Author Archives: Niall Anderson

With the eminent release of American McGee’s new ‘Alice’ computer game, a prestigious group of artists including Luke Chueh, Dr Romanelli, Kevin Tong and Brian Collin were asked to create their own unique interpretations of McGee’s twisted take on the Alice in Wonderland story. Opening last night (June 8th) at Gallery 1988, LA, the showContinue reading “American McGee’s Alice @Gallery 1988”

Combining his love of designer toys and comics, German artist VISEone is poised to open his first ‘custom’ solo exhibition entitled ‘Comic Stripped’ at the Outland gallery, Amsterdam. Using a wide range of toys as platforms for his creations, VISEone has based each of the designs on famous comic strips and cartoons. The top layerContinue reading “Comics: Stripped Bare”

The Little Friends of Printmaking are putting the final touches to their new show entitled ‘Revenge’, to be held at the prestigious Rotofugi gallery and shop, Chicargo. Opening July 1st, the exhibition will be showcasing all of the husband and wife duo’s new work, which will be going on sale through Rotofugi in the nearContinue reading “Revenge: New Works by The Little Friends of Printmaking”

In collaboration with exclusive Japanese clothing company A Bathing Ape, street artist Kaws released a ‘Baby Milo’ edition of his elusive Dissected Companion toy to wide praise last month. Securing a batch of the hard to find toy, artist Keith Poon has created 8 custom artworks using the figure as his platform. The beautifully finishedContinue reading “Custom Dissected Baby Milo”

Toy Art Gallery’s latest exhibition, the Resin Toy Juried Show, will be opening this Friday. TAG’s first ‘resin only’ toy show features a host of both established and up and coming artists work in the versatile medium. Including entries from the likes of Rampage Toys, Sucklord, Planet Domu, JAY22 and Bob Conge, the show willContinue reading “TAG’s Resin Toy Juried Show”

In conjunction with the Brooklyn Workshop, TT Underground Art Studio will be holding a custom Skate Cycle art show. Featuring acclaimed artists such as Frank Kozik, Touma, Lunartik, Jon Burgerman and Doktor A, the Skate Cycle designs will be available to purchase on June 23rd at http://www.gilt.com, with all proceeds going towards the Earthquake andContinue reading “TT Underground’s Custom Skate Cycle Show”

Last Friday night saw the opening of the long awaited ‘Here Is My Art’ gallery show at Meltdown Comics, LA. Based on the popular Nickelodeon T.V show Yo Gabba Gabba, interpretations in a wide variety of media came from the likes of Parker Jacobs, Joel Trussel, Brandon Bird and the shows creator, Christian Jacobs. BlurringContinue reading “Here Is My Art”

Celebrating legendary video game Street Fighter 2’s 20th anniversary, creators Capcom have teamed up with number one urban art toy manufacturer Kidrobot to produce a limited run of ‘blind box’ figurines inspired by KR’s flagship Dunny character. All 12 of the original cast will be available to purchase from Kidrobot’s web shop, along with aContinue reading “Street Fighter X Kidrobot: Celebrating 20 years”

As mentioned last month, Joe Ledbetter will be opening his long awaited ‘Innards’ exhibition on Friday, 11th June at the Copro gallery, Santa Monica. In preparation for the show, Ledbetter has put several previews of available works on Copro’s web page. Featuring a host of familiar characters along with many new crazy concoctions, this willContinue reading “Joe Ledbetter’s Innards Preview”

Controversial artist and designer James Cauty is set to open his latest exhibition today at the L-13 Light Industrial Workshop, London. Featuring small world re-enactments of past and future riots presented in jam jars, Cauty hints at containment in his new work. “…violent disturbances served up in manageable doses like news bulletins… complex situations reducedContinue reading “A RIOT IN A JAM JAR”

They came from the streets, toy show. from Run Home Productions. on Vimeo. Online urban art toy store and magazine Urban Vinyl Daily have teamed up with the UNheardof gallery, Cincinnati to create a custom exhibition using Kidrobot’s iconic Munny firgure as it’s canvas. Opening last Friday, the show featured work by Tyler Macko, AndresContinue reading “They Came from the Streets- artwork now available for purchase”

Celebrating the launch of their latest kaiju toy project, the Ultimate Mega Lith, Le Merde have organised a custom toy art show at Gargamel’s Thrash Out store, Japan. Opening last Saturday, the exhibition features customs of both Garagamel’s and Le Merde’s previous works by artists including Itokin Park, Chanmen, Buta No Hana, and Bwana Spoons.Continue reading “Le Merde’s Ultimate Mega Lith”

A first for the Saatchi Gallery, new exhibition ‘The Shape of Things to Come’ has dedicated it’s space entirely to 3D sculptural art. Showcasing the work of leading sculptors including David Batchelor, Rojer Hiorns, Sterling Ruby and David Thorpe, the exhibition surveys the recent international trends in the ancient artistic discipline. A particular highlight byContinue reading “The Shape of Things to Come”

Psychedelic artists Arbito and Shawn Wolfe are set to open their debut show at the legendary kaiju toy store Super7, San Francisco. Featuring the latest creations from the strange pair across a wide range of media, ‘Two Heads’ holds all of the 60’s charm they’ve become renowned for. The exhibition will open this Saturday, withContinue reading “Two Heads Are Better Than One…”

Los Angeles based character designer and animator Martin Hsu is gearing up for his latest solo show to be held at Rotofugi gallery and shop this Friday. Working for both Disney (creator of the Kick Buttowski character) and Nickelodeon, and designing the infamous Ruby Gloom, Hsu’s distinct style shines through in everything he touches. CitingContinue reading “Crakens @Rotofugi”

Talented artist and art toy creator Matt Siren presents his new exhibition ‘Ghost in the Machine’, a collaboration with established designer toy store and gallery, My Plastic Heart, NYC. The show features 25 custom creations based on Siren’s iconic Ghost Girl figure by a wide variety of street artists, painters and illustrators including 64Colors, DrilOne,Continue reading “Ghost Girl in the Machine”

The Maker – Trailer from Zealous Creative on Vimeo. Directed and written by Zealous Creative’s Christopher Kezelos, ‘The Maker’ is a short film featuring the work of respected artist Amanda Louise Spayd. Known for her beautifully designed yet freakish creatures, The Maker uses old stop-motion techniques to bring them to life in a Tim BurtonContinue reading “Meet Thy Maker”

Revered graffiti artist and toy designer Scribe will be exhibiting a vast selection of work at Gallery 1988’s Melrose location, Los Angles. Entitled ‘Baggage and Freedom’, the show will feature limited time installations from the artist, along with a host of other works in a variety of media. Exploring the themes and characters in his vast portfolio, Baggage and Freedom’sContinue reading “Baggage and Freedom @ Gallery 1988”

Debuting at illustration festival Pictoplasma, Berlin, heralded UK artist Matt Jones (aka Lunartik) will be touring across the world this year with 70+ custom designs of his infamous ‘Lunartik in a Cup of Tea’ platform toy. Currently showing at the Sixxa store, Vienna, the exhibition, including works from the likes of Doktor A, Squink!, PocketContinue reading “Lunartik’s Mini-Tea Tour”

  The long awaited wooden interpretation of KAWS’ signature Companion character will be released this Saturday, with the limited edition of 100 initially being offered up at the Original Fake flagship store, Tokyo. The legendary Brooklyn based street artist has created many different variations of the Companion over the years, but the 30cm tall Karimoku’sContinue reading “KAWS’ Karimoku Companion About to Drop”