About 12″ tall

Pepopanda is head over heels in love and only longs for someone to love him back. Is there a better feeling than love?

Handmade in China

13″ x 11″ x 1″, Print – 1/30

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 40 x 400, curated by Mark Todd from January 10th to February 3rd, 2015

Biography:
Freelance illustrator and designer.

Education:
1999 B.A. Graphic Design University of Northern Iowa
2004 B.F.A. Illustration Art Center College of Design

Work Includes:
Co-Director – Art Smart
Staff – Archetype Press
Staff – Art Center College of Design
Visual Arts and Printshop Specialist – Children’s Community School

Artist Website: http://www.sethdrenner.com/

7.4″ tall, base: 3.5″ x 3.1″, Needle felted sculpture (wool, felt, resin beads, cotton yarn, foam board, wood, wire)

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Mad Hatters from November 23rd, 2013 to January 24th, 2014
- A Tribute To Our Own Fairy Tale from September 7th to October 4th, 2013
- Painted Sound from January 26th – February 28th, 2013

Artist Statement:
“This exhibition inspired me to make something happy and full of positivism. I’ve created this young character, full of life and optimism, ready to start a new life.

After a long and lonely winter, finally the Springtime is here! Filling the air with a sense of hope and possibilities. A new cycle starts, and Panda boy feels that there are endless wonders to discover waiting for him. This is the perfect time to start a journey, explore new places and meet new friends.”

Artist Biography:
Jezabel Nekranea is a multidisciplinary artist. She has worked as illustrator, graphic designer and character designer. She has participated in several projects of animation, comic and illustrated books.
Digital painting was her main technique before discovering polymer clay and start giving life to her little creatures.

Her recent work is more focused on sculpture and art dolls, mainly made of polymer clay and needle felting. Currently she’s working on some pieces for gallery exhibitions and collaborations with her partner, the also artist Felideus, bringing together their skills and personal styles in illustrations that mix different techniques as sculpture, photo-manipulation and graphic design.

Artist Website: http://www.nekranea.com

14″ x 11″ x 1″, Acrylic on Panel

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 3rd Year Anniversary Show from December 6th, 2014 to January 6th, 2015
- Of History And Hope from April 5th to May 2nd, 2014
- The Season of Spring from March 1st to April 4th, 2014
- Handmade Christmas Ornaments Sale from December 3rd to 31st, 2013
- Designer Con 2013 from November 9th to 10th, 2013
- All Things Bright And Beautiful from May 11th to June 7th, 2013

Artist Statement and Biography:
Nicole Bruckman is an artist, curator, mother, animal lover, and animal advocate from Cleveland, Ohio. Embracing her passion for art at a very young age, Nicole went on to receive her BFA in illustration from the Columbus College of Art And Design in Columbus, Ohio.

After graduation Nicole began work as a freelance illustrator and designer. Deciding to further pursue her love for painting, Nicole moved to Los Angeles, and began showing her art as well as curating shows at various prominent Los Angeles galleries. Nicole is currently art director at Flower Pepper Gallery in Pasadena, CA.

Compelled by her life’s passions, Nicole’s paintings are inspired by the bond that exists between humans and animals. She creates enchanting and whimsical narratives in which human and animal characters coexist in fantastic and engaging settings. Wild exotic creatures and domesticated animals alike are the guides on a sublimely surreal journey through an endless nocturne. They live in a seemingly utopian realm, in which humans are conscious of the bond between our world and the kingdom of Animalia. These works are created in the hopes that this world may one day exist, and we may recognize and respect the value in all living beings. All of the pieces are acrylic on wood panel.

Artist Website: www.nicolebruckman.com

12″ x 9″, 14″ x 11″ with Frame, Acrylic on Heavy Watercolor Paper, 2015

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Artist Biography:
Born in Philadelphia, but raised in Fresno, Luke Chueh (pronounced CHU) studied graphic design at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obipso where he earned a BS in Art & Design (Graphic Design concentration). He was employed by the Ernie Ball Company, working in-house as designer/illustrator where he created several award winning designs and was featured in the design annuals of Communication Arts and Print Magazine. Meanwhile, he also created, produced, wrote, designed, edited and published “E.X.P.”, a ‘zine dedicated to the “Intelligent Dance Music (IDM)” genre.

