Open Call Resin Toy Juried Show opens this Friday, June 10th
Toy Art Gallery is excited to announce the opening of our first Open Call Resin Toy Juried Show! The Open Call Resin Toy Juried Show was created to showcase new and established toy artists who use the versatile medium of resin to create their work. Some are known, some are not, but all bring something new and unique to the toy art world and we’re happy and excited to present their work for the world to see!
Participating artists (with more to come):
Abell
Americo Das Neves
Andrew Stewart
Bob Conge
Butch Adams
Defiance Speed Shop
Steven Erst
Erik Jacobus
Galaxy People
Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!
Gumliens
Imagination Asylum
Isaac Hall
JAY222
JEM TOY
Keenan Cassidy
KNGL
Makalibuland
oOMoSOo
Paul Kaiju
Planet Domu
Prometheum5
Rampage Toys
Jereme Scott
Splurrt
Suckadelic
Tattoo Royale
Toy Architects
Trenton M.
Velocitron
We’ve selected some fantastic toy art bloggers, experts, and aficionados to be our jurors, including John Stokes (spankystokes.com) Jeremy Brautman (jeremyriad.com) Ayleen Gaspar (toybreak.com) George Gaspar (toybreak.com) and Julie B (prettyinplastic.com). They’ll be awarding some fantastic prizes, so be sure to attend the opening to see the action and meet the artists and judges.
The Toy Art Gallery Open Call Resin Toy Juried Show opens June 10th, 2011 from 7 PM – 11 PM and runs until July 1st.
Blobpus Hand-painted Alien Argus Lottery this Friday!
Toy Art Gallery is proud to present a special edition Blobpus hand-painted Alien Argus! Painted on glow vinyl with a variety of signature Blobpus sprays. Figure will be sold by lottery only on Friday, April 15th 2011.
See below for details:
$125 plus shipping
Lottery starts on Friday, April 15th 2011 at 12:01 AM
Lottery ends on Friday, April 15th at 11:59 PM
Send entries to info@toyartgallery.com with “Blobpus Argus” in the subject.
All entries must include full shipping address and Paypal address (please indicate if not paying by Paypal). Multiple entries will be disqualified.
Only winners will be notified via email over the weekend.
Thanks and good luck!
Super7 Now In Stock!
TAG is happy to now be carrying Toys by Super7.
In stock, old stock, and new items will be available as they come in.
Check it out in the TAG Store.
Toy Art Gallery New Site Celebration! 10% Off plus FREE Pin!
To celebrate the grand opening of our new web store we’ve decided to have a little sale; 10% off everything on the site *! Discount applied automatically, no code needed. We’ll also throw in a FREE Yosuke Ueno-designed TAG Mascot Enamel Pin with any order over $50 ($10 value, post-discount). No need to add the pin to your order, we’ll throw it in ourselves (unless you want extras!)
Sale starts tomorrow Saturday morning at 12am PST and ends 11:59pm PST Sunday night, only at shop.toyartgallery.com!
*excludes pre-orders and show pieces, sorry!
BRAIN HUE Jumping Brain Series by Emilio Garcia
Toy Art Gallery is very proud to present a special year-long collaboration with Emilio Garcia and Lapolab; the BRAIN HUE Jumping Brain Series by Emilio Garcia!
BRAIN HUE is 12 months of exclusive Jumping Brains painted in 12 colours. Each Jumping Brain is 2” and hand-painted in a pearlized high gloss finish by Emilio Garcia and Lapolabs.
To kick off the BRAIN HUE program properly, we’ve decided to offer three beautiful colors in March. On Monday March 14th at 12PM PST, the first three BRAIN HUE colors will be available on our online store at shop.toyartgallery.com and at the Official Jumping Brain Store www.jumpingbrain.org. New BRAIN HUEs will be released on the first Monday of each month all the way through December, so make sure to complete your collection!
Toy Art Gallery is offering a subscription program where subscribers have priority on each BRAIN HUE release. Spots are limited, so email info@toyartgallery.com if you are interested.
Every BRAIN HUE Jumping Brain is signed and numbered by Emilio Garcia himself, limited to 20 pieces, and retails for $35.
Hapiko by Yosuke Ueno Bronze Statue, Coming Monday March 7th
Toy Art Gallery is very proud to present our first bronze sculpture; “Hapiko” by Yosuke Ueno.
Hapiko, as described by Yosuke, is a Lucky God, common in Japanese folklore since ancient times. She is a quintessential Yosuke Ueno character, a smooth, innocent figure, nose-less and without eyebrows. She is often featured in Yosuke’s paintings and represents the Happy Girl. View more of Yosuke’s paintings, drawings and sculptures at http://www.spaceegg77.com.
Born in Japan, Yosuke Ueno has been creating and drawing original characters since early childhood. He is a self-taught painter with his first solo show held in 1994 in Yamaguchi when he was sixteen. He also paints under the name Spaceegg77, and shows works in Asia, the U.S, and Europe while living in Tokyo.
Yosuke is known as a specialist of symbolism and innocence. Red, green, yellow, and blue often appear in his works. These colors represent the four bases of DNA: adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine, that is, A, T, G and C-molecular elements that all animate beings share. Yosuke
paints these colors and A, T, G and C with a message that all animate beings should have equal worth. The theme of Yosuke Ueno’s art is “Love, Space and Positive Energy.”
The Hapiko bronze statue was sculpted by Yosuke Ueno, stands 9 inches tall and is limited to an edition of 10. It will go on sale Monday, March 7th 2011 at store.toyartgallery.com, or email info@toyartgallery.com for availability.
Argus Show Customs Online NOW!
Thanks to everyone who came out to the Alien Argus Custom Group Show last night! We had a blast catching up with old friends and meeting new faces. Thanks especially to Mark Nagata for making the trip down with his family and being as personable and generous as ever.
The show turned out amazingly well, with over 70 customs in house, our largest amount yet! We’ll have our photos up shortly, but for now you can check out some great coverage (with tons of pictures and video) over at Spankystokes and VinylPulse
We’ve also secretly launched our brand-new online store to coincide with the event, as some of you have already noticed. Be sure to check out the limited run handpainted Alien Argus (painted by Mark himself) as well as amazing array of customs from the show (at very reasonable prices):
Alien Argus Group Show Customs @ TAG Store
Thanks again to everyone who participated and came out, and we’ll do it again really soon!
