This past weekend we stopped by Martha Otero Gallery for the opening of Pedro Matos’ first Los Angeles solo exhibition. Building Castles Made of Sand featuring a new series of oil paintings on canvas and Azulejo panels - a traditional Portuguese medium of hand-painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tile work. Photos and more after the jump…

London-based, Portugal-born Pedro Matos, who we had the chance to finally meet at Ivory & Black's booth at Art Basel in Miami this past year, will be having his first solo show in Los Angeles at Martha Otero opening on May 17, 2013. Building Castles Made of Sand featuring a new series of oil paintings on canvas and azulejo panels - a traditional Portuguese medium of hand-painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tile work.

We highly recommend checking out Jen Stark's show that opens tonight, September 28, in Los Angeles. Martha Otero Gallery is pleased to present Jen Stark's first solo exhibition in Los Angeles, To the Power Of. Stark's work is instantly recognizable for its breathtaking color spectrums rendered in mind-bending forms cut from paper, wood and other organic materials.

When we did that little survey a couple weeks ago, asking who you thought was the artist of the year, a lot of people mentioned James Jean. Ask and tell and you shall receive. James Jean will show 7 new paintings at Martha Otero in Los Angeles this March 2011, one of those paintings being Tiger that you see above. See Tiger bigger after the jump . . .