16×20 inches

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Medicinal Plants:

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Medicinal Goddess Plant Rue (2024) not framed / Ink and watercolor on Arches paper, 21 x 30 inches

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Medicinal Goddess Plant Pansy (2024) Framed / Ink and watercolor on Arches paper, Framed 29 x 42 inches (art: 26×40)

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Bobby McFerrin series:

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Moonscape (2023) not framed / Painted live at Freight & Salvage with Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs / Ink and watercolor on Arches paper, 22×30

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Things going on in the head (2024) not framed / Painted live at Freight & Salvage with Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs / Ink and watercolor on Arches paper, 22×30

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Anna the hummingbird visits the Freight (2024) not framed / Painted live at Freight & Salvage with Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs / Ink and watercolor on Arches paper, 22×30

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Stones and petals floating in the song (2024) not framed / Painted live at Freight & Salvage with Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs / Ink and watercolor on Indian hand made paper 600 grs

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Book-Objects 2010-1012:

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“N N” (black-golden book) / Based on a futuristic dream, where a snail emerges into a giant spoon-totem that creates a new robotic star. Created with plastic objects: spoon, fork, doll leg, plastic cat-dinosaur skeleton, seashells found on Tortugas beach in Peru, book found in Berkeley, California, two gastric proton pump inhibitor capsules, mini clothes hangers, and acrylic paint. 6.5 x 9.5 x 2 inches.

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“Forgive For” (brown book) / Book that depicts the story of a supposed idolized character, who emerges from the sea, coming from the real island “Trash Vortex” built with plastic remains in the North Pacific. Created with a plastic mini doll found in Tulum, some plastic packaging from products purchased by me, seeds from Peruvian lemons, fake nails bought at the dollar store in Oakland, book found in Berkeley, California, and acrylic paint.. 6.5 x 9.5 x 1 inches.

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End of year art sale (1)

 

Mother Earth

California’s Mother Earth, cradling the golden poppy’s medicine, its gift of calm, a symbol of resilience that blossoms in the midst of hardship. She is visited by California’s ancient sister butterfly, guardian of renewal and strength, reminding us of the transformative power of the spirit.

This butterfly’s extraordinary metamorphosis reflects the journey of a determined heart, forever shaped by the healing force of growth and the courage to thrive, which is what we will need in the next four years.

 

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Adrian at SFO

Thanks to Winslow & Associates, Inc. for the invitation to paint a temporary mural to honor a wonderful celebration, Dia de los Muertos at San Francisco Airport, SFO, Terminal 2, which will be visible to passersby until November 9th.

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Adrian at The California Museum

It is an honor to have been invited to create two altars at the California Museum in Sacramento, dedicated to Yolanda Lopez and Rene Yanez, two of the most prominent and influential Chicano artists, in addition to having been my friends and mentors. Thank you Lindsey Crawford for the constant support. A big thank you to Amanda Sanchez, Exhibitions Director of the California Museum.

Here is a link to learn more about the exhibition

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CORAZONES / HEARTS. New exhibition at the Red Poppy Art House

Thursday October 3rd, 6:33pm to 9pm

Music by singer songwriter Lalin St. Juste, Special Ceviche-performance by Adrian. RSVP sending an Email: adrian.arias@gmail.com

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Live painting at Freigth & Salvage Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs

Here a collection of images of several sessions painting live

 

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Paintings and poems

Origin of love and water

When elements merge,

water and love weave a dream

blue light births new life.

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Sacred Corn

Roots deep in moist earth,

golden sun in ancient eyes

journey’s light now shines.

