No End in Sight - Exhibition

Statement

You Are Beautiful is a simple, powerful statement which is incorporated into the over absorption of mass media and lifestyles that are wrapped in consumer culture.

The intention behind this project is to reach beyond ourselves as individuals to make a difference by creating moments of positive self realization. We're just attempting to make the world a little better.

Intention is the most important aspect of the You Are Beautiful project in its idea of purity. Nothing is sacred. Everything that has a perceived value becomes commodified. We work extremely hard that this message is received as a simple act of kindness, and nothing more.

Advertising elicits a response to buy, where this project elicits a response to do something. The attempt with You Are Beautiful is to create activism instead of consumerism.

You Are Beautiful uses the medium of advertising and commercialization to spread a positive message.

Projects like these make a difference in the world by catching us in the midst of daily life and creating moments of positive self realization.

Exhibitions and Publications

You Are Beautiful & You Are I Am Project
Alias Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana
December 2007

4 Years Later
A look at a simple message that has traveled around the globe
Ai Gallery, Chicago, IL
October 2006

You Are Beautiful
50 Artists from around the world, Tree House Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
October 2005

You Are I Am
Postcard & Book Exhibition, Foundation Gallery, Chicago, IL
July 2005

You Are I Am
Book Exhibition, open-end, Chicago, IL
June 2005

You Are Beautiful Exhibition
Reed College, Portland, OR
March 2005

Current Works & Proposed Project
a gallery, Chicago IL
November 2003

Invitations

Spina Festival, Comacchio, Italy
September 2007

Many Body, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
June 2007

You Are Beautiful Mural Project, Department of Cultural Affairs, Chicago, IL
December 2006

Reed Arts Week, Reed College, Portland, OR
March 2005

Group Shows

Printers Ball, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
August 2008

Printers Ball, Zhou B Center, Chicago, IL
July 2007

Wooster on Spring, 5 Story Exhibition of Street Art, 11 Spring St, Manhattan, NY
December 2006

Urban Gardening, Version Fest 06, Iron Studios, Chicago, IL
October 2006

Public Display of Affection, Walker Point Art Center, Milwaukee, WI
January 2006

Wordless Exhibition, Zurich, Switzerland
September 2005

Network Of Visual Art, NOVA Space, Chicago IL
April 2005

Exhibition Outdoor Installation, Version Fest 05, Zou B Center, Chicago IL
April 2005

STICK04, Urban Gardening VF05, open-end, Chicago IL
March 2005

Little Utopias: Alterations of Everyday Life, Select Media Festival 3, Heaven Gallery, Chicago IL
October 2004

The Art of Cultural Interference VF04, One Quarterly, Chicago IL
May 2004

StickerThrow, Brooklyn, NY
Fall 2004

The Street Changes Forever Everywhere, The Skinny Building, Pittsburgh PA , Installed by SeakMac & Horsie
May 2004

Art in the Social Sphere Exhibition, MASS MOCA, North Adams MA USA
May 2004

Publications

Books

PEEL The Art of the Sticker
Mark Batty Publisher
Indianapolis 2008

Tactile
Die Gestalten
Germany 2007

The Art Of Rebellion II, 2006
Book by C100
Germany

Izastikup, 2005
Book by BO130, The Don, & Microbo
Italy

Art De Rue, 2004
Book by Kanardo
France

Magazines

OverSpray Magazine, New York, 2008
JPG, California, 2007
Vision, Hong Kong, China, 2007
Preen Magazine, California, 2007
Ish, Singapore, China, 2006
/ Magazine, Spring 2006, Canada
Peel Magazine #5, Fall 2005 , Feature on Inspiring Works, Sticker Sheet , Indiana, USA
Wordless Catalogue, Fall 2005, Zurich, Switzerland
AREA Chicago, Summer / Fall 2005 , You Are I Am Poster Project, Illinois, USA
Bridge Magazine #16, Fall 2005, Feature on You Are I Am Books, Illinois, USA
Math Magazine, Summer 2005 by Posikids, Brighton, England
Pistil Magazine, Spring 2005, Article by Jenny Inzerillo, Illinois, USA
BPM Magazine, December 2004 , Interview by Buff Monster, California, USA
Read Interview, Peel Zine No3, Fall 2004, Indiana, USA
Day In The Lyfe, Fall 2004, New York, USA
Itch 02, June 2004, South Africa
Furore Magazine #1, January 2004, United Kingdom
Art Prostitute 02, October 2003, Texas, USA