STICKY
A Post-It Note Art Show
Saturday March 30, 2019 from 6–10pm
at The Arts Factory

 

STICKY features over a thousand tiny, original, pieces of art made on 3×3 inch Post-It notes! Over 140 artists contributed 6–10 pieces each, with 1100+ Post-Its priced at $20/each. Our focus is on great art from local and international talent at a very affordable price. On Saturday March 30 at The Arts Factory (281 Industrial Ave, Vancouver), almost 700 people attended the 4 hour, one-night only event. A selection of unsold work is available to purchase in our online store

ARTISTS: Alex Harris, Alex King, Ammi Teir, Amy Tom, Andrea Hooge, Angel Li, Angela Bueckert, Annie Hung, Araminta P, Ashley Carpenter, Aurora Caher, Beatrice Moore, Becky Nguyen, Ben Duncan, Bev Alexander, Brenda Poaps, Brianna Flynn, Calvin Bradbury, Carmine Quezada, Carolina Fierrot, Christel Chan, Christine Wei, Claire Pipher, Clara Leigh-Wong, Courtney Barboza, Crissy Arseneau, Dan Brown Hozjan, Danika Dunn-Rydh, Dawn Lo, Dayley Lim, Dean Mitchell, Debbie Alvarado, Dionne Ong, Duncan Ris, Dzee Louise, Eggman, Ekaterina Nekoryashchikh, ER Gott, Erika Medina, Ezerd, Flavia, Francis Bantayen, Gemma Lee, Gemma McCutcheon, Gillian Pearson, Gord Bruce, Hannah Marsland, Hazel Cheng, Holly Chmelyk, Jace Kim, Jason Beange, Jay Lyonns, Jeff Chiba Stearns, Jenn Brisson, Jenn Ivry, Jenny Hsieh, Jessa Dupuis, Joanna Clark, Joel Searcy, Juan Cisneros Neumann, Julia Frost, Juliane Drouin, Justine Crawford, Kady Chong, Kaitlin Sutherland, Karen Cattell, Karen Oliver, Karen Shangguan, Katherine Oughton, Kathleen Gros, Katie Jane Poetsch, Kay Slater, Kiera Castro, Kit Liu, Lauren Welland, Lauren Williamson, Leonie Wind, Lidia Cecilia Gonzalez, Lilian Sepulveda, Lori Smyrl, Luella Sun, Lyndsey Paramo, Mandy Lau, Marc Ramos, Maren Kathleen Elliott, Marie Joy Caldwell, Marielle Rosky, Matt Hanns Schroeter, Max Brown, Maya Schueller-Elemes, Megan Majewski, Melissa Chui, Mikaela Johanson, Mitch Tharp, Molly Gray, Nadia Baker, Natalia Murillo, Natalie Schnitter, Natasha Broad, Niki Papp, Nova Sawatzky, Olga Zakharova, Paula Sawadsky, Per Jonsson, Peter Ricq, Phy Woo, Piraba, Rachael Ashe, Rachel Jackson, Risa Hugo, Rosanna Chung, Rosaura Ojeda, Ryan Smith, Samantha Thomas, Sean Jackson, Sharman Prior, Sigrid Albert, Soda Leavey, Sophie Vandenbiggelaar, Steffi Lai, Sunny Shah, Taka Sudo, Tania Hennessy, Tarin Mead, Terera Munoz, Tiffany Zhong, Turtle Wayne, UNKY, Vicky Liu, Viela Hu, Vivian Dang, Wendy Ma, Wilson Hu, Wolfgang Neufeld, Yukiko Adachi, and Yulia Tsinko.

Inspired by the Post-It Show at Giant Robot. Thanks to 3M Canada for their support. Produced by Hot Art Wet City and The Arts Factory. Curated by Jeff Chiba Stearns and Flavia C.

Read about our show in The Runner and the Vancouver Courier.

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Boobies and Wieners SIX
January 25/26, 2019
at The Arts Factory

 

Hot Art Wet City is bringing back your favourite immature and dirty art show for a sixth, sexy year. This time, we’re partnering with Arts Factory (281 Industrial Avenue, Vancouver) for this little quickie. As always, expect to see the walls filled with explicit art from some of the best and dirtiest Vancouver-based artists. From the crass to the cartoonish, there’s sure to be something hot to appeal to you. Join us at the opening reception on Friday January 25 from 6-10pm or on Saturday January 26 from 12-4pm (please note, to see the complete show, visit us on Friday night — art that sells will be available to pickup on Saturday). Viewer discretion is advised.