In 2003, Chueh moved to Los Angeles to further pursue a career in design. However, a lack of employment opportunities left him resorting to painting as a way to keep busy (a hobby he picked up while attending Cal Poly). He got his start when the Los Angeles underground art show, Cannibal Flower, invited him to show at their monthly events. Since then Chueh has quickly worked his way up the ranks of the LA art scene, establishing himself as an artist not to be ignored. Employing minimal color schemes, simple animal characters, and a seemingly endless list of ill-fated situations, Chueh stylistically balances cute with brute, walking the fine line between comedy and tragedy. Chueh’s work has been featured in galleries around the world, and some of his paitnings have also been reinterpreted into vinyl toys.

Artist Website: http://www.lukechueh.com/

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibitions at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Life And Love from February 7th to March 4th, 2015
- 3rd Year Anniversary Show from December 6th, 2014 to January 6th, 2015
- Pandamonium from June 7th t0 27th, 2014
- Of History And Hope from April 5th to May 2nd, 2014
- Mad Hatters from November 23rd, 2013 to January 24th, 2014
- A Tribute To Our Own Fairy Tale from September 7th to October 4th, 2013
- The Color Blue from September 15th to October 19th, 2012
- One Year Anniversary Art Show from December 8th, 2012 to January 24th, 2013

Artist Biography and Statement:
Ania Tomicka was born in 1985 in Lodz, Poland.

When she was only 9 she moved to Italy, where she started to draw seriously: manga at first and realistic things afterwards. She attended an art institute and graduated in 2004. During the school years she starts to paint with oil colors, a technique that soon to became her favorite. Hence she attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice where she found a lot of inspiration for her realistic and academic art. A year later she moved to Tuscany where she graduated at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. She focused her interest in more things like digital art, illustration and new materials such as wood.

She also completed her studies at the academy of digital arts NEMO NT where she gained the title of student of the year.

Ania has always been interested in realistic, renaissance works. Her first loves are Salvador Dalì and Wojtek Siudmak’s big canvases, full of absurd and strange creations, painted in a divine way.

Her current paintings are inspired by the American Pop Surrealist movement.

“In my artworks I like to express emotions of that particular moment. I am inspired by life and by music. I love to experiment with my imagination and my paintings, I usually just draw faces, what comes next is something that I don’t plan; my brushes and my hands manipulates everything just like external events manipulate my life. Sometimes you can control it, sometimes you can’t.” – Ania Tomicka

Shows (Selected):
2013
SURREAL WORLD – Auguste Clown Gallery, Victoria, Australia
IRON-Y (solo show) – curated by Erica Calardo, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, IT
WHAT BIG EYES YOU HAVE – curated by Sugarfueled and Sarah Banks, Gallery at City ArtsFactory, Orlando, Florida
E.T. – ENFANT TERRIBLE – Studioventuno Art Gallery, Salerno, IT
PLURALE FEMMINILE – curated by Studioventuno Art Gallery, Tattoo Convention, Rome, IT
18th ANNIVERSARY SHOW – Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, IT

2012
ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW – Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
HOPE BEYOND – Modern Eden Gallery, CA
THE COLOR BLUE – Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, CA
VANISHING POINTS – Auguste Clown Gallery, Brunswick Victoria, Australia
SCARYGIRL 10 years anniversary show – Toytokyo Underground Gallery, New York, USA
UNIVERSE (solo show) -curated by Ally Takeuchi, SwoonGallery, California
AUGUSTE CLOWN GALLERY -curated by Leigh Cornish, Brunswick Victoria, Australia
VEXED, curated by Andi Garcia, 423 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
SEA NO EVIL – Sea Shepherd Art Show, Los Angeles, CA
PIMP MY MARY, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Roma, IT
GAME OVER! – NovaBelgica art gallery, Belgium
NEO POP: Pop Surrealism vs Urban Art – Spazio Orlandi, Milan, IT

2011
ITALIAN POP SURREALISM: INTO THE FUTURE – curated by Andrea Oppenheimer, (Musei Capitolini) Centrale Montemartini, Roma, IT
ITALIAN POP SURREALISM: BIRTH OF A NATION – curated by Andrea Oppenheimer, Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Roma, IT
MONDO BIZZARRO SHOW – curated by Rossana Calbi. Studioventuno, Salerno, IT
WI-FI ART: OneSunday – Workshop curated by Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, n.3 Pop Surrealism- Made in Italy, Circolo degli Artisti, Roma, IT
LITERAL.EYES – London Miles, London, UK
THE NEW LOST GENERATION – Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, IT

2009
stARTup – Corridonia, IT

Press :: Books :: Catalogues:
Iron-y catalogue, 2013 Roma: MondoBizzarro Press
Dossier on ZUPI magazine, Brasil, 2013
Tattoo artists 3: Pop Surrealism by Ania Tomicka. 2013. Argenta (FE): 3ntini Editore.
GIRLS: facts + fiction. 2012. Minneapolis: Light Gray Art Lab
Italian Pop Surrealism.2011. Roma: MondoBizzarro Press.

