Graffiti
& Related Styles
Open Reception: Friday April 2, 2010
Exhibition: April 2-23 2010
FTCC Art Gallery
Curator: Chuck Lawson
John and Margie are Participating Artists in the first Amnesty International Human Rights Art Festival
that will be held in Silver Spring, MD (just outside of Washington D.C.) from April 23-25, 2010.
This multi-venue, multi-media event will bring together artists, local businesses and
politicians to use socially transformative art to raise awareness of human rights and
justice issues, as well as the important work of Amnesty International.
February 5-7, 2010
ARTISTS UNITE FOR HAITI
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
Margie and John donated art to help the
Earthquake Disaster Relief efforts in Haiti
All funds were sent directly to
Mercy Corps (www.mercycorps.org)
and designated to the immediate
relief of the Haitian people
THE LoDi PROJECT exists as a curatorial organization that strives to bring attention to current issues and ideas by
creating an atmosphere of open dialogue through site
specific and traveling exhibitions, performances and productions.
February 27 to March 1, 2009
“Digital-Still-Imaging 2009:
An Indian Documentary of the
Electronic Arts Retrospective”
Twenty-eight artists from thirteen countries participated in ‘Retrospective of Digital-Still-Imaging from ‘ The IDEA’ series of
CD-Gazettes (2000-2005). The art works were displayed at the 4th annual
Carnival of e-Creativity in the sylvan
spaces of Sattal Estate, just above
Bhimtal, near Nainital, in the
Lower Kumaon of the new Himalayan
Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Margie's work: Life, Death, and Wishes
(a.k.a. Big Blue Chop)
was exhibited in the
"Independents Liverpool Biennial."
http://www.biennial.com/
October of 2008
“International Conference on Creativity Education: Creativity for Lifespan”
International invited exhibition with featured visual artists:
J.A. Labadie & M.B. Labadie
National Chengchi University in Taipei & National Sun Yat Sen University in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Hearing Now
John and Margie had a combined
artwork in the juried Italian exhibition:
Sguardi Sonori 2008.
"Hearing Now" traveled to five locations:
Lanificio Conte in Schio, Vicenza;
the Orsini Palace in Bomarzo, Viterbo;
the Villa d’Este in Tivoli, Rome;
the Castle of Benevento, best known as Rocca dei Rettori; and the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum in Casoria, Naples.
The work is now in the permanent collection of the Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
In the fall of 2007, John and Margie were part of a
seven artist invitational exhibition at
Tryon, North Carolina's
prestigious gallery: Upstairs Artspace.
The title of the exhibition,
"Where in the World,"
was based on artists' work being
influenced by international experiences.
See photographs from the opening and exhibition in Flickr.com.
From January 8 - February 2, 2007
John had a one person exhibition
at the AD Gallery at UNC Pembroke:
See exhibition
images on Flickr by clicking here:
"Newly Identified Species"
Margie & John's works are in the
Virtual Exhibits of the
American Institute in Taiwan, i.e. our "U.S. Embassy."
Digital Confluence: Southeast Meets Far East
John had two images exhibited
in the Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool, England.
two images accepted into the
"10th International Conference:
Information Visualisation" exhibition,
shown in London, England and
Sydney, Australia.
In July of 2006 John and Margie
had four works each accepted into
the Slovakian digital exhibition
"MEMEFEST 06
The International Festival of
Radical Communication."
Eighth International Digital Art Exhibit and Colloquium"
gave a lecture on their work for the
National Chengchi University's College of Communication, Taipei, Taiwan.
From May 15 - 28, 2006
Margie & John held a two-person
exhibition at the
National Chengchi University
Art and Culture Center
Taipei, Taiwan
The exhibition was called:
Digital Confluence:
Southeast Meets Far East
From March 14 - 30, 2006
John and Margie were part of a 7 artist
invitational exhibition, along with
five Taiwanese artists, at KDMOFA, the
Kuandu Museum of Fine Art,
Beitou, Taiwan.
"Just to Push One Button?
the Possible Perspectives of
DIgital Graphic Fine Artists"
John also wrote the exhibition
catalog essay called:
"So what about computer based
artwork anyway?"
In January 2006
Margie's work was selected for
"The Donnie 2006"
sixth annual digital art contest of the MOCA, Museum of Computer Art,
Brooklyn, New York.
On January 7, 2006 John and Margie had an exhibition opening with their Taiwanese digital fine art students.
Four of the Labadie's works were featured
for a gallery talk at the "NCCU 2006
Conference on Creativity in Education and Commerce."
About 45 student works were exhibited in the
Commerce Building Gallery in the first
NCCU Student Exhibition,
December 15, 2005 through January 15, 2006.
All works are now on permanent display in a new student lounge gallery in
the Jin Tang Education Building at National ChengChi University, Muzha, Taiwan.
On November 26th, 2005
John and Margie exhibited their work and gave a lecture titled:
"Transmedia:
Linking Traditional and Digital Fine Art"
for students and faculty of the
Taipei National University of the Arts,
Beitou, Taiwan.
From October 22 to November 10, 2005
John and Margie had an exhibition
of their digital work at
Chung Yuan Christian University,
Chung Li, Taiwan.
On October 27, they gave a lecture on
Digital Fine Art for CYCU faculty and students.
John had two works shown in the Computer Graphics, Imaging and Vision International Conference Gallery held in Beijing.
Digital Gallery.