PAST EXHIBITIONS / EVENTS

• September 10, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - Below, Above and Beyond - John Hawaka Solo Exhibition
• August 27, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - Living Spaces - Group Photography Exhibition
• July 2, (Friday) - 7pm-10:30pm - Independence Day Exhibition
• June 11, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - Agop Gemdjian - Solo Exhibition
• May 21, (Friday) - 6:30pm-10:30pm - Dream Things That Never Were - New Brunswick Art Salon, Spring 2010
• May 20, (Thursday) - 6:30pm-8:30pm - Georgi Petrov at the Bulgarian Consulate in NY
• May 1, (Saturday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - Meet the artists: Georgi Petrov and John William Gordon - Art Mixer and Jazz Concert Event
• April 23, (Friday) - 7:30pm-11pm - "Password Love" - Solo Exhibition of Georgi Petrov
• April 9, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - "Uptown", a Novel - Book promotion and signing
• April 2, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - Vesselin Kourtev – solo exhibition
• March 27, (Saturday) - 2pm-4pm - "The Contemporary Relevance of the Renaissance Palette" - a lecture by Michael Price
• March 26, (Friday) - 7pm-11pm - POLLIFAX at Alfa
• March 12, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - "The Immortal Spirit of Nature" - Solo Exhibition Opening
• February 18, (Thursday) - 7pm-10pm - "God Bless" - Robert Mermet's Solo Exhibition Opening Reception
• January 29, (Friday) - 7:30pm-7:29pm - "The Caged Bird Sings" - 2nd Anniversary Celebration and Exhibition Opening
• January 8, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - We Need Never - Photography Group Exhibition Opening Event
• December 19, (Saturday) - 7pm-9pm - Holiday Celebration: $5 at the door
• December 18, (Friday) - 7pm-9pm - “Face Off” - Lidia Simeonova's Solo Exhibition at the Bulgarian Consulate in New York City
• December 12, (Saturday) - 7pm-10pm - “Objet d’Art” Magazine Launch Party
• December 11, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - Walking the Line - Solo Exhibition Opening
• November 20, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10:30pm - "Transfigured" - Group Exhibition Opening Event
• October 30, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - "Inner Circles" - A Bulgarian Artists Abroad Group Exhibition Opening Reception
• October 15, (Thursday) - 6pm-9pm - Alfa Art Gallery presents the work of Rodney Durso at 3rd Annual High Line Open Studios
• October 9, (Friday) - 7:30pm-10pm - "John Hawaka - A Retospective" - Solo Exhibition Opening

October 9th, 2009 - “John Hawaka: A Retrospective”- Solo Exhibition Opening Event

Exhibition Duration: October 9 - October 29, 2009
Opening Reception: Friday, October 9 @ 7:30-10pm
Curator: Michiko Mull

We are pleased to announce John Hawaka: A Retrospective, the first comprehensive overview of John Hawaka’s prolific oeuvre. This exhibition highlights significant works from each period of Hawaka’s career in addition to the introduction of 31 new and previously unreleased paintings.

John Hawaka was born in 1935 in Olyphant, a small coalmining town of eastern PA. At the age of 10, Hawaka discovered his artistic aptitude when he began to render figures after a Boy Scout handbook. Years later, a snowbound weekend led John to produce three paintings out of burlap and cardboard. These paintings excited John as they reawakened his intuitive skill for color and composition. Much to his surprise, all three of the works were quickly sold and Hawaka decidedly dedicated himself to a career in painting.

Though mostly known for his beautiful and rare lacquer works, Hawaka’s earlier paintings offer a unique perspective of segmented color fields, nature, and portraiture. For instance, depictions of anonymous figures from the late 80’s and early 90’s contain faceless department heads, cowboys, and commuters that are rendered in flat, delineated planes of color. This series offers an interesting segue for a group of gestural portraits from the late 1990’s, in which, reminiscent of De Kooning, Hawaka’s stark expression of line and form convey a powerful and emotional series.

