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Amanda Beckmann

Amanda Beckmann’s beautifully rendered artworks are like spending a long, lazy afternoon in the best vintage store imaginable, leafing through dog-eared books and magazines, stroking old silk Rooster® ties and the Bakelite cabinets [...]

Nanci Amaka

Nanci Amaka is an interdisciplinary conceptual artist exploring ideas surrounding trauma, memory, and the liminal space between experience and language. Working from the theory that traumatic events challenge perceptions of power, autonomy, [...]

NANCI AMAKA | Beast

APRIL 18 through MAY 23, 2015 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 18, 7-10PM Bermudez Projects is proud to present Nanci Amaka | Beast, the artist’s first solo exhibit in which she explores the aftermath of trauma, identity, [...]

ATSUMI OKANO | 28 Day Cycle

February 21 – March 28, 2015 Opening Reception: Saturday, February 21, 7-10PM It is literally “International Women’s Year” at Bermudez Projects as owner and curator Julian Bermudez, is devoting his Downtown Los Angeles art space [...]

EMMANUEL CRESPO | Talking Through the Door

Crespo_The First Lesson November 15 through December 27, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, Novembver 15, 7-10PM A man seeks counsel from a whale as a murder of crows fly overhead; a young elephant [...]

AMANDA BECKMANN | Acknowledged

October 4 through October 25, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, October 4, 7-10PM Bermudez Projects’ best-selling artist, Amanda Beckmann, whose works have spurred near riots at the gallery, is back with “Acknowledged,” an exhibit of 26 new [...]

SPACELAND II | Escape from Spaceland

September 6 through September 27, 2014 3 Year Anniversary Group Show Opening Reception: Saturday, September 13, 7-10PM Back in 2012, “SPACELAND,” Bermudez Projects’ first group show to be presented in its Downtown Los Angeles aerie, [...]

KEVIN CHENG + KELLAN SHANAHAN | Synthesis

June 7 through July 26, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 7, 7-10PM Bermudez Projects is proud to present “Synthesis,” a two-man show featuring the works of emerging artists Kevin Cheng and Kellan Shanahan.Each artist renders stunningly beautiful images [...]

JOHNNY TAYLOR | Striking at Wind

April 5 through May 31, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 5, 7-10PM Bermudez Projects is proud to present “Striking at Wind,” a new series of paintings by Vancouver-based artist Johnny Taylor. Taylor, whose method of internalizing his [...]

JOHN S. RABE | i Am a Camera

February 8 through March 29, 2014 Opening Reception: Saturday, February 8, 7-10PM In “i Am a Camera,” an artist at last delivers an un-snarky, un-ironic take on iPhone culture. And who better to do it [...]

ENRIQUE CASTREJON | Axioms of Solitude

September 28 through November 2, 2013 Exploring the nuances of solitude and isolation, Enrique Castrejon chose to create his own personal universe by producing a multi-platformed symphonic exhibition in three stages: a large-scale, site specific installation, [...]

ERYNN RICHARDSON | Ethereal Echoes

June 8 through August 4, 2013 Opening Reception: Saturday, June 8, 7-10PM Erynn Richardson is a reluctant romantic, but you wouldn't get that when experiencing her intricately constructed mixed media etchings. Her new show, “Ethereal [...]

JOHN S. RABE – Acid Free

February 9 through April 30, 2013 Opening Reception: Saturday, February 9, 7-10PM As host of 89.3-KPCC’s Off-Ramp, John Rabe delights local public radio listeners with broadcasts combining the best journalistic practices with his highly personal [...]

A POSITIVE IMPACT | Art in the Wake of the AIDS Crisis

November 30, 2012 through January 18, 2013 In commemoration of World AIDS Day, AltaMed Health Services presented an exhibit featuring the works of Enrique Castrejon, Ruben Esparza and Miguel Angel Reyes, long-standing members of the community and ardent [...]

CARLOS ULLOA | Calamitous Conundrums

November 3 through December 29, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 3, 7-10PM You want to be careful when you meet collage artist Carlos Ulloa at his new show Calamitous Conundrums at Bermudez Projects in downtown [...]

MOVIN’ ON UP | Black Art Now

October 26 through December 12, 2012 Curated in partnership with KPCC 89.3 Southern California Public Radio to further SCPR’s mission of connecting the communities of Southern California, this exhibit presented artworks by the next generation of Black artists who [...]

JOHNNY TAYLOR | Light Years

September 1 through October 27, 2012 Opening Reception: September 1, 7-10PM To inaugurate its fall season, Bermudez Projects is delighted to welcome its first international show, Light Years, by Canadian artist Johnny Taylor who is [...]

THE ART OF NEWS | The Nexus of News, Art and Message

July 26 through October 20, 2012 Curated in partnership with KPCC 89.3 Southern California Public Radio to further SCPR’s mission of connecting the communities of Southern California, this exhibit examined how artists utilize visual imagery to critique [...]

SPACELAND | Los Angeles – Vast, Light, Modern

June 2 through July 28, 2012 Opening Reception: June 2, 7-10PM It's probably safe to say that no start-up gallery in downtown LA has ever had a first year to match Bermudez Projects, which included [...]

AMANDA BECKMANN | Hasten Slowly

April 7 through May 25, 2012 Opening Reception: April 7, 7-10PM She wakes up at 5 every morning, climbs the stairs to her mother's attic, puts on Martin Denny's "Exotica" album, and gets out the [...]

ENRIQUE CASTREJON | Waifs & Strays

February 2 through March 22, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, February 2, 7-10PM Waifs & Strays, Enrique Castrejon’s examination of queer subculture, investigates, dissects, and reinterprets images of the male form. the artist uses mathematical equations [...]

DAVID WEIDMAN | Modern Master: Prints 1967-1974

November 11, 2011 through January 14, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, November 11, 7-10PM During the 1950s, David Weidman began his career as a commercial illustrator and animator, earning great acclaim for working with the upstart [...]

CHICANO ART EXHIBIT

October 19 through December 30, 2011 As part of Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980, 89.3 KPCC’s AirTalk hosted a conversation with Chicano artists looking back at this critical period in art history when [...]

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