Foliage Opening at Flower Pepper Gallery Sept 5

Flower Pepper Gallery presents "Foliage", a playful exhibition inspired by nature, opening September 5th at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena. Often exhibitions focus on human or character subjects, so this eclectic collection of artists & artworks is a breath of fresh air. Mmm, pine-scented! ;)

Participating artists include;

Acey Thompson, Chelsea Gustafsson, Collin van der Sluijs, Denae Wilkowski, Edith Waddell, Heather Gross, Helen Bayly, Jacob van Loon, Jaclyn Alderete, Jon Lau, Kelly Louise Judd, Lauren Marx, Marissa Quinn, Paige Jiyoung Moon, Simon Kangiser, Susanne Apgar, Valerie Pobjoy, Vanessa Foley, William Joseph Dunn, Yejin Oh

Prickly Pear - Acey Toothypegs

Foliage opens Saturday, September 5th, 2015 from 6:30pm - 9:30pm, and will be on view from September 5th, 2015 – October 6th, 2015

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Non-Character based artwork composition achieves its storytelling, evokes emotion, or provokes thought without the use of a subject's facial expression, or overt body language to communicate with. I can tell from the images shared already, that this showing brings together diverse perspectives.

Species - Collin van der Sluijs

First Flower VII - Jacon van Loon

For more information, visit Flower Pepper Gallery's website here.

-Tasha Zimich

OkTOYberfest Group Exhibition Recap

 

OkTOYberfest group exhibition, featuring Ardabus Rubber, Fuller Designs, JC Rivera, Rocketboy and Shadoe Delgado at Royal Flesh Tattoo Gallery, opened Oct19th and was a smash hit. The space was packed from opening until closing as guests mingled, enjoyed drinks provided by Atlas Brewing Company, and won raffle prizes from Royal Flesh Tattoo Company and Rotofugi.

Many pieces from the participating artists sold in online preview and at opening, but remaining pieces can be viewed here and inquired at OkTOYberfest@gmail.com
Let's take a look at some of the exhibition photos and pieces featured in the show;

 

 

 

The Purge - Custom Dynamite Rex by Ardabus Rubber

"The Purge", as it's titled by Ardabus Rubber, is a Custom Dynamite Rex figure for the Clutter Gallery and Dynamite Rex Custom RAAAR! group show. The Custom RAAAR! show is a collaborative group exhibition which features customs by a number of artists, utilizing RAAAR!, a Dynamite Rex figure. Ardabus Rubber's contribution features bright colors, with slight color gradients, in his typical style often seen with his art. Flowing lines, bright colors with black outlines, along with the black accents over the pink base, really brings the figure to life. If this piece doesn't sell at the show opening night, be sure to look for this and the remaining figures online at the Clutter Gallery Shop.

The Custom RAAAR! Show opens August 10th at Clutter Gallery, with a reception from 6PM-9PM, and will remain up until September 6th. If you are in the area of Beacon, NY, it wouldn't hurt to make a stop and check out all the awesome customs.

Coming Soon - Toy Burst Exhibition From More Than Sunshine

 

 

More Than Sunshine is putting on a show! Sunny Orlando, Florida's Redefine Gallery will host a toy show featuring vinyl, resin and plush pieces contirbuted by both local and international artists.

 

The show opens July 18th, where opening reception will also feature a live 3D Printing demo from the OCLS.

 

Keep an eye out for artworks from;

 

Pez, Miss Zukie, Manny X, 2Bithack, Boy Kong, Flat Bonnie, Kevin Herdeman, Alex Yanes, Mark Nagata / Max toy, Registered Artist, Crummy Gummy, Ian Ziobrowski, Cash Cannon, Respect,  Broken Pigeon, Flaw Toys,  Col Wallnuts, Chris Reason, Marlene "Barbie" Varela, Jennipho, Will Gay, Patrick Wong, Mathew Curran, Michael Banks, Tasha Zimich, Wolfrich, Christobar, Kitten Of Industry, TLA Ivan Roque, Sover, Bryan Collins

 

 

 

 

-Tasha Zimich

SubUrban Vinyl Exhibition - Time To Kick Some Ass!

 

Sub-Urban Vinyl Gallery and a whole lineup of butt-kicking artists are putting on a show this Saturday, May 11! Artists had free reign to contribute what they felt inspired to offer- both 2D and 3D pieces will appear in the show, along with hand-painted customs and resin sculptures.

 

If you're in the New Jersey area, or feel like heading  in for an evening of art and wine tasting, doors open at 6pm. If you would like to see the full show preview, hit up suburbanvinyl@gmail.com Here's a preview of what we'll expect to see;

 

Jason Limon

 

Troy Martin

 

Miss Zukie

 

John Spanky Stokes

 

Tasha Zimich

 

Shadoe Delgado's custom Swanicorn and Mega Munny Sale

 

There's a lot happening in Shadoe Delgado's Fine Art sculpture world! His custom Swanicorn for Daniel Fleres' group show "The Gathering" is an outstanding contribution to the exhibition. Shadoe contributes alongside some of the scene's brightest stars, including (but not limited to) 64Colors, Scribe, DrilOne, Jason Limon, J*Ryu and many more fantastically skillful artists. Quite an accomplishment for an artist with about a year on designer vinyl & resin platforms behind him! 

 

Shadoe's piece, titled "The 3 Eyed 3 Horned Flying Shadow Swanicorn (aka The Hoarder)", we can see is employing Shadoe's newly designed peg system for its wings. As well as unique use of Shadoe's texturing techniques in the body and mask.

 

Exhibition opens Saturday March 9th at Dragatomi, but until then you can follow the show updates on their Facebook Event. This one of a kind Swanicorn will be available to purchase through Dragatomi.

 

 

Mega Munny Shadoelings?

Recently vinyl community member Jordan aka "Dopevinyl" has been working to put together a Urban Vinyl Artist documentary- and he's trying to get it Kickstarted here. This documentary film is in the home stretch, with just about 2500$ left to raise to make the film happen, and Shadoe has been upping his offerings to support it.

 

Shadoe is offering custom Mega Munny, now only 800$(normally 1000$+) through the Kickstarter Here. With exponentially more vinyl canvas space to work on, we can only imagine how much more detail, texture, antler- and don't forget, dingaling action, Shadoe would get up to on such a huge platform. Pull the trigger. DO IT! :)

 

 

 

-Tasha Zimich