ART COLLABORATION: Coda, Push

WEBSITE: www.gleamix.jp

After he has graduated from the Nippon Designer College in Fukuoka Japan, he
got a job at design company in Tokyo in1995. After retiring the company he
is on his own and now works in Tokyo from 2000 as a freelance illustrator.
He is active mainly in the field of websites, advertisement, magazines,
sleeve design for various clients.

He also has been awarded several times in Japan in the commercial sector in
2007 and in 2008. At present he resides in Yokohama since 2009.  And now he
study ink painting (Suibokuga) under Suibokuga artist master Shukou Tsuchiya from 2006.
Tadashi Ura’s artwork is drawn based on the inspiration with every daily
event. Moreover his works produced through his creative activity are originated from motif
on Japanese identities and also sophisticated more and more under Great Tokyo.

ART COLLABORATION: Garbonzo Tee

WEBSITE: www.beta.stefaneck.net

ART COLLABORATION: Epiphany Tee

WEBSITE: www.kauffmanartistry.com

ART COLLABORATION: Mindstate, Urban Tee, Ghost Trees Tee

WEBSITE: www.jessereno.com

Contemporary-primitive – of the present, searching for understanding through introspection, a basic wisdom of things based on connection to ones ideas ideals and dreams rather then institutional, or technological knowledge based on intricacies..
Abstract Narrative – a visual narrative derived from the interpretation of creations made up of intuitive actions manifesting as abstract shapes, forms and emotions. a process without preconceived plans just a thought and feeling following one after the other to become an idea.. changing directions as forms emerge to find an idea free from judgment, something true in and of itself. from this a world of personal myth, iconography, symbols and beings are created. observing these creations as they emerge as well as noting there transitions and final meaning one learns to understand what has been stated. through this understanding we see the synchronicity of moments and coincidence in life. a visual narrative where environment, being, and understanding all come from the interpretation of this visual diary. a story of potential, growth, and self destiny.

In the latest series of paintings by Portland-based artist Jesse Reno, shamanic beings struggle to find their place in a world simultaneously on the verge of expanding and collapsing. Totem animals and Native American figures reverberate memories of people who once lived as one with nature. Marked by symbols, these figures seek their dreams in the growth of trees and the passing of spirits. on a quest to find their true selves, they collect feathers and relics left by past encounters and past lives. They learn to transcend the boundaries of the rational world evolving into a collage of what they have become and encountered. In this body of work, Reno presents us with a journey leading inward to ultimately expand outward: “If you have moved wisely your dreams will still grow when you are gone.” -Jesse Reno

This is the story that tells itself to me, the weight of personal truth regardless of its outcome. My work acts for no reason other than to convey an inner struggle for expression. simple and direct. open for interpretation. always with purpose. words misspelled left out just like real thinking, the disconnected string of thoughts that guides the day. this is my expression. 200 times this year I have painted random layers of self introspection and visualization. expanding and growing through trial and error. the paintings thicken with purpose as time goes on with each new thought learned, and each layer created, confirmed, rethought, re identified, and tested until it is true or removed.

ART COLLABORATION: Oso Tee

WEBSITE: www.iainmacarthur.carbonmade.com

Born in 1986 in england swindon.iv became a fanatic of art at the age of eight inwhich i was introduced in art through watching alot of cartoon shows and comic books. first ever comic i looked at was the batman series. since then iv been obsessed with drawing odd fantasy drawings and anime characters.
when i got older i diverted from anime drawings to realistic figures and faces, always striving to make them more detailed and photorealistic, i always do one or two drawings ever since, i also carry a sketch book around all the time on my travels drawing on the bus or in a coffee shop, i enjoy doing it and helps me improve drawing people more better, which shows how motivated and inspired i am in art.

I’ve looked at alot of artist’s and illustrators throughout the years, all with different styles and different medias. My favourite artists that influences me in my work is alphonse mucha, klimt, lucian freud, jenny saville, james jean, david choong lee, sergio toppi and ashley wood. i also gain knowledge and inspiration through cartoons still as well as lighting, peoples face expressions , eyes, different forms of patterns and shapes.

In 2008 I graduated from swindon college in HND illustration and maybe hopfully will progress in studying in BA illustration somtime in the future. I have done a few exhibition last year and this year such as the swindon college exhibition for illustration and graphic design students, D/AD new blood exhibition at earls court london and a solo internet exhibtion on phoneboothgallery.com.

My work is described as surreal and unique in its own way.Using mostly pencil,watercolours and pigment pens i create portraits of ordinally people but create them in a unusual way by embelishing patterns and watercolour effects into the portrait to give a vivid explosion effect. making there faces from somthing plain to somthing entirly bizzare and wonderful at the same time.

