Heavy Metal Returns: Relaunch Exhibition at Copro Gallery
Heavy Metal Magazine is officially back—and it’s celebrating its return with a large-scale group exhibition at one of Los Angeles’s leading venues for dark and surreal art. On Saturday, August 9th, Copro Gallery will open its doors for the upcoming Heavy Metal Relaunch Event Art Show, a collaborative exhibition with the newly restructured Heavy Metal Magazine.
Held at Copro Gallery in the Bergamot Station Arts Complex in Santa Monica, the exhibition will feature original work inspired by the magazine’s iconic legacy and the cult animated film Heavy Metal. Opening night will run from 6:00 to 10:00 PM, with artist signings and many of the featured creators expected to attend. The show will continue through August 30, 2025.
Participating artists include Brian Viveros, Olivia, Chet Zar, Skinner, Travis Louie, Stephanie Inagaki, David Stoupakis, Chloe Trujillo, Pepe Moreno, Shane Pierce, and many more.
Among the highlighted pieces is Sonic Skullnaught, a new oil on linen work by Shane Pierce (@shanepierce.art), which also serves as the event’s promotional artwork. The original measures 11x14".
For collectors seeking an early preview or more information, contact Copro Gallery at coprogallery@live.com or visit www.coprogallery.com. The gallery is located at 2525 Michigan Ave, Unit T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
About Copro Gallery
Copro Gallery was founded in 1992 by Joe Copro, Greg Escalante and Douglas Nason as an entity to curate art exhibitions of emerging artists and publish the highest quality limited edition prints. In 1994 owner Greg Escalante co-founded Juxtapoz magazine and the gallery participated with the magazine to curate, publicize and be a media sponsor of many events inside and outside of the gallery and further promote artists. In 2000 the gallery founded a permanent location in Culver City.
In 2005 The Gallery moved to Bergamot Station arts complex in Santa Monica CA with Gary Pressman as Gallery Director and soon after Douglas Nason left the gallery. The remaining owner Greg Escalante passed away in 2017. Gary Pressman re-established the gallery as owner in 2017.
The gallery, located at Bergamot Arts, is divided into two exhibition spaces, sometimes featuring a single artist but often two or three. Large group exhibitions are also featured often in conjunction with outside curators . In following with it's original mission, Copro participates in International Art Fairs and curates outside exhibits to help promote their artists.
Focusing on museum quality installations showcasing emerging artists, Copro also exhibits many established and master painters. Placing works in museums and private collections throughout the world, Copro strives to assist collectors new and experienced in building the most exciting collections possible.
About Heavy Metal
First published in 1977, Heavy Metal Magazine, the world’s foremost illustrated magazine, explores fantastic and surrealistic worlds, alternate realities, science fiction and horror, in the past, present, and future.
Writers and illustrators from around the world take you to places you never dreamed existed. Heavy Metal Magazine was the first publisher to bring European legends like Mœbius, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Tanino Liberatore, Milo Manara, Enki Bilal, and Pepe Moreno to the U.S. while showcasing non-mainstream American superstars like Richard Corben, Berni Wrightson, Arthur Suydam, Vaughn Bode and Frank Frazetta.
The magazine continues to showcase amazing new talent along with established creators. Heavy Metal Magazine features serialized and standalone stories, artist galleries, short stories in prose and interviews. Recent creators have featured Grant Morrison, Stephen King, Kelley Jones, Bart Sears, Tim Seeley and Kevin Eastman. With new issues on the horizon, Heavy Metal promises to boldly go where no magazine has gone before.
Explore ancient secrets, forgotten worlds and savage futures…experience Heavy Metal.
Join us at www.heavymetal.com
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyHeavyMetal/
On X: @HeavyMetalInk
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/sJYsWTWkBm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal
Taarna Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taarnaofficial https://www.instagram.com/taarnaofficial
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeavyMetalent
Heavy Metal Returns: Relaunch Exhibition at Copro Gallery
Heavy Metal Magazine is officially back—and it’s celebrating its return with a large-scale group exhibition at one of Los Angeles’s leading venues for dark and surreal art. On Saturday, August 9th, Copro Gallery will open its doors for the upcoming Heavy Metal Relaunch Event Art Show, a collaborative exhibition with the newly restructured Heavy Metal Magazine.
Held at Copro Gallery in the Bergamot Station Arts Complex in Santa Monica, the exhibition will feature original work inspired by the magazine’s iconic legacy and the cult animated film Heavy Metal. Opening night will run from 6:00 to 10:00 PM, with artist signings and many of the featured creators expected to attend. The show will continue through August 30, 2025.
Participating artists include Brian Viveros, Olivia, Chet Zar, Skinner, Travis Louie, Stephanie Inagaki, David Stoupakis, Chloe Trujillo, Pepe Moreno, Shane Pierce, and many more.
Among the highlighted pieces is Sonic Skullnaught, a new oil on linen work by Shane Pierce (@shanepierce.art), which also serves as the event’s promotional artwork. The original measures 11x14".
For collectors seeking an early preview or more information, contact Copro Gallery at coprogallery@live.com or visit www.coprogallery.com. The gallery is located at 2525 Michigan Ave, Unit T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
About Copro Gallery
Copro Gallery was founded in 1992 by Joe Copro, Greg Escalante and Douglas Nason as an entity to curate art exhibitions of emerging artists and publish the highest quality limited edition prints. In 1994 owner Greg Escalante co-founded Juxtapoz magazine and the gallery participated with the magazine to curate, publicize and be a media sponsor of many events inside and outside of the gallery and further promote artists. In 2000 the gallery founded a permanent location in Culver City.
In 2005 The Gallery moved to Bergamot Station arts complex in Santa Monica CA with Gary Pressman as Gallery Director and soon after Douglas Nason left the gallery. The remaining owner Greg Escalante passed away in 2017. Gary Pressman re-established the gallery as owner in 2017.
