 ARTmob Presents an Artist Talk with Gabriel Shaffer
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 5:30 p.m.
Blue Spiral 1, Downtown Asheville
FREE
Gabriel Shaffer lives and works in Asheville, NC.
The son of renowned folk/visionary artist Cher Shaffer, Gabriel was raised surrounded
by many folk and outsider artists. In June 2002, at the age of 27, Shaffer had
an epiphany while experimenting with painting. He has since focused solely on
visual art. Gabriel has exhibited in over 90 shows and sold hundreds of
works to collectors, galleries and museums throughout various major cities
nationally and internationally, including a very strong debut with the
Berenberg Gallery, Boston, MA at the Outsider Art Fair 2005.
Some of Gabriel's more notable collectors include members
of rock bands: Aerosmith, Nirvana, Foo Fighters, Nine Inch Nails, Marylin
Manson,Weezer, Tool, Mastodon, Cat Power, Band of Horses, Kid Rock, best-selling
Sci Fi/Fantasy author Tad Williams and Texas
senator Wendy Davis.
In 2009, Gabriel was juried as a top emerging artist in Western
North Carolina for WNC Magazine's
On the Verge competition and voted the #1 visual artist for the Best of WNC
awards in the Mountain Xpress.
Interested
in this event and becoming a member of ARTmob ? Join the Museum's exciting new
Member group for a vibrant young adult crowd. You'll be invited to special ARTmob events
throughout the year - martini parties, artists' talks, concerts, screenings of
underground films and documentaries and more! To contribute ideas for future events or to join ARTmob contact Rebecca
Lynch-Maass, Membership Manager & Development Associate at 828.253.3227,
ext. 114 or rlynch-maass@ashevilleart.org .
Image Credit: Courtesy of Gabriel Schaffer
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