EAST WELCOMES WEST THIS WEEK as Jonathan LeVine Gallery hosts an opening reception on Saturday for two solo exhibitions. Work by Shepard Fairy and Souther Salazar, both of Los Angeles, will be on view at the gallery through July 21. But first, on Thursday, June 21^st, from 7:00 to 11:00 pm, the gallery will host an opening party in DUMBO for large-scale installations by Shepard Fairey. Please check links for details about these and all other listed exhibitions.

Shepard Fairey at DUMBO Installation Space
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
June 21 - July 6, 2007
Opening Reception: Thursday June 21, 7:00 - 11:00 pm, RSVP required
with DJ sets by Cosmo Baker, 10 Fingers, and Shepard Fairey.

Two Solo Exhibitions:
Shepard Fairey E Pluribus Venom
Souther Salazar Space Cadets
Jonathan LeVine Gallery
June 23 - July 21, 2007
Opening reception: June 23, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Illustration above by Souther Salazar, courtesy of Jonathan LeVine Gallery

Vance DeGeneres Nudes and Robots
Aidan Savoy Gallery
Through June 30, 2007

Group Show: Jeffrey Brown, Allison Cole, R. Kikuo Johnson, Anders Nilson, & Daria Tessler
Giant Robot NY
Through July 18, 2007

BROOKLYN, NY
The Porch Show
Featuring work by George Ferrandi, Zachary Rossman, Suzanne Sattler, Kyle Field, Ryan Jacob Smith, Julianna Bright, Mel Kadel, Rich Jacobs, Erika Somogyi, Sean Samoheyl, Monica Canilao, Kelie Bowman, Florencio Zavala, Caroline Hwang, Brendan Monroe, Julie Morstad, Saviour Scraps, Jenny Hart, AJ Fosik, Jeana Sohn, Eric Beltz, Jacob Mickelson, Sto, the Polaroid Kidd, Matt Leines, Julien Langendorff, Tim Harrington, Ryan Woods, and Richard Coleman
Cinders Gallery
Through August 5, 2007

Art Dorks Squared
McCaig-Welles Gallery
Through July 8, 2007

EDGEWATER, NJ
Ryan Heshka Neo Pulp
Orbit Gallery Space
June 23 - July 21, 2007
Opening reception: June 23, 6:00 - 10:00 pm

PHILADELPHIA, PA
Greg Simkins and Naotto Hattori
Lineage Gallery
Through July 1, 2007

NASHVILLE, TN
Laura Levine Tweet Suite: Birds of North America
John Langford Nashville Radio
Tag Art Gallery
Through June 30, 2007
Illustration left: Birds of the Pacific Northwest by Laura Levine, courtesy of the artist.

LOS ANGELES, CA
Group Show: Art Dorks Collective
Featuring work by Shawn Barber, Robert Hardgrave, Travis Louie, Brendan Danielsson, Chris Ryniak, Meagan Ridley, Kate Ridley, Dave Chung, Anthony Pontius, Kim Scott, Jeremy Pruitt, Gregory Jacobsen, Chris Mostyn, Matthew Pasquarello, Justin DeGarmo, Joseph Daniel Fiedler, Mark Elliott, Heiko Mueller, Jason Murphy, Mike Burnett, Johnny Yanok, and Jad Fair
Thinkspace Gallery
Through July 7, 2007

Group Show Panelists III: Comic Book Artists on Walls
Giant Robot 2
Through July 18

CULVER CITY, CA
Tim Biskup: Ether
Billy Shire Fine Arts
Through July 7, 2007

Gary Baseman Hide and Seek in the Forest of ChouChou
Billy Shire Fine Arts
July 14, 2007 - August 11, 2007
Opening Reception: July 14, 7:00 - 10:00 pm,

Group Show: Andy Jenkins, Andy Mueller, Andrew Pommier
The Lab 101 Gallery
Through July 11, 2007

Van Arno: Sweet Home Valhalla
Corey Helford Gallery
June 30 - July 28, 2007
Opening Reception: June 30, 7:00 - 10:00 pm

SAN FRANCISCO, CA
The Tree Show,
Featuring work by APAK!, Melinda Beck, Robert Bellem, Bigfoot, Kelie Bowman, Calef Brown, Aaron Brown, Catia Chen, Richard Colman, Matthew Feyld, Matt Furie, Fawn Gehweiler, Susie, Ghahremani, Mollie Goldstrom, Andrew DeGraff, Katherine Guillen, Ethan Hayes, Chute, Jordin Isip, Rich Jacobs, Kelly Lynn Jones, Kaori Kasai, Misaki Kawai, Joe Keinberger, James Kirkpatrick, Diana Kwok, Matt Leines, Kathleen Lolley, Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Matt Moroz, Eric Nakamura, Ogi, Beci Orpin, PCP, Ferris Plock, Luke Ramsey, Albert Reyes, Nathalie Roland, Brian Rush, Jeana Sohn, Daria Tessler, Elisabeth Timpone, Kelly Tunstall, Aiyana Udesen, Marci Washington, Andrew Jeffrey Wright.
The Tree Show is a fundraising effort for San Francisco's Friends of the Urban Forest, a non-profit organization that plants over 1,500 trees a year to keep San Francisco communities green. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of artwork will go towards their work.
Giant Robot SF
July 14 - August 8, 2007
Opening Reception: July 14, 6:30 - 10:00 pm

Illustration above, courtesy of Giant Robot San Francisco.