Type of business:
Fine Art Gallery

Owners:
Craig H. Alinder

Ages:
32

Hometown:
Chicago, Illinois

Business Address:
6320 Linn NE Suite C (E. side of San Pedro just N. of Central) Albuquerque, NM 87108

Business Phone:
(505) 255-0872 / (505) 830-9653

Business Fax:
(505) 830-9653

Business Email:
craig@arthaus66.com

Business Website:
www.arthaus66.com

Number of Employees:
2

How did you get started in this business?
You may say that I married into it … my wife had experience with the gallery world on both sides of the spectrum: as an artist seeking venues and as a curator organizing exhibitions.

What is your business philosophy?
Our main goal is to show that everyone can be an art collector. We strive to make quality contemporary art very affordable for everyone. We feel strongly about putting contemporary art in every home, in every office …

What is your educational background?
My own background is in Religious Studies and Advertising … sounds like a crazy mix. My wife’s is in Fine Arts and Art Education.

What is your or your company’s greatest asset?
Talented artists. Unwavering dedication.

What are your strongest business traits?
I just work incessantly. It’s like a treasure hunt for that special piece … I know I can match it to someone out there who’s just right for it …

What motivates you to succeed besides the desire to make money?
If the work does not find a home it becomes stagnant, invisible … and a society without art is dead …

How is operating your own business different than you expected?
It’s more emotional. I am a pragmatist, but I am dealing with people who often wear their hearts on their sleeves … that’s the nature of art and artists …

What significant changes have you implemented recently?
We have opened up to other sources such as Korea and New Zealand. We are organizing shows overseas.

What successes in the past year are you most proud of accomplishing?
Staying solvent … Albuquerque’s been playing the “last art gallery standing” game. We’re still standing.

What do you offer that the competition doesn’t?
Nobody can beat our prices. We are also the one source for contemporary art from Spain … Spain is a treasure trove for amazing contemporary artists that are very collectable.

How do you maintain your competitive edge?
We will find the work customers want. Our website is updated daily. We ship from overseas. We also deliver to your door in Albuquerque and offer consultations regarding the placement of art in your home or business.

What contributions to the community (charitable or otherwise) are you most proud of?
Privately we donate to the Animal Humane Association, ARCA, Heifer … but never for publicity to benefit our business. How would that be charity?

In what area of your business do you invest the most energy?
Maintaining an excellent artist/gallery relationship. Without artists, we’re dead in the water.

If you had to choose another career or start another business, what would it be?
Tightrope walker. It’s so similar to what I do now … and so much less dangerous.

Dates
April 3 – April 24

Receptions
Meet the Artists Opening Reception – Friday April 3rd | 5 – 9 pm
Gallery Reception – Saturday April 18th | 5 – 9 pm

Dates
February 28 – March 22

Receptions
Saturday February 28th | 5 – 9 pm
Friday March 6th | 5 – 9 pm

ArtHaus66 Gallery

Contact: Craig H. Alinder, Owner

Tel: (505) 830-9653

Email: craig@arthaus66.com

First Friday Reception – December 5, 2008 5:00- 9:00 pm

ArtHaus66 Gallery is proud to present its second annual group show exclusively devoted to contemporary Spanish artists. Piedra, Papel, Lienzo y Tijeras: Contemporary Spanish Artists II, returns to ArtHaus66 with a whole new collection of young artists who exemplify the latest artistic trends in Spain and the rest of Europe.

The seven invited artists who collaborate in this project all work and live in the capital city of Madrid. Though some originally come from other parts of Spain, they share the metropolitan surroundings of this big city. Its influence is obvious in most of the pieces included in the exhibition. Whether in urban landscapes or imagined seascapes nostalgically evoked by the artist, the old world appeal of landlocked Madrid permeates each of the creations. 

These contemporary artists feed off the many contrasting trends that are particularly vital to Madrid: tradition and innovation, past and present. Long-standing techniques such as printmaking emerge as vehicles of cutting edge modernity while drawing becomes an exercise in avant-garde restrain.

Andres Delgado is originally from the Canary Islands, Spain. He is an abstract painter who devotes most of his work to the study of landscapes. Having been born on an island, his work is full of references to the ocean.

Juan Pablo Villalpando was born in Madrid, Spain. He has exhibited internationally since 1992. He is a master printer and director of Escuela de Arte No. 10. His work is pure line and an exercise in effortless elegance and simplicity

Susana Murias was also born in Madrid and her work lovingly echoes the interior views of city dwellings. Calligraphy, printmaking and painting merge to generate a nostalgic, personal and sincere body of work.

