Press Release - "Self Reliance" by Lenworth McIntosh
pt.2: Oakland
Self Reliance
Lenworth McIntosh
Opening Reception: Saturday, March 14, 2020, 12-10 p.m.
Artist Talk: Saturday, March 14 at 4pm
Showing Through: Friday, April 3, 2020
1523b Webster St.
Oakland, CA 94612
info@part2gallery.com
pt. 2: Oakland is pleased to present Self Reliance, a solo exhibition by Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh. Internal dialogue can lead us to grow or create cognitive dissonance. What we believe to be wrong can be right and vice versa. The process of creation is just as important as the thing created. Unlearning and relearning. Acceptance. A fascination with something that seems new, but really isn’t. In this show, McIntosh explores the subjective nature of perception, the duality of simultaneously being right and wrong, and what you accept based on your experiences.
Lenworth “Joonbug” McIntosh (b. 1987 Jamaica, West Indies) is a visual artist, photographer, illustrator and designer based in Oakland, CA by way of Dallas, TX. His quirky wit, warmth, and diversity of pursuits give his work vibrant soul while his approach is indirect; he portrays things as they are without revealing all of the answers. McIntosh received his MFA in Fashion Merchandise from the Academy of Art University in San Francisco CA and has exhibited throughout the western United States.
Education
2015-2010 MFA in Fashion Merchandise, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
2009-2005 BA in Graphic Design, McMurry University, Abilene, TX
Solo Exhibitions
2020 Self Reliance, pt.2: Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Lenworth 3: Joonbug ‘In Practice’, {neighborhood}, Dallas, TX
2018 Lenworth 2: Man Wearing Hat, {neighborhood}, Dallas, TX
2018 Mass Inc., First Amendment Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2015 Oil Guppies, Atama, Dallas, TX
2014 Lenworth, Epocha Shoe and Art Gallery, Dallas, TX
Group Exhibitions
2020, Long Strange Trip, Nielsen Arts, Berkeley, CA
2019 Pass the Sticks, Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Summer Friends, pt. 2, Oakland, CA
2018 House Plant Show, SWIM, San Francisco, CA
2018 Black Mail Program Show Oakland, CA
2017 Maker’s Loft, Oakland, CA
2016 Black Mail 2, San Francisco, CA
2015 Black Mail, San Francisco, CA
2015 Dallas is Dallas art show with City Bicycle Co., Dallas, TX.
2015 Urban Chatter, Dallas, TX.
Commissions
2020 “Adobe Live” Adobe HQ, San Francisco
2020 “FB Pop-Up Event”, Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, Ca.
2020 “Art Lab: Create a Collaborative Drawing with Joonbug” Apple, San Francisco, CA
2020-2010 So-So Topic varied art and branding.
2020 White Tears, Stephen Caple Jr. Director Filmmaker, pitch illustration
2019 Mural, Spirithaus Gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Bandcamp Oakland Grand Opening Flyer
2019 Tour Poster Illustration, The Outfit Texas.
2019-2018 Toasted Life + Afrotech Promotional Illustration, Oakland and San Francisco, Ca.
2019 VSCO x Adobe Stock, Photography, Oakland, Ca.
2019-2012 Artwork, Big Thought and Daverse Lounge, Dallas, TX
2019-2018 Art and design, musician Charley Crockett.
2019-2017 Third Space Media, various illustrations, Third Space Media, Oakland, CA.
2019 “Forward Publishing House” Identity and design, Oakland, CA.
2018 Store Front Mural, Mandela Grocery Co-Op, Oakland Ca.
2018 “The Break Up” The Beans Band, album art.
2018 Origami Harvest by Ambrose Akinmusire Album Cover Design
2018 Shoe Palace + Nike Sneaker Collaboration
2018-2015 Shoe Palace, Bay Area and Los Angeles, Ca., Las Vegas, NV.
