Juraj Tomcik (b. 1982) is beginning artist in design and creative art scene. He come from Slovakia, where he took art education in all levels. He started at the age of five in Private elementary art school in Ruzomberok led by Mrs. Katarina Martinkova and he attended this school until the age of eighteen when he changed the town of living because of university. During this thirteen years, he got basis of mostly art branches from general drawing and painting to sculpture and he attend many creative competitions and shows. First touch with design he got in high school by studying fashion design. Most distinguished teachers in period before the university were artists Marcel Dubravec, Rastislav Biarinec and Pavol Rusko. All these artists belongs to top contemporary art in Slovakia.
Crucial was period on Technical university in Zvolen, where he decided to study industrial design of furniture include interior design. This field was mostly artistic but it involves many technical and science subjects associated with wood science. In 5th semester, he attends workshop led by prominent Austrian architect Wolfgang Haipl. Having finished 6th semester, he stop out and went to Sydney, Australia where he took English and information technology courses. It takes one year and after that he took intership on Faculty of architecture on Slovak Technical University in Bratislava graduated by state exam of Theory and methodology of industrial design in the charge of Ludovit Petransky, best known theorist of design in Slovakia. His biggest project for Department of design of furniture and wood products was a brochure with which he was awarded a second prize on International round of student scientific work in art and design section on Technical University in Zvolen. He graduated by diploma work of furniture design entitled Slovak National Sitting led by Marian Ihring and appreciated as the best one.
Working experiences on design projects he got during the studies on university led by many tutors from praxis. During summer holidays he was working in Mondi Business Paper Ruzomberok, like technical and clerical personnel. On stay in Australia and Canada, after the university graduation, he worked part time and he possesses good interpersonal skill, team and system work, attention to detail and work ethic.

Website: Juraj Tomcik
Contact email: jurajtomcik@yahoo.co.uk

I’ve been working in the medium of tattooing for about 7 years ,painting with acrylic and water color for about the same amount of time . before and even now with any thing I can get my hands on .

Website: blind faith
Contact email: blindfaithtatu@hotmail.com

February 1 � March 2, 2008
Artist Reception: Friday, February 1, 8 - 11 pm
www.laluzdejesus.com

Online press release with images:
http://leejosephpublicity.com/show/laluzfeb08

Marco Almera - Resurgence
Marco Almera began his artistic career in the Southern California Surf/Skate/Punk/Rock culture of the early 80’s. As a teenager, Almera was inspired by the do-it-yourself style of this culture, and created his own t-shirts and stylized graphics. His underground art style has always gravitated to this world of surfing, music, cars, pinup girls and California culture, and he remains a dedicated representative to this way of life. Almera created T-shirt art and album covers for bands such as Sublime, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Primus, Ween and Reverend Horton Heat, rock music posters and commissioned paintings. Almera’s originals have been collected by a diverse range of celebrities such as James Hetfield of Metallica, Randy Hild, President of ROXY (Quiksilver,) artist Frank Kozik, Jonathan Dupree, head of the Art Department for Paul Frank Industries, top New York lawyer Stephen Fantozzi and many others. In the past few years, Almera has made a transition from primarily music related artwork to almost entirely fine art. Besides his private commissioned work, the artist has been involved in a continuous succession of gallery showings. Almera�s �Resurgence� show at La Luz de Jesus Gallery will include all new works in acrylic on canvas.
Website: http://www.marcoalmera.com/

Bryan Cunningham - Free Toy Inside
With influences of vintage advertising, carnival midways, and comic books, Bryan Cunningham
(a.k.a. MUTIE) creates unique mixed media assemblages with found objects by combining his skills in painting and wood working. Each work begins with a loose canvas painting created by various mediums including textile, paint, silk screen and oil stick. Next the canvas is set with grommets and stretched with
pop-tops and twine in a hand crafted wooden frame made from recycled materials and found objects. In the final step Bryan incorporates sign painting and woodcarving into the frames design. “I had a dualistic childhood that began in suburban Detroit. I lived in a subdivision surrounded by other children and all the pop culture of the day. Life was all about Saturday morning cartoons, Atari and fast food. Then my parents moved out to the country where I had to entertain my self with whatever was around. I would go into the woods and find bones and collect old cans and bottles from a depression era dump pile,� states Cunningham. The combination of these two nostalgic worlds is apparent in Cunningham’s art as voodoo dolls, tattooed ladies and strange elixirs float in a timeless marquee of childlike wonder.
Website: http://www.mutieonline.com/

Krystopher Sapp
Krystopher Sapp likes to stay locked up in his studio and create highly detailed, dark and twisted worlds in the form of mixed media assemblage. Inspired by his favorite horror and sci-fi movies, war history books and intense nightmares, Sapp uses found objects and items purchased at Home Depo which Sapp states is his �art supply store�. His works are cultivated from horror and molded into beauty. By day, Sapp is a commercial artist and has created album cover, t-shirt and poster art for bands such as Demented Are Go, Meteors, Necromantics, Tiger Army, 45 Grave, Penis Flytrap, Zombie Ghost Train and many others.
Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/krysapp

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La Luz de Jesus is located at the Soap Plant/Wacko building, in Los Feliz at 4633 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Gallery hours are Monday � Wednesday: 11am � 7pm, Thursday � Saturday: 11am � 9pm and Sunday 12-6pm.

Website: Marco Almera, Bryan Cunningham, & Krystopher Sapp
Contact email: leejemail@gmail.com