March 8 to April 12, 2025
Cheryl Bentyne (Manhattan Transfer)
Exene Cervenka (X)
Jill Emery (Hole, Mazzy Star)
Juliana Hatfield (Juliana Hatfield Three, Blake Babies, Lemonheads)
Shinji Horimura (Taiko, Japanese Traditional Drum)
Gill Landry (Old Crow Medicine Show)
Jon Langford (Mekons)
Stefan Murphy (The Sleeveens, The Mighty Stef)
Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)
Fredrik Nilsen (LAFMS - THE Los Angeles Free Music Society)
Kurt Ralske (Ultra Vivid Scene)
Rennie Sparks (Handsome Family)
Deb Talan (The Weepies)
Russ Tolman (True West)
Surreal, Hyperreal, Unreal
April 26 to May 31, 2025
Opening Reception on April 26, 5 to 9pm.
Opening Reception on April 26, 5 to 9pm.
Frau Sakra - Pictorial dark musings and lessons in dark history in ink or oil.
Penrider - This Madrid-based artist is the master of surreal pencil drawings.
John Sauer - Minneapolis-based illustrator and painter works show a twisted whimsy.
Brady Willmott - Pop surrealist oil painter returns to MAD.KAT for his third exhibition.
Lu Yue - Beijing-born Thai artist is an irresponsible carpenter, secret manuscript maker, and underground mimeographer of sci-fi scenes of lovesick robots.
Mary Noga - Originally from Poland, this Dubai-based surrealist painter captures her exaggerated characters in vivid colors across a large emotional field.
Lucinda Luvaas - Los Angeles-based filmmaker and painter has shown in galleries and museums around the world.
Miles McDermott - An award-winning multidisciplinary designer with a dark artistic side.
Deirdre Ferrell White - This San Francisco-based painter of magical realism, where hope and wonder survive amidst a dystopian landscape of chaos and loss, is also a Lecturer in Painting and Drawing at UC Davis.
Mark Bryan - Central Coast painter creates beautifully executed satirical works of social, political and religious comment.
Cali Sales - Austin, TX illustrator and visual artist.
Marco Franchina - Local artist brings his surreal collage work.
Suzanne Howe - Minneapolis hyperreal painter creates warm, sophisticated, whimsical work.
Jym Davis - Ancient folklore, festivals and customs inspire the masks, outfits and sculptures of this Georgia artist.
Adam Cooley - Multi-disciplinary outsider artist who has exhibited in Japan, UK, Romania, and other countries.
Kim A. Tolman - Palm Springs-based German oil painter lets her freak flag fly.
Margaret Chiaro - Oceanside, CA-based surrealist and magical realism painter.