Artist Website: http://www.aniatomicka.com/

20″ diameter, 1″ thick panel, Oil and Acrylic on Wood

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: 3rd Year Anniversary Show from December 6th, 2014 to January 6th, 2015

Artist Biography:
Brisbane-based Alex Louisa graduated with a degree in Journalism and Creative Writing, before the need to create firmly pulled her attention back to her art. Having worked as a graphic artist for eight years, she now focuses solely on her personal work.

In 2008 she had her first solo exhibition at Jugglers Art Space in Brisbane, and has been involved in a number of group shows throughout Australia since then. Her work is now reaching an international audience as a member of the PRISMA Collective, showing with a selection of 30 artists from around the world. Her work has been published in Curvy and Semi-Permanent.

Often experimenting with mixed media, especially in the backgrounds of her works, Alex mainly works with drawing materials or oils, currently with a shift towards larger works. She focuses on elements of the natural world that grab her attention – discovering the intricacies of a leaf or flower, or trying to capture an animal’s individual personality, especially those of the avian kind.

Alex grabs every moment she can to work on her artwork, throwing herself into her painting or drawing any moment that her twin baby boys are asleep.

Artist Statement:
“I am a collector. I have a huge box of items that have been gathered through my wanderings – feathers, leaves, seedpods, lichen, shells, insects and bones – and I look forward to drawing and painting them all. By sharing the natural elements that captivate me the most, I hope to encourage everyone to take a closer look at their surroundings – whether it be a bird on a branch above their head, or the dried leaves beneath their feet – and to find the intricate details that may have previously evaded their eyes.

I have found that I like to take something very small, and represent it at a much larger scale so these details can really be exposed. By experimenting with a combination of soft-focus and highly detailed areas, I can draw the viewer’s eye to the area that captivates me most, like the tiny layered feathers on the wing of bird no larger than your thumb.

And it is always feathers that captivate me the most. My first word was ‘bird,’ and I have been enamoured with the creatures ever since.”

Prizes:
2017 – Finalist – Holmes Acquisitive Art Prize for Excellence in Realistic Australian Bird Art
2017 – Finalist – Lethbridge 10000 Small Works Prize
2016 – Finalist – Holmes Acquisitive Art Prize for Excellence in Realistic Australian Bird Art
2016 – Finalist – Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing
2016 – Finalist – Lethbridge 10000 Small Works Prize – Highly Commended
2016 – Finalist – Stanthorpe Art Festival
2015 – Finalist – Lethbridge 10000 Small Works Prize – Highly Commended
2014 – Finalist – Lethbridge 10000 Small Works Prize
2013 – Finalist – Waterhouse Natural History Art Prize
2012 – Finalist – Marie Ellis OAM Prize for Drawing – Highly Commended

Publications:
2018 – The Moleskine Project Volume II – Spoke Art Gallery/Paragon Books
2015 – VIRTUOSOS of Paint – Out of Step Books
2015 – PRISMA Collective – Book 1
2015 – January Feature Artist – Trekell Art Supplies – www.trekell.com
2014 – Queensland Homes – Autumn – “Design Pilgrim – The Lust List: Design, Art Life + Style”
2012 – Semi-Permanent Book
2009 – Curvy 5

Artist Website: http://alexlouisa.com/

14″ x 11″, 15″ x 12″ x 1″ with Frame, Acrylic on Board

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibitions Flower Pepper Gallery:
- 3rd Year Anniversary Show from December 6th, 2014 to January 6th, 2015
- The Brave Ones from Oct 10th to Nov 5th, 2014
- Pandamonium from June 7th to 27th, 2014
- Twice – Told Tales from January 25th to February 28th, 201
- Handmade Christmas Ornaments Sale from Dec 3rd to 31st, 2013
-Love In Small Doses from Feb 11th to Apr 11th, 2012

Artist Statement:
“‘I’ve Made It This Far…’ is surrounding my own personal fears of not knowing where I’m going to end up even though I feel as if I’m being tugged in a very specific direction. This piece is to help give some hope and guidance to anybody who feels like they’re stuck. Moving forward is difficult and terrifying, but if you’ve made it this far, you’re probably strong enough to keep on going.”

Artist Biography:
David “The Chung!!” Chung’s relatable body of work revolves around the recognition and acceptance of ourselves and our complex human emotions. Occasionally placed in unfortunate and/or awkward scenarios, The Chung!!’s colorful and expressive menagerie of characters are a study of his own personal day to day life. Packed with humor and heart, his work helps remind us to stop taking life so seriously all the time. Instead, take a moment to step back and laugh at what is essentially ourselves.

