Anno Domini, also known as Gallery A.D., is a

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, focusing on emerging and International artists in the genres of street art, zine culture and tattoo art.

History

Anno Domini was started by graphic designers, Cherri Lakey and Brian Eder. The name of the gallery is inspired by the term for denoting years of the current era, ''

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,'' which is

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for ''in the year of the Lord''. Promoting

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culture, elevating

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and tattoo artists, and bringing attention to new and international artists has been a focus of the gallery programming. Historically Anno Domini has been active in First Friday and Street Mrkt events. Many artists have shown their work at Anno Domini, often in the emerging stages of their career, including

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, Joseph Loughborough. The gallery has featured art groups including

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(in 2003); "Perpetual Motion Roadshow" (2012), and the collaborative work, "The FriendMakers" (in 2004) by the artists Don Pendleton, Craig Metzger, and Michael Sieben.

References

External links

Official website
Contemporary art galleries in the United States Culture of San Jose, California Arts organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area Art galleries established in 2000 Art in the San Francisco Bay Area {{SanJoseCA-struct-stub