chamanvision is a visual/literary arts studio.
The chaman is an indigenous tribal seer. Tribes around the world consult their chaman for his/her ability to experience visions of the past and future. The chaman helps in guiding the tribe in directions of growth, prosperity and peace.
chamanvision is:
Alma Villegas, Producer/Business Director:
Alma Villegas is the Producer/Business Director for chamanvision. Alma handles production, licensing, promotion/publicity, marketing and sales to USA, Europe and Japan book distributors and book shops. She has previous professional experiences in working with music record labels, music/art/fashion magazines and event productions. Alma also produces, promotes and curates art gallery/museum exhibitions and events.
Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, Artist/Creator/Writer:
Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca is a visual artist/writer working in various mediums including digital, writing, drawing and photography. His artwork is exhibited in art galleries around the world, including Parco Museum in Tokyo, Japan and the Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Tokyo, Japan. His writing is published in literary journals, magazines, books and anthologies including Dance the Guns to Silence. His photography is published in various art books including Graffiti World: Street Art from Five Continents. He collaborates visually with Detroit Techno record labels Los Hermanos and Jeff Mills’ Axis Records; Francois K.'s dub label Deep Space; and others.
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Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca
Solo Art Exhibitions:
2006 The Hidden Infinities: equinox, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Interstellar Transmissions: Return to Pangaea, Disk Union/Hall The Air, Tokyo, Japan
Interstellar Transmissions: Into the Infinite, part of American Cinematheque film screening event of
2001: A Space Odyssey, Aero Theatre, Santa Monica, CA
2004 Interstellar Transmissions: Language of the Universe, Disk Union, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Interstellar Transmissions, Disk Union/Hall The Air, Tokyo, Japan
Interstellar Transmissions, Crewest, Alhambra, CA
2002 Deep Space, part of Axis Records event, Luners, Tokyo, Japan
2000 Trace, part of Fotoseptiembre, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
1999 La Ofrenda/The Offering, Open Studio, Los Angeles, CA
1998 The Many Faces of La Virgen, Beyond Baroque Arts Center, Venice, CA
Stations, Gallery 11, Alhambra, CA
La Naturaleza/Nature, part of Fotoseptiembre, Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
Group Art Exhibitions:
2007 007, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA
2006 The Hidden Futures, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA
The Dream Scene, Los Angeles, CA
I See You, Transport Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
L.A. Reprazent, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA
Crewest Downtown, Crewest, Los Angeles, CA
2005 Yo! What Happened to Peace?, Parco Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Small Wonders, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
X-Color/Graffiti in Japan, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan
Capturing Utopia, Fournos Centre for Digital Culture, Athens, Greece
Republica de Artistas, Galeria de Arte Wifredo Lam, Habana, Cuba
Yonke Art, Mexican Cultural Institute, Los Angeles, CA
Moonstruck - The Hong Hong Artist’s Biennale, Club 64, Hong Kong, China
Designer Showcase, Self Help Graphics/Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA
Graffiti World, Crewest, Alhambra, CA
2004 Evening of Jazz: Coltrane Foundation Event featuring Alice Coltrane, El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
33 1/3 Print Exhibition, 33 1/3, Los Angeles, CA
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Undocumented Ground, Crewest, Alhambra, CA
Ignite, Gen Art event, Henry Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
Translocation, Metroplex Room, Submerge, Detroit, MI
Visual Connection, Underground Gallery, Kobe, Japan
Yo! What Happened to Peace?, Stay Gold Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (and USA tour)
2003 33 1/3 Holiday Art Party, 33 1/3, Los Angeles, CA
Quema Del Diablo, 51 Buckingham, Pomona, CA
Up Our Sleeve, Rocket Gallery, Tokyo, Japan (and world tour)
Che y que, Self Help Graphics/Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA
One Years Old, Crewest, Alhambra, CA
2thousand3, Crewest, Alhambra, CA
Ignition, Petersen Automotive Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2002 Abstract Reality, ICU Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Not Yet Realized, Badlanz, Los Angeles, CA
Canceptual, Crewest, Alhambra, CA
Urban Art, ICU Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001 digital d.u.m.b.o., M3 Projects, d.u.m.b.o., Brooklyn, NY
I'm in this show, 5iftybucks Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Artspeaks, El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
2000 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Free Burning Drum and Bassment, Los Angeles, CA
To Know is Not Enough, Hampshire College, Main Gallery, Amherst, MA
Exposure at Zero Hour, Self Help Graphics/Galeria Otra Vez, Los Angeles, CA
1999 Night of 1,000 Drawings, Artists Space, New York, NY
Phototron, George's, Los Angeles, CA
Moving Toward the Millennium, Watts Towers Arts Center, Los Angeles, CA
Works of Now and Future Artists, Christie's West, Beverly Hills, CA
