kaNO X Lost for Gallery 1988

Now that the Egyptian Statue is out of the bag, time to finally show you guys the project kaNO created for Gallery 1988's super secret, and tightly wrapped The Lost Underground Art Project. kaNO was invited to customize one of the statues of Taweret... one that apparently appears in a season finale? We're not here to spoil any shows for people, so we'll keep it moving.
For the show, which opened December 15th, 2009-- kaNO kept it old school and payed homage to his favorite kicks by producing a sneaker god. If any of you are familiar with the color scheme, you may recognize that the sneakers he focused on were the Air Max 90's, Infrared edition. The resin figure stands at a solid 8" and was created using acrylic paints. If you want more information, contact Gallery1988 in LA.

The Lost Underground Art Project

Gallery 1988 will host The Lost Underground Art Project presented by Ronnie Midlew Arts and Damon Carlton. The Lost Underground Project will be a celebration of one of the greatest television programs of all time. The event opening December 15th from 7-10 pm will mark the first time that all 16 prints, released and SOLD OUT over the past 3 months at Damoncarltonandapolarbear.com, will be seen in one room! I was invited to be part of the 20 artist who will be creating Lost inspired art for the event. I'll drop pics of my piece after the opening show, they're making sure things stay top secret for this event. here is a promo flick for the show.

and I'm back....

Hey guys, I'm back from Art Basel and I had a blast! Thanks again to Mike Franco of Wizard Sleeve toys & Multiversal for flying me out in such good company. I had a great time admiring all the awesome art work I took in over the weekend, it was definitely inspirational. The Miami trip came just in time as I was needing a break from the daily NY routines. The highlight of the weekend was painting and collaborating with Sket One on two monster pieces, from acrylics to aerosol we covered a lot of ground. Click here for a full image of the wall and click here for a full image of the panels we did during our live painting session (2 feet by 12 feet).Photo taken from juliusbulius

Heading to Miami!

Alright ladies and gents, latest update on the life of kaNO; Art Basel! That's right! This year, kaNO along with Tara McPherson, Buff Monster, and SketOne will be participating in the ever-so-popular event that is Art Basel. If you know nothing about Art Basel, it's the largest and most important art show in the United States held every year in Miami, Florida the first week of December.

Thanks to Mike Franco (Wizard Sleeve Toys Founder), the four talented artists will be flown to Miami, where kaNO will be live painting. More pictures and information as soon as we receive details

Yoka for Designer Con

They say "better late then never", well that seems to be the case with this custom I just completed for the Designer Con Yoka exhibition. I went simple and clean with this piece due to the 3" size of the platform. The piece is titled Bear Necessity and it's pretty much my take on Winnie the Poo. The Yoka show will be traveling to its next venue where my piece will be showcased at. I have no idea what the next venue is so stay posted.

Stay True DVD release

The Cookies and Cream Mob has been crazy busy putting together there first of hopefully many video mags to come. Stay True issue #1 covers some top talents from the urban art scene along with fashion designers and musicians. The dvd drops tomorrow October 20th at The cookies and cream shop, peep the trailer HERE. The first 150 copies will come with a limited edition Sket-one print.

kaNO Bic Buddy

Very exciting stuff going on this week, shipment of A/P Bic Buddy's are here including two chases. All three designs glow in the dark (green) but the chases have a blue and red tint to the mask and details. This marks kaNO's first blind box series. " I was very excited about the process, not to mention that Bic and Marka 27 did an awesome job at gathering up a nice melting pot of artist which represent the east and west coast to the fullest. I loaded the kaNO shop with Bic Buddy's so hit up the shop if you want to cut to the chase!"

Younity presents Fresher!!

Last Friday night I went to go check out the Younity crews Fresher event, as always it didn't disapoint, the music was dope, the atmosphere was chill and the artwork was Fresh! of course.

It's always nice to see Toofly doing her thing, her hustle comes from the heart and you gotta show love for that. I couldn't stay to long so I made sure to come early peep the artwork and dip out. For more info check out Toofly's blog. I took some pics but mine don't do the event justice, so I'm borrowing some from Tone photography, for more amazing pics check out his site.

Also it was dope to see someone rocking the moneygrip medallion. especially since homie had no idea who I was, I kind of like it better when it happens that way. I swiped this pic from 2fly

Raw Power! Jersey City

Well for the last two weekends I have been hitting up Jersey city for some mural painting. Raw Power is this program some of the folks from Jersey city are putting on in order to make the area more of an art destination. Artist from different backgrounds are invited to partake in painting 4'X8' panels, which will all be hung on display across from the 305 warren street building. The event was sponsored by montana which donated a ton of there "94" paint which i am totally in love with at the moment, it just goes on so smoothly. I haven't touched spray paint in a very long time so I was a little nervous, but as I usually do in such situations... I just jumped in and went for it.

