Cafe Balcony

Each month a new visual art exhibit is installed at Café Balcony. All our artists are local talent, and we have featured every kind of art from modern and abstract paintings to photography, collage, and small-scale installations. Featured subjects have included pop culture, emotions, travel, and foreign culture. If you're looking for something new for your apartment or house, many of our artists do also offer their works for sale.

Previously @
Cafe Balcony...

November 2008 - Marina Valentina
October 2008 - Doug Eisenstark
Aug-Sept 2008 - Ilan Terrel
June-July 2008 - Charles Ellinwood
April-May 2008 - Beat Lickers
March 2008 - Gary Conner
Feb 2008 - Marina Valentina
Jan 2008 - Karla Borromeo
December 2007 - Douglas Eisenstark
Nov 2007 - Rinalda Caduff / Ron Bloom
Oct 2007 - Sasha Shumyatsky
Sept 2007 - Aime Akazawa
July-Aug 2007 - Julie Dorsey
June 2007 - Lubae Harris
April-May 2007 - Kio Griffith, Allen D Glass II, Misato Nagare
March 2007 - Gary Conner
February 2007 - Tomoe
January 2007 - Fernando Linhares
December 2006 - Peter Brooker
November 2006 - Anne Yukiko Keehn
October 2006 - Oku-Show
September 2006 - Doug Eisenstark
August 2006 - Liza Epps
July 2006 - Damon Warren
June 2006 - Sasha Shumyatsky / Jennifer Wong
May 2006 - Denise Otterson
April 2006 - Susan Rosenwasser
March - 2006 Gary Conner
February 2006 - Chris Johnson (Irie Ied Surf Art)
January 2006 - Angelique Gettle
November 2005 - Greg Shenk
December 2005 - Fernando Mendiola
October 2005 - Noreena Manio
September 2005 - Shinichi Ono
August 2005 - Angelique Gettle
July 2005 - Douglas Eisenstark
June 2005 - Derek Quint / Ingrid Herrador
May 2005 - Gerimi Burleigh / Ingrid Herrador
April 2005 - Takeo Uedo
March 2005 - Aime Akazawa

Marina Valentina

Marina Valentina lives in Santa Monica and is a regular here at Cafe Balcony.  This is her second solo show here, and comprises of paintings and drawings done in the past year.  Sometimes she animates in her time off (from animation) and sometimes she paints or goes life drawing.  She has an extensive education in the arts, begining with her uncle in Bulgaria where she was born. He is an award wining animator and a constant inspiration.  Marina moved to Brentwood, California at the age of 6, learned English and the ways of an entirely different culture. Then attended the arts highschool - LACHSA followed by CalArts for character animation, graduating in 2003.  She has also spent time teaching the art, animation, and video to kids between the ages of 9 and 18. 

During the past year she has done much traveling and soul searching, through wich the artwork in this November 08 show is inspired.  She enjoyes showing her work at the coffee shop where people can come in and enjoy the work on the walls without having to go out of their way, a place where it is integrated into the daily routine.  The work get to interact with the community in a more personal, less formal way.

her work can be viewed at:   www.MarinaValentina.com

she can be reached at:         Marinamurmur@gmail.com

She has also written and illustrated a children's book which can be viewed and purchased here:  http://www.redcygnet.com/LostintheRoses.html