BIOGRAPHY

Gary Taxali was born in Chandigarh, India in 1968. A year later, he and his family immigrated to Toronto, Canada. The encouragement of his parents led Gary to take art classes as a child which eventually led him to pursue an art education. In 1991, he graduated from the Ontario College of Art and immediately began working as a professional illustrator. A few years later, he began showing in various exhibitions and galleries throughout North America and Europe. In 2005, he launched his first vinyl toy, The Toy Monkey, which included a special edition specifically created for The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Gary was also asked by the Whitney Museum to donate a limited edition print to be given to top donors at their annual fundraising Art Party. Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time traveling through lecturing and teaching at various arts organizations and schools such as The Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto, Canada. He is a Founding Member of IPA (The Illustrators' Partnership of America) and sits on the Advisory Board of 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Currently, Gary is working on his next mass production toy figure, "Oh No", and "Oh Oh" under the name of his new company, Chump Inc. as well as 'This Is Silly", a children's book published by Scholastic and slated for a summer 2009 release.

CLIENTS

Rolling Stone, Esquire, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Reader's Digest, Business Week, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Converse, Levi's, Sony, McSweeny's, MTV, Coca-Cola

AWARDS

American Illustration, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), Print, Society of Publication Designers, National Magazine Awards (Gold Medal), Chicago Creative Club, The Advertising and Design Club of Canada, National Gold Addy and Shortlist for a Cannes Lion

LECTURES

• Art Directors Club of Houston, Houston, TX, 2003
• Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2003
• Illustration Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
• Quebec Association of Illustrators, Montreal, QC, 2003
• Sheridan College, Toronto, Oakville, Canada, 2004
• Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, 2004
• University of Kansas, MO, 2004
• Dallas Society of Visual Communications - Student Conference, Dallas, TX, 2005
• Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2005
• Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 2005
• Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 2005
• School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2006
• Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 2006
• Danmarks Designskole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007

PARTIAL BOOK LIST OF SELECTED WORKS/WRITINGS OF GARY TAXALI

• Hively, Charles, "3X3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration - Vol 1, #1", Charles Hively Publisher, 2003, ISBN 1546-640X
• Hyland, Angus; Bell, Roanne, "Hand to Eye: Contemporary Illustration", Laurence King Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-85669-339-2
• Hazelmyer, Tom, "Qeedrophonic". OX-OP Press, 2004, ISBN 0-9758579-0-8
• Jordan, Matt Dukes, "Weirdo Deluxe", Chronicle Books, 2005, ISBN 0-8118-4241-X
• Beauchamp, Monte, "BLAB! #16", Fantagraphics Books, 2005, ISBN 1-56097-683-7
• STRANGEco, "Toys: New Designs from the Art Toy Revolution", Universe Publishing (Rizzoli)", 2005, ISBN 0-7893-1390-1
• Wagner, Lisa; Dalton, Trinie; Horowitz, Eli, "Dear New Girl or Whatever Your Name Is", McSweeny's, 2005, ISBN 1-932416-17-X
• Wiedemannm, Julius, "Illustration Now!", Taschen, 2005. ISBN 3-8228-4033-5
• Hively, Charles; "3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration" , interview with Henrik Drescher by Gary Taxali, 2007
• Thaler, Peter; Denicke, Lars, "Pictoplasma - The Character Encyclopedia", Pictoplasma Publishing, 2006, ISBN 3-981-04583-1
• Klanton, Robert; Hübner, Matthias, "Dot Dot Dash - Designer Toys, Action Figures and Art", Die Gestalten, 2006, ISBN 3-89955-161-3
• Beauchamp, Monte, "BLAB! #17", Fantagraphics Books, 2006, ISBN 978-1-56097-776-6
• Someguy, "The 1000 Journals Project", Chronicle Books, 2007, ISBN 0-8118-5856-1
• Pony, Magic, "Fancy Action Now - The Art of Team Macho", Interview with Team Macho by Gary Taxali, 2007, ISBN 978-0-9783568-0-4
• Brereton, Richard, "Graphic Ha Ha - Issue 11", BIS Publishers, 2007, ISBN -978-90-6369-164-4

SOLO SHOWS

2007

• "Save The Boreal", New Print Launch and Show, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
• "Last Year's Winner", Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON

2006

• The Up-N-Down Show", La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2005

• "Chumpy’s Specials" - OX OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
• "Toy Monkey Launch and New Prints" - Magic Pony, Toronto, ON
• "Chumpy’s Night School" - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2001

• "Sweet Shop Toys, Candies and Books" - CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI
• "America Lucky Service" - La Luz de Jesus Gallery

2000

• "New Work" - Anno Domini Gallery, San José, CA

GROUP SHOWS

2007

• 'Tug Of War', Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
• '2007 Los Angeles Art Show', Billy Shire Fine Arts Booth, Santa Monica, CA
• 'Charity by Numbers', Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA
• 'Look Behind You", Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
• 'The Vader Project', Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA

2006

• ‘Rumble Rumble: An Art Throw Down’, Artlab, Toronto, Canada
• ‘MTV Overground #3’, Toy Tokyo, New York, NY
• ‘Customized Munny; Traveling Show’, Kid Robot, New York, NY
• ‘Nanospore Series 01, Customized Figures’, NY Comicon, New York, NY
• ‘Juxtapoz 2006 Group Show’, OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN

2005

• "Everything But the Kitschen Sync" - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• "Art Party" - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
• "I Am 8 Bit" - Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
• "Day of the Doon" - Bonny Doon Vineyard, Santa Cruz, CA
• "Circus Punks Rule" - Toy Tokyo, New York, NY
• "Blab Show" - Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
• "TAAFI" - Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
• "Toronto Art Fair" - Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
• "Prints and Posters" - Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA
• "Built for Speed" - L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC
• "Partridge and Pear Trees" - Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
• "Picture Mechanics Show" - Musuem of American Illlustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
• "Art of Denim" - L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC
• "Pop Pluralism" - Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
• "Weirdo Deluxe" - StuARTGallery, Burbank, CA
• "Male Pattern Baldness and Hummingbirds" - Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
• "The Postcard Project" - Fosterart, London, UK

2004

• "Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists" - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• "The Dress Up Show" - Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA
• "A Day on the Lawn" - Froden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• "The Art of Laughter, A Salute to Humor" - Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica, CA
• "V&A Awards" - Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
• "Contemporary Culture" - City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
• "10th Anniversary Show" - Giant Robot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• "Qeedrophonic Doll Show" - OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
• "Picture Mechanics Group Show" - Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
• "Dialogue: The Fine Art of Conversation" - Abbey Church, San Diego, CA
• "Ghost Town" - Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA

2003

• "Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artist" - La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• "Robots Have Feelings Too" - Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Cubed" - Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
• "Hand to Eye" - Magma Books, London, UK
• "Doll House Show" - Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
• "Cartoon Musuem Show" - Cartoon Museum, San Francisco,CA
• "Picture Mechanics Group Show" - Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN

2002

• "Quartered de La Luz" - The Cartoon Network, Los Angeles, CA
• "Picture Mechanics Group Show" - 69A Gallery, San Francisco, CA
• "Circus, Carnival, Freaks and Oddities" - CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI
• "Decipher" - 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
• "La Luz de Leche" - Milk Bedroom Gallery, Toronto, ON