The Michalopoulos Octavia's Haze Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by New Orleans based artist, James Michalopoulos.  Michalopoulos' collection of new works will be an ongoing exhibition at the Michalopoulos Octavia's Haze Gallery.  An opening reception will be held on Friday November 13, from 6-9pm and Sunday November 15, from 2-5pm.  Please come meet the artist at both events.  The exhibition is free and open to the public.

James Michalopoulos is best known for his architectural renderings of New Orleans and San Francisco.  Layers of thick paint and vivid color dance about the canvas, offering the viewer a poetic interpretation of 'the everyday'.

 Michalopoulos exhibits his work internationally and nationally, and maintains a printmaking studio in New Orleans which publishes four to five print editions a year.  Currently, he has galleries in San Francisco, New Orleans, and France.  Michalopoulos is the favorite artist of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival Foundation, and he created this year's 40th Anniversary Jazz Fest poster.

Michalopoulos studied art at the University of New Orleans, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, and Bowdoin College.  He graduated from Bowdoin with a Bachelor of Arts in 1974.