Today, we have our fifth of seven artist profile/interviews thanks to
Brian Colin as he sends us this exclusive sit-down with
Tyler Coey! In this interview we get a taste of who Tyler is, and what he brings to this upcoming show! This show is featuring a cast of 7 artists who include:
Matthew Ryan Sharp,
Project Detonate,
H.C. Warner,
Ben Walker,
Tyler Coey,
Brian Colin and
Toby Stanger, and is set to go down on August 6, 2010 from 7pm - Midnight at
Alcove Gallery in Atlanta. Take a minute, and get to know these artists as we ramp up for what promises to be a great show!
For those unfamiliar with you and your work can you tell us a little about yourself and your craft?The short version is I'm from Kansas City and I make stuff. Specifically, I work days at a children's marketing agency doing illustration... I work nights on my side project company MUTT... and I work weekends on my personal art. My work itself is a mashup of a number of influences, but namely traditional illustration and street art.
With Shady Characters being the title of the show, how does your work represent this theme?Well, I love drawing/painting monsters... monsters ARE pretty shady dudes!
Is this a theme that is regularly seen in your work?I do tend to like the darker side of things with my own work, and the works of others that I admire.
And lastly on the Shady Character front, do you see yourself as a Shady Character?Naw, quite the opposite.
Do the subjects in your pieces represent you or anything that you are going through?What I'm painting or working on at the moment is totally woven into what I'm involved in and into at that point in time. My art is constantly evolving with me as I grow and explore things, so it absolutely represents what i am going through. Im always finding new things I dig, so I cant see myself ever getting stagnant.
What else do you have going on in the near future that you would like to let folks know about?There's always things in the works... new art, new MUTT stuff, shows, releases, ect. I've got some rather odd projects in production stages right now that I'm really excited about, but Ill have to keep my mouth shut on them for now. The best way to follow my work is probably my facebook (
facebook.com/tyleRcoey), it tends to get the updates first. Also, keep an eye on
MUTTtoy.com for new releases from a whole range of badass artists!
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Spotted while walking through the endless maze of booths during SDCC 2010, and alongside the display of the UNKL pieces at Toynami's booth were these interesting figures called the CANMANS! After talking with the booth manager, we found out that this project originated as street artists wanted a spot to keep all of their rattle can tips, so one day artist Tyke/Witness developed the above character as a DIY figure, and let his friends doodle on it... fast forward to today, and to make a long story short there is now a designer series of vinyl figures shaped as spray cans that are hollow in the middle to store all the tips you want... which is very similar to Marka27's "Killa Instinct" figure. The first series is going to feature work from: Revok Msk Awr, Dabs, Myla, Pose Msk. and Greg Craola Simkins! I do like the simple look of this figure, and that it is just a spraycan with arms and legs, and I do think this has potential other than just for storing spray tips... in fact I would love one for my desk at work for drafting pencils/pens! Hit the jump for more flicks!