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Love can be a blue hot pepper

“River to the Sky”, Turk @ Hyde, SF: HERE

“BLM in Chinatown”, Grant 2 Vinton Ct: HERE

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Live painting at El Rio in SF

with the Left Coast Ensemble as part of the SF International Arts Festival

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Live painting at Yoshi’s with John Santos Sextet

some images by Tom Ehrlich 

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Live painting weekend

On May 2nd at El Rio with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble

On May 3rd at Yoshi’s with John Santos Sextet

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Happy Birthday Billie Holiday

A couple of sketches prior to the execution of the “River to the sky” mural on the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco. Billie Holiday did her last West Coast tour at the Blackhawk Jazz Club, which was located on this corner between the years 1948-1961. More info about the Jazz Club here

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The Ambassador Hotel re-opening with my mural

The re-opening of the Ambassador Hotel in San Francisco is a reality! In the lobby of the Hotel I was commissioned to make a mural in memory of the great Hank Wilson, activist and hero of LGBTQ rights.

 

Hank founded and co-founded many organizations, including the Gay Teachers Coalition; the Butterfly Brigade, which became the Castro Street Safety Patrol; San Francisco Gay Democratic Club, which became the Harvey Milk Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Democratic Club; the Tenderloin AIDS Network, which became Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center; the PWA Coalition; Mobilization Against AIDS; a film festival that grew into the Frameline Film Festival; the AIDS Candlelight Vigil, which became the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial; the Committee to Monitor Poppers and ACT UP/Golden Gate, which became Survive AIDS

 

 

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Solaz get an award at the IZZIE’S

Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Production Honoree

La Tania Baile Flamenco and the Presidio Theatre recognized for the outstanding production of Solaz an immersive flamenco, multimedia performance with choreography by La Tania, artistic direction by La Tania and Adrián Arias (visuals)

Photos and video by Adrian Arias, except when Adrian appears, photo by Julie Mushet. Link to see a SOLAZ 2 minutes video clip HERE

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Remembering Jess Curtis

Dear Jess, we will miss you very much. You looked at the world with special eyes and created your performances with adventure, compassion, pleasure, ceremony and risk. Thank you for the Symmetry Project, one of the most incredible performances I have ever seen in my life. And thank you for Gravity.

Rest in Power querido Jess.

Jess drawing at Counterpulse altar

#adrianariasart

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Upcoming Exhibition of new work

Dear community, my next exhibition of recent works will be in a different, unconventional space, and very connected to my new series of Hearts/Corazones and drawings made after a dream or a vision. It will be at the eleventh house, 7 Bolinas road, Fairfax, California. opening on Saturday March 16 at 7pm. There will be some lately created work live at Freight & Salvage with the legendary Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs.

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Manifest Differently at Minnesota Project

Live painting for 2 hours at Manifest Differently

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I’m participating in the Manifest Differently exhibition curated by Megan Wilson, Kim Shuck and Trisha Lagaso, at the Minnesota Project, from February 3 to March 16, 2024. With this interactive tree and with these two works related to my feeling as an immigrant, and with a Tree of Life for an interactive experiece with the audience.

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Live painting at John Santos and Bobby McFerrin

In the past few months I have participated in several live painting sessions with great musicians from the Bay Area. Here are images from John Santos’ CD Release and some images from my usual participation in Bobby McFerrin Circle Songs Mondays. Both at Freight & Salvage, Berkeley.

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Hank Wilson mural at the Ambassador hotel in San Francisco.

Ancestral Hummingbird at Mission District in San Francisco

Part of the series of Ancestral Hummingbirds that I have painted in Peru and Mexico, now in San Francisco, on the corner of 24th Street and Osage Street, half a block from Mission Street, in front of the BART station. More murals here

Ancestral Hummingbird at SFO

As part of Day of the Dead organized by the San Francisco International Airport, here images of the great experience at Terminal 2.

Ancestral Hummingbird at the Exploratorium

As part of Day of the Dead organized by Marigold Project.

Día de los Muertos at SOMArts, 2023

Dia de los Muertos exhibition at Somarts, curated by Rio Yañez and Bridgétt Rex. There I have an altar-installation dedicated to the great Harry Belafonte and the sacred Hummingbirds. Open until November 3, 2023 in Somarts, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco

New solo exhibit at ATA

thanks to Trisha Lagaso, Megan Wilson, Kim Shuck, all Mannifest Differently team, and Rene Yañez Presente! Show open October 8-31, 2023. ATA is located at 992 Valencia Street, San Francisco.

