I first heard of New York by way of California artist Michael Bilsborough's work a few months back through a friend and really liked his work -- large scale murals and black ink sketches on white paper that combine lots of nudity, sex, and what looks like imagery that has been taken from an architect's sketch pad.

I just got word that Bilsborough has a show coming up at Invisible-Exports entitled The Only Way Out Is Through that I can't wait to check out.

Have a look at the exhibit listing on Invisible-Exports' site.

I also dug up a press PDF on the artist's site, which features an interview with Bilsborough by Ana Finel Honigman for Saatchi online done in March 2007.

As Gang of Four sang on the soundtrack to Sofia Coppola's movie, Marie Antoinette, "the problem with leisure/ is what to do for pleasure". Twenty-eight-year-old California-born artist Michael Bilsborough provides some elegantly, decadent possibilities. Bilsborough, who received his BA at Columbia University and his MFA at New York's School of Visual Arts, uses sinewy, slinky, lines reminiscent of Jean Cocteau's lines drawings and Andy Warhol's homoerotic illustrations to serve them up.

Read the full interview and three other pieces of press here.

Make sure to check out Bilsborough's site, where you'll find lot of images of his work, which you can also see below, and updates on shows, pics from shows his work has been in, and his CV.

The Only Way Out Is Through
Michael Bilsborough
Invisible-Exports
05.15 - 06.21.09
Opening: Friday 05.15.09 6-8pm