Toy Invaderz

Tonight is the opening of Toy Invaderz in Chicago, IL.  This custom vinyl toy show, curated by artist Emmanuel White Eagle of Cyberphunkk, is being hosted by Quennect4 Gallery at  RGB Lounge. The online sales and gallery for this event will be hosted by our friend Benny, at Tenacious Toys. 

Gotta love these awesome posters created by Emmanuel:

I've seen several previews of the customs online, and this show is going to be awesome- I wish I could be there!

Meet The Monsterhunter, my submission for the show.  Clearly, the monsters of the world deserve some high-quality protection and a nice home.  The Monsterhunter seeks them out to come live at his monster sanctuary, thus improving as many monsters' lives as he can.  

If you are in the Chicago area during the next month, check it out!

Opening: Saturday, 30 June 2012

6:00-11:00 pm


RGB Lounge
1420 N. Milwaukee AveChicago, IL 60622 (Wicker Park)


This show runs through 30 July 2012.


The online gallery at Tenacious Toys will be posted here soon:  http://www.tenacioustoys.com/Toy_Invaderz_s/189.htm

Time to Vote!

Hey there peeps!  It's the last couple of days of the Kidrobot Munnyworld Custom Contest, and we can really use your votes!

We were thrilled that our submission from last year, Yetibub, was selected for third place in his category by the judges.   We've submitted two entries this year, Roozmonster and Urban Munny.  I'd be eternally grateful if the next time you are logged into Facebook, you could click on the links provided below and vote for our new critters!  You can vote for as many pieces as you like (and once a day) until the end of 31 May 2012.  Thank you so much in advance for doing this!  :) 

I hope to post our photos from Comicpalooza within the next few days...

Urban Munny
Please vote for me here: http://bit.ly/Kjofk7

Roozmonster
Please vote for me here: http://bit.ly/KOz1BU

Meet Graffiti Oomoo!

Finally, I have finished my Oomoo, from Chris Davies of floatingwoo... It definitely took me longer than usual to attack this project, however, I really wanted my work to be worthy of this awesome critter!

You may remember some of my earlier blog posts in which I mentioned Chris' Oomoo, which you can read here:

http://culturedcrittercollective.blogspot.com/2011/04/etsy-ugly-cute-oomoos.html

http://culturedcrittercollective.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-works-in-progress.html

This little guy was such a pleasure to work on- its texture was very smooth and lent itself well to acrylic paint. It was also nice to be able to work on an environmentally "friendly" critter for a change. I'm pretty pleased with the results- hope you like him!

You can check out Chris' Etsy shop here: http://www.etsy.com/shop/floatingwoo

I've got to get more of these!

The Art of Transportation

The Art of Transportation group show opened at Crewest Gallery on 3 June 2011. This show is based upon "transportation-related" art, such as graffiti trains, cars, freeway signs, etc. I am honored to have been included in this AWESOME group show- I so wish I could have been there to view all of the work in person!

Artists:

ACME, Albert Montoya, Alsaffar, Benny Diar, Cale One, D. Meza, DCYPHER, Dove DCV UTI, DUCE, FEAR, Flip One, Fred Katz, Jaber, James Bentley, James Carter, JaniaVanderwerff, J.S., JW Pippen, Kasim Patton, Kathleen Benttinen, Kit Beckmann, Kwasi B, Man One, Mas, Michael Pizarro, Natoe, Nirant, Noe Chavez, Pat Jakubiec, Reefer Sutherland, Reggie Lee, Rome, SAL"ONE" HERNANDEZ, Scotch!, Skylar Aud, TRUE 2 DEATH, Valerie G, Vic Macias, VYAL, Werc and more...

I submitted one piece for the show, Take the Monster Train:

This is my first attempt at anything graffiti-related... Hope you like it!

If you live in Los Angeles or are planning to travel there this month, The Art of Transportation runs through 3 July 2011.

For further information:

Crewest
110 Winston St.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
ph | 213-627-8272
Website: www.crewest.com
Email: info@crewest.com

Have a great weekend everyone!