Featured Artists and Super Special People
Xiaojing Yan
Xiaojing Yan is just one of the great artists emerging out of Toronto and seeking her place in the East Coast arts community.
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: installations, sculpture, toronto
Kramp Kouture
I think my clothing is feminine. I would not say it’s for everyone. A girl who has her own style and is carefree per say would wear my line. It takes someone bold to pull off a tutu and shredded tees.
Tony DiMauro
“When I was in grade school, I played this old-school post-apocalyptic video game called Wasteland all the time. I was obsessed with it, and began to think in terms of real post-apocalyptic survival situations…”
Topic: Featured | 3 Shouts
Tags: illustration, new york, punk
Brian Hubble
“I choose to make art because I have something to say, and this is one way for me to say it. But I think in most cases, art chooses you, not the other way around. How deep.”
Topic: Featured | 1 Shout
Tags: collage, illustration, photography
Greg Ferris
There is a round table on my front porch where the collective conspires. We smoke cigarettes, drink libations and pitch madness. It feels like we fast forward into the future and say, “Remember when we wanted to do this? We did!”
Topic: Featured | 4 Shouts
Tags: collage, illustration, sarasota
Dani Weiser
Dani is a full time makeup artist that’s worked with some of the best directors in the industry, and she’s currently exhibiting at all the tastiest restaurants in town.
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Tags: buffalo, film, illustration
Ron Copeland
“I actually tore my ACL rollerblading because I was a professional rollerblader for years.”
Topic: Featured | 3 Shouts
Tags: collage, illustration, screen-print
Laura Meyers
Fresh off the plane from Amsterdam, illustrator Laura Meyers takes a moment to answer a few of our pressing questions about her depiction of sobriety, vanity and fantasy. From doll lover to wheatpaster, she maintains her curiosity…
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Tags: graffiti, illustration, new york
Ramen Royale
I don’t have a plan or a set process, I still think, how do I do begin? How does this work? Damn, I should know how this goes by now!
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Tags: collage, design, illustration
George Boorujy
“I’m much more interested in what someone has to say, than how they say it, and how successful they are at getting their point across…”
Topic: Featured | 2 Shouts
Tags: brooklyn, illustration, painting
Christian Breitkreutz
“If you take a second to really look around at the people in the world you’ll notice there are a lot of ugly fuckers out there. So I try to focus on that…”
Topic: Featured | 2 Shouts
Tags: illustration, lowbrow, pittsburgh
Dave Raphael
“I began to notice that several billboards around the neighborhood had been rolled over white… by the afternoon some really amazing art started to pop up. Totally magical day for NYC.”
Topic: Featured | 1 Shout
Tags: Music, new york, photography
Miss Valentine
“I’ve always loved the style, the illustrations and I thought, it would be cool to get real people to pose in real bright, colorful, kitschy scenes.”
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Tags: miami, photography, pin-up
Joey Monsoon
“I’m still in the mode where I’m surprised that people are interested in my stuff and flattered that people like it so this is fun and exciting for me.”
Topic: Featured | 2 Shouts
Tags: columbus, illustration, lowbrow
Mark Miremont
“…the most rewarding restoration has been “Lucky”, the ‘55 Cadillac Fleetwood. I found her outside of Vegas and moved out there last winter to bring her back to life.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, hot rods, rockabilly
Warren Beishir
Artist Warren Beishir has been documenting NYC and Brooklyn’s ever changing face for 10 yrs. His work focuses on urban decay and renewal, and the over development of Brooklyn and New York.
Topic: Featured | 1 Shout
Tags: design, illustration, new york
Able Parris
“When making something new you know what you’ve made, what you’re afraid of, what you want, the habits you have and the color pallet you always work with.”
Topic: Featured | 4 Shouts
Tags: chapel hill, design, mixed media
Michael Mararian
I have two fan bases, gay men because they think the images are intelligent, they relate and love it, and mothers. It’s really strange! Women don’t necessarily buy the art, but they email constantly and thank me.
Topic: Featured | 2 Shouts
Tags: buffalo, illustration, macabre
James Hickey
“I took an advanced painting class in high school, but what the hell does that mean?”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, illustration, painting
Sharaya Brooks
The subjects themselves look like the unfortunate victims of a sideshow, or the nightmarish purveyors of gloom and doom, to captivating to set aside, to real to linger on.
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: deisgn, lexington, macabre, photography
Paul’s Grandfather
In early December 2007, we interviewed Rebecca Ryskalczyk after we saw her play a solo show at Soundlab.Since then, she’s been on a brand new music project with Katie Preston and Karrah Teague named Paul’s Grandfather.
Matt Duquette
Before, I was painting because I was pissed off, because I had something that I needed to get out there. Now, I come here and there’s nothing bad happening…
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: carrboro, durham, illustration, punk
Brian Green (seeyouinsleep)
I just put out a release on the fifth and it’s kind of soundscape and atmospheric. Ambient, but more minimal in a sense.
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: electronic, experimental, greenville
Boogie Reverie
I want my music to be more dangerous, more human and expressive, geared toward raising people’s awareness and conscious levels. That’s needed right now – the art should go with the urgency of this time. Its our current climate.
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: durham, experimental rock, Music
South Side Kustoms
“I have been a hot-rodder all my life, since I was a kid painting white walls in the backyard. I started in cars, it was always a hobby.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, motorcycles, rockabilly
Hans Gindlesberger
“Everyone thinks I’m from Germany or my family is, but that’s not the case. “
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, photography, surreal
Greg Sobczak
“I’m not big on titles and when I do make titles, their usually sarcastic. ‘Cow Punch’ most accurately describes my personality and my sense of humor.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, illustration, tattoo
A Hotel Nourishing
“There’s such a douche bag aura to drummers.,” said Cameron. “I almost feel like one now because I have a mohawk, but it’s pure comedy.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, experimental, indie
Sean Madden
“I am a well respected school counselor and have worked with the toughest kids that you could imagine. But some people out there are so afraid of life and so afraid of experience that they’ve lived in a narrow stream.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, humor, illustration, Music
Jayk Mesler
“After a while I realized that [working in an office] was killing my love of design and so, I left. Ultimately, I ended up doing full time design with a few steps in between; starving artist and all.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, design, illustration
Joel Menter
“I love Zombie Survival Guide. And everyone who reads it should realize that they need to have a zombie plan.”
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, illustration, metal
Joyce Hill
“This past year, I have used bird’s nests, old letters, sand and even old watch faces in my paintings. I have also experimented with hydrocal, which is used in casting sculpture.”
Dungaree Dolly
Two years ago, at the annual Mohawk Place Hot Rod Show, Dungaree Dolly had a small stand set up among the automobiles. We were struck not only by her feminine presence at such a manly event, but also by her “tattoos”.
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, diy, fashion, rockabilly
Chris Lombardi
Chris Lombardi has most likely tattooed your boyfriend, your father, your wife or that guy from next door – his handiwork is everywhere. While we are interested in some new ink, our purpose here is to showcase his other, softer side.
Rob Lynch
He has the sort of personality that begs to be questioned and the type of art that holds its own conversations between the characters.
Topic: Featured | 1 Shout
Tags: fine-art, Music, niagara falls
Rebecca Ryskalczyk
“I’m classically trained on violin. I like to dabble in anything i can get my hands on: piano, bass, percussion. No wind instruments though. They make me dizzy!”
Scott Bye
“When working with alternative mediums, you’re not really held by tradition or basic techniques. You are open to the “anything goes” technique… “
Topic: Featured | No Shouts
Tags: buffalo, fine-art, found objects, humor, sculpture
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