The gallery, located at Bergamot Arts, is divided into two exhibition spaces, sometimes featuring a single artist but often two or three. Large group exhibitions are also featured often in conjunction with outside curators . In following with it's original mission, Copro participates in International Art Fairs and curates outside exhibits to help promote their artists.
Focusing on museum quality installations showcasing emerging artists, Copro also exhibits many established and master painters. Placing works in museums and private collections throughout the world, Copro strives to assist collectors new and experienced in building the most exciting collections possible.
About Heavy Metal
First published in 1977, Heavy Metal Magazine, the world’s foremost illustrated magazine, explores fantastic and surrealistic worlds, alternate realities, science fiction and horror, in the past, present, and future.
Writers and illustrators from around the world take you to places you never dreamed existed. Heavy Metal Magazine was the first publisher to bring European legends like Mœbius, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Tanino Liberatore, Milo Manara, Enki Bilal, and Pepe Moreno to the U.S. while showcasing non-mainstream American superstars like Richard Corben, Berni Wrightson, Arthur Suydam, Vaughn Bode and Frank Frazetta.
The magazine continues to showcase amazing new talent along with established creators. Heavy Metal Magazine features serialized and standalone stories, artist galleries, short stories in prose and interviews. Recent creators have featured Grant Morrison, Stephen King, Kelley Jones, Bart Sears, Tim Seeley and Kevin Eastman. With new issues on the horizon, Heavy Metal promises to boldly go where no magazine has gone before.
Explore ancient secrets, forgotten worlds and savage futures…experience Heavy Metal.
Join us at www.heavymetal.com
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyHeavyMetal/
On X: @HeavyMetalInk
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/sJYsWTWkBm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal
Taarna Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taarnaofficial https://www.instagram.com/taarnaofficial
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeavyMetalent
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Heavy Metal Magazine is officially back—and it’s celebrating its return with a large-scale group exhibition at one of Los Angeles’s leading venues for dark and surreal art. On Saturday, August 9th, Copro Gallery will open its doors for the upcoming Heavy Metal Relaunch Event Art Show, a collaborative exhibition with the newly restructured Heavy Metal Magazine.
Held at Copro Gallery in the Bergamot Station Arts Complex in Santa Monica, the exhibition will feature original work inspired by the magazine’s iconic legacy and the cult animated film Heavy Metal. Opening night will run from 6:00 to 10:00 PM, with artist signings and many of the featured creators expected to attend. The show will continue through August 30, 2025.
Participating artists include Brian Viveros, Olivia, Chet Zar, Skinner, Travis Louie, Stephanie Inagaki, David Stoupakis, Chloe Trujillo, Pepe Moreno, Shane Pierce, and many more.
Among the highlighted pieces is Sonic Skullnaught, a new oil on linen work by Shane Pierce (@shanepierce.art), which also serves as the event’s promotional artwork. The original measures 11x14".
For collectors seeking an early preview or more information, contact Copro Gallery at coprogallery@live.com or visit www.coprogallery.com. The gallery is located at 2525 Michigan Ave, Unit T5, Santa Monica, CA 90404.
About Copro Gallery
Copro Gallery was founded in 1992 by Joe Copro, Greg Escalante and Douglas Nason as an entity to curate art exhibitions of emerging artists and publish the highest quality limited edition prints. In 1994 owner Greg Escalante co-founded Juxtapoz magazine and the gallery participated with the magazine to curate, publicize and be a media sponsor of many events inside and outside of the gallery and further promote artists. In 2000 the gallery founded a permanent location in Culver City.
In 2005 The Gallery moved to Bergamot Station arts complex in Santa Monica CA with Gary Pressman as Gallery Director and soon after Douglas Nason left the gallery. The remaining owner Greg Escalante passed away in 2017. Gary Pressman re-established the gallery as owner in 2017.
The gallery, located at Bergamot Arts, is divided into two exhibition spaces, sometimes featuring a single artist but often two or three. Large group exhibitions are also featured often in conjunction with outside curators . In following with it's original mission, Copro participates in International Art Fairs and curates outside exhibits to help promote their artists.
Focusing on museum quality installations showcasing emerging artists, Copro also exhibits many established and master painters. Placing works in museums and private collections throughout the world, Copro strives to assist collectors new and experienced in building the most exciting collections possible.
About Heavy Metal
First published in 1977, Heavy Metal Magazine, the world’s foremost illustrated magazine, explores fantastic and surrealistic worlds, alternate realities, science fiction and horror, in the past, present, and future.
Writers and illustrators from around the world take you to places you never dreamed existed. Heavy Metal Magazine was the first publisher to bring European legends like Mœbius, Philippe Caza, Guido Crepax, Philippe Druillet, Tanino Liberatore, Milo Manara, Enki Bilal, and Pepe Moreno to the U.S. while showcasing non-mainstream American superstars like Richard Corben, Berni Wrightson, Arthur Suydam, Vaughn Bode and Frank Frazetta.
The magazine continues to showcase amazing new talent along with established creators. Heavy Metal Magazine features serialized and standalone stories, artist galleries, short stories in prose and interviews. Recent creators have featured Grant Morrison, Stephen King, Kelley Jones, Bart Sears, Tim Seeley and Kevin Eastman. With new issues on the horizon, Heavy Metal promises to boldly go where no magazine has gone before.
Explore ancient secrets, forgotten worlds and savage futures…experience Heavy Metal.
Join us at www.heavymetal.com
On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyHeavyMetal/
On X: @HeavyMetalInk
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/sJYsWTWkBm
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heavymetal
Taarna Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taarnaofficial https://www.instagram.com/taarnaofficial
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HeavyMetalent
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