It seems that last weekend Sugar Mountain festival has spawned an extra special treat for Melbourne art lovers – in the form of a duo show featuring Brooklyns Maya Hayuk and San Franciscan Kyle Ranson.

Having produced some work for and at the festival, they will be aiming to display a selection of their works at No Vacancy Gallery at QV this coming Friday. The Sugar Mountain site had this to say about the artists:

“MAYA HAYUK is obsessed with symmetry and nourishing color played out in what might be views from the Hubble Telescope, airbrushed nail art, Ukrainian Easter eggs, chandeliers, mandalas, rorschach tests and/or holograms. Embracing sexuality and spirituality via symbolism evocative of radiantly woven geometries and beckoning parted orifices of the body, her work tries to decode a process towards continuity and wholeness while striking chords of pathological optimism.

With an encouraging hippie mother, KYLE RANSON began to draw and paint in early childhood and by the time he was in high school he was taking life-drawing classes at theLyme Academy in Connecticut. He attended three semesters at the Maryland institute, College of Art and then dropped out to immerse himself in the arts and music scene inBaltimore. In 1994 he moved to San Francisco and became a part of the underground punk scene in the mission and has slowly become a pillar of the San Francisco art world.”

Both are fantastic artists, and it will be a fantastic show – expect lots of colour, lots of geometry and lots of fun.

Who: Maya Hayuk & Kyle Ranson
What: Yes! Duo show
Where: No Vacancy Gallery, QV, Swanston Street, Melbourne
(Entry via Jane Bell Lane)
When: Friday 20th January from 6pm til 9pm, show runs til 27th January. There will also be a workshop running, “Drawing Games Will Set You Free” on Saturday, 21st January from 1pm til 4pm ($25)

Check out Sugar Mountain, Maya Hayuks website and the No Vacancy website here.