“Papier 12 gathers 38 galleries representing more than 400 artists into one temporary structure at Bleury St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd…”

 Tango Reverse Turn – Jp King – Paper on Paper – 2012

I will be exhibiting collage work at Papier 12, on April 13-15, 2012 – in Montreal, Quebec. Maison Kasini will have some of my recent and classic collage originals framed and ready for sale. An article from the Montreal Gazettetells of the event and its participants and patrons. It’s pretty incredible to have an event that bring such emphasis to art made using paper, especially as our relationship with paper is changing. There is a point towards the end of the interview at which Grandmont-Bérubé says art grows with its owner. “The way you feel about it changes over time and you see things you’ve never seen before, even if you’ve lived with it for 20 years.”

See you there!

Saturday, January 28 – 11am to 1pm – Gladstone Ballroom (1214 Queen Street West)

I will be giving a presentation at Come Up To My Room, the Gladstone Hotel’s alternative design conference. The conference takes place over three days where hotel rooms are outfitted with design and art installations. As part of the conference I’ve been invited to participate in a series called Let’s Talk, on this year’s theme of: Disposibility. My presentation is titled: If You Want To Be Rich Tomorrow Buy A Landfill Today

My presentation examines the findings of my FREE PAPER project at Whippersnapper Gallery, which ran in August of 2011. I will be giving away free copies of the newspaper before and after my presentation. Be sure to stop by and check out all the great installations!

Watch this following video to learn more about the project:

The Description of My Talk is as Follows:

Jp King considers the future of the objects we make, use, love, and destroy, by presenting the findings of his Free Paper Project; which ran as a pop-up newspaper office in Whippersnapper Gallery this past summer, and invited responses surrounding waste, labour, and art. King concludes with his argument that we must come to understand our waste as a resource. 

Look at this nifty map to the Gladstone Hotel:

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Vie Des Arts, one of Canada’s longest running arts magazine, published a review by Ashley Johnson of my most recent show: Free Paper.

“As we slouch through the 21st century it is becoming increasingly evident that bourgeoning populations and the Capitalist way of life are unsustainable. The environment is taking the brunt of this onslaught and in urban centres trash has become a major issue.”

Pick up the Winter 2012 issue to read the full article.

The exhibit ran last summer (2011) at Whippersnapper Gallery in Toronto. Free Paper was only as strong as its some forty participants. Without the individuals that came to make up the project the newspaper could never have happened…

People are still finding copies of the paper floating around Toronto & Montreal, and over a morning coffee are discovering brilliant and peculiar perspectives on sharing in a world of waste, coping with too much stuff, trying to make a happy life, and living together.

Along with a CBC interview, a BlogTO Post, and a feature in Spacing Magazine, the participatory publishing project was an incredible success. Next up: I will be presenting the findings of FREE PAPER to the attendees of Come Up To My Room, Toronto’s Alternative Design Conference at the Gladstone Hotel. Stay tuned, and in the meantime pick up a copy of Vie Des Arts to read more about the exhibition.

I’m pleased to present one of my collages as a part of Saatchi’s Online Showdown. It’s a simple competition that relies on audience votes to get through the first round. The best 300 out of 1960 entries go on to be juried by some real high-quality judges. Please vote for my work by clicking this link below. There is a little button on the right-hand side that you can use to cast your vote through Facebook, or your Saatchi Account:

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR ‘SMOKE TWICE AS HARD’ BY JP KING

As I packed up all my possessions and studio for a few months of travel, Montreal’s Massivart came to my house a did a little interview. I talk about being a Print Maniac, growing up as the child of two photographers, when I started making collages, the role of narrative in my work, my appreciation of weird beauty, politics and the role that humour plays in pulling it all together.

Check out the interview:

Massivart Interview with Jp King, July 5, 2011

I run an experimental Micro-Press / Print Shop called Paper Pusher Print Works. We are located in Montreal. We print short run laser and Risograph books, posters, postcards, and other print ephemera. Click the image below to head to the shop!

Click the Toner Drums below to head to the Paper Pusher Blog >>>

I will be wheatpasting a mural with: Kirsten McCrea, Alan Ganev, Robby Reis & Dietrich Rosteck as Cease Collective. We’ve got some secrets up our sleeves!

Massivart’s Chromatic should be an amazing event. Packed tight with some awesome artists and Montreal art lovers, this event will feature live painting with En Masse, an installation by Francois LaLumiere, and a whole handful of other amazing things.

:::::::::: EXPOSITION / EXHIBITION ::::::::::

: Plus de 50 artistes exposés / More than 50 artists exhibited
:: Commissaire de l’exposition: Kristian Manchester, directeur créatif chez Sid Lee / Curator of the exhibition : Kristian Manchester, Sid Lee’s creative director
: Peinture / Painting
: Illustration
: Mode :: Défilé / Fashion-show (avec/with Barbara Layne, VOYOU, Molykulte, Lux Vespera & Atelier B.)
: Photographie / Photography
: Design graphique / Graphic Design
: Sid Lee collective (« blackboard » project )

:::::::::: PERFORMANCE ::::::::::

: VJ Battle présenté par / presented by SAT[MixSessions](http://mixsessions.sat.qc.ca/)
et en collaboration avec / and with the collaboration of TIND (http://www.thisisnotdesign.com)
: LUNICE (http://www.myspace.com/Lunice)
: Peinture & sérigraphie en directe / Live painting & silkscreen painting
: SKINJACKIN (http://www.facebook.com/pages/SKINJACKIN/96329113078)
: Invités spéciaux / Special guests

I’m very honoured to be showing a framed print of my collage: Why Did They Call Your Mother a Monster

Thursday April 28, 2011
6 to 9pm
6355 boul. Saint-Laurent
Montreal, QC

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