ARTISTS: Aino Keinaenen, Alex Lavrov, Alice Rooney, Annie Weber, Audra Ann Ricketts, BOMBAST95, Brea May, Breanna Cheek, Bret Taylor, Bryce Aspinall, Calvin Bradbury, Carolina Fierrot, Cayley Carlson, Charlotte Assier, Chris Bentzen, Chris Watson, David Dayco, Dezi Raider, Dionne Ong, Flavia, Georgia Couver, Grace Soo, Harley Munsie, Human Prism, Ian Horsfield, Jaclyn Lord-Purcell, Jesse Wamboldt, Jessie Brennan, Jon Shaw, Jordan Corder-Swanson, Justine Crawford, Kacia Lee, Karla Monterrosa, Kat, Katy Springer, Kay Slater, Kelsey Jacobsen, Lara Hjorthoy, Leanne Schaefer, Lyndsey Paramo, Mandy Lau, Mandy Tsung, Marina Leclair, Megan Majewski, Mika Klippenstein, Millie Hand, Molly Gray, Morgane Billault, Olusha Susan Milley, Payal Bansal, Samantha Thomas, Samuel Cawkell, Sára Molcan, Sara Wilson, Sarah Wunderlich, Sean Moxley, Sheri Alexander, Sigrid Albert, Simon Morgan, Tanna Po, Terrence (TERBYWONDER) Bunting, Teyra Lerand, Tuli Bird, UNKY, Venus Vinctum, Vicki Lynn Rae, Yukiko Adachi, and Zoe Si.

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The 15th Annual
HOT ONE INCH ACTION
October 20, 2018
at Arts Factory

 

The 15th annual AND FINAL button show in Vancouver was October 20 at the Arts Factory (281 Industrial Avenue). Buy, collect and trade the art of fifty artists reproduced on one inch buttons. Conceived by Jim Hoehnle and Chris Bentzen in 2004, Hot One Inch Action is the original, one-night only show of art and social interaction from Vancouver, BC. Tiny art on limited edition one inch buttons and sold in random packs of five for $5. Didn’t get the button you want? Trade with the people around you… how bad do you want that button?! That’s when the hot action starts. hotoneinchaction.com

ARTISTS: Aaron Gillingham, Airesse MacPhee, Andrea Hooge, Andrea Walters , Angela Bueckert , Angela Gooliaff, Annie Hung, Arinn Westendorf, Caprice White, Carelle B Dunn, Celina Dasneves, Chelsea Ker, Christian Yanez, Christine Wei , Colleen McDole, Crissy Arseneau, DanOddity, Debbie Alvarado , Dezi Raider, Flavia, Graham Peterson, Indy, Jay Lyonns, Jenn Brisson, Jennifer Chernecki, Joanne White, Justine Crawford, Karla Monterrosa-Morales, Katherine Oughton, Kathy van Gogh, Kyle Ferguson, Lisa Lee, Maggie Chan, Mandy Lau, Maria Asselin-Roy & Dany Yannece, Marina LeClair, Mark Klotz, Matt Hanns Schroeter, Megan Majewski, Robert Nicol, Rory O’Sullivan, Rose B, Russell Alton, Sára Molčan, Sherri Rogers, Steffi Lai, Sulan Cang, Vicki Lynn Rae, Vincent Truitner, and Yukiko Adachi.

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The 10th and FINAL
CARDED!
Trading Card Art Show
May 26, 2018
at The Arts Factory

 

The creators of Hot One Inch Action present the 10th and FINAL CARDED! on Saturday May 26 from 7–11pm at The Arts Factory in Vancouver. Art from 50 local artists reproduced on trading cards and made available for art lovers to buy, collect, and trade. Check out what’s available on the wall and then buy random cards in mixed packs of five for $5. Want a specific card? Trade for it! How bad do you want that card!? ONE NIGHT ONLY! Free to attend! hotartcard.com for complete details.

Artists: Ben Worth, Cameron Hicks, Cameron Wilson, Celina Dasneves, Clem Chen, Darcy Dee, Darren LeBeuf, David Camisa, David Righton, Eric Millar, Erika de Canella, Exploding Haggis, Flavia, Gabrielle Ng, Hanna Lee Joshi, James Maxwell, Jeff Chiba Stearns, Jemma Titheridge, Jenn Brisson, John Guy, John Shigeta, Josue Menjivar, Juliana Vieira, Ken Rolston, Laura Bonnie McIntosh, Laura de Pascale, Madison Reid, Mandy Lau, Marina LeClair, Matt Hanns Schroeter, Mike West, Mo Sherwood, Mouthbrooder, Murphy Phelan, Olivia Di Liberto, Phresha, Robert Nicol, Samantha Morales, Serena Bon-Binky, Shary Contrary, Shimona Slomowitz, Simon Lam, Stacey Hamilton, Steffi Lai, Syd Danger, Tony Rodriguez, Trina Forrest, Vincent Truitner, Yukiko Adachi, and Zara Alfonso.

