Updated Art Shows & Events List
Here are most of the shows I’ve been in. If I have pics and details of the show, I’ll post them below the list. All shows in Houston unless noted.
- Mr. Power Custom Toy Show – ToyQube – Flushing NY , 21 May-Jun 1 2010
- 8 Inch Bic Buddy Custom Show – Zakka – Brooklyn NY, 9 Apr 2010
- 8 Inch Bic Buddy Custom Show – Crewest Gallery – Los Angeles, 27 Mar 2010
- Sketchbot Custom Show – MyPlasticHeartNYC – NYC, 26 Mar-Apr 23 2010
- 9×9 Art Show – SuckerPunch – Houston, 19 Dec 2009
- Art Car Hoods – Aerosol Warfare Gallery – Houston, 30 May 2009
- Dreams to Dreams (DCTO) – Japanese American Natl. Museum – Los Angeles, 6 Dec 2008
- ToyQube 4th Anniversary Party (Sharky Show) – Sullivan Room – NY, 15 Aug 2008
- Super Modified (MOD-1) – Comic-Con 20008 – San Diego, 24 Jul 2008
- Derailed – Cardboard Spaceship Art & Toy Gallery – Santa Cruz, 2 May 2008
- Get-A-Grip – MyPlasticHeartNYC – NYC, 25 Jan 2008
- Sadly Beautiful – Black Maria Gallery – Los Angeles, 08 Dec 2007
- Love Hate – Subtext – San Diego, 26-28 Jul 2007
- Attack of the Zliks – MyPlasticHeartNYC – NYC, 20 Apr 2007
- Gimme Shelter – 193c – Brooklyn, 16 Feb 2007
- Houston Are you Board? 2 – Mackey Gallery, 11 Nov 2006
- Houston Are you Board? 1 – CSAW, 3 Nov 2006
- Monster Show – Domy, 28 Oct 2006
- Scion Mural – Taxi Taxi
- Weapons Inspection 2 Motive 807 – Austin, 19 Mar 2005
- Metal Pig – Gomi Gallery – Austin, 17-21 Mar 2005
- Day of the Dead – The Orange Show
- Red vs Blue – Aerosol Warfare Gallery, 18 Dec 2004
- AIGA’s Loud & Clear – Diverse Works, 13 Nov 2004
- Weapons Inspection – McCaig-Welles Gallery – Brooklyn, 3 July 2004
- Cool Fuel Road Trip – TV Show, Graffiti Van – Galveston, 21 May 2004
- The Loft Art Show – 29 Jan 2004
- Monkey Show – Adfunture Gallery – Hong Kong, 2004
- Art Crawl – WOF (special guests Kel 1st, Seen), 22 Nov 2003
- Disposable – El Dogg Gallery, 2003
- Come n’ of Age – WOF, 2002
- Eye of the Beholder – OneTen Studios, 21 Sept 2002
- Shovelhead Live – Market St. Bar & Grill, Dec 1999
- Contents Under Pressure – Wall of Fame (WOF), 1999
- Graff Show – Commerce Street Art Warehouse, 1996?
- Houston Rodeo Art Contest – 1985 (1st place in district)
Art Car Hoods
7 Artists 7 Car Hoods
Red Bull and The Orange Show Center for Visionary Art
Opening reception Saturday, May 30, 7pm – 11pm.
Over the Art Car weekend Red Bull with help from the Orange Show found seven street artists to paint seven car hoods. They were on display at Discovery Green and now you will have a chance to view (and purchase) them in our outside Gallery this weekend.
Artists include
GONZO247
Skeez 181
JESTER
Color One
give up
Ghost Town
Sode

Dreams to Dreams: DCTO Custom Show 2008.
Dacosta! a.k.a CHOCOLATE SOOP and the Japanese American National Museum have assembled the first custom toy show held in a museum. 45+ artists have customized his DCTO (Dreams Come True Object) Jibun Project, a futuristic version of the traditional Daruma toy. The theme of the show is “Dreams to Dreams” and is based on the poem of the same title which speaks to childhood dreams, possibilities and looking to the future.
The finished art pieces will be on display at the Japanese American National Museum from December 1, 2008 through January 4, 2009. Pieces will be available for sale through the Museum Store.
*Opening reception will be held on Saturday, December 6th, 2008
The show will lead up to Oshogatsu weekend (a significant celebration in Los Angeles’s Little Tokyo area). there will be educational and entertaining programs that tell the significance of Daruma and other cultural icons for the New Year.

ToyQube Custom Sharky Show
In celebration of their 4th Anniversary, ToyQube has lined-up a host of activities, chief of which is a group custom show featuring over 50 artists worldwide working on Keith Poon’s SHARKY-figure – scheduled for a launch on Friday August 15th @ Sullivan Room, New York

Here’s Me, Jace and Keith at ToyQube.

Super Modified (MOD-1)
This is a custom toy for Super Modified Studios Mod:1 at Comic-Con 2008.
Nick Manion, the creator of the toy, sent out a limited number of these to get customized.