New mural at the corner of 23rd Street @ Folsom

“La mujer Indígena no es invisible”, mural unveiling on Saturday October 7th, Red Poppy Art House, 2698 Folsom St, San Francisco. Thanks to Dina Zarif, Reneé Baldocchi and Finny Balboa for the support, thank you to Jorge Molina and Kim Shuck for the Land Acknowledgment and poetry. And thank you Lindsey Crawford for your help painting this mural.

More Murals by Adrian here

Dia de los Muertos / Marigold ProjectI have the honor of co-curating Dia de los Muertos at the Marigold Project with Rosa de Anda, holding two exhibitions and ceremonies at the Exploratorium on October 19 and at Potrero del Sol Park on November 2. Participating artists are Mara Lea Brown, Susan Matthews, Lila Maes Shah, Danielle Revives, Bryan Dominguez, Fiorella Dominquez and Arturo Mendez

Altar installation for Dia de los Muertos at SOMArts

opening on October 6th, 6-9 pm SOMArts, 934 Brannan St, San Francisco

New Mural at Clarion Alley

Inspired by this drawing, which is part of a dream with my ancestors, I paint this mural in September, as part of the Mannifest Differently event.

New Murals in Mexico & Peru

Ancestral hummingbird at Bundo Cafebreria, Xalapa, Mexico and at Kasa Kambalache, Lima, Peru 

SOLAZ

at the Presidio Theatre in San Francisco

photos byKegan Marling

photo by La Tania

Multidisciplinary Flamenco and visual show, created by La Tania and Adrian Arias, with music by Jose Luis de la Paz, dance by Mizuho Sato, Melissa Cruz and Cristina Hall, cante by Jose Cortes, and musicians Gary Haggerty and Faisal Zedan.
More information about the artists HERE
World Premiere, July 21 at 7pm, Shows also on July 22 at 7pm and July 23 at 4pm. Buy tickets for SOLAZ HERE

New exhibition

SOLAZ Multidisciplinary flamenco show

I am happy to announce my collaboration with La Tania Baile Flamenco, in the creation and co-direction of SOLAZ, which will be presented at the Teatro Presido on July 21, 22 and 23. You can see the complete information and get your tickets HERE.

After my artistic trip to Paris, a collection of new pieces. More art HERE

MURAL at FREIGHT & SALVAGE

I’m so happy to announce that I was selected to create a mural at the iconic Freight & Salvage in Berkeley

LINK HERE

And FaceBook page for comments here

MARCH-APRIL-MAY PERFORMANCES

Saturday March 25, Grand Opening and Party for the Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution at CAST & 5M Park

LINK HERE

Saturday April 1st, I’m curating MAPP-Illusion show at the Red Poppy Art House

LINK HERE

Sunday April 2nd I will be performing a special poem, as part of John Santos

LINK HERE

Saturday April 15 and Sunday April 16, Adrian will be performing with his group PERFORMANCE L.A.B. at D.I.R.T. Festival, at Dance Mission Theater

LINK HERE

May 20 & 21. Performance LAB presents “Pieces of Time”

More info and Buy tickets HERE

Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution

I am happy to announce that The Tarot in Pandemic and Revolution will have a great public birth on Saturday March 25, 2023 on CAST. Full information here

And you can contact me at  adrian.arias@gmail.com  if you like to buy a deck

Image reclaiming the power of the Indigenous Woman

Indigenous Woman of the Americas is not invisible (3)
Watercolor and ink on Arches paper, 26 x 40 inches

Indigenous Woman of the Americas is not invisible (2)
Watercolor and ink on Arches paper, 26 x 40 inches / Private Collection