I decided to use 2 panels and place them side by side, so my pieces where 8'X8'. The first piece I did was really big and simple, pretty much a warm up to get my confidence going. I also figured I would go big and bold because these will be hung up 20 feet on the side of a building and you can see it better from far.

...after that I went home and wanted to get a little more fancy so I came back the next weekend and knocked the second piece out. I had a lot of fun with the second piece and i think it came out cool, however I still want to step it up more especially since I was feeling the can control creeping in halfway lol. I definitely need more practice.

Tomenosuke JP exclusive

Tomenosuke celebrates it's 3rd year anniversary with the release of the HI-DEF JP exclusive. Limited to only 50 pcs, The Hi-DEF JP is only available in Japan through www.Tomenosuke.com. Each piece comes with an all white M-65 jacket, white records and also comes individually numbered and signed by me. I had originally planned to only make 3 colorways for this toy but I made an exception for my good friend Shinji, so don't miss out on being one of the only 50 people to have a complete Hi-DEF set. Happy Anniversary Tomenosuke!!!

official release date: Saturday, October 3rd midnight (JST)

STAY TRUE!

The Cookies & Cream mob has been really hard at work on there first video magazine, which will be hitting stores pretty soon. The first issue of the magazine features like minded artist from different backgrounds such as, illustrators, graffitti artist, clothing designers, painters + musicians and such. I did a segment for the first issue and I hear it came out pretty fly, can't wait to peep it. Here is a link to the trailer featuring, Tarah Mcpherson, Sket-One, Kerri O'Connell, myself and many others..

Cookies -n- Cream presents Stay True - Vol 1. from Cookies -n- Cream on Vimeo.

2Art4TV

Well as I stated before this time of year is crazy busy for me on the gallery side. I know this is after the matter but APW hosted the Sucklord Suck-Off 2 show in NYC last week. The show was dope and it was nice to catch up with some friends. Also coming up is the 4th annual 2Art4TV gallery show in Brooklyn. The show has hosted many of the NY animation industry's top artist such throughout the years, and it's always a pleasure to be part of this event. Andrew Bell, Jared Deal and myself will be representing for the vinyl scene, so if you guys are in the area come peep it.

kaNO X GoodWood NYC

Hey guys, I'm super excited about this next collabo piece. I had the opportunity to link up with jewelry designer Kerri O'Connell of GoodWood NYC. Incase you haven't heard of her you should check out her stuff, she specializes in creating jewelry out of carved wood. This medallion concept had been in the back of my mind for a while and I was just waiting for the right time and person to do it. The moneygrip medallion drops this wednesday, September 2nd at 12pm EST at the kaNO shop.

Bic Buddy's Signing this Friday

Bics Plastics will be continuing there signing release tour for the Buddy's series at Toy Tokyo NYC this Friday. This will mark the second stop of the tour with the first being L.A and the next being Chi-town. Bic Buddy artists Marka 27, Cope 2, Indie, Sket-One, Andrew Bell and myself will be on hand for signings and so on.

Bic Buddy's NYC Signing Friday August 21, 2009

Toy Tokyo

121 2nd Ave

NYC, NY 10003

6pm - 9pm. see ya there.

Anivram presents...

It's always a pleasure for me to do a show in Brooklyn so without further delay, Anivram presents a Sneaker Art show, dedicated to the sneaker movement and it's culture. It'll be a showcase of international and local artist and an evening of surprises and sponsors, so don't miss out! I'll be at the spot for a hot minute so if your in the neck of the hood swing by and holler.

Also Anivram Sneaker Art Show just got invited to Rock The Block in Dumbo this year, so stay tuned for more info on that.

August 8th 6pm-midnight

Anivram Sneaker Art Show

1158 Dean Street (btwn Nostrand & Rogers Avenue)

Mindstyle X Disney @ SDCC

First off, sorry for not keeping you guys up to date with all the SDCC madness, it was indeed crazy and I didn't have any time to snap pictures. I swiped this image from the Mindstyle's blog.

Mindstyle did up again with an insane booth, all decked out with the Lilo & Stitch theme.

All the figures on hand sold out instantly and the line for the signing was nuts. It was a pleasure signing with Buff, Ron, Woe and Peeks it's always a good time with those peeps. The week was full of parties and events, SD had mad love for the kid and I absorbed every minute of it.

SDCC!!

See you guys at SDCC, I'll be signing this bad boy at the ToyQube booth #4839, swing by and hang out. The piece is limited to 150, and will run you $75 USD.

Bic Buddies!!