On Site, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
1998 Cold Fusion, Gen Art Winter Exhibition, Simon Schade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rockies to the Pacific, SITE Gallery, The Brewery, Los Angeles, CA
Gen Art Summer Exhibition, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1997 Sightseeing, Seven Sainctuaries Galerie, Sherman Oaks, CA
Street Art Projects:
2000 landscape, street poster series, produced by Inglewood Cultural Arts, Inglewood, CA
1996 release, flyer series, produced by deseos, Los Angeles, CA and New York, NY
Online Art Exhibitions:
Record Label Artwork:
Axis Records, Chicago, IL (website artwork, artwork for live event projections and record cover artwork on Time Mechanic 12 inch EP)
Creative Source Records, London, UK (record cover artwork on all 12 inch singles in 2001 and 2002)
Deep Space Media, New York, NY (record cover artwork on Deep Space NYC Volume 1 CD and all 10 inch singles)
Ignitor Records, Detroit, MI (record cover artwork on Orlando Voorn/Basic Bastard Volumes 1, 3 and 5 and Boxing Game 12 inch singles)
Los Hermanos Records, Detroit, MI (website artwork and record cover artwork on Quetzal and Tres 12 inch singles)
Metroplex Records, Detroit, MI (record cover artwork on TIMELESS CD and Outer Space 12 inch single)
Motech Records, Detroit, MI (promotional materials artwork)
RAM Records, Essex, UK (record cover artwork on Ram Raiders Volumes 1, 2 and 3 triple 12 inch vinyl collections)
Tunnel 7 Recordings, Detroit, MI (record cover artwork on The Minority EP 12 inch single)
Underground Resistance/Galaxy2Galaxy/Timeline (artwork for live event projections)
Book Artwork:
Beyond Fibers: The Advanced Science and Technology in the Fiber World - created artwork for poster and contributed artwork for catalogue of science exhibition at the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation in Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan
Critical Multicultural Conversations - created cover artwork for book on multiculturalism, published by Hampton Press, Cresskill, NJ
Fotoseptiembre - contributed photography for catalogue of various photography exhibitions, published by Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico
Graffiti World: Street Art From Five Continents, contributed photography for art book of various graffiti and street artists, published by Abrams Books, New York, NY
The Hidden Infinities - created graphic novel of stories and art, published by chamanvision, Los Angeles, CA
Interstellar Transmissions - created art book of digital artwork, published by chamanvision, Los Angeles, CA
The Multiple Entrance - created book of stories and art, published by chamanvision, Los Angeles, CA
Ubiquitous Assessment - created cover artwork for book on children’s education, published by Peter Lang Publishing, New York, NY
Undocumented Ground - contributed photography and produced photography book of various Los Angeles photographers, published by Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
T-Shirt Artwork:
soph.net - created T-shirt designs for Music Is Beautiful series
underground gallery - created T-shirt designs for collaboration Optical Fabrics series
CD:
Black Light - spoken word on Afro-Latin-Jazz-Funk CD by Harleigh Cole
DVD:
Submerge Live - artwork projections during Los Hermanos performance
Artwork Published:
ATM - published in Essex, UK
DJ - published in London, UK
Floor - published in Tokyo, Japan
Graphotism - published in Surrey, UK
Kaze - published in Tokyo, Japan
Knowledge - published in Bristol, UK
Remix - published in Tokyo, Japan
URB - published in Los Angeles, CA
Urban Latino - published in New York, NY
Warp - published in Tokyo, Japan
Writing Published:
The Bilingual Review - literary journal, published in Tempe, AZ
Critical Multicultural Conversations - book, published by Hampton Press in Cresskill, NJ
Dance the Guns to Silence: 100 Poems for Ken Saro-Wiwa - book, published by flipped eye publishing in London, UK
Dark Planet - online literary journal
El Colombiano - weekly newspaper, published in San Fernando, CA
Forkroads - literary journal, published in Spencertown, NY
Project Jericho - online literary journal
La Selva/Jungle - book, published in Los Angeles, CA
Metamute - literary journal, published in London, UK
The Mississippi Review - literary journal, published in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Rattle - literary journal, published in Los Angeles, CA
The Santa Barbara Review - literary journal, published in Santa Barbara, CA
Spillway - literary journal, published in Los Angeles, CA
Strange Horizons - online literary journal
traffic report - literary journal, published in Santa Monica, CA
Where Icarus Falls - book, published in Santa Barbara, CA
Press:
Art In America - October 2004, pages 58 - 61
Black Entertainment Television News - September 18, 2006
Bounce - June 2004, page 108
The Japan Times - June 15, 2005
KTLA (CW network station) Prime News at 10pm - October 5, 2006
La Opinion - July 23, 2005
Los Angeles Times - August 19, 2004
Loud - December 2003, pages 58 - 59
Relax - October 2002, page 45 and September 2005, pages 50 - 53
Pasadena Weekly - September 7, 2006
Shift.jp.org - October 2002, online
Straight No Chaser - Summer 2004, page 57
Urban Latino - issue # 44, page 68 and issue # 57, page 61
Warp - July 2004, page 136
XLR8R - September 2003, page 34
Visiting Artist/Guest Lecturer:
Aoyama Gakuin University/Women’s Junior College, Tokyo, Japan
California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Idyllwild Arts, Idyllwild, CA