Maria Calzadilla is a native from Madrid. A young artist with an exceptional style of elegant minimalism. Her work is quiet and pensive. A respite for the eyes and the soul in the bustling metropolis.

Sonia Higuera was born in Santander. Her work is beautifully stark and surprisingly evocative. Black silhouettes of birds in flight furtively traverse the images, leaving behind only a soft, fleeting memory.

Miriam Cantera owns and operates El Mono de la Tinta, a studio and gallery space devoted exclusively to advance the work of contemporary printmakers in Madrid. Her work is emblematic of the resurgence of abstraction in contemporary Spanish printmaking.

Elena Jimenez was born in the coastal city of Alicante, Spain.  She currently lives and works in Madrid. Her current prints echo the earth tones from the Mediterranean landscapes from her childhood. The organic shapes create surfaces of incredible depth and visual interest.

Piedra, Papel, Lienzo y Tijeras: Contemporary Spanish Artists II runs from November 20 to December 31, 2008. The reception, free and open to the public, will take place on Friday, December 5th 2008 from 5 to 9 pm. The gallery is otherwise open by appointment. Three high resolution images are attached to this press release. For more information contact Craig Alinder at (505) 830-9653 or email craig@arthaus66.com

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ArtHaus66 Gallery

Contact: Craig H. Alinder, Owner

Tel: (505) 830-9653

Email: craig@arthaus66.com

NE Heights ARTScrawl Reception – October 17, 2008 5:00- 9:00 pm

Photographer Jill Greenberg (Montreal 1967) once said that “a photograph is not necessarily the “truth”; it doesn’t necessarily prove that anything happened”.

In Castelo, Mandell, Melhop: 3 Contemporary Photographers we are witnesses to snippets of the truth. Furtive glimpses of things that have been or perhaps things that will be….Timeless images. Versions of the “truth” filtered through the imagination of these artists.

The silence in Luis Castelo’s images is as deafening as it is magical. His photographs of plants, both terrestrial and marine, permeate with sadness and isolation. The specimens are crystallized, plucked from their environment in order to distill the very essence of their external beauty. This beauty masks the reality and permanence of the already dead plant, stripped of its natural suppleness.

The documentary photos of Gerald Mandell capture in black & white simplicity, understated images of New Mexican life as it used to be. Shot during the 1960’s, they transport us to a landscape of desolate beauty of open, limitless skies. These never seen before quintessentially Southwestern images, are unscripted reality without any of the modern clichés.

The imaginary worlds of Frances Melhop’s photographs are filled with unusual creatures. In his Faeries series, she transforms the ordinary into the most playful of realities. Delicate living beings of miniature proportions and familiar nursery rhyme characters populate these curious images that invite the viewer to believe. These are photographs that present to us that which is seen with your heart rather than with your mind.

Castelo, Mandell, Melhop: 3 Contemporary Photographers runs from October 17 to November 15, 2008. The reception, free and open to the public, will take place on Friday, October 17th 2008 from 5 to 9 pm. Three high resolution images are attached to this press release. For more information contact Craig Alinder at (505) 830-9653 or email craig@arthaus66.com

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ArtHaus66 Gallery

Contact: Craig H. Alinder, Owner

Tel: (505) 830-9653

Email: craig@arthaus66.com

Gallery Reception & Silent Auction | December 5th, 2008 5:00- 8:00 pm

This event is the absolute best place to do your holiday shopping. Enjoy some delicious holiday treats and choose from over 25 one-of-a-kind items that will be available starting at a flat rate of $15. The items donated by our artists range from original paintings, giclee prints, xylographs, drawings, jewelry and 3-D constructions. The retail prices of the artwork included in the auction span from $75 to $300. This is an opportunity not to be missed!

Find treasures by local artists as well as international artists and delight in having 75% of the proceedings revert directly to the artist. It’s the gift of giving…twice over!

Some of the participating artists who generously provided work for this event are Lena Bartula, Laura Cobb, Ophelia Cornet, Derrick Montez, Cristina Clarimón, Brenda Bunker, Julie Maren, Diego Fermín, Clarity Miller, Silvina Romero, Cynthia Guajardo, Margi Weir, Joie Villeneuve, Louisa Barkalow, Gerald Mandell, Randel Plowman, Marsha Balian, Alexandra Gjurasic and many more.

Eleven sample images are included in this press release. For more information contact Craig Alinder at (505) 830-9653 or email craig@arthaus66.com

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