ART COLLABORATION: Draft, Hybrid GT, Vugenhausen, Bat Tail, Draft Tee

WEBSITE: hauntedeuth.com

ART COLLABORATION: Waterman

WEBSITE: www.davidhale.org

David Hale is a visionary artist and tattooist currently living in Athens, GA with his wife Emily, son Crow, and all their pets; he co-owns “Anchor Tattoo” with some of his best friends, he is enjoying life and the world that surrounds him. David received his BFA in painting from the University of Georgia in Athens in 2006. He has called this planet home since 1984. Along with Tattoo and Painting, he also is an experienced Illustrator, Designer, and Muralist; he is always interest in inspiring projects of all sorts!

ART COLLABORATION: Teton Tee

WEBSITE: www.chowmartin.com

ART COLLABORATION: Cadence, Bamboo Blunt

WEBSITE: www.thetourshow.com

ART COLLABORATION: Axis, Nightride Tee, Sierra Tee

WEBSITE: grandarray.com

The contrary notions of darkness and light and the ever-present existence of the two drives Los Angeles based illustrator, Hannah Stouffer, to explore the greatest struggle that we endure, our own imminent contrasts. Facing the inevitable oppositions between love, lust and gore, decadence, wrath and fate, Stouffer’s work is an opulent, elegant and beautifully intricate mixture of decoration, nostalgic animalia and emotion. Her densely packed compositions consciously recall classical and current attractions, creating cohesively opposing arrays of imagery and embellishment. She focuses on the contrasts that exist and occur within each destined plan, and merges them together with a high regard for balance and rich, repetitive adornment.

ART COLLABORATION: Bamboo Pin, Koa Fish, Slater, Mission, Waterman, Cloudbreak Tee, Consequence Tee

WEBSITE: jakepickle.com

ART COLLABORATION: Del Rey, Bamboo Pocket Rocket

WEBSITE: www.randynoborikawa.com

Born in Southern California, graduated from the Academy of Art University in San Fransisco. Randy currently lives and works in Costa Mesa, CA, while making frequent visits to the bay area for inspiration.

His work often takes on one of three distinct styles: lenticular paintings, painterly cityscapes or the sugar skull avatar.

Lenticular paintings are his newest passion and are tediously crafted on angled wood slats. They offer a natural abstraction when viewed from straight on, and resolve as multiple images when viewed from side to side. Randy is bringing this concept, dating back to the 1800’s, into the urban environment as well as galleries, engaging the viewer to interact with art.

The “elsugarskull” work embodies his passion for Latin folk art and catholic iconography translated through a modern filter. His unique incorporation of neon and cast glass brings depth and vibrancy to these works.

His cityscapes are painted in the traditional sense, paying close attention to light and shadow, color and composition, in a loose, painterly style. They celebrate the grit of the urban environment and give hints to pop culture street artists.

The craft of surfboard fabrication and the art of wave riding have always intrigued Randy. Collaborating with shaper Eric Christenson, they create works of form and function that have been showcased and used alike.

ART COLLABORATION: Roots Tee

WEBSITE: urban1028.com

A native of Kinderhook, NY, Patrick Haemmerlein is a freelance designer and artist living in Los Angeles. After receiving his BFA from Savanna College of Art and Design in 2000, Patrick took the long road trip across country and settled down in LA. Here he began to obsessively photograph the city and its components. This gradually moved into new art form as he started to combine and create with images he was collecting. Reflecting on the issues of the day, Patrick explores themes of nature Vs. industry and how they can coexist of clash. The buildings and cityscapes are from Los Angeles while the animal and farm photos were mostly taken around his hometown area in upstate NY. They are not only a juxtaposition of nature and industry, but a combination of imagery from his two homes- one rural and one urban.

ART COLLABORATION: Bamboo Pin

WEBSITE: nthread.net

Nanami Cowdroy was born in Sydney, Australia with close bonds to her mixed Japanese-European heritage. Growing up with such contrasting cultures and surroundings, has greatly influenced her style of art and creative expression.

By intertwining complex characters and highly detailed objects her pieces reflect a juxtaposition between foreign and familiar entities and environments. Her imagination is illustrated through works which are elaborate and exotic. She is drawn to subjects, which may on the surface seem delicate or fragile, but are given strength and depth through her pen and ink techniques, intricate hand illustrative style and mixed media compositions.

Her signature detailed style reflects a refined monochrome pallette with her name ‘Nanami’ (meaning ‘Seven Seas’ in Japanese ) stamped in red. Fluid line-work, watery creatures and Goldfish are some of her favourite subjects, and distinctive forms which are featured in her artworks.

ART COLLABORATION: Wasteland, Koa Pocket Rocket, Fleetwood

WEBSITE: maxgrundy.com

Max Grundy has been a painter, illustrator, and graphic designer for the majority of his life and an art teacher for over a decade. His phobia and  hot rod theme artwork is shown throughout the world.

