Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles Illustration West 45 is accepting submissions now. Deadline is September 2. I will be flying out to LA this fall to judge this competition. Please submit your best works and make our judging exciting!
Since my last posting a few days ago, I had received some e-mails asking me about the shows and whether they will be in NYC. So here are a bit more of the details of the shows I am scheduled to be participating.
1) Paint Ball – hand painted Dunny toy charity show with KidRobot will be held on September 7th in New York. (I am painting it RIGHT NOW.)
2) Custom-made DJ slip mat show with Plus Et Plus will be opening on October 5th in New York, then the show is scheduled to travel to Tokyo and Hong Kong.
3) Goo Press‘s New book Bliss Express releasing party and opening at Gallery Nucleus in Los Angeles on October 7th.
4) Working with Robinhood Foundation and collaborating with Stefan Sagmeister on a mural project. It will be up in a public school in Bronx.
5) And, one more thing scheduled for early November which is not yet released.
I will post more details and schedules once schedule comes closer. Please stay tuned.
Some of the original illustration drawings are on view at Schedler Minchin Fine Art in Alabama and the show just got extended till the end of July. This show Contour was curated by Jon Coffelt, a good friend of mine and a great artist.
And, happy Independence Day holiday to everyone in the US! My first Independence Day as a “permanent resident”. Yay.
Some of the original drawings from my illustration work are on view at Schedler Minchin Fine Art in Alabama now. This show Contour was curated by Jon Coffelt, a good friend of mine and a great artist.
Some new illustartions are: Atlantic Monthly, WIRED, MONEY, DOMINO (all June), The New York Times and PC Magazine (both June 6 issue). Yes, I will update illustration section with new images soon.
Download press release for more information.
Worked with FIeld Studies Center of New York, and had 13 of Olathe North High School students from Kansas visit my studio today. We talked about illustration as career choice. Thank you for students, parents and guide from Field Studies to come visit early morning in the rain.
Society of Publication Designers‘ SPOTS judging is done. Thank you for everyone who applied. John Cuneo and Edel Rodriguez had such presence and impact, as always, but WOW.
Ai Tatebayashi, a very talented young illustrator, is officially back in New York.
Also, finished a lecture and tour at Dahesh Museum of Art last Saturday. It was a bit tough to prepare for a lecture and a tour of their latest show “Stories to Tell” while I was sick and dealing with tight deadlines, but thanks to super nice and friendly audience (including dear Marcos Chin and Mihoko Hakata) and Liz Gaudino of Education Department at Dahesh who helped me prepare, for making my experience smooth, easy and memorable. This wonderful show of history of American Illustration is open till May and there will be lecture and tour by illustrators every week, including my dear professor Thomas Woodruff.
By the way, those of you who have been looking for a good place to have English high tea in mid-town Manhattan, Cafe Opaline is the place to be!
