Today the November batch of Blood is the New Black shirts arrived!

Keren Richter is a young illustrator and painter based in Brooklyn, NY. She received her art history degree from Columbia University, and studied at the Parsons School of Design and Central Saint Martins College studying both graphic design and illustration.  Richter’s work has been exhibited nationally, and she has been published in a few contemporary illustration books and has done work for Nylon, and Jane magazine. She is influenced by sixties iconography and psychadlia, contemporary fashion, islamic and scandinavian textile design and 8-bit arcade games. The shirt she designed for BITNB’s Fall 2009 line is entitled “Young Love” and features a minimalist sketch of two young lovers in black ink on a white tshirt. We have one v-neck and one crew neck available. You can purchase the shirt in our shop here.

The Sumi Ink Club is a drawing collective founded in 2005 by Sarah Anderson and Luke Fischbeck, centrally based in Los Angeles. The shirt for BITNB’s Fall 2009 line features a diamond made of psychadelic gyrations and curved line ink drawings in red and blue ink on a white tshirt. You can purchase the shirt in our shop here.

Alexis Semtner’s painting Mind was spotlighted with a little right up on Novembers Trick of Light show in the November issue of C Magazine. Pick up a free copy at any of these locations and check it out, or better yet, come down to the gallery between the hours of 11-6 Tuesday through Saturday and see Mind and the rest of the show in person!

Mahan Gallery is now one of the few locations in the country and only spot in Ohio that carries Blood is the New Black t-shirts. Owner and line curator Mitra Khayyam focuses on displaying the works of emerging artists, illustrators and photographers in order to propel their careers and support the underground art movement via design collaborations. Mitra likes the idea of providing artists with an avenue to explore social topics and bring attention to issues. She challenges those daring enough to wear BITNB shirts to instantly become a walking canvas and conversation piece/starter.

Many of the artists that have collaborated with BITNB have shown here at Mahan Gallery, and we love these shirts! New shirts arrive constantly so check the online store or come into the gallery often.

Kime Buzzelli for Blood is the New Black

Hannah Stouffer for Blood is the New Black

Amanda Shear for Blood is the New Black

The Sunday, September 13th edition of The Columbus Dispatch has a great article about the current exhibition “Fresh Meat” featuring Micah Daw, Aaron Troyer and Paul Rentler.

You can read the article online here: “Choice cuts of work make show satisfying“.

The August 2009 show “This is a Comic Book” curated by Colleen Grennan and Jimi Payne was featured on BUST magazines blog recently. Check out the review here: Hardly Art, Hardly Garbage.