Although born in Albany, New York, David spent the majority of his early childhood in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The remainder of his youth was spent in Upstate New York where he graduated from high school. After attending the University at Buffalo for 2 years, he eventually transferred to and graduated from the College for Creative Studies (Detroit, MI) as an illustration major in 2006. Currently residing in Los Angeles with his wife and dog, David’s work has been featured in galleries around the world. During the day, when he isn’t painting or working on designer toys, David works in the animation industry as a designer. He has worked on shows such as “Futurama”, “Robot and Monster”, and “Sanjay and Craig.”

Interviews:
http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/back-talk-a-conversation-with-david-chung

http://bourbonandgoose.com/2013/06/for-the-love-of-art-david-chung-desiree-fessler/

Artist Website: http://www.thechung.com/

14″ x 11″ x 1.25″, Gouache, Paper, Mixed Media

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Artist Statement:
“‘When We Go Out In Search Of The Universe’ is playfully inspired by the style of Japanese woodblock prints as well as the innocent spirit of the panda. Pandas often have the reputation of being lazy, but rather, I imagine them having the wildest day dreams while munching on their bamboo. This panda is imagining himself on a heroic adventure with aims of exploring what lies across the sea.”

Artist Biography:
Emiko Woods was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA and received her BFA from Azusa Pacific University, with a Minor in Art History. After graduation, she moved with her husband to Saint Gallen, Switzerland, where she currently resides. In addition to her work in Fine Art and Illustration, she is also freelance graphic designer.

As a trained sculptress with a newfound love of painting, her most recent work incorporates the two. She has always been drawn to elements found in nature that convey aspects of internal journey, place, and connectedness. Each piece begins with a question and through the process of making, enlightenment unfolds.

She loves researching new things, journaling, poetry, and traveling as much as possible.

Artist Statement:
COME CLOSE
Remember a time when your stillness spoke to you. When you felt so whole, your chest heaved with the weight. A time when simplicity, was the greatest pleasure of all.

LISTEN
We all have an inner voice. The one that tells us to pursue truth & beauty, and to never let go of what we knew as a child. The one that dares us to find our strength in vulnerability. The one that beg us to journey deeper and reminds us that we are never lost.

DISCOVER
This pursuit is my greatest hope. To uncover the mysteries that reside within this space that is internal at its source and manifests itself through nature, symbols, and rituals. Journey with me as I make these connections, uncover quiet truths, and explore the one-ness that connects us all.

Artist Website:
http://www.emikowoods.com

24″ x 18, 29″ x 23″ x 0.5″ with Frame, Marker on Paper

Current Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery: Xiong Mao from April 11th to May 12th, 2015

Previous Exhibition at Flower Pepper Gallery:
- Pandamonium from June 7th to 27th, 2014

Artist Biography:
Joshua Roman is a California Based Fine artist and illustrator.
His distinct colorful works have been shown in galleries around the country. His use of vibrant rainbow lines and shapes as well as playful creatures often contrast the eerie and sometimes sensual subject matter of his pieces. His portraits are unique and original while still capturing the essence of the subject.

Exhibition History:
December 5, 2003 – January 9, 2004 – “Emerge” – solo show – Ghetto Gloss Gallery
March 5, 2006 – Annual group show – La Luz de Jesus Gallery
September 27, 2007 – October 19, 2007 – “Blood sweat and fears” – solo show – Ghetto Gloss Gallery
July 2, 2009 – “Shake the Dust” – Box Eight Studios
August 1, 2009 – “I think it’s art, i think it’s fashion” – Box Eight Studios
April 28, 2012 – “Plush” – Atmosphere
June 7, 2014 – “Pandamonium” – Flower Pepper Gallery
June 7, 2014 – “Circus Sideshow” – The Hive Gallery
Sept 30, 2014 – “Melanjolly” – Thumprint Gallery
Oct 17,2014 – “Come and Knock on Our Door – A tribute to John Ritter” – Meltdown Comics EMAO Productions
Feb 27, 2015 – “Quotes Lines & Lyrics” – Hero Complex Gallery
Feb 28, 2015 – “The Murray Affair” – The Syrup Loft
March 7, 2015 – “Eat your art out 8″ – Titmouse Animation studios – EMAO Productions
April 11, 2015 – “Xiong Mao” – Flower Pepper Gallery
April 25, 2015 – “Storybook” – Modern Eden Gallery

Artist Website: http://www.joshuaromanart.com