Designer Thomas Schoos, a founder of West Hollywood-based Schoos Design, has expanded his artistic scope with two recent art exhibitions, as well as a new endeavor, Schoos Night Gallery, located next to his studio.
The exhibitions took place this past fall in Beijing, where Schoos and a contingent from Schoos Design debuted “Sharks and Humanity”—a contemporary painting at the National Museum of China that Schoos composed to illuminate the decline of local shark populations, an ecological problem due to the demand for shark fin soup in several Asian countries. Schoos is the first Western contemporary artist to show his work in the museum, which is next to Tienanmen Square.
Schoos’ other exhibit was held at the city’s Parkview Green development in tandem with a TEDx talk dubbed “Oceans: An Invitation to the Dream, A Promise of Adventure,” an event that similarly raised awareness regarding general oceanic pollution and population plights. For this exhibit, Schoos worked with Hollywood photographer Michael Muller to create two mixed-media shark illustrations that blend Muller’s work with ink drawings and gold and silver painted accents.
Exhibitions at Schoos Night Gallery center on multi-textural installations and design elements that are collaborative efforts between the gallery and artists on display. A permanent art collection, located in the adjacent studio and botanical gardens, will be on view in addition to temporary exhibitions, such as the gallery’s second program, “A Candle Dimly Lit,” which showcases paintings by California artist Mark Bryce through the end of January.
Bryce’s paintings examine the psychosocial, cultural, and political dynamics in America society and painting itself. Inspired by the formal traditions of American painting, the images blur genres to form a distinctly engaging narrative.
Schoos Night Gallery has several openings and exhibitions in the pipeline for next year.
