Wednesday, 31 December 2025

SUMMARY 2025


2025 was an Albuquerque ART RENAISSANCE:  

AI put clothes on my drawing
and animated my figure drawing

This year we had a DRAWING SESSION every weeknight (until April, when the Thursday night painting sessions ended).  We had big print shows/workshops in Juarez and at the Southwest Print Fiesta, and there were way more more EXHIBITIONS just in Albuquerque than when I started this blog 15 years ago in 2010.  Quelab 3.0 enjoyed their first year in the new building next to the university, behind the UNM ARTSlab.  Also note that it has also been 5 years since the Covid Lockdown of 2020:

HIGHLIGHTS

YouTube PLAYLIST of my BEST FIGURE DRAWINGS of 2025:

Best KRRRL Drawings -- 2025

I pushed my Figure Drawing through all the latest AI ART programs:

December 20, 2025
AI Evolution of a KRRRL Drawing


The Future of AI ART is in training my own AI models on my drawings:

Generated with Stability AI
 using an AI model trained on my drawings and Bernini

We culminated the EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Print Project with big color Collaborative STEAMROLLER PRINTS at the Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City, NM on October 12th, 2025:

We made big collaborative 
Steamroller EXQUISITE TESSELLATION  Prints

We showed 163 small EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints at the University of Juarez in Mexico, as part of the TUNEL GRAFICO Exhibition from August 22nd to November, 15th 2025:

SUMMARY -- TUNEL GRAFICO in Juarez
We showed 163 EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints
in the Tunel Grafico exhibition
at the University of Juarez in Mexico


I combined all my three big pursuits -- Figure Drawing, AI ART, and Printmaking -- into a single presentation, with both linocut and silk screen prints:

CULMINATION -- Drawing, AI, Printmaking
AI Laser Engraved -- Linocut Prints
I distilled Figure Drawing, AI, and Printmaking
into a single print and presentation

Jeanette Cook organized an exhibition on September 20th, of the FRIDAY NIGHT FACES portraits from the last two years:

EXHIBITION -- FRIDAY NIGHT FACES
The FRIDAY NIGHT FACES opening
in Albuquerque on September 20 2025

And I even got some love in Santa Fe, from the Tuesday Night Drawing Group (which moved to MADA in September):

He's An Artist

August 5, 2025
Gary's ART LINK LETTER let subscribers know
about the drawing sessions and other art events about Albuquerque,
and got a shout out on page 135
in the August 2025 issue of Albuquerque Magazine


I remixed an AI Video I made with VEO2, in Midjourney to make the transitions more continuous -- PLAYLIST of the Original an the Remix:

Midjourney Continuity -- Rope Desert Revisited
Midjourney Continuity

BUT the real question of the Year 2025:


Animation Developments
 
AI Art Criticism

"But there's no blood beneath your art
 No trembling hands, no beating heart"


INDEX

DRAWINGS:
PRINTMAKING:
AI ART:
3D:
EXHIBITIONS:



BLOG POSTS

CLICK on the Title or Image for Blog Posts:

Best KRRRL Drawings 2025
AI turned my abstract drawing into a 3D animation
AI images further altered with AI

My figure drawings animated

My best AI images generated in 2025
AI VIDEOS -- 2025


3D
3D with AI in 2025


EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS
EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS -- 2025


SUMMARIES by MONTH
SUMMARIES by MONTH -- 2025



REFLECTIONS

2025 was
Turtles All the Way UP

Printmaking SOCIAL HOUR
Printmakers are more Fun

SUMMARY 2025
BUCKET EXHIBITIONS
Summary 2025

FRESCO -- Frederico Vigil
 at the Albuquerque Convention Center
With Frederico Vigil 
who is painting a fresco at the Civic Center in Albuquerque

March 13, 2025
Ethan took my photo
with his pseud-Polaroid process

PRINTMAKING IN COLOR
Junius and I at Leo's party in June

AUGUST SUMMARY -- 2025
Pumkin in my lap

JUNE SUMMARY -- 2025
Gerson took this photo of me
at the Safe House Distilling Company
during the ABQ Artwalk on June 6, 2025

  • I asked the AI ORACLES about my drawings all year 2025 -- and the Final Conclusion is I MAKE THRIFT STORE ART

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SUMMARIES by MONTH -- 2025


The SUMMARIES by MONTH in 2025 -- click on the Month or the Image:



























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EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS 2025


