Murals

July 27 – OPENING IN YBOR CITY – Oct 20th 2018 – Legends of Graffiti Customize Reebok Classics – Classics

Mergeculture Gallery x Reebok Classics x Burn Rubber present “Classics” Take a trip through the history of streetwear and street art with this exhibit featuring legendary artists from the South Bronx subway graffiti movement showing work on unconventional canvases. Reebok Classics, a brand born in 1983 during the same time that hip hop and graffiti […]

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photo Greg Byron

OCT 20th – GUIDED BIKE TOUR – Tampa Urban Mural Bike Tour – Hosted by Mergeculture Gallery and Coast Bike Share

Mergeculture Gallery X Coast Bike Share‘s Urban Mural Bike Tour Join us on October 20th from 9am to 12pm on a two-wheeled adventure (a narrated group ride) that stops at Tampa’s most iconic and well executed murals. The full map and route to be announced soon. $20 get tickets

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Oct 20th – SELF-GUIDED GALLERY TOUR- Annual Heights Art Studio + Gallery Tour

Tempus Projects hosts the Second Annual Heights Studio and Gallery Tour October 20th is a packed day for us at Mergeculture, there is a bike tour we are hosting in the morning and in the afternoon from 12-6pm is the second annual gallery and studio tour hosted by Tempus Projects, one of the longest running […]

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Legends of graffiti show work in Ybor City on customized shoes

Art in Ybor City There aren’t many visual art galleries in Ybor City any longer, aside from AIA on 7th and Silver Meteor Gallery (a performing arts space). However, Ybor City used to show some incredible heavy hitting exhibits when Red Letter 1 was on 8th Avenue, and subsequently 15th street. At that time Jeremy […]

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Ancient Roots – 5•19•2018

Artists: Christopher Clark & Melvin Halsey Jr. (Langstn) are Featured in Ancient Roots Ancient Roots features the artwork of Christopher Clark and New Roots Art Collective Founder and Artist: Melvin Halsey Jr. (Langstn). About Christopher Clark: b. 1987 USA Jacksonville, Fl US I don’t want my art to just be seen, I want it to […]

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May 19 – OPENING – Ancient Roots Art Opening in Tampa

Ancient Roots opens May 19th Art influenced by African fashion, traditional African masks, and the natural beauty of our world… with the objective to target social issues and represent black culture through mixed media, and digital paintings on canvas…. An art exhibit featuring new work by: Melvin Halsey Jr. (Tampa, FL) Christopher Clark (Cooli Ras […]

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Unsheathed – Photorealism – Oil Paintings, Acrylic Paintings and Scrimshaw

Never Before Exhibited work of Chris Clark Visual Artist: Chris Clark (Tampa, FL) Medium: Scrimshaw (photo realism) Oil Painting (photo realism) Acrylic (photo realism) There are some unknowns in the art world. Your neighbor could be spending time in a backyard studio creating some incredibly fine-tuned, sharply rendered oil paintings, acrylic paintings, and scrimshaw pieces. […]

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Illsol Space is now Mergeculture Gallery

Illsol Space changes its name, and direction. Now mergeculture, we look to the future. Michelle Sawyer and Tony Krol spent much of 2017 learning the gallery businesses. Building a collector base and refining their ideas for art shows in the Tampa Bay area. In January of 2018, they decided to separate the gallery businesses from […]

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Basement Sessions at Lot 1901 with Telekinetic Walrus

Basement Sessions opened up June 24th, 2017 at Lot 1901 in Ybor City in conjunction with Broken Mold Entertainment, Lot 1901 and Illsol. Visual Artists: Mason Schwacke (St. Pete, FL) Justin Wagher (St. Pete, FL) Michelle Sawyer (Tampa, FL) Emma Benitez (New Smyrna Beach, FL) Yvonne Ferguson (Gainesville, FL) Bekky Beukes (Tampa, FL) Charles Gallagher […]

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Grayscale

Grayscale featured An exhibit of grayscale monochromatic pieces, by local and nationally recognized multi-faceted painters and illustrators. Artists: Veronica Steiner (Tampa FL) Omar Richardson (Tampa / Atlanta) John Carvajal (West Brookfield, VT) Angela Delaplane (Bradenton FL) James Oleson (St. Pete FL) Emma Benitez (Tampa FL) John Jairo Suarez (St Pete FL) Dan Lasata (Boston MA) […]

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