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The 14th Annual
HOT ONE INCH ACTION
Saturday October 21, 2017
at Arts Factory

 

The 14th annual Vancouver show, this time at Arts Factory (281 Industrial Avenue, Vancouver). Buy, collect and trade the art of fifty artists reproduced on one inch buttons. Conceived by Jim Hoehnle and Chris Bentzen in 2004, Hot One Inch Action is the original, one-night only show of art and social interaction from Vancouver, BC. Tiny art on limited edition one inch buttons and sold in random packs of five for $5. Didn’t get the button you want? Trade with the people around you… how bad do you want that button?! That’s when the hot action starts. Artists posted soon! hotoneinchaction.com

Artists: Aaron Gillingham, Amy Tom, Angela Ling, Annie Hung, Anthony Incardona, Brendan Doyle, Brittany Felberg, Cole Pauls, DanOddity, Deniz Bilgin, Dezi Raider, Dylan Moore, Flavia, Gabrielle Ng, Graham Peterson, Haley Perry, Jaclyn Lord-Purcell, Jason Beange, Jenn Brisson, Jenn Ivry, Jennifer Chernecki, Judy Hussein, Karen Shangguan, Karl Ventura, Katherine Oughton, Kelly Sun, Kendra Schellenberg, Kirsten Hatfield, Mandy Lau, Marina LeClair, Mark Atomos Pilon, Matt Hanns Schroeter, Matty Vu, Megan Majewski, Mel Levrault, Mettlelurgy, Mika Senda, Mike West, Mo Sherwood, Morgane Billault, Nadia Baker, Nancy Vo, Robin Thompson, Sean Moxley, seeLouise, Serena Chu, Steele Duncan, Trevor Jansen, Vincent Truitner, and Yukiko Adachi.

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Hot Art Wet City presents
The 5th Annual
BOOBIES & WIENERS
Sept 28–Oct 1, 2017
at The Gallery of BC Ceramics

 

Hot Art Wet City’s annual immature nude art show Boobies & Wieners is back for a fifth, filthy year. This time, we’re partnering with The Gallery of BC Ceramics (1359 Cartwright St, Vancouver) for a quickie weekend show on Granville Island. As always expect to see the walls filled with explicit art from over 50 of the best and dirtiest Vancouver-based artists. From the crass to the cartoonish, there’s sure to be something sexy to appeal to you. Join us at the opening reception on Thursday September 28 from 6pm to see the provocative work and meet some of the hot artists. The show only runs through the weekend, so don’t by shy—even though viewer discretion is advised.

Artists include: Aaron White, Alex Stewart, Annie Weber, Ash McGregor, AT Originals, Becca Lowe, Ben Everyman, Cade Cran, Calvin Bradbury, Carlan Hughes, Carmen Bright, Cathleen Chow, Charlie Labelle, Chloe Scarfo, Chris Bentzen, Chris Watson, DanOddity, Dave Stanway, Dave Stewart, Devi Warchild, Dezi Raider & Dark Cell Photography, Dionne Ong, Divya Nanray, Eileen Harder, Emma Lehto, Flavia C, Haley Perry, Harley Munsie, Holly Winters, Isadora Rodrigues, Jaclyn Lord-Purcell, Jeff Porter, Jemma Titheridge, Jessica Blaquiere, Kacia Lee, Karla Monterrosa, Kat Hirsch, Katherine Wilson, Kathleen McGiveron, Kimberley Howie, Kirsten Hatfield, Lara Hjorthoy, Laurel Thomson, Lilly Rose Smith, Lucy Stainsby, Lukas Grajauskas, Lyndsey Paramo, Madeleine Sava, Mandy Lau, Maria Batista, Marina LeClair, Matt Hanns Schroeter, Megan Channell, Meghan West, Michael Abraham, Mika Senda, Mike West, Nahanni McKay, Nicholas Frenette, Nicole Paluck, Nikki McLaren, Nikki Pecasso, Pamm Fournier, Patrick Takata, Payal Bansal, Peg Leg, Pifa Alarcon, Pink Swami, Rosaura Lezama, Rosie Schinners, Sam Peachie, Samantha Gill, Samantha Thomas, Shahla Bozorgzadeh, Shary Contrary, Simone Ip, Steffi Lai, Sunny Go, Suzy F, Tayt Modern, The Human Prism, Valerie Oba, Valerya Nyukalova, Vladimir Kolosov, William Liao, Wren Bruce, and Yuki Cormier.

