[october.2003]
01. New York's Dabora Gallery presents the exhibition, "Mortis Dabora: Tall Tales of Death II". The gallery hosts an opening reception on Saturday, October 4th, from 8:00pm - 11:00pm with performances by Kate Fenker and violinist Michael Shulman. The exhibition continues through October 31st, 2003. Featured artists include Stephen Kasner, H. R. Giger, David Hochbaum, Viktor Koen, Christin Couture, and others. Dabora Gallery will also host a special Halloween closing for the exhibition on Friday, October 31st, at 9:00p. For complete exhibition and gallery information, visit daboragallery.com.

02.On Friday, October 10th, Seattle's Roq la Rue Gallery opens "Grave Matters/Fete Noir", a dark and elegant group show exploring themes of death and the afterworld. Artists include Stephen Kasner, H. R. Giger, Daniel Martin Diaz, Charles Krafft, Kris Kuksi, and more. For complete exhibition and opening details, check out roqlarue.com.

[september.2003]
01. Stephen Kasner is included in the Woodstock Tattoo and Body Arts Festival's "Modern Art Visionary Exhibition" at the Hawthorne Gallery in Woodstock, New York. This, the first annual festival of its kind in Woodstock, begins Friday, September 5th and continues through September 7th. Dozens of internationally renown tattoo artists will be working through the event, including the legendery Lyle Tuttle. Bands spanning an amazing gamut of styles including Bongzilla, Burnt by the Sun, 420 Funk Mob, the Taiko Masala Drummers, and many others will be playing throughout the weekend. The Hawthorne Gallery exhibition includes works by Kasner, as well as contemporary masters Winston Smith, Joe Coleman, Alex Grey, J.K. Potter, R.K. Sloane, and more. Also, nearby Fletcher Gallery hosts a very special exhibition by the mighty H. R. Giger, showcasing recent sculptures and prints, and unveiling the new Giger jewelry line. These exhibitions both open in tandem with the Woodstock Tattoo and Body Arts Festival on September 5th, but will continue on through September 28th at the Fletcher Gallery and October 4th at the Hawthorne, respectively. For complete details on the Festival, artists, tattooists, bands and events of the weekend, visit woodstocktattoo.com.

02. Also opening Friday, September 5th, the Dead Horse Gallery in Cleveland, OH presents "ZOO: 31 Artists Interpret the Animal Kingdom". Featured artists include Stephen Kasner, Douglas Utter, Amy Casey, Amathin, George Kocar and others. This, Dead Horse Gallery's special 3rd anniversary celebration, continues through October 4th, with an opening reception on Friday, September 5th from 6 - 10pm. For full details, check out deadhorsegallery.com.

[july.2003]
01. RIDE Snowboards has released their 2003/2004 line, featuring the Stephen Kasner "Serum" series. For all necessary information, visit ridesnowboards.com.

02. Cleveland, Ohio's 1300 Gallery presents SEXHIBITION, opening Friday, July 25th at 8:00pm.

This annual event features numerous international artists' visual explorations into the erotic and the sensual. Featured artists include Kasner, Derek Hess, Glenn Barr, Bask, Jeff Soto, Russell Lee, and over 20 others working in multimedia formats.

"Erotica can be seen as the expression of all things sexual. Meant to arouse and invoke the senses. So often erotica has been placed in the context of its critics, at once liberating and prurient. Sexhibition is an attempt to bracket erotica into its own context, erotica for erotica's sake. Attempting to neither liberate, arouse, nor play to the basest of emotions, Sexhibition is simply an art show, which will present to its viewers a chance to take from each work of erotica what they will." - 1300

The exhibition continues through August 7th.

For more information, check out 1300's site at 13hundred.com

03. Australia's Orange Regional Gallery is delighted to be able to present the exhibition Fantastic and Visionary Art for tour.

This exhibition contains work from 60 different artists from 17 countries. Most have not been shown in Australia before, and it is certainly the first time that so many contemporary makers of so-called Fantastic and Visionary art have been shown together in this country.

Locked-in Dates and Venues for the "Visionary & Fantastic Art" touring exhibition in Australia are:

14 June - 3 August 2003
Global Arts Link Gallery
At D'Arcy Doyle Place or PO Box 191
(Between Brisbane & Limestone streets)
Ipswich, Queensland 4305
Phone: (+61) 7 3813 9222
Email: info@gal.org.au
Website: http://www.gal.org.au

13 August - 14 September 2003
Orange Regional Gallery
At Byng & Peisley Streets
or PO Box 35
Orange, NSW 2800
Phone: (+61) 2 6393 8136
Email: asisley@orange.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.org.nsw.gov.au

17 December - 30 January 2004
Parramatta Heritage Centre
30 Darcy Street or PO Box 32
Parramatta, NSW 2124
Phone: (+61) 2 8839 3300
Email: discoverparramatta@parracity.nsw.gov.au
Website: http://www.parracity.nsw.gov.au/discover/phc.html

18 March - April 2004
Manning Regional Art Gallery
12 Macquarie Street or PO Box 482
Taree, NSW 2439
Phone: (+61) 2 6592 5455
Email: mrag@tpgi.com.au
Website: http://www.gtcc.nsw.gov.au

30 April - 27 June 2004
Riddoch Regional Gallery
6 Commercial Street East
or PO Box 980
Mount Gambier
South Australia 5290
Phone: (+61) 8 8723 9566
Email: justine@riddochartgallery.org.au
Website: http://www.riddochartgallery.org.au

July 2004 TBC
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery
40 Lydiard Street North
Ballarat, Victoria 3350
Phone: (+61) 3 5320 5858
Email: gaelramsay@ballarat.vic.gov.au
Website: http://balgal.com

A partial list of artists in the tour are:

Lukasz Banach (Poland), Arik Brauer (Israel), Daniel Martin Diaz (USA), Jorgen Elbang (Denmark), Ernst Fuchs (Austria), HR Giger (Switzerland), Wolfgang Grasse (Australia), Alex Grey (USA), Peter Gric (Austria), Erik Heyninck (Belgium), Hikaru Hirata (USA), Richard Huck (USA), Lukas Kandl (France), Stephen Kasner (USA), Terrance Lindall (USA), Laurie Lipton (England), Brigid Marlin (England), Tom McKee (USA), Damian Michaels (Australia), Peter Proksch (Austria), Phil Rubinov-Jacobson (USA), De Es Schwertberger (Austria), Olga Speigel (USA), and Felix Tuszynski (Australia).

For more information about the exhibition and catalog, you can visit the Orange Regional Gallery’s website.

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