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ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Andrew Bell was born in England in 1978. His family moved several times until settling in the eastern US in the mid 1980′s. He has lived and worked in New York since 1996.
Andrew’s work spans a wide spectrum of mediums from illustrations and paintings to toys and sculptures. Much of his work is brought together by a sense of humor that often belies a more serious and sombre message.
His work has been featured in solo and group gallery shows from LA to Paris and has been covered by publications such as The New York Times and Wired.
Scott Campbell (Scott C) is a NYC based maker of paintings, illustrations, comics, kid’s books and video games. He studied illustration at the Academy of Art in San Francisco, focusing on comic and children’s book illustration. Soon after graduating, he began at Lucas Learning as concept artist. He later joined Double Fine Productions as Art Director on such games as the critically acclaimed Psychonauts and Brutal Legend. He has published numerous comics and created paintings that have appeared in galleries and publications around the world. Some of his most notable projects include the GREAT SHOWDOWNS series, Igloo Head and Tree Head series, Double Fine Action Comics, Hickee Comics, and the children’s books Zombie In Love and East Dragon, West Dragon, and Psychonauts and Brutal Legend with Double Fine Productions.
Kelly Denato is a Brooklyn based artist who grew up in Buffalo, New York. She received her BFA in Communications Design, Illustration from Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY in 2000. Denato's paintings are illustrative and surreal. She carves unique characters from textured backgrounds with layered brushstrokes that, while delicate, maintain an incredible sense of gesture. Her subjects are visceral; darkness and disappointment are represented with joy and innocence, allowing the viewer to simultaneously experience Denato’s emotional duality in one tumultuous image.
Denato's work has been featured at Bunnycutlet Gallery (NY), myplasticHeart (NY), Toy Tokyo (NY), and Gallery 1988's Crazy for Cult (NY). Denato is also an accomplished animator, currently illustrating for Nickelodeon, NY.
Leontine Greenberg is a painter, puppet-maker, and prop designer. She lives in Jackson Heights, Queens.
Leontine’s work has been shown at galleries around the country, including ThinkSpace Gallery, Gallery1988, C.A.V.E. Gallery and myplasticheart NYC. She is inspired by lost photographs, old boats, city rooftops, the coming environmental apocalypse, and Beatrix Potter.
kaNO was born and raised on the streets of New York City and is an illustrator, designer and animation artist.
He is a jack of many trades - his work can be seen on the silver screen, billboards, and toy shelves across the world. Kano has 10 years of experience as a commercial artist, and now focuses on creating urban content for his company kaNO kid, LLC. His clients include: ASPCA, Nike, Jordan, Upper Deck, Disney and Hasbro.
Aya Kakeda was born and raised in Tokyo Japan. She now works and lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Kakeda's clients include: NIKE, Delta, Nickelodeon, Noggin TV, Nick Jr., The New Yorker Magazine, and The New York Times. She has exhibited with Flux Factory (NY) and La Luz de Jesus Gallery (CA).
Kakeda likes cats, seals, and receiving postcards.
Andrea Kang creates fanciful worlds filled with girls, bears, and little creatures. Her narratives explore nostalgia and the blurred lines that exist between dreams, reality, and memories. After graduating with her Masters from the Rhode Island School of Design, she worked for Hasbro Inc. designing toys. Since then she has become a teacher, freelance illustrator, and has participated in gallery exhibitions. She also started a design collective with illustrator Nathan Jurevicius under the moniker Harley & Boss.
Jeremiah Ketner's work is characterized by lush, richly colored environments inhabited by a cast of pensive, dreamy young women. His inspirations are designer toys, Japanese fabrics and motifs, and nature gardens.
Ketner began formal art studies at the age of 12. He holds a BFA from Columbus College of Art and Design and an MFA from Southern Illinois University. His work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in more than 50 galleries across North America. Ketner also enjoys a strong international following.
Abe Lincoln Jr. is a graphic artist living in Brooklyn NY. His work is informed by skateboarding, punk rock, and mid-century modern design. Abe is a self taught artist who works across broad mediums, from hand-drawn postal stickers to high concept production Art. Abe has participated in numerous exhibitions around the world and been a key collaborator with numerous lifestyle brands.
Brent Nolasco's artwork involves constant evolution to new ideas and new forms. Progression and change are his main themes, aloowing for different situations and environments to evolve form landscapes in his mind. In the artist's own words, "I like to break down and rebuild surfaces using various mixed media. Everything in my life and art intermingle into harmony for me."
Lou Pimentel is a multidisciplinary artist based out of New York City. Born in Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, he and his family made the move to Florida when he was four years old and settled in NYC five years later.
A graduate from the School of Visual Arts, Pimentel's work is influenced by street and pop-art, and thematically revolves around his life; his daughter Maddie, cartoons, graffiti and the art that surrounds him. Pimentel uses mixed media such as oils, acrylics, spray paint, water colors, and sculpie.
Shawn Smith (Shawnimals), began to develop his style when as a kid he was obsessed with cartoons, video games, and drawing pictures.
Such interests persisted until he eventually landed a job at the gaming magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewing games.
After earning his BFA in Painting from Illinois State University, Smith began to hand make one-of-a-kind plush toys, a career which blossomed internationally in 2004.
In the artist's own words, "Art that features characters automatically draws the viewer in, whether they want to or not... (and) they are compelled to personify it somehow - to make it their own, even if it is essentially a blob with eyes."
Matt Siren is an illustrator and street artist based in Queens, NY. His art is heavily influenced by 80's cartoons, video games, graffiti, heavy metal cd covers, Art Nouveau, pinup art, and the emergence of modern day (computer generated) graphic design & branding. His work is iconic - both clean and gritty, using clean lines over textured backgrounds. In 2005, he created Ghost Girl, his signature icon.
Matt's work can been seen in clothing lines by Better Days Clothing, skateboards by Reciprocal Skateboards, RoyalFlush Magazine, galleries in the NYC area, as well as throughout the streets of Manhattan.
Naoko Stoop is a Brooklyn based self-taught illustrator.
Stoop's artwork comes from the everyday life she sees in her neighborhood; Prospect Park, Brooklyn Bridge, Children, and sunsets. In the artist's own words, "I’m trying to bring out the five-year old in people through my artwork... I believe that is the last moment before children start learning how complicated the world is, and that was when I once stopped drawing. It took me decades to come back to myself."
Tatiana Suarez is a Brooklyn-based Miami native. Her charming style is distinctive with trademark "eyes" that draw the viewer into a beautiful and surreal world.
Suarez takes advantage of the oil paint's ability to create creamy, soft images on canvas. Rich with symbols that stem from her Brazilian and El Salvadorian heritage, subjects appear as if they are under water, frozen in lovely stillness. The doe-eyed figures look childlike, but also exude sexual overtones, ornamented with plants, insects and other unsettling accompaniments. Beauty is presented concurrently with exotic, sometimes creepy creatures to create enchanted narratives.
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