A once structured and figural abstractionist, Hawaka now allows color and form to fluidly flow into one another. The artist’s newest body of work focuses on the vivaciousness of color and the process of its abstraction through the orchestration of his medium.

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• September 25, (Friday) - 7:30pm-11pm - "Musings" - Poetry & Music
• September 24, (Thursday) - 8pm-11pm - Like Trains & Taxis - Video Premiere
• September 18, (Friday) - 7:30pm-11pm - Alfa Art Gallery Members Group Exhibition Opening & Catalog Release
• September 15, (Tuesday) - 6:30pm-7:45pm - Outdoor Photography Tips - Getting the Most From Your Digital Camera
• September 12, (Saturday) - 11am-5pm - Color Management and Inkjet Printing w/ Photoshop and Lightroom
• August 28, (Friday) - 5pm-6:30pm - “Xpress Yourself: Adventures in Photography” - Photography Exhibition & Award Ceremony in collaboration with the New Brunswick Free Public Library
• August 28, (Friday) - 6:30pm-9pm - East + West, Andrew Darlow's photography exhibition of New York City Landmarks and Buddhist-related sites of Japan
• July 10, (Friday) - 8pm-11pm - Dimensions
• June 19, (Friday) - 7:30pm-11pm - Mysterious & Real
• June 5, (Friday) - 7:30pm-11pm - Meet Keva Apostolova & “AV@TAR”
• May 28, (Thursday) - 6:30pm-10pm - “Contraversion” - Bulgarian Contemporary Artists Exhibition @ Bulgarian Consulate, NYC
• May 24, (Sunday) - 7:30pm-11pm - Lidia Simeonova’s Solo Exhibition Opening and celebration of "May 24th - Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day"
• May 9, (Saturday) - 7:30pm-11pm - “Contraversion” - Bulgarian Contemporary Artists Exhibition Opening Reception
• April 17, (Friday) - 7pm-11pm - Zoom: Vesselin Kourtev's Solo Exhibition Opening Reception and 5th Art to Green Exhibition
• April 11, (Saturday) - 4pm-8pm - Photoshop CS4 retouching and printing lecture/demonstration with Mark Beckelman and Andrew Darlow
• April 4, (Saturday) - 2pm-6pm - Fine-Art Inkjet Workshop with Andrew Darlow
• April 3, (Friday) - 6pm-8pm - Ron Wyatt Lecture
• April 3, (Friday) - 8pm-midnight - Poetry and Acoustic Showcase
• March 27, (Friday) - 6pm-9pm - “GRANDmarks – NYC”, Andrew Darlow’s Photography Exhibition Opening Reception
• March 12, (Thursday) - 7pm-11pm - Open Studio with John Hawaka and Jill Caporlingua
• March 5, (Thursday) - 7pm-11pm - "The Essence of Nature" - John Hawaka’s Solo Exhibition Opening Reception
• February 21, (Saturday) - 7pm-11pm - Alfa Art Gallery Open Studio Presents: "Christina Entcheva: Design & Illustration"
• February 19, (Thursday) - 7pm-11pm - "Art Lines: Linear Abstractions in Graphic Design, Painting and Animation" - Group Exhibition Opening Reception
• January 30, (Friday) - 6pm-11pm - Alfa Art Gallery’s One Year Anniversary Reception and 3rd “Art to Green” Exhibition Opening
• January 24, (Saturday) - 8pm-midnight - Alfa Art Gallery presents: Painting, Photography, Generator Drone & Ja’c
• January 17, (Saturday) - 7pm-11pm - “The Third Day After” - Robert Aitchison & Iliyan Ivanov - Exhibition closing reception
• December 20, (Saturday) - 8pm-11pm - Animation by David Sananman and electronic music
• December 19, (Friday) - 7pm-11pm - “The Third Day After” - Robert Aitchison & Iliyan Ivanov - Exhibition opening reception