EXHIBITIONS and EVENTS
 2025

It was hard to keep up with all the EXHBITIONS in 2025:

HIGHLIGHTS

FRIDAY NIGHT FACES

The FRIDAY NIGHT FACES opening
in Albuquerque on September 20, 2025


TUNEL GRAFICO

SUMMARY -- TUNEL GRAFICO in Juarez
TUNEL GRAFICO opening on August 22, 2025
at the University of Juarez, in Mexico


SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA

SUMMARY -- SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2025
We had an exhibition, gave two workshops, and steamroller printing
during the Southwest Print Fiesta, October 10 - 13, 2025


RAY LARIVE

July Exhibition Weekend
Ray LaRive had an opening on July 12, 2025
at the FORMA Gallery in Santa Fe


BOB RICHARDSON

EXHIBITIONS and FIRST FRIDAY September
Bob Richardson was showing in the month of August
at the FORMA Gallery in Santa Fe



BY MONTH

JANUARY

OPEN HOUSE at REMARQUE 2025 -- SUMMARY
REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP in Albuquerque
kicked off the year with their  last OPEN HOUSE
at the Nob Hill location on January 11, 2025

January 19, 2025
DANK N DRAW on January 19, 2025
figure drawing in Albuquerque 
at Enchanted Botanicals dispensary



FEBRUARY

February 10, 2025
Pilot Painting TV Show in Albuquerque
Ben Harrison talked about this on Instagram

FEBRUARY SUMMARY -- 2025
Grant took this photo of PRINT AUSTIN,
in Austin, Texas



MARCH

March 10, 2025
Juan Wijngaard showing prints in the Albuquerque Museum
at the last annual ARTS THRIVE exhibition

March 10, 2025
Barbara Endicott in front of her painting 
at the "Woman's Empowerment" opening on March 8, 2025
at Artisans Art Supply in Albuquerque



APRIL 

APRIL 2025 -- Exhibitions
The Albuquerque Museum exhibited Larry Bell
in the "Light, Space and Shape of Time" show

APRIL 2025 -- Exhibitions
Robin Brown at Ancora Cafe in Albuquerque

Bradley Pearson at Differential Brewing in Albuquerque

Shibari drawing event in Albuquerque
at Hotel Zazz on April 17, 2025

SCREEN PRINT SOCIAL HOUR
SCREEN PRINT SOCIAL HOUR on April 25, 2025
at Remarque Print Workshop in Albuquerque

APRIL SUMMARY -- 2025
Tom Birkner of El Paso
showing at the Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe



MAY

Printmaking -- Bits and Pieces
HERSTORY PRINT COLLECTIVE

SUMMARY -- PRINTERS PLANET TAOS 2025
PRINTERS PLANET Market in Taos
May 24th and 25th, 2025

May 30, 2025 -- PORTRAIT
Martin Terry Memorial and Exhibition
at FUSION in Albuquerque, May 30, 2025

Styrofoam Printmaking at the Juan Tabo Library --
 with HENRY MORALES
Henry Morales had an exhibition and kids print workshop
at the Juan Tabo Gallery in Albuquerque, on May 31, 2025

May 31, 2025
Ben Harrison put on a figure drawing session
at the Press Club in Albuquerque, on May 31, 2025



JUNE

FRANCISCO DELGADO in Santa Fe
Francisco Delgado showed his paintings and prints
at HECHO A MANO Gallery in Santa Fe, 
during the month of June, 2025

CUBAN PRINTMAKERS
Cuban printmakers came to Santa Fe in June, 2025
for the Print Exhibition at ARTES DE CUBA

SECRET GALLERY -- Grand Opening
Ben Harrison shows his painting on June 6, 2025,
at the Grand Opening of the new location of
THE SECRET GALLERY in Albuquerque

SECRET GALLERY -- Grand Opening
Bill Sabatini was showing at the Kukani Gallery
in downtown Albuquerque in June 2025

ATOMIC 66 -- Printmaking at QUELAB
We had an EXQUISITE TESSELLATION workshop
at Quelab on June 13, 2025
as part of the Atomic 66 week in Albuquerque

Printing at the SANTA FE ART INSTITUTE
We printed at the MADA Summer Celebration
in Santa Fe, on June 14, 2025

CURRENTS NEW MEDIA Exhibition in Santa Fe
The CURRENTS NEW MEDIA exhibition
in Santa Fe in June, 2025