2018-2015 Leon Bridges Promotional Posters
2018 Empire Record Label, San Francisco, Ca
2018 Office Mural, Eison Triple Thread, San Francisco, Ca.
2018 “Bad Bad News, Ricky’s Vibe Tape” cover art, Leon Bridges.
2018 Office Mural, Kapor Center, Oakland, Ca.
2018 “New Math Fest 2018” Event Poster, New Math Record Label, Dallas, TX.
2018 Painted Illustration Cutouts, 44 Build, Dallas, TX.
2017 Illustrations, Wine & Bowties, Oakland, CA.
2017 “Night Rider Cold Brew” Illustration and label design, Night Rider Cold Brew, Dallas, TX.
2017 “Oakland Surf Club” Illustration and shirt graphic, Oakland Surf Club, Oakland, CA.
2017 Rebranding and Design, Mandela Grocery Co-Op, Oakland, Ca.
2017 Visual Supply Company (VSCO) Promotional Illustrations, Oakland, Ca.
2017-2014 “Snowbird Coffee, Richfield Cafe, Bickels Shop, Neptune's Restaurant,- Logo Mural, Branding, Bay Area.
2017 “Make Do” Identity and branding, Oakland, CA.
2017 “Yancey” Photographic Idenity.
2016 “Fighting Eagles” Illustration, 1924, Portland, OR.
2016 “Gesture Murals” Grit fitness, Dallas, TX.
2016 “SXSW Takeover ” Promotional Illustration and design, Austin, TX.
2016 “illustrations” Aaron Abernathy.
2016 Bottle Label illustration and design, Seven Stills Whiskey, San Francisco, Ca.
2016 Mural, RBC, Dallas, TX.
2016 Mural works, Starbucks, Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, TX.
2016 “Cultivar Mural” Cultivar Coffee, Dallas, TX
2016 “Bushido and Fennec” mural, Common Desk Coworking, Dallas, TX.
2016 “Hello New York City” T-shirt Illustration, The Brooklyn Circus, Brooklyn, NY.
2016 “Zambia Tote Illustration” The Brooklyn Circus in Zambia, Africa.
2015 “Rebel Riot Print Studios” Identity and Branding, Rebel Riot LLC, Dallas, TX.
2015 “Mixwell Beverages” label illustration, Los Angeles, CA.
2015 “Sad Boy Illustrations and Typography” G-Eazy Animated Music video, Palette Creative, San Francisco, CA.
2015 Illustration and shirt graphic, Yusuke, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Window Mural and T-shirt Illustration, The Brooklyn Circus, San Francisco, CA.
2015-2014 “DJ Souljah” Illustration, Dallas, TX.
2015 “Shop mural”, Atama, Dallas, TX.
2015-2014 Illustration and Design, Bobby Sessions, Dallas, TX.
2015 “Bomb Factory Grand Opening w/ Erykah Badu and The Cannabinoids”, Promotional Art, Dallas, Texas.
2013 “Red Bull Sound Select w/Erykah Badu” Dallas, TX.
2015 Identity Design, Art of Michel, Oakland, CA.
2015 Branding Illustrations, Burma Bear eatery, Oakland, CA.
2015 Identity Typographic design and art, Cookiebar Creamery, Oakland and Alameda, CA.
2015 Illustrations for Digital and Print, Complex Magazine.
2015 DJ A1 identity art, Los Angeles, CA.
2015 “Pizza Hut Mural” Dallas, TX
2015 T-shirt graphic, Food Social, San Francisco, CA.
2015 “Goodnight Ned” album art, Dallas, TX.
2015 “Ink’d Eyewear” Identity, Dallas, TX.
2015 “Jameson Whiskey” Promotional art, Dallas, TX.
2015 Various Illustrations, Jersean Golatt, Dallas, TX.
2015-2013 Various works including “No Poison No Paradise”, “If There’s A Hell Below” album art, Black Milk, Dallas, TX.
2014 “KK Labs”, Identity Design, UK.