New work – Pandemic Art

The New Monolith (1) -negative-. Acrylic on canvas, 30×40 inches

“Flooding in my used covid test cabinet, while a california golden trout streaked across the sky casting ancestral blessings”. Acrylic and watercolor on Arches paper. 26 x 40 inches

“Strange Totem from the 21st century found in an old abandoned house in the desert in a full moon night”. Acrylic, ink and rainwater on Arches paper. 22.5 x 30”. Acrylic and watercolor on Arches paper. 26 x 40 inches

Live painting at the Berkeley Museum

As part of the Full Long Moon celebration, and dedicated to the Tarot in Pandemic & Revolution

Adrian in a news article on KQED, NPR, Click HERE

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New private mural in Lima, Peru

The image represents the birth of a bird when two people meet. The iconography and graphic images are inspired by Mochica-Chimu designs, ancestral cultures of ancient Peru, and in nature.

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Adrian’s new book of poetry

will be presented in Lima on November 29, 2022. Edited under the Peisa publishing house, and with a preface by Mario Bellatin.

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Visual collaboration with “Archipielago”, play created by Begoña Caparrós in Madrid, Spain

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Altar Sound-installation by Adrian will be at the Exploratorium

Opening November 10, closing December 4th.

This altar sound-installation, with music specially composed by Anais Azul, was part of the Day of the Dead organized by the Marigold Project at the Potrero del Sol Park.
More images of Adrian’s Día de los Muertos installations HERE

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Adrian in new book about Artists in San Francisco, 2022
I am very grateful to be a part of this book edited by Shizue Seigel with 16 pages of my multidisciplinary art.

If you want to buy it go to this LINK

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MURALS

“River to the Sky”

A mural on the corner of Turk and Hyde in San Francisco, honoring Miles Davis, Billie Holiday, the Blackhawk Jazz Club, BLM, the sacred water and rivers under the ground, the California Poppies, the Ohlone territory, my ancestral Mochica land.

Thank you Darryl Smith of Luggage Store Gallery and Someland Foundation

Thank you Kasey Rios Asberry and the Tenderloin neighborhood, Caleb, Krissy and Stella for your incredible help.

 

 

69 second video showing the making of River to the Sky HERE

 

Images from the process and the finished mural

 

Complete Statement and meaning of RIVER TO THE SKY HERE

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Mural at GOOGLE

Very proud to have been part of an Art Residency at the new Google facilities, creating a two stories four walls mural dedicated to my grandparents: Love story of Hummingbirds and Ancestors
These hummingbirds tell us a love story that made my grandparents’ hearts beat on their night of love, after which my family grew like a garden, always visited by more hummingbirds. Hummingbirds are sacred messengers between life and death, between what must be transformed to stay alive.

CLICK HERE to read about the 9 selected artists and Adrian’s explanation and images at the end of the article.

New Mural @ MAGIC THEATRE in San Francisco

“Indigenous Women are not invisible”

The image of this indigenous woman is based on four native women from the territory that we now call America. Woman of Mochica ancestors in Peru, my culture, mixed with Nukak Woman native to the Colombian Amazon, from which I have been inspired in her face painting. Ohlone woman, who also painted her face with that black line and other parts of her body. And Yuma and Pápago Woman from the border area between what we now call Arizona and Mexico, whose hat I have used, which is a basket, and also features of her face.

On her chest you can read “My Body Not Yours”, and also in Spanish “Mi cuerpo, Mi Alma”. It bears the image of the fallopian tube, as a sign that indigenous women also have reproductive rights. In her right ear she wears a “Chakana” which is an aboriginal symbol of the indigenous peoples, of what was the Tahuantinsuyo (now part of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and Argentina) that is more than four thousand years old, and represents a four-sided ladder, connecting the four elements and the four directions. And in her left ear she wears an earring with the inscription “Say Her Name”, which is a social movement that emerged to denounce police brutality against black Women, and in this case, it is also a claim for indigenous Women.