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Bad People: Portraits of the Punishable
featuring Phantoms in the Front Yard
March 2–18, 2017

 

In our fantasies and our phobias. Onto our streets and into our mirrors. Down our alleys and our angers, under our bridges and our skins. In the prisons we fear and the cells we can’t escape.

Bad people.

Celebrating the final exhibition at Hot Art Wet City, Phantoms in the Front Yard reveal their dirty little pictures.

Come see the worst, the naughtiest, the darkest, the damnedest, the shady, the skittish, the last and the least, yourself. We know you’ll take a thing or two away. With miniature pieces and their miniature prices, it may even be some art. Miniature works from $250–600.

Phantoms Members: Michael Abraham, Jeremiah Birnbaum, Andrea Hooge, James Knight, Paul Morstad, Jay Senetchko, Jonathan Sutton & Caroline Weaver.

With guests: Matt Bowen, David Haughton, Norman Yeung, Sara Khan, Ilya Viryachev, Maria Margaretta and Taizo Yamamoto. Curated by: Pennylane Shen.

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Michael Abraham began his studies in life drawing and compositional painting at the Ontario College of Art (1984-88). His personal coups have included sold out shows and shining reviews in the Vancouver Sun. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions, including at the Jan Baum Gallery in Los Angeles, and Gallery Jones in Vancouver. He has also won numerous awards, including his recent title of Senior Signature Status SFCA, in recognition of Extraordinary Achievement in the field of Visual Fine Arts.

Having studied Classical Animation at Vancouver Film School, Jay Senetchko apprenticed under Gideon Flitt for three years, and Odd Nerdrum for one. He has exhibited extensively in both group and solo contexts in Vancouver, Edmonton, and Berlin. Jay Senetchko also teaches film, painting, and drawing at Vancouver Film School and in his private studio. In 2011 he was nominated as a finalist for Canada’s Kingston Prize.

A practicing artist based in Vancouver, Jeremiah Birnbaum studied at the Victoria College of Art (2001-2003) before earning a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art from the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in 2006.  Since graduating Birnbaum has exhibited extensively in both public and private galleries in Vancouver, British Columbia as well as Edmonton, Alberta and Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 2011 he was nominated as a finalist for Canada’s Kingston Prize.

James Knight has shown a high spatial aptitude from an early age. Transferring a fluency with spraypaint acquired from painting graffiti into fine art practices has led to cutting edge visual renderings. Self taught, James now works out of his studio in Vancouver, having gained collectors internationally as well as across Canada.

Paul Morstad was raised in the Western Provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. The landscapes, people flora and fauna of these places deeply influence his paintings and films. Having worked previously for the NFB in Montreal for ten years, he currently lives and works in Vancouver, exhibiting at the prestigious Gallery Jones.

After earning a BFA in Theatre from UBC, Jonathan Sutton worked as an actor, director, writer and producer in theatre and film for over a decade. The visual art practice that was to become his main artistic focus evolved through these media, and he continues to draw on dramatic, literary, and narrative influences. He has exhibited in Vancouver and Toronto, and won awards in both cities.

Caroline Weaver is a self-taught painter from Vancouver who has spent the last six years painting in and around the Americas. The ever-growing list of locations in which she has shown includes Ottawa, Calgary, Portland, Philadelphia, Montreal, San Luis Potosi, Philadelphia, Vancouver and some forgotten places.
Oil paintings of the, perhaps, secret lives of animals, how they might be arranging themselves, relating, and celebrating when we’re not looking.

Special thanks to:
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Toy Babies
New works from Andrea Hooge
February 2–25, 2017

 

Doll-headed portraits will once again be filling the gallery for Andrea’s fifth solo show. “Toy Babies” marks a return to a theme Andrea drew upon for her first solo show at Hot Art Wet City, while building upon the subject by adding objects used in subsequent work. It’s in the details that a continuation of the use of personal symbols can be seen, with hidden jokes and meanings, and a few surprises! These portraits of mid-century toys are created using cutout shapes to feature paintings and scratchboard illustrations. Andrea takes her inspiration in part from vintage children’s toys and books, her cultural heritage, and the memories of her childhood understandings of the world.

