Sep
16
with a performance by Hito+ & music by DJ Cerock
Wed September 16th, 2015
6:30PM
The Gallery
Minimum Age: 21+
Doors Open: 6:30PM
Show Time: 6:30PM
free!
FREE with RSVP: rsvp@lprnyc.com
This is a general admission event in The Gallery at LPR.
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Chris Mendoza “A Point of View” Gallery Opening
Born
in
Nicaragua,
raised
in
New
York
City,
Chris
Mendoza
draws
from
both
cultures
in
his
dazzlingly
precise
and
detailed
abstract
works. Working
primarily
in
ink,
paint
and
mixed
media
(deconstructed
barcodes
and
international
postal
label s
tagged
with
graffiti),
he
constructs
entire
worlds
and
self‐contained
systems
of
varying
degrees
of
complexity.
The
son
of
an
architect,
Mendoza
is
gripped
by
the
mechanics
of
urban
life:
the
architecture
of
infrastructure;
the
interactions
between
humanity
and
between
humanity
and
machines;
the
rhythm
of
rituals;
and
the
intricacies
of
written
language. Mendoza
has
studied
Mayan,
Central
and
Native
American
civilizations
and
cultures,
and
he
has
pored
over
their
scripts,
glyphs
and
calligraphies.
Those
elements
lie
at
the
heart
of
his
imagery,
through
which
he
displays
exacting
precision
that
is
equally
remarkable
for
its
impulse
and
intuition.
He
has
exhibited
at
Joshua
Liner
Gallery
and
White
Box
in
New
York
City;
Southeastern
Center
for
Contemporary
Art
in
Winston‐Salem,
N.C.;
Transport
Gallery
in
Los
Angeles;
Museo
de
Arte
in
San
Juan,
Puerto
Rico;
Beams
in
Tokyo;
and
Phillips
Collection
in
Washington,
D.C.;
among
many
others.
Early
in
his
career,
Mendoza
was
an
integral
member
of
the
Barnstormers,
a
highly
influential
collective
of
artists,
which
included
artists
Shepard
Fairey,
Swoon,
Jose
Parla
and
David
Ellis among
them.
The
Barnstormers,
based
in
New
York,
North
Carolina
and
Tokyo,
worked
together
to
create
art, highlighting
their diverse
backgrounds
with
styles
that
complemented,
clashed
and
fed
off
each
other. This
is evidenced
in
their
site‐specific
installations
and
frenetic
and
stunning
video
collaborations.
If
those
videos
represent
the
improvisational
communication
most
associated
with
jazz,
Mendoza,
in
his
solo
work,
captures
a
more
symphonic
motif,
adroitly
balancing
dynamic
dissonance
with
an
overwhelming
sense
of
order.
Chris Mendoza official site
a performance by Hito+
Hitomi Nozawa-Mendoza, Director, Dancer, Choreographer, Vocalist and Certified Zumba Instructor. A native of Shizuoka, Japan, In her early age, she began taking piano, voice and modern ballet lessons over years with several teachers. She studied vocal performance at Hamamatsu Gakugei High School, Showa Music University and Morningside College. She has completed her music degree in voice in 2006. Besides her education in music, she continued to study various dance styles as classical and modern ballet, contemporary, jazz, hip-hop, afro brazilian…etc.
Hitomi has been actively performing with deferent dance, art and music projects and companies since 2006. Her performances apperaed in major and minor venues in NYC and east coast areas in the U.S. such as Lincoln Center, BAM, National Gallery of Art in Washington DC, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gotham Hall, La MaMa Theatre, Joe’s Pub and many more. She had performed in significant festivals in NYC such as Fringe NYC, Tribeca Film Festival, Toy of the Year Award, DUMBO Dance Festival and more.
Hitomi has been teaching dance, art, music and nutrition to kids in NYC through The School at Steps, Education in Dance and the Related Arts for the past several years. She also has received her official Zumba Teacher Certification, and teaches her Zumba classes for adults.