Since the first graphic was drawn onto a board, the culture of skateboarding has grown hand in hand with visual arts movements such as the Mission School (Barry McGee, Chris Johanson) and graffiti art. The skate culture’s embrace of individual style, approach and intention is, I think, what continues to draw new skaters to this renegade art practice—a hybrid in a realm of its own. And like the inclusive surf community, skaters and skate artists span several generations.

Check the talent.

James Barsness • Tiffany Bozic • Todd Bratrud •     Steve Caballero     • Sean Cliver    • Lori Damiano •     Corey Duffel • Phil Eggleston •     Skip Engblom •     Jeremy Fish •     Todd Francis • Mike Giant •     Mahtab Habibian • Damien Hirst •     Faye Jaime •     Ian Johnson • Bryce Kanights • Obi Kaufman •     Mike Kershnar •     Billy Kroft •     Tom Ledin •     Amanda Lynn •     Holly Lyons •     Chris Main • Gwen Manfrin •     Marilyn Minter • Johnny Mojo •     Takashi Murakami • Pushead • Matt Ritchie • Jenny Schmid •     Kirk Shelton •     Deth P Sun • Winston Tseng •     Jake Watling •     Derek Weisberg •     Christopher Wool • Tobin Yelland

This should be sick, a great line up on a great medium.

Get more info here–www.bedfordgallery.org