Giant Robot San Francisco: Tree Show II -July 29 – August 24 July 29, 2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Group Show

Reception: Saturday, July 29, 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Giant Robot is proud to present Tree Show II. Following the footsteps of the first Tree Show, this group exhibition will feature arbor-inspired pieces by painters, illustrators, and other creators from street art, indie comics, printmaking, design, and crafty art backgrounds

Artists will include Corey Arnold, Robert Bellm, Gary Benzel, Bigfoot One, Calef Brown, Jeffrey Brown, Martin Cendreda, Catia Chien, David Choe, Josh Cochran, Allison Cole, Jen Corace, Evah Fan, Susie Ghahremani, Greenlady/HUGA, Jun Seo Hahm, Ryan Heshka, Kelly Lynn Jones, Megan Kelso, kozyndan, Jack Long, Jacob Magraw-Mickelson, Nikki McClure, Matt Moroz, Munkao, National Forest, Chris Neal, Saelee Oh, Beci Orpin, PCP, John Pham, Brian Ralph, Albert Reyes, Zach Rossman, Jay Ryan, Souther Salazar, Rachell Sumpter, Deth P. Sun, Daria Tessler, Kelly Tunstall, Megan Whitmarsh, and Andrew Jeffrey Wright.

This year’s Tree Show will also be 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 in the Tree Show will go towards their efforts. For more info: www.fuf.net

An opening reception featuring many of the artists will take place from 6:30 to 10:00 on Saturday, July 29.

Giant Robot is a Los Angeles-based magazine about Asian and Asian-American pop culture that will soon celebrate its twelfth anniversary. In addition to running the GRSF art gallery and boutique, Giant Robot operates locations in New York and Los Angeles and publishes art books.

GRSF is located at 618 Shrader Street in the Upper Haight. 415-876-4773

Official Website: http://www.gr-sf.com