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Gabriel Asoka Ra (The Mazeking)(飛龍), born in 1968 and raised in Maryland, is an American artist who has lived and worked in New York City since 2012, prior to that he studied, lived, and worked in Los Angeles, Chicago, Bangkok, and London. He is known for creating insightful and provocative artworks. He started making art as a young child and has continued throughout his life. After a dream one night; age 7, he started practicing yoga & esoteric forms of meditations and teachings. At age 11 he was diagnosed with Dyslexia, afterwards his family supported his choice to focus his time upon fine art, physics, cinema and philosophy. He started collage at age 15, studying history, science, and music theory. In 1993 he developed what he called the “Greatest Books List”, which is a list of over 200 books, that he believes are key in the development of attaining knowledge and critical thinking. In 1989 he started on a creative path in the motion picture industry, going on to work on several films including Mars Attacks & Million Dollar Baby among others. In 1998 he officially declared his career path as a fine artist and creator of things, and went on to produce a series of oil and acrylic paintings on canvas and paper. He had his first solo exhibition in 2002 in Los Angeles. In 2007, while traveling abroad he had a NDE, afterwards deciding to change his name as an expression of renewal. He is inspired by everything from, dreams to history. He places no labels or categories upon his work. He does not create art in classifications or categories, such as abstract or representational, stating ” Everything is abstract in a way and everything is not abstract in another way, It’s all perception and time”. He utilizes any medium, form, or style to convey a mood, concept, or meaning through his artworks. His primary interest is imagery itself, “My curiosity has always been imagery, shapes, colors; light. I love images, and light.” Over the years, his art has been collected by private collectors from around the world as well as being included in exhibitions. He currently lives and works in New York City.
Education:
MIT • Just Banking & Future Banking • Certificate
Columbia College • Masters of Art
Yale University (Summer Program) •Art
University of Maryland • Bachelors of Art
University of London (NYU Exchange Program) • Cinema
Peabody Preparatory of Music • Theory & Composition
St. Johns College • Philosophy
CCB • Science
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2021, Myth of Peår, The Chloé Virtual Gallery
2021 Mind Collages, Aurora Virtual Gallery
2020 Variations, Aurora Online Gallery
2017 December Open Studio, NYC
2016 Consciousness, Zizzi Gallery, Portugal
2006 Impulse Resist, The Don O’Melveny Gallery, LA
2003 Implicit, Buddha Gallery, LA
2002 Snow, The Don O’Melveny Gallery, LA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2018 Flatbush Artists Open Studio, NYC
2018 New Yorker’s Show, Clouds Art Space, Tokyo, Japan
2017 Flatbush Artists Open Studio, NYC
2016 December Group Show, Zizzi Gallery, Portugal
2016 Autumn Group Show, Zizzi Gallery, Portugal
2015 Exposure-SeeMe Group Show, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
2013 Room of Things, Open Studio 2D, NYC
2012 Time Sq. Exhibit, SeeMe, NYC
2008 New Beijing Int’l Festival, China
2007 Big Gig International Festival, UK
2003 Hollywood, Don O’Melveny Gallery, LA
2002 Group Show, Open Studio, LA
2002 Launch Pad, Don O’Melveny Gallery, LA
2001 Spring Group, Don O’Melveny Gallery, LA
1998 Review, UM, MD
Art Installations
PUBLIC ART INSTALLATIONS:
2017 Happiness Here Installations, NY, NY
2015 Love, Meaning, Sanctuary Installations, NY, NY
2015 Happiness Here Installations, NY, NY
2014 Happiness Here Installations, Paris, France
2014 Love, Meaning, Sanctuary Installations, NY, NY
2014 Happiness Here Installations, NY, NY
2013 Happiness Here Installations, NY, NY
2013 Happiness Here Installations, Chicago, IL
2012 Happiness Here Installations, NY, NY
Artist Collaborations
ART COLLABORATIONS:
2018 NYC Fashion Film Director, Chavin Couture & The Mazeking, China
2015-2016 Art QA Magazine – Autumn & Winter Issues – Co-Editor, NYC
2014 Happiness Here Paris, Brandelet-Devineau/Somewhere & The Mazeking, Paris
2013 Street Poems, Marie Howe & The Mazeking, NYC
2003 Stella Adler Acting Studio, Showcase Director, LA
2002 Walt Disney-Burton Artist Collaboration, LA, CA
Cinema, Theatre and TV Works
CINEMA COLLABORATIONS:
2008 Get Smart
2007 Live Free or Die Hard
2007 Beautiful Daydreams
2006 Flags of Our Fathers
2005 Million Dollar Baby
2003 Confidence
1998 Species II
1996 Mars Attacks
1995 Boys
1994 Tony Kay’s Docu.
1993 Major League 2
1992 Guarding Tess
1992 Undefeatable
1992 Meteor Man
1992 Sleepless in Seattle
1990 Cry Baby
CINEMA DIRECTOR:
2007 Beautiful Daydreams
2005 Prelude
2003 Resist
2003 Butterfly Poem
2003 B-Girls
2003 Brush
1998 Sunlight
1991 The Rest
1990 Abstraction
1986 Indian Pipe
1983 The Dark
1981 The Woods
1980 Battle of The Century
CINEMA PRODUCER:
2007 Beautiful Daydreams
2006 Popcorn Girls
2005 Prelude
2003 Resist
2003 Butterfly Poem
2003 B-Girls
2003 Brush
1998 Sunlight
1991 The Rest
1990 Abstraction
1986 Indian Pipe
1983 The Dark
1981 The Woods
1980 Battle of The Century
TELEVISION COLLABORATIONS:
2009 Monk
2005 Explore (Pilot)
2004 NOW
THEATRE COLLABORATIONS:
2003 Stella Adler Actors Showcase Director
1991 City of Life
1989 Time To Die
1989 Yerma
1989 Hamlet
Music Recording Artist Works
MUSIC RECORDINGS:
2006 Little Boy Blue (album)
1996 Selections (album)
1993 Time Portals (album)
1991 If I Seem (album)
1989 In December (album)
1986 Life Live (album)
1985 In My Hands (Album)
Auctions, Awards, Education
AUCTIONS:
2018 Surgeons of Hope Benefit Art Auction, NY, NY
2001 Butterfield & Bonham, LA, CA
2000 LA Shanti Gala Auction, LA, CA
AWARDS:
2012 IMAC Artist Creative Award
2007 California Film Commission Location Award
1986 United States Achievement Academy – US History
1986 United States Achievement Academy – World History
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