drkrm was founded by John Matkowsky who has a thirty year reputation as a fine art black and white printer in Los Angeles. Mentored by Master Printer Tom Consilvio, John learned the finesse of the fine artistic print while working on the images of Gary Winogrand, William Claxton, Phil Stern and many other renowned artists such as Michel Comte, Horace Bristol, Jo Ann Callis, Catherine Opie, Edward S. Curtis and, most recently, Ansel Adams. John formed drkrm in 2005 where he continues the tradition of fine art printing. drkrm is a black & white lab dedicated to the highest quality of hand processing and fine printing, specializing in traditional, silver-gelatin printing and film processing nearly lost in today’s digital age. All work is hand processed to your specs for the highest quality available for portfolio or exhibition. The drkrm gallery specializes in documentary and photo-journalistic work, cutting edge and alternative photographic processes and the display and survey of popular cultural images both current or historic. For the past 8 years drkrm has presented a superb and continuous array of exceptional exhibits, specializing in more under-the-radar, counterculture presentations. As curator, Matkowsky has never been afraid of unspoken issues; some shows were immensely stimulating while profoundly poignant, others were compelling, powerful, heart-rending, and even transforming in their relevance. Past
spectacles have include edgy oddities a la Beefcake
Babylon, Found:
Mid-Century Vernacular Nudes, and Haunted
Hacienda, a study of the art of the Mexican horror film.
Taboo and alternative subjects like ghosts,
queer history, cell
phone photography, prostitution,
the developmentally disabled,
the Edgar Allan Poe films of Roger
Corman, cult filmmaker Donald
Cammell and the LA Punk
scene have also been explored. drkrm
has presented group exhibitions featuring work by Louis
Jacinto, Mike
Salisbury, Tom
Zimberoff, Marco
Romano Bhimani, Ginger
Liu, Marilyn
Montufar, Nicholas
Fedak II,
Gerald Mocarsky, Paul Groh, Lauren
Jack, Bryan
Barnes, Stéphane
Houari, Nicola
Goode, Mark
Thompson, James Stiles
and Håkan
Sjöström. drkrm has also hosted performance events,
including Michael Kearns intimacies. Submissions We
occasionally review new submissions. For consideration, please look
over our site carefully and be sure that your work is compatible
with our program. We will not be able to accommodate artists who
stop by the gallery without an appointment. Send a link to your
website or send several jpegs that represent your work. We are currently
seeking photo-journalistic and documentary based work with an emphasis
on historic or culturally relevant themes. We regret that we cannot
respond to every submission.
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