KC HUSTLE - ART SHOW

KC HUSTLE - ART SHOW

The KC Hustle show features 6 working creative professionals all from the KC area. The show will be based on the Pitch Box and the MADL toy shape. Each artist will be doing a custom toy and a custom box for the exhibit. Along with the customs there will be live painting and merchandise from all the artists. This is a one night only event for OCT. 3rd 2008. It's free to all and no age restrictions either. The event is located in the Pitch building down in the crossroads at 17th and Main st. Mark you calendars...hope to see you there.

CLICK THROUGH for info about each artist that is participating in this amazing show!

About MAD:
Based in Kansas City, MAD (Jeremy Madl) has been professionally illustrating and designing toys for over 13 years. Over his career he's worked with clients such as Mattel, YUM Brands, Pepsi, Scion, Wild Planet, NFL , Upper Deck, Playmates Toys, Makita and IDT Entertainment on a variety of todays hottest and largest brands. Collaborating on many types of projects ranging from promotions to packaging, character design to retail and premium toys. MAD has been able to broaden his skills from simply Toy Design to anything a client may need creatively.

Aside from his commercial projects, MAD has worked non-stop on his own licensed toy lines and brands under the MAD Toy Design label for the past 6 years. His first production figure line called the MAD*L™ has been one of the hottest brands on the market since it first released in 2004 and continues to fly off the shelves globally with each new release. MAD keeps a full arsenal of new products in development at all times... ranging from toys, tee's, prints, and more. Always looking into new media outlets to express himself, MAD never disappoints.
www.madtoydesign.com


About Nathan Fox:
After graduating from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1997, Nathan pursued Illustration from Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the next two years with little result. Frustrated with pursuing editorial illustration and working as an offset pressman, he and his wife moved to New York City in 2000 where Nathan attended The School of Visual Arts Illustration As Visual Essay Graduate Program. Those two years of graduate study would prove to be the most fruitful as Nathan has been freelancing full time as an illustrator and storyteller ever since. His work has appeared in The New York Times Newspaper and Magazine, Interview, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, Wired, ESPN Magazine, Print, Entertainment Weekly, Mother Jones, Spin, Mad Magazine, MTV Store Windows and Tshirts, Instant Winner and REAL Skateboards, DC Comics, Vertigo, Dark Horse Comics and many other publications and mediums.

Becoming a father in 2004 and the need for home ownership led Nathan first, back to Milwaukee, WI for a bit and then in 2006, he relocated back to Kansas City, MO where he currently resides with his wife Jennifer and their daughter Maille Rose. Future projects include pursuing Comics, Narrative Illustration and Gallery Work. For further information, updates and samples of Nathan's illustration work, Comics, Murals, Skate Decks and more!
www.foxnathan.com


About Brian Bullets:
Brian Holton became the owner of Bleeding Heart Tattoo with Partner Jeremy Angotti /2004.
Since 1997 he's participated in 13 group and 6 solo exhibitions and published in "Blacktop Graffiti" for custom pinstriping.
www.myspace.com/thebrianholton


About D.Ross "Scribe":
Ross 33 years old has now been living in Kansas City for over 15 years leaving his mark all over the city in colorful murals, gallery shows and a recipient of the Charlotte Street Foundation award.

His cherub like animals reperesenting personality traits we all carry have become a stronge fixture in the underground graffiti community as well as shows all over the country in into Canada and Mexico. Ross' latest project include the publishing of his first children's book "There's an Octopus under My Bed!" from Shake It Ink and diving into the custom toy world as well. The rest of his time is spent with his wife Alisa an artisi who makes Plush Toys and two children Elijah and Jonah and working as a full time artist creating graphics and murals for Children's Mercy Hospital.

With this busy schedual Ross also finds time to chase another passion of performing as a rodeo clown at the American Royal in 2010.
www.scribeswalk.com
www.40threads.com


About Zachary Trover:
Dude....he's the art director of the freakin' Pitch man. You can't get any cooler than that. Plus he's worked on tons of comics and illustration work for some big time book publishing compaines.
www.flickr.com/photos/ztrover/


About Phil Shafer / Sike Style:
Phil Shafer is a 2000 grad of KCAI with a major in photography and new media. Phil has worked on many projects through the years as a promoter / dj / graphic designer and fine artist. Rececently the focus has been on the new clothing line SIKENOMICS.
www.sikestyle.com

Buy Popular Vinyl Toys Today!