“Dreams and Suitcases” ephemeral mural at The Red Poppy Art House

Adrian Artist in residence at the Red Poppy Art House. Several events and art pieces will be created at the RPAH. Here the link to see Live painting by Adrian on June 18, 2022 LINK

Mini ILLUSION show 10.1 @ Red Poppy Art House

Mini Illusion show 10.1 created by Adrian on June 4, 2022. With special guests Mara Brown, Pancho Peskador, Tongo Eisen Martin, Josiah Alderete, Lucia Lilikoi, The Genie and Monica Maria Fimbrez.

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 TAROT in Pandemic & Revolution

24 visual artists and 43 poets from the Bay Area participating in this unique Tarot deck, whose idea came from a dream of Adrian.

More about this Tarot HERE

You can order your deck HERE

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Dia de los Muertos @ SOMArts

dedicated to five human beings who lost their lives due to police brutality

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Altar for Jack Hirschman

With tremendous pain, I am drawing this life-size portrait of Jack, unstoppable poet, friend, and mentor, who rests in the pantheon of revolutionary poets.

Jack Hirschman, December 13, 1933 – August 22, 2021

Jack and Adrián at the entrance of the Red Poppy Art House in 2004.

My first poetry reading in San Francisco was with Jack at Café Boheme in 1999

Gracias querido poeta

Adrian´s statement here

New Flower series

Anna Halprin, teacher and friend who is always with us. Her wisdom will continue to inspire us, to create artistic spaces that help us reconcile life with the body, humanity with social justice, inner strength with the energy of our senses. Thank you Anna for everything you gave us.

Altar for Anna at MCCLA 

Adrian 15 minutes collaboration online with Darren Johnston in trumpet, Shania Rasmussen in dance and Amy Seiwert as producer. February 2021

“Adrian´s Art in Pandemic & Revolution” a virtual exhibition, at the Red Poppy Art House in San Francisco.

Dance and painting collaboration with Mimi Cezanne Stoll at the Red Poppy exhibit “Adrian´s Art in Pandemic & Revolution”

Another mural at Grand Ave in Oakland, supporting local business

New temporary murals at Lakeshore in Oakland

@ Good Vibrations, first sex-positive and women-friendly store in the United States, founded in 1977 by Joani Blank. In 1992 it became a cooperative of its workers and in January 2012 open its 6th store in Lakeshore Ave. in Oakland, where this temporary mural is located. As part of their recognition as a leader in sex-positive culture and education, GV received a Certificate of Honor from the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Last live-performance-painting @ Machina Loci Space in Berkeley

50 seconds time-lapse here

New Mural @ Machina Loci space in Berkeley. Life is a Treasure was a live paint improvisation, for 3 hours while Anais Azul played music on September 27th 2020.
Thanks to Carol Mancke for the commission to create this piece.

You can see 3 hours work in one minute time-lapse HERE

Also here the Adrian Time-lapse collection and more in his VIMEO page

Adrian Arias is an American poet, visual artist and performer. He was born in Peru and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 2000. Adrian reinvents animals, creates dream-based languages and codes, explores the absurd and the surreal visually and creates paintings in action and murals related to the pandemic and the social revolution that we are experiencing.

Adrian use movement as a form of art, as a choreographer and visual poet. Adrian is also a cultural promoter, art teacher and artivist actively working in the community, receiving commissions to create murals in the San Francisco Bay Area and other parts of California.

 Letter A as part of Black Lives Matter on the asphalt of Petaluma Public Library

“8:46” Altar installation for Day of the Dead at SOMARTS San Francisco, 2020

Mural commission in San Francisco’s Chinatown.

“Adrian Arias, the ever brilliantly inventive poet of the gesturing Word” Jack Hirschman, poet and activist, San Francisco Poet Laureate.

Here you can see his new series of painting in pandemic

Here my 2019 paintings

Here PANDEMIC CREATIONS in collaboration

Here my STORE with small paintings

Adrian lives and works in Oakland, California.