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Celebrate bike month!

Artists Jessie Durham and Alëna Skarina are exhibiting work in a group exhibition, “Romance of the Wheel – Love, Hate and Cycling” at Jet Fuel Coffee Shop, 519 Parliament Street, Toronto.

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The Opening Reception is June 3rd, 2011, at 9 PM until Late!

The exhibition runs June 3rd to June 30th, 2011

The exhibition also features work by Dmitry Bondarenko, Ali Hall, Nat Janin, Chris Simonen, Sean Lewis, Javier Ortiz, Roben Nieuwland, Daniel Downey, Adrian Forrow, Cameron Stott, Kassem, Ilichna Morasky, Inkyung Choi, Kat Verhouven, Selena Wong, Shen Plum, Hugh Langis, and Gillian Goerz.

May 31, 2011

Good food …… bad food

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May 18, 2011

The Month Ahead – Alëna Skarina

Cover of Arts & Life section of National Post, published February 1st, 2011. Gouache on paper.  The theme for the illustration was based on ‘the month ahead’.
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February 25, 2011

Tattoo You

Here are a few images by Clayton Hanmer and Alëna Skarina that were made into Tattoos.

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February 4, 2011

Purrrrfect Type treatment by Alëna Skarina

Alëna created two ads, French and English for TBWA Chiat Day, client Whiskas.

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January 28, 2011

Mini Portfolios

These Reactor mini Artist Portfolios make a wonderful Xmas gift at $50.00 each portfolio. Each portfolio features five beautiful prints at 3 x 4 inches in size.  Great for framing individually or all together as one large piece.   The mini Portfolios by Blair Drawson and Alëna Skarina are Erotic prints. Jeff Jackson’s mini portfolio is about the famed architect “Le Corbusier”. Drop by the Reactor Studio to purchase or to have a look at them.

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December 1, 2010

Skarina Chalks One Up!


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Alëna Skarina was commissioned to create a chalk mural at the Drake Hotel in Toronto for the month of September to coincide with TIFF.

October 5, 2010

Something old. Something new. Something borrowed. Something blue.

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One-sixth plate Daguerreotype, circa 1850

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Valentine illustration by Sylvie Thamsir for Parkway Mall.

The illustration was used in mall posters and ads.

 

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2 inch copper advertising slug borrowed from Neil Wismayer at Lunar Caustic Press

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One print of a Reactor letterpress edition of five erotic prints by Alena Skarina.
The edition is part of Reactor’s Mini Prints series. Each print is only 3” by 4”.

February 4, 2010