2014 “Say It Ain’t Southern” Illustration, DJ Sober, Dallas, TX.
2014 “Lev Kuperman” Identity design.
2014 “Grand Meander”, Identity design, Dallas, TX.
2014 Promotional Art, Central Track and Redbull for artist Thundercat, Dallas, TX.
2014-2012 Sign Painting, Common Desk Coworking, Dallas, TX
2013 “Memoirs of a Dreamer” Book cover design, Dallas, TX
2012 “Artist vs. Architect” Dallas, TX
2011 “College Readi Prep” illustrations and branding, Dallas, TX
Selected Press
2020 “Apple Stores will Celebrate Black History Month with over 40 Inspirational Sessions” 9to5mac
2019 “New Window Art” Mandela Grocery, West Oakland, CA
2018 “Shoe Palace is Dropping Another Exclusive Huarache” Sole Collector
2018 Shoe Palace Teams with Artist Joonbug for Nike Air Huarache QS Collaboration” Sneaker News
2018 “Nike Air Huarache x Shoe Palace Twenty-fifth Anniversary Collab with Artist Joonbug” The Source
2018 “Oscilations and Mass Inc. At First Amendment Gallery,” Juxtapoz
2018 “Artist Talk with Joonbug” Cinema Smoothie, Benjamin Michel
2018 “154: Joonbug” Feasting on Design, Creative South Podcast
2017 “Stomper in The Town” MLB.com
2017 “Joonbug’s Visuals Melt Space and Time”, Wine and Bowties
2017 “At First Amendment Gallery, 13 Artist Depict Natural Pain” Wide Walls
2017 “We Have The Power” Xpress Magazine
2017 “All the Power to the People” Mural, Street Art SF, San Francisco, CA
2017 “Natural Plain at First Amendment Gallery” Create Magazine
2017 “The Junction: Christorpher Burch and Joonbug” Streetart SF
2016 “Meet Joonbug: Artist, business owner, and OG Everlane fan” San Francisco, CA
2016 “Advice From an Artist” Authentically B, Houston, TX
2016 “Artist Highlight: Joonbug”, Commondesk
2016 “The Adventures of Beanboy” Rampages
2016 “Reflections in Light with Joonbug” RESPECT
2016 “Street Style” Central Track, Dallas, TX
2016 “Express Yourself: Graffiti Artist Lenworth ‘Joonbug’ McIntosh, CW33
2015 “Get to Know Joonbug..” Complex Magazine
2015 “Fresh Kaufee Apparel Pop-up Tonight at Snowbird Coffee” Hoodline
2015 “Kick, Push: DaVerse Lounge connects Poets, Artist” Big Thought, Dallas, TX
2015 “Joonbug to the Bay” KQED
2015 “The Black Mail Show: Helping San Francisco ‘Bring Back Black’” SF Weekly
2015 “By Way of Dallas Ft. Erykah Badu, Blue The Great, Joonbug, and more” Working Not Working
2015 “Artist Spotlight: Joonbug and his Dallas Kaufee Bike” Dallas, TX.
2015 “Fresh Cup of Kaufee: Enter Joonbug”, Bobcut
2014 “Evisualize Spotlight: Joonbug” Dallas, TX
2014 “Lenworth: The Righteous Leftie” Pixel-Push
2014 “Lenworth, The Righteous Leftie” Cool Hunting
2014 “A Fresh Take on Coffee T-Shirts” Sprudge
2014 “Buggin Out” AIGA, Central Track
2013 “Black Milk releases track list and artwork” Audible Treats
pt. 2: is a contemporary art gallery that opened its Oakland location in March of 2018 and its Los Angeles location in October of 2019. We feature monthly exhibitions by emerging and mid-career artists. pt. 2: Oakland is located at 1523 b Webster Street and has open gallery hours Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Opening receptions at pt.2: are always free and open to the public. To receive a preview of the exhibition please contact info@part2gallery.com.