• December 13, (Saturday) - 7pm-11pm - “This is only a test” - Rodney Durso - Open Studio
• December 11, (Thursday) - 8pm- - MARRIAGE / I DO ... WHAT? - 3rd "MILESTONES" Show
• December 4, (Thursday) - 7pm-11pm - THIS IS ONLY A TEST - Exhibition opening reception
• November 26, (Wednesday) - 7pm-10pm - Thanksgiving Reception
• November 22, (Saturday) - 7pm-10pm - ArtHouse
• November 21, (Friday) - 10am-4pm - Full-day Color Management and Fine-Art Inkjet Printing Workshop for Mac Users (Instructor: Andrew Darlow)
• November 20, (Thursday) - 8pm- - GRADUATION / DIPLOMA SCHMIPOMA - 2nd "MILESTONES" Show
• November 7, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - "PRAXIS/POIESIS" Opening Reception
• October 23, (Thursday) - 10pm- - BIRTH / IT'S A BABY! - 1st "MILESTONES" Show
• October 17, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - Exhibition Opening Reception for George Dinev and Ixrael (by invitation only)
• October 15, (Wednesday) - 7pm-10pm - Collaborative Arts & Alfa Art Gallery Present: "1st Resonate at Alfa"
• September 25, (Thursday) - 4pm-8pm - 2nd "Art to Green" Exhibition, Featuring: Konstantin A. Konstantinov & Pavol Olsavsky III
• September 5, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - "Summer in New Brunswick 2008" & "Illegitimi non Carborundum" - Photo Exhibitions Opening Event
• August 15, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - 1st "Green Wave" Exhibition at Alfa Art Gallery
• June 20, (Friday) - 7pm-10pm - "INFUSIONS OF COLOR" - John Hawaka Solo Exhibition
• May 31, (Saturday) - 7pm-10pm - An Evening at Alfa Art Gallery - Exhibition Opening and Classical Music Concert: Eva Volitzer and Kiril Tarpov - Jewish Sephardic Songs in Ladino
• May 24, (Saturday) - 7-10pm - Exhibition Opening and & DUO "IVANOV" - Krasi Ivanov, Violin and Kalin Ivanov, Cello - Recital/Concert in Honor of May 24th - Bulgarian Education and Culture, and Slavonic Literature Day
• May 9, (Friday) - 6:30-10pm - The AIDS Babies Organization Presents "Guardians of Ancient Knowledge" Movie Preview
• May 3, (Saturday) - 7-10pm - Charice Silverman - Artist Portrait Presentation with Exhibition Reception
• April 25, (Friday) - 7-10pm - John Hawaka - Artist portrait presentation with reception
• April 19, (Saturday) - 7-10pm - Rosalia Tignini Verdun - Artist portrait presentation with reception
• April 4, (Friday) - 7-10pm - Paula Pearl - Artist portrait presentation with exhibition reception
• March 28, (Friday) - 7-10pm - Katy Sumrow (Mezzo Soprano) - Recital/Concert with Reception
• March 22, (Saturday) - 2-7pm - New Brunswick Free Public Library will hold an exhibition opening event featuring Artists from Alfa Art Gallery
• March 21, (Friday) - 7-10pm - Alfa Art Gallery presents the Minhwa-inspired art of Michael Fenton
• March 14, (Friday) - 7-10pm - A personal appearance and lecture by Artist Doreen (Doree) Valenza
• February 29, (Friday) - 6:30-10pm - Anna Veleva Recital in honor of March 3rd, Bulgarian Liberation Day
• February 16, (Saturday) - 7-10pm - “Behind the revival of Chasing and Repousse.” (45 min seminar with master Valentin Yotkov)
• February 2, (Saturday) - 7-10pm - Concert - "Olson/De Cari Duo"
• January 30, (Wednesday) - 5:30-10pm - Gala Opening Reception
• January 12, (Saturday) - 10am-4pm - Beez Foundation Fundraiser/Charity Event