June 15, 2016 THIS WEEK! The official guide to Gay Palm Springs for 21 years.

AdamsArtExpose’
PT - TO - PS “3,000 Miles of Art.”
This is the headline on the brochure
for the Woodman/Shimko Gallery one
of the newest galleries located in the
Uptown Design District at 1105 N. Palm
Canyon.
Mr Woody Shimko who lives part time
in Palm Springs and other part in Provincetown,
Massachusetts where he has
another gallery.
During the 1980’ and 90’s he was art
director of up scale stores in New York,
Alfred Dunhill, Armani, Bergdorf
Goodman, and Tiffany. In the mid 90’s
he was offered a position with Marui department
store in Tokyo. After working
with Marui for a few years he was offered
a position with Aim Create, a leading
design company in Tokyo. He spent
15 years in Japan where he designed,
created, and facilitated the interiors
and visuals in many of Japan’s shopping
malls, boutiques, restaurants and also
Narita Airport. After his return to the
U.S. in 2012 he opened the Woodman/
Shimko Gallery in Palm Springs after
his gallery in Provincetown.
works would appeal to the LGTP
community as well as collectors and
those who appreciate art generally. The
photos in this article provide a
glimpse of the variety of art to be appreciated
in the gallery from painting,
photography, sculpture, and other.
Mr. Shimko still does interior design
work and he also creates tables from
Japanese shoji screens and other industrial
materials to contrast with the wood
of the shoji screens. The contact email
for the gallery is: WoodmanShimko@
gmail.com.
The gallery, and Mr. Shimko’s part time
presence in Palm Springs, is another
example of the unique creativity we
have available in this diverse community.
Questions, comments, suggestions, contact
adamsartexpose@gmail.com
The Woodman/Shimko Gallery has an
eclectic collection of work. Many of the
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