JUNE SUMMARY -- 2025
SITE SANTA FE opened their big biennial exhibition
in June -- "Once In A Life Time"



JULY

July Exhibition Weekend
Ray LaRIVE showed in July 2025
at FOMA Gallery in Santa Fe

Erin Currier exhibition was still up in July 2025
at Blue Rain Gallery in Santa Fe


July Exhibition Weekend
The Martin Terry memorial and exhibition
was at FUSION in Albuquerque  in July 2025



AUGUST

MONSOON and Other August Exhibitions
The MONSOON A.R.T Collective
showed at the Mothership Alumni Gallery
in Albuquerque in August 2025

SUMMARY -- TUNEL GRAFICO in Juarez
We were part of the TUNEL GRAFICO exhibition
at the University of Juarez, in Mexico
August 22 - November 15, 2025



SEPTEMBER

EXHIBITIONS and FIRST FRIDAY September
I caught Bob Richardson's show at the FOMA Gallery in Santa Fe
in September 2025, after the opening

EXHIBITION -- FRIDAY NIGHT FACES
The opening for the FRIDAY NIGHT FACES exhibition
was on September 20, 2025

September 26, 2025 -- PORTRAIT
Nicholas Tesluk gave a Pastel Society Presentation
at the Bernalillo Public Library on September 27, 2025

September 30, 2025
Cody Kamrowski opened his exhibition on September 30, 2025
 at the STRATA Gallery in Santa Fe

UNM and Oaxaca Prints in Albuquerque
The MOTHERSHIP ALUMNI gallery in Albuquerque
had an excellent Oaxaca Print Show in September 2025



OCTOBER

SUMMARY -- SOUTHWEST PRINT FIESTA 2025
We had an exhibition, gave two workshops,
 and printed with a Steamroller
during the Southwest Print Fiesta in Silver City, NM
October 10 - 13, 2025

October 22, 2025
PROPER PRINTSHOP in El Paso
started up the ARTE EN VIVO series again,
featuring Pilo Pida on October 25, 2025



NOVEMBER

REMARQUE OPEN HOUSE -- 
Big Tessellations and Detonography
We pulled large EXQUISITE TESSELLATION Prints
at the Open House of REMARQUE PRINT WORKSHOP
November 2, 2025 at their new location in Albuquerque

ABQ ARTWALK -- South Valley Studio Tour --
 November 2025
Julianna Kirwin at the opening of her solo exhibition
on November 7, 2025 at FUSION in Albuquerque

ABQ ARTWALK -- South Valley Studio Tour --
 November 2025
JESSE LITTLEBIRD at his November 2025 exhibition
at Kukani Gallery in Albuquerque

ABQ ARTWALK -- South Valley Studio Tour --
 November 2025
BARBARA ENDICOTT in her studio on November 9, 2025
for the South Valley Studio Tour in Albuquerque

November 21, 2025 -- PORTRAIT
JACOB GUTIERREZ at his opening on November 21, 2025
at RISOLANA in Albuquerque

NOVEMBER SUMMARY -- 2025
UNM Print Professor Aaron Bass (left)
and UTEP Print Professor Manuel Guerra (right)
sort prints for an Albuquerque/El Paso Print Exchange
at UNM on November 29, 2025



DECEMBER

December Exhibitions and Events
The 30th ANNUAL PRINT SALE, December 4,5,6, 2025
at the UNM Printmaking Department in Albuquerque

PRINTMAKING SURGE
The HERSTORY COLLECTIVE had workshops 
to make prints of Albuquerque women
and wheat pasted those prints all over Albuquerque

December Exhibitions and Events
The HERSTORY COLLECTIVE formally opened
their HERSTORY COLLECTIVE city wide print exhibition
at Bow and Arrow Brewing in Albuquerque on December 4, 2025

December Exhibitions and Events
The VIRGIN of GUADALUPE opening
on December 12, 2025 in Albuquerque
at the South Broadway Cultural Center

December Exhibitions and Events
Aniol Barris in front of his print on December 12, 2025
during the opening in Albuquerque at Remarque Print Workshop
13th INTERNATIONAL JURIED PRINT EXHIBITION

December Exhibitions and Events
Celine Gordon was one of the artists
selling her work during the Holiday Market
at the Albuquerque Rail Yards on December 13 and 14, 2025

December 20, 2025
Ben Harrison ran the final figure drawing session of the year
at THE SECRET GALLERY
in Albuquerque on December 20, 2025



2025 ABQ ARTWALKS:



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