Conceptually, his work is based in America’s love affair with fear and its consequential phobias. The most effective images to motivate people and get a reaction are images of fear. Fear motivates people to do something or stop doing something. Media uses fear tactics on a daily basis to tell us a variety of fallacies; that germs threaten the lives of our children, or perhaps that our social status depends on the degree of whiteness of our teeth. The news, as well as advertising, seems to exploit human beings’ desire for shock value. In short, FEAR IS THE NEW BEAUTY.

Formally, he is interested in vintage poster design around WWII (sci- fi, B-movie, comic book covers and propaganda).  He admires its use of unusual perspective, limited color palette, dramatic text and design to create maximum effect. He believes this style has the ability to reach out and grab a viewer because of its economical graphic quality.

His purpose in creating images of fear and phobias is an attempt to defuse the power of fears that are used against the public by the media.

ART COLLABORATION: Roundhouse, Bamboo Blunt

WEBSITE: marka27.com

Marka 27 is prolific artist who is never confined to one medium. His graffiti has been seen in high profile galleries throughtout the east and west cost and has shown along side artist such as Futura, and Sam Flores. His street murals/graffiti have ben published in several lifestyle magazine and books, most recent “Graffiti Planet”, “Burning New York” and “Graffiti LA.” Marka 27 made his mark with his original “Audio Canvas” paintings with built in speakers, also his large speaker installations with legendary hiphop icons painted on the speaker boxes. The minigods are the latest manifestation from the restless mind of Marka 27. The first indigenous urban vinyl.

ART COLLABORATION: Draft, Hybrid GT

WEBSITE: jeffsoto.com

Through striking visual imagery, Jeff Soto communicates profound visions and fears, nostalgia of his youth, and themes of love, lust, and hope. Soto’s distinct color palette, subject matter, technique and bold themes resonate with a growing audience. Inspired by childhood toys, the colorful lifestyle of skateboarding and graffiti, hip-hop and popular culture, Soto’s representational work is simultaneously accessible and stimulating.

Environmental issues also take precedent for Soto, who is concerned with conflict of humans trying to harness, or take advantage of nature. His paintings exude this tension, as robotic creatures duel, organic tentacles and flower bouquets thrive, and black smog looms amidst floating, ominous skulls.

In 2002, Soto graduated with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. He currently lives in Southern California, with his wife Jennifer and daughter Shannon.

ART COLLABORATION: Coda, Nightrain, Koa Bug, Bamboo Pocket Rocket

WEBSITE: www.zenvironments.com

Zachariah Johnsen is an illustrator, fine artist, graphic designer and art director currently living in Portland, OR in the United States. His concentration is pen & ink, watercolor, and mixed media works on paper. His medium of choice is the micron pen and he uses them exhaustively to describe a world of ghouls, monsters, and misfits, the shady characters in everyday life, but just hidden from normal view. Zach focuses on the more ignored side of life on the sides of people and places that visitors rarely see. In Zach’s world, most of the people have obvious human/animal hybrids that can’t be hidden. The corrupt politican is a hideous beast wielding an ax and smoking a cigar. The hollywood actress is a washed-up, half rat w/ open sores surrounded by a mob of rabid birds. The family portrait is a gaggle of jellydrop characters and mutated fish creatures.

Zach has lent this fantastic world and his unique style of frenetic pen lines and loose, splashy water-based media to a number of surfaces and media across the industries. At 30 years of age, he has created commissioned work for patrons around the globe, created original works for print and publications, skateboards, skis, furniture, sneakers, snowboards, clothing and apparel. Zach co-founded and art directed the NY/CA based clothing and apparel company Tank Theory.

Having gained recognition across the United States, Australia, Europe and beyond, Zach is now concentrating on expanding his visual range into paintings on canvas and installation works to video and motion graphics.  With a number of exhibitions, projects and published works under his belt, Zach has become recognized as an artist whose future is much brighter than the often dark content of his work.

ART COLLABORATION: Oso, Sizzler

WEBSITE: jimiyo.com

Twitter bio attempt in less than 140 characters.

“Trying to write a bio for a website [Arbor]. Difficult. I move often & don’t keep jobs long term. Art is a constant,
but that’s about it.”

Jimiyo has worked with various industries and companies: an artist and director for the Nascar industry, an artist and director for Designbyhumans.com and Teefury.com, a professional online design contest winner, a freelancer with notable clients such as Billabong and Sullen, and he’s even worked as a janitor back in the day. Above all things, he strives to obtain freedom from normal obligations so he can pursue art and the improvement of his craft.

ART COLLABORATION: Eden, Bamboo Bug

WEBSITE: www.byroglyphics.com