Month: September 2023
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Murakami Takashi(Mr.Dob) — Art Toy artists– Vol.6
Murakami Takashi was born in Tokyo in 1962. In 1993, he obtained a doctoral degree in the Department of Fine Arts from Tokyo University of the Arts. After receiving eleven years of traditional Japanese art education, he completely abandoned those things and began his distinctive contemporary art creation. This artist, born after the war and…
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Eric so –Art Toy artists– Vol.5
ERIC SO was born in Hong Kong in 1968 and became famous in 1999 with a series of 12 inch Bruce Lee dolls, establishing his position as a pioneer in the “art toys”. His creative forms are diverse, and in his solo exhibition , he usually used two forms of large-scale oil painting and sculpture…
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Be@rbrick（Medicom Toy) — Art Toy artists– Vol.4
The creator of BE@RBRICK(Bearbrick) —Tatsuhiko Akashi , is the founder of MEDICOM TOY, with different identities: interior designer, illustrator, fashion photographer, etc. In 1996, Tatsuhiko Akashi , founded MEDICOM TOY, the largest and most representative toy manufacturer in Japan, in Shibuya, Japan. In the early days of its establishment, MEDICOM TOY, mainly focused on animation…
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Ron English — ArtToy artists– Vol.3
Ron English was born in Texas in 1966 and is the most influential pop artist in the United States after Andy Warhol. He has created a large number of “Destroying Childhood” series works and destroyed over 1000 billboards through graffiti, firmly occupying the throne of “Father of Street Art”. Ron English’s artistic fields include record…
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KAWS — ArtToy artists– Vol.2
KAWS, whose real name is Brian Donnelly, was born in Jersey, New Jersey, USA in 1974. He graduated from the Illustrations Department of the New York School of Visual Arts. After graduating in 1996, KAWS worked as a freelance animator at the Jumbo Pictures animation studio under Disney, where he created animation backgrounds for television…
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Michael Lau — ArtToy artists– Vol.1
Michael Lau (Liu Jianwen), the godfather of Hong Kong ArtToys , may not be very familiar with his Chinese name, but when it comes to the famous “Michael Lau” in the global trendy gaming field, it can be said that everyone is well-known. Michael Lau has been fond of painting since childhood and began working…