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Aesthetic
Apparatus
Minneapolis
Often considered Minneapolis' best totally unknown design super
team, Aesthetic Apparatus was founded around 1999 in
Madison,
Wisconsin
by Dan Ibarra and Michael Byzewski
as a fun side project from their "real" jobs. Over the years their limited edition, screen
printed concert posters have secretly snuck into the hearts and minds of a
small, rather silent group of socially awkward music and design nerds. Now, Aesthetic Apparatus is a full time,
full-fledged, insanely unstoppable, and occasionally award winning design
mega-studio. They will break your heart
and drink your blood.
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 A. Micah Smith (My Associate Cornelius)
Kansas City
A. Micah Smith is a graphic designer /
illustrator living in the great state of
Kansas. Emerging from a love of music and art alike,
he started My Associate Cornelius in the summer of 2004 as an after hours
creative outlet. Over the years it has
blossomed into a nationally recognized graphic design studio producing a
wide-range of print materials and has become a staple in the independent rock
poster scene. Smith has produced work
for many great clients such as Wilco, Myspace, Spoon, Newsweek, and the Hold
Steady to name a few. His work has also
appeared in many magazines (Print, Paste, Nylon) and books, including,
'Gigposters, Vol. 1: Rock Show Art of the 21st Century'.
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 Adam Haynes
Bend, Oregon
Adam is a freelance illustrator
based in
Bend,
OR. Born and raised in the foothills of the
Central Oregon Cascades, he gained an early appreciation for the rural
lifestyle and the outdoors. Although primarily a commercial illustrator,
Adam manages to put together a few art shows every year. His work is
heavily influenced by his locale, and his acrylic paintings are inspired by the
colorful landscapes and eclectic possessions of the local population.
Adam stays busy with various freelance illustration projects including
the recent Nike 6.0 campaign, artwork for Gnu Snowboards, and labels for local
brewer Deschutes Brewery.
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 Alan Hynes
San Francisco
Alan Hynes is a Graphic Designer, originally
from
Ireland he now lives in
San Francisco,
California. He has worked for many years in the skateboarding
industry designing skateboards and t-shirts for the Spitfire, Real and
Antihero brands. Much of his time is spent designing and hand printing
limited edition posters for all manner of music and events, his designs have
also appeared on numerous record covers.
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 Alberto
Cerriteño
Portland
Alberto is a Mexican illustrator & designer who has
lived in
America;
Portland
for nearly
four years now. Strongly inspired by urban vinyl toys, alternative
cartoons, and the pop surrealism movement, Alberto Cerriteño has developed his
own very personal technique and style. His art maintains delicate hints
of traditional Mexican artistic influences in his management of rich textures
and decorative patterns. These aspects contrast strikingly with the
blending of desaturated colors and ink, sometimes featuring a vintage coffee
finish. Alberto Cerriteño illustrations have been recognized by
progressive art institutions such as Juxtapoz, Create, Drawn!, The Little Chimp
Society, Computer Arts, Communication Arts and IDN among others.
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 Amanda Blake
Portland
Amanda Blake lives and works in
Portland,
Oregon. She received her BA in fine arts from the
University of
Oregon, studied watercolor in
Siena,
Italy and oil painting and print making at the Chautauqua Art Institute in
New York. Inspired by religious and literary symbolism, art history,
superstition and found photography she works to create narratives that
are at once familiar and mysterious. Her paintings often features
groupings of figures; families, couples, siblings, friends, both to
explore the dynamic that can be created in a piece through small
gestures and glances and to create a narrative people can identify with
emotionally. Current obsessions and inspirations include imaginary
friends, consumerism, superstition, fortune telling, wildflowers,
places she's never been or ever plans to go, the colors of faded
Polaroids, and other people's family snapshots.
Original paintings
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 Andrew Holder
Pasadena, California
Originally
from
St Augustine,
Florida, Andrew Holder grew up
in
San Diego.
He now works as a freelance artist and designer in
Pasadena,
California. Andrew recently graduated from the Art Center
College of Design in
Pasadena. He has quickly established himself as a
talented artist with a fast pace of gallery shows in
San Diego,
San Francisco, New York, Tokyo, and
Australia
. His work has been the subject of many online
articles and bloggers. Andrew’s fine art
has elements of ocean living mixed with old world folk art design. His art is fresh and engaging. Andrew has provided his art to a wide
range of clientele, including National Geographic, Roxy, Urban Outfitters, and Dwell
among others. We’re excited to offer a
few examples of Andrew’s great art here on Poster Cabaret.
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 Andrew Vastagh (BOSS CONSTRUCTION)
Nashville
Andrew Vastagh, aka BOSS CONSTRUCTION, is a one man show, based in
Nashville,
Tennessee. Andrew
designs and screen prints all his posters by hand, personally. He began
making Xerox flyers while still in high school, and later moved on to
screen printing gig posters in 2002. As
a graduate of the design program at The University of Memphis, Andrew
wanted to avoid a corporate cubicle and focused instead on the freedom
gig posters offered. Andy draws
his poster influence from old Russian and Polish WWII propaganda
posters, "That’s the true essence of a poster, it's inherently
propaganda. It's a call to action. It communicates to people.” He has worked on everything from
T-shirt designs for Death Cab For Cutie to the recent packaging and branding design of Old Crow Medicine Show's, "Tennessee Pusher.” In
fact, an LP cover Andy designed for Old Crow Medicine Show was
presented by Conan O'Brien on his late night show in 2008. Andrew lives
in
Nashville with his wife Christa, eleven year old daughter Madalyn, and two mean chihuahuas Bonita & Echo.
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 bee things
Dallas, Texas
Shay Ometz and Jeff
Barfoot are cofounders of bee things, where they make art prints and posters,
apparel and products for kiddos and home. Jim Henson once said, “My hope still
is to leave the world a bit better than when I got here.” Shay and Jeff love to
design, illustrate and print things that make them happy, and they hope to make
the people out in the world that see them a bit happier, too. Jeff and Shay live
and work in Dallas, Texas with their two wonderful sons, Calder and Milo, and
their two mini weenie dogs, Bumper and Junebug.
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 Blanca Gomez
Madrid,
Spain
Blanca Gómez lives and works in
Madrid,
Spain
. She is an illustrator and graphic designer. Blanca likes making small things with care;
her website is called "cosas mínimas,” which means "tiny things"
in Spanish. Simple things inspire her
and her work, which has been described as "colourful,” "playful"
and "whimsical.” Her artwork has
been the recent topic of many top design and art blogs. Blanca has recently worked with Uppercase
Magazine, Chronicle Books, El País, Bright Magazine...
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