current/upcoming shows

Swarm Gallery
4 Directions: International BLVD
Multimedia installation
October 1-November 6, 2011
Opening Recption October 1, 2011 6-9PM
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Full Deck: A short History of Skate Art
Traveling Exhibit

Rockford Art Museum Rockford, IL
April 22 - September 2, 2011
http://www.rockfordartmuseum.org

South Bend Museum of Art South Bend, IN
October 1, 2011 - January 8, 2012
http://www.southbendart.org/

Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum San Bernadino, CA
February 6 - April 27, 2012
http://museum.csusb.edu/

Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
May 28 - September 17, 2012
http://www.springfieldart.museum/

William D. Cannon Gallery, Carlsbad, CA
October 1 - December, 2012
http://www.carlsbadca.gov/

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recent shows

Bedford Gallery
Outlandish: Contemporary Depictions of Nature
July 7 - September 4, 2011
opening reception:
July 7, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Admission: $5

Swarm Gallery
THINGS ARE EXPANDING,
Gallery artists collaborate with others in large group show.
Project Space | Tamara Albaitis, sound installation
December 11, 2010 - January 16, 2011
Opening Reception December 10th, 6-8pm

view paintings for the show here

visit the blog for the project here

buy the CD for only $10 here preview the songs on the blog

review of the show here

The paintings are part of a collabroative audio/visual installation at Swarm Gallery. The opening of the exhibition will be December 10th. The series of paintings are based on a song my wife, Mahtab, wrote entitled "Ballad of Ronnie Lee (Gardner)". The song is being recorded performed in six distinctly different styles by:

Brian Markey, Melanie Anderson, Jessica Hoffschneider,The Beastmaster, Edison, Jimmy Olson
Reed Olson, Tad Gonzalez, Even Martin, Billy Sprague

Part-Time Studios, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Group show
Opening Reception Dec 3rd, 2010

111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA
111 Artists Group Show, Curated by Jay Howell and Angela Holmes
December 2010
Opening Reception: December 2nd 7-11
Photos of the show by John Casey

Full Deck: A short History of Skate Art
Traveling Exhibit

The Gallery at Penn College, Pennsylvania College of Technology Williamsport, PA
July 22 - September 22, 2010
http://www.pct.edu/gallery/

Vision Gallery, Chandler Center for the Arts Chandler, AZ
January 21 - March 26, 2011
http://www.visiongallery.org/

merchandise

my store is finally open I'll be adding more new items

Swarm Gallery has a store now. Check out the ice cream truck I have for sale here

T-Shirts
available online now on Oaklandish.com go here to buy one

recent profiles and press:

East Bay Express review of "Things are Expanding" at Swarm gallery

I did a collaborative piece with another artist, Sara Barnes that runs a web site called Brown Paperbag. After completing the piece Sara did an interview with me about the collaboration. You can read it here:
http://www.brwnpaperbag.com/2010/11/29/art-together-jake-watling

Beautiful Decay magazine:
http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/02/19/jake-watling/

profile on the brown paper bag web site:
http://www.brwnpaperbag.com/2010/02/22/jake-watling/

Woohaaa:
I'm stoked on their comment about my paintings: "Frida Kahlo on LSD."
http://www.woohaaa.com/?p=78

Enter/Exit:
"Enter/Exit", KQED Arts, By Victoria Gannon
http://www.kqed.org/arts/visualarts/article.jsp?essid=24279 

Recent Shows

window installation:
"Sugar Coated 3D" by Jake Watling
at Wes Smoot Annex
4216 Telegraph Ave
Installation will be up through April
curated by Derek Weisberg
photos of installation 

111 Minna Gallery 
Opening reception May 6  6pm until late
http://www.111minnagallery.com/upcoming-shows/
Group Show
Mario Wagner, Sullivan, Jason Vivona , Milldred, Will Laren, Tim Shaffer, Vlad form Toronto, David Cook, Bo Himlich, Cody Cochrane, Beaston, Jake Watling, Audrey Erickson, Stella Huntenburg
Curated by Jay Howell

FRESH PRODUCE at Anno Domini
9th Annual Invitational Group Exhibit and Art Sale!
preview images

Opening reception and sale start: First Friday, December 4, 2009, 8pm 'til late

Exhibit on view through January 16, 2009

366 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
www.galleryAD.com
408.271.5155

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SHOP/SHOW at Swarm Gallery
Live music and fun. SHOP/SHOW features small work at small prices by local artists, and limited edition t-shirts by Jake Watling, Sarah Smith, John Casey and Terry Furry!!

PLUS!
satellite shops for
Oaklandish
Rowan Morrison
Electric Works

Opening reception and sale start: Friday, December 11 at 6:00-9:00pm
Exhibit on view throughl January 24, 2010

Swarm Gallery
560 Second Street
Oakland, CA 94607
tel 510 839 2787
info@swarmgallery.com

Extended hours for exhibition
Tues-Sun 12-6
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