David John Attyah - Replace Cartridge Soon

March 28 - April 6

Opening Reception Saturday March 29  6-9pm

Replace Cartridge Soon is an exhibition of experimental works on paper by David John Attyah. Outfitted with an old-school Xerox copier, a roll of black masking tape, and a glue stick, Attyah integrates hand-drawn elements into snippets of found, cut, and re-xeroxed photos.  The exhibition is fueled by Attyah’s longing for a former time - a period that mashed up sexual awakening and political turmoil, located somewhere in the 1990s.

The artworks are made of scratchy drawn elements, emo-lite motifs, taped zine styling, and cut up photos.  There are appearances of disco balls, tarot cards, beating hearts, and faded TV stars - symbols which Attyah can’t logically explain.  Attyah can’t logically explain anything that happened back then - or anything that is happening now - anyway.

Replace Cartridge Soon opens on Saturday, March 29th at 7:00 pm at Keystone Art Space.  The exhibition runs through Sunday, April 6th.

Jasser Membreno - Casa Monstruos 

April 12 - 27, 2025

Opening Reception April 12, 5-9pm

The monsters and fantasy landscapes of Jasser Membreno’s Casa Monstuos move between worlds, just like people. In this solo exhibition, the gruesome and whimsical monsters of Membreno’s drawings and paintings step into worlds that ask them to assimilate, find authenticity and give and receive compassion. The first-generation Central-American artist draws inspiration from the childhood escapes of 80’s cult films he relied on as a child moving between worlds of school, home and homelands.

Jasser Membreno is an artist and designer merging autonomic creative processes with monsters, surrealism, and elements of Latin American and European mythology. After attaining a B.A. in Film and Video Animation from CalArts, Membreno developed projects for Disney and entertainment industry companies which evolved into his establishment of Casa Monstrous, a multimedia art and storytelling series. His work has exhibited at La Luz de Jesus Gallery and LAMAG and he’s led programs for LA Commons and Arts for Healing and Justice Network. Membreno is a first-generation child of Central American immigrants and was born, raised and is currently based in South LA.