Derailed
Vinyl Pulse posted some info on the Derailed show at Cardboard Spaceship in Santa Cruz.
Custom bears, custom bunnies… All well and good. But, what ever happened to the ‘urban’ element…? Derailed brings it all back with a group show featuring customized All City Style subway trains. The show opens on May 2nd 2008 @ Cardboard Spaceship in Santa Cruz with a talented and diverse lineup.
Sadly Beautiful
The journey of life, the interpretation of love unrequited, hope gained, hope lost. Happiness, longing, soul-searching…
Seeing the world through a child’s eyes….
Life…one chance at it, how will you choose to live?
This exciting group show will feature artists manifesting into visuals what words sometimes fail to convey. Glimpses of each artists’ own life stories are told through the magic of paper, canvas, paint, vinyl, and more….
Here is my piece for the show. I supplied the artwork and Kurt Barbee at 5280Laser did the cutting and assembly.

Love Hate
Cardboard Spaceship and Subtext present: Love:Hate July 26-28
Subtext
680 West Beech St. No.1
San Diego CA 92101
This show features over 50 artists customizing a pair of Toy2R Bunee Angel & Devil Baby Qees and selected artwork with the theme of love/hate. There will be a silent auction that will end at 10PM on Saturday.
Participating artists include:
Jim Koch, Jermaine Rogers, Kathie Olivas, Martin Ontiveros, Tristan Eaton, Jeremyville, JESTER, Bucky Lastard, Bil BetsOviC, KMNDZ, Jon Burgerman, Riot68, Zoso, Sam Fout, Patrick Ma, Motorbot, rc44, Victor Marka, Abe Lincoln Jr, Leecifer, and many many more.

ATTACK OF THE ZLIKS!
myplasticheart gallery space on April 20th 6-9PM for a group show featuring customized 19inch Zliks by Andrew Bell. We’ve compiled a group of top shelf artists ranging from illustrators to graffiti and fine artists to try their hand on these magnificent figures!
myplasticheart nyc
210 Forsyth St
New York, NY 10002
646-290-6866

Houston are you Board?
Deck Art, Photography & Retrospective on Houston’s Skate Culture to benefit the Central Houston Skate Park.
CSAW, 3 Nov 2006, Mackey Gallery, 11 Nov 2006
Here’s my jedi son holding my board.

I got it featured on VinylPulse.com.
Monster Show
Domy Books, in association with Monsters For Monsters, was pleased to present, MONSTER SHOW, a compendium of awesome monster drawings.
The show was Saturday, October 28, 2006 at Domy Books.
This piece is Bic pen, pencil and marker on cardboard.

Metal Pig Show / Gomi Gallery
The show went on during the South by Southwest Festival on March 17 – 21, 2005

AIGA’s Loud & Clear
EXHIBIT & ART AUCTION: PLUS PLENTY TO EAT & DRINK WITH A DECIDEDLY TEXAS TWIST.
Saturday Night, November 13, 2004 at DiverseWorks.
The Houston Chapter of AIGA presents the 5th Annual “Loud and Clear – Texas Music Looks Like This!” An exhibition and auction of original artwork interpreting the music of Texas musicians. Nearly 400 patrons of the arts, graphic design and music gather for a unique evening of Texas style entertainment.
This year’s exhibition and auction will again feature original posters, designed by the best and brightest in Texas’ graphic design community, interpreting the music of artists whose work represents Texas music at its eclectic best.
1-Shot enamels on Masonite. I broke out the Mack 00′s for this piece!

“Pop body oh body
pop body oh body oh body eh’ om body oh ew oh um
POW POW POW POWI don’t think you ready for this jelly
i don’t think you ready for this jelly
I don’t think you ready for this
Is my body to bootylicious for ya babe”
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Weapons Inspection
McCaig-Welles Gallery Brooklyn, 3 July 2004
Here’s the Artwork

Here’s the Flyer Design

Futura 2000 and Kel 1st. NYC Graff Legends! 3 Knuckle Ring by Kel1st.

Another NYC Graff Legend, James TOP.

Coolfuel Roadtrip
TEXAS on VEGGIE OIL (episode 10)
What to do in Texas, big oil country? This is where the Aussies get clever. They buy a diesel van with 2 tanks, get graffiti artists to spray-paint the van, call it the Veggie Mate and decide to run it on straight vegetable oil. In the land of oil and home to the biggest range of fried food in the world, Shaun & Sparky set out from Galveston and head for Austin. They use fast food restaurants as their “gas” station, hook up with Miss Texas and Shaun flips burgers to pay for his veggie fuel. Meanwhile, the RV breaks down in Houston and the crew’s trip maybe over. They can’t use gas either, just biofuels. Just outside of Austin, the Veggie Mate seizes up.
Here’s a pic of the film crew, Shaun & Sparky and the van.
Graff by JESTER, GONZO*247 & COLOR(DTS)

The Monkey Show
The first show was in Hong Kong, December 2003. It was the first ever customized figures exhibition. In 2004, the show was also shown in Paris, Chicago and Belgium.
I wasn’t into customs at the time and did the framed art piece below.




