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Andrea Hooge is an artist living and working out of her home studio in East Vancouver. She focuses mainly on figurative oil paintings and scratchboards, and while many of her works are on wood or hardboard panel, she also creates unique cutouts that move away from conventional shapes. These have been made to stand alone or to overlap and create larger and more dynamic pieces. In addition to her previous solo shows at Hot Art Wet City, Andrea has shown her work in various group shows within Vancouver. Andrea earned her BA from the University of the Fraser Valley, where she majored in Psychology and minored in Visual Arts.

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STRONG FEMALE CHARACTER
featuring Sherri Rogers, Bronwyn Schuster & Mandy Tsung
January 12–28, 2017

 

In this group exhibition, Strong Female Character, these 3 female artists look at feminine identity, both past and present, as defined within Western culture.

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Mandy Tsung‘s work revolves around the female figure. Having grown up surrounded by literature, magazines, and comics that depict captivating women, her impulse is to both emulate and subvert the imagery that informs her view of what it is to be a woman. This picture is made complex and, often, contradictory by the fact that she is of mixed ethnicity. The characters in her paintings are meant to be emotive; to communicate the depths of human experience through gestures and expressions. She was born in Banff, but spent most of her formative years in Calgary and Hong Kong. After completing a BFA in Sculpture at The Alberta College of Art and Design in 2007, she then moved to Vancouver where she now paints full-time. She has exhibited in numerous galleries in North America, Japan, Germany, and Australia.

In this show, Mandy Tsung presents a series of Bitchy Resting Face Portraits. They take their cue from Broken People’s “Bitchy Resting Face” video, which humorously highlights facial biases in our culture. The paintings bring light to female gender stereotypes, specifically that women & people with a feminine appearance are expected to display a smiling, pleasant demeanour to others, and to be cheerfully receptive even when absorbed by important thoughts or tasks. For this project, people were asked to submit photos of themselves in which they have a neutral facial expression that could be misinterpreted as anything from sullen to contemptuous.

Sherri Rogers is an artist based in Vancouver BC, and by day she works as a digital artist for visual effects in live action and animated movies. Her playful and narrative style has coupled with her study of film in this series, reflecting on how women contribute to the history and culture of storytelling in movies. Sherri works out of her east side art studio, William Clark Studios.

“Strong Female Character” is a film and TV trope for women who are represented in a literal or one-dimensional way — where a token woman is physically strong or powerful. Girls with guns, the warrior, the ass kicking action heroine are classic examples but machismo is not the only interpretation of the word “strong.” The women Sherri has chosen for her series of paintings are strongly written and represented as complex characters who have integral roles in the plot apart from their male counterparts. They are self actualized, independent and bonded in friendship with other women. These paintings capture movie moments with female characters who pass the Bechdel test:

  • The movie has to have at least two women in it,
  • who talk to each other,
  • about something besides a man.

Her paintings are 24×12 inches, matching the ratio of film. The colours are bold and simplified, similar to Mondo style movie posters. Like a film critic would use writing to explore themes in our culture, Sherri chooses frames of iconic movies to study a film director’s portrayal of emotion, friendship and narrative, capturing these moments in paint.

Bronwyn Schuster is an artist originally from the prairies of Canada, though she currently resides in Vancouver, BC. After traveling Canada and Scandinavia extensively, Bronwyn discovered a love the kind of creativity that is fostered in cold wet towns by the oceans. Her stubbornness to explore art through traditional media was fostered in her year studying at The Swedish Academy of Realist Art in Sweden. Her prominent work tends to examine stories centred around life, death and the journey. Three aspects often found in the fairytale formula.

The series that Bronwyn has been working on for “Strong Female Character” explores what femininity looks like through the lens of archetypes in myths and legends. Who are the Baba Yagas, the werewolves and forest creatures. The helpers and the heroes? Using ink and gold leaf, she mimics traditional illustration from fairytale books, but uses personal experiences and favourite stories from the models to display a darker and more adult content in the images.

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Sell Out
featuring iHeart
December 1–17, 2016

 

Sell Out features a fun and twisted collection of new and old works by the mysterious Vancouver street artist, iHeart. As a work sells, a new piece will replace it. Leaving you wondering what will be next. It’s the perfect gift for the street art lover in your life!

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i♥️ was born somewhere in western Canada, sometime in the late ’80s. Given the nature of what he does, iHeart remains anonymous. By appropriating elements of digital culture the artist blurs the boundaries of life on- and offline. iHeart’s solo exhibition, #asignofthetimes, was an unsanctioned gallery installed under the Granville Street Bridge in the summer of 2015. The show explored some dark twists on society’s obsession with social media. Despite the City of Vancouver’s efforts to curb iHeart’s nefarious behaviour the artist continues to live and work in Vancouver.

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