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March 26, 2025
FRAGMENTS NOW AVAILABLE - FREE ONLINE
Bit by bit, I've been updating the EARLY WORKS section of my website (please check it out in the sub-menu of the ARTIST section). The latest addition is a FACSIMILE VERSION OF FRAGMENTS...
In 1989, I self-published my first book, a collection of filmscripts, plays, poems and drawings called Fragments.
These were the early days of DIY publishing. I laid out the pages on the first-ever Apple computer then laser-printed them to have them photocopied and bound.
The book had a limited run of 25 copies, which makes it rather a collector's item...
In 2025, I created a Facsimile Edition of Fragments, which is now available here for free:
March 25, 2025
We look forward to welcoming you in Italy...
March 20, 2025
ON THE VISION TRAIN
On Friday March 28, 2025, we lead a special session
of The Vision Train for its 5th anniversary celebration!
JOURNEY TO ONENESS
Various members of The Academy of Visionary Art were present
to inspire your creative process.
This 3-hour FREE Zoom Trip on the Vision Train
was hosted by Laurence Caruana & Florence Ménard Cuepaliztli
Featuring an inspirational talk by Daniel Mirante:
Technologies of the Sacred
as well as a presentation by Jonathan Solter
Beyond Traditional Portraiture
With Special Guests: Stefano Vanzetto & Eleonora Folegnani
(Qualified Grof Legacy Breathwork Facilitators)
The evening included
a Voice & Drum Offering of Ancestral Moon Dance Songs
by Florence Ménard Cuepaliztli.
This FREE once-only event on The Vision Train was aired
Friday March 28, 2025
11-2pm PT / 2 - 5pm ET
6 - 9pm GMT / 7 - 10pm CET
February 1, 2025
A Podcast Interview
In this audio-only podcast, Jake Kobrin and I discuss The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art, Ernst Fuchs, my art & writing as well as the Gnostic worldview. You can listen to The Consciousness & Creativity Podcast on YouTube, Buzzsprout, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.
Aug 15, 2024
July 2, 2024
EXHIBITING AT COSMIC CONVERGENCE
July 4 - 7, 2024 At "Schloss Ehrnau" in Mautern Styria Austria
In the Summer of 2024, I had five works on display in the VISIONARY ART GALLERY during the COSMIC CONVERGENCE FESTIVAL. One festival-goer purchased the giclée you see here www.cosmicconvergence.eu
February 10, 2024
A Podcast Interview in French
Here's an interesting Podcast Interview IN FRENCH which I did with Daniel Shoushi of the Orphélya Podcast series. We mostly discuss my life and art, going pretty deep into esoteric subjects. YouTube provides English subtitles if you click on CC and select English in the subtitle language options.
December 17, 2023
PROGRESS ON THE FIRST PAINTING
FOR THE APOCRYPHON CHAPEL
I spent the summer months away from my Burgundy Studio ~ running The 2023 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy in July, then visiting Vienna in August. But with the Fall, I'm back in my studio and working on The Upper Aeons ~ the first large painting for The Apocryphon Chapel. Here's where I'm at now...
December 9, 2023
MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE ARTISTS
In the PHOTOS section of MEDIA, I've added new galleries of photos, my Meeting with Remarkable Artists - Fuchs, Giger, Venosa, Grey - plus a number of my colleagues. And also ~ Psychedelic Researchers like Luis Eduardo Luna, Benny Shannon and more...
November 13, 2023
EXHIBITION IN NATIONAL MUSEUM IN PARIS
I had one of my works hanging at The Musée Quai Branly in Paris!
From November 14th 2023 to May 24th 2024, this National Museum of Ethnology held the exhibition titled SHAMANIC VISIONS - AYAHUASCA ART IN THE PERUVIAN AMAZON (Visions Chamaniques - Art d'ayahuasca en Amazonie peruvienne). The exhibition featured Amazonian artists like Pablo Amaringo, while the final rooms offered Visionary works 'from the Western Counter-culture,' where my painting The Vine of the Dead shared wall space with works by Robert Venosa and Martina Hoffmann.
Check out the PHOTOS:
SOLO EXHIBITION IN VIENNA
October 27, 2023
On October 27th, 2023, I had a Solo Exhibition at the Avaloka Mystic Dance Experience in the legenary Sargfabric (Coffin Factory) in Vienna, with dance, live and electronic music.
Check out the Photos!
NEW PODCAST ABOUT PSYCHEDELIC GNOSIS
APRIL 27, 2023
The Center for the Study of World Religions at The Harvard Divinity School has been doing some great work in the area of Psychedelics and Religion through its Transcendence and Transformation Initiative.
One example is the Pop Apocalypse Podcast hosted by Matthew J. Dillon. Over the course of an hour, we go deep into dreams, visions, the afterlife and my Apocryphon Chapel project. Give it a listen...
NEW PH. D. THESIS ON VISIONARY ART
APRIL 15, 2023
I'm pleased to see more academic research into Visionary Art. My work ~ particularly my First Manifesto of Visionary Art ~ was seriously reviewed for her Ph. D. thesis.
A year ago, Lisa Hester interviewed me for her research, and we developed such a good rapport that I was invited to give an online lecture at her university. Then Lisa and her 10-year old daughter joined us for The 2023 Summer Seminar at Torri Superiore Italy.
Her thesis makes a very interesting comparison between three branches of Visionary Art ~ Outsider Art, Jungian-style Symbolist Art and the Counter-Cultural Visionary Art of Psychedelic Trance Festivals ~ attempting to draw forth a clearer definition of the term.
I read an advance copy and thoroughly enjoyed it. This is definitely worth a read.
PAST EVENTS
ALCHEMY OF PAINT - 2019
In the Winter of 2019, I led a wonderful group of talented artists through The Alchemy of Paint at The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art. Seven of my lectures were filmed and posted online as The Alchemy, Visions & Art Series.
RETROSPECTIVE IN VIENNA - 2018
In the Spring of 2018, The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art held a retrospective of my work, with 16 of my paintings and many drawings on exhibition. The Opening was well-attended.
LAUNCH OF SACRED CODES - VIENNA 2018
The Book Launch was accompanied by a lecture where I discussed some of the basic principles of the book.
THE OPENING OF THE VIENNA ACADEMY OF VISIONARY ART ~ 2013
The Vienna Academy of Visionary Art opened its doors in September of 2013. It was located in the centre of Vienna, just across from the Hofburg Palace. A celebration was held in the Palais Palffy with many artists in attendance, including the Academy's Honorary Director, Professor Ernst Fuchs. My wife Florence Ménard and myself co-directed the Academy for seven year.
SOLO EXHIBITION IN PARIS - 2012
GROUP EXHIBITION IN PARIS - 2012
The exhibition opened with an Evening of Live Painting featuring Liba WS and myself, with Shaye B providing shamanic chants and instruments.
TEACHING AT THE OMEGA INSTITUTE - 2012
For two years in a row, I gave week-long workshops at the Omega Institute in Upstate New York, teaching the Mischtechnik and leading students through visualizations.
ENTHEOLOGUE AT COSM - 2008
At a time when Psychedelics were still a relatively taboo subject, Alex Grey and I had an evening-long discussion about the nature of psychedelic experience.
EXHIBITION IN MALTA - 2007
In 2007, I was thrilled to be invited to the Metageum conference, where I exhibited five of my original paintings and also gave a talk on Approaching Megalithic Culture Through the Ancient Image Language. Along with Erik Davis and Gyrus, I formed part of a discussion panel on Entheogens in Megalithic Culture. It was a pleasure to return to the island of my ancestors.
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