I got to rock a design on BIC PLastics new platform figure called "Bic Buddy's",  The blind box series will be unveiled three at a time each following week until the release of the series in August. Kicking off the series from left to right is Cope2, kaNO, and Jesse Hernandez. The figures stand at 3 inches and will set you back $7.95 a piece. Signings are scheduled for 

Toy Tokyo - NYC, Rotofugi - Chicago, and Munky King - L.A.

HI-DEF promo

Here is a little something I whipped up on a rainy weekend. This is a little promo spot I did for one of my newest vinyl figures produced in conjunction with ToyQube. The HI-DEF OG colorway stands at 10" and comes fully equipped with records and a matching gray M-65 military jacket.
Currently available for pre-orders at ToyQube.com

HI-DEF promo from kaNO on Vimeo.

ToyQube Interview and Pre-order

Hey guys, The HI-DEF Original color way is up for Pre-Order now, you can reserve yours by clicking here. I also just did an interview for them and am featured as there current artist, you can peep the interview here. All HI-DEF figures pre-ordered through ToyQube come signed by me.

Addictions

So every once in a while I hit up the Dunkin Donuts around my way for coffee, I am in no means addicted to coffee, but I am addicted to sneakers. It's an addiction I haven't been able to shake off since I was about 12. There is a sneaker store conveniently located right next to Dunkin Donuts so my coffee break cost me about $150 today, Obama needs to do something about this inflation, damnit!

OG Hi-DEF

OG Hi-DEF will be dropping soon and ToyQube will be taking pre-orders before the jump off, stay tuned.

Hi-DEF is 10" tall, has 7 points of articulation, comes with M-65 military jacket and records (not pictured in photo). This piece is an edition of 200.

The OG Hi-DEF is the follow up to the NYCC exclusive black on black Hi-DEF released earlier this year.

~k

kaNO Stitch A/P Drop off (sold out)

Well that Orlando FX trip set my schedule back big time and I was finally able to get back on track and dive into my Artist Proof Stash. As you know by now, These don't officially come out until June. Here is your chance to score one ahead of time signed and numbered by yours truly. The A/P kaNO Stitch is limited to 7 pieces and they all don the same painted application.

Note the new painted ears, the stripe across the face is changed to purple, some details on the feet, and I threw in an MJ tongue sticking out for good measure.

The only place to get these is at the kaNO shop Thursday May 7th at 12pm EST.

$100.00 USD + S/H

kaNO Spikey for Nakanari

As some of you may know I was in Orlando last weekend for the FX show, while I was down there I got to have dinner with a good friend, Nakanari.  Urban Outfitters in Orlando will be hosting Nakanari's long awaited first vinyl figure called "Spikey". For the release Nakanari is decking out a storefront and a gallery wall section of the store. The Gallery wall will display 12x12 printed canvases of different artists take on Spikey, above is the piece I am contributing. To keep up to speed on the official date stay posted to Nakanari's blog.

kaNO X Mindstyle X Disney

Just got back from FX in Orlando were Mindstyle dropped the first series of the Stitch artist figure. The series includes Buff Monster, Mister Pop art Ron English, Pocket full of Monsters all stars Angrywoebots & Peekabo and also features your boy. Here is a pic of my production piece, which should be out in a vinyl toy retailer near you in a couple of weeks or so. There where 50 available for the launch this past weekend and they sold out asap, pieces will retail $25.00 USD, the figure is 5" tall.

kaNO X Argonauts - (SOLD OUT)

Well there finally here, the tinted moneygrips drop this Wednesday April 8th @ the Argonauts resins shop. I couldn't be happier with the way these turned out, these are super limited edition tinted resins, only one of each color made. The custom boxes and packaging done by yours truly. 

$125.00 USD + S/H

Jonas Gerard

I watch a lot of youtube when I'm working at home and every once in a while I come across something that blows me away. For those of you who know of Jonas Gerard, you need no introduction, for those of you who don't, turn off the music player to your right and sit back and enjoy the show. Also I want to download that second song, if anyone knows the name of it, hit me up.

kaNO X Argonauts Resin

Whats up guys?, well a lot of you have been asking about the tinted moneygrips since we displayed them at NYCC. Here is the scoop, I linked up with Argonauts Resin on this super limited edition release of moneygrips. The 4 pieces are made of solid see through resin and are each tinted in different colors, so only one of each. Originally this run was to be 5 pieces, unfortunately the Mold Broke in production and we are not able to complete the fifth, which would of been purple by the way. Anyhow, these will be the 4 super limited edition Argonauts resin moneygrips, each will come with a custom box painted by yours truly. Stay tuned for more pics and launch release dates.

WTF?!!!

Well... let me start off by saying I have nothing to do with this. My friend sent me this link today and it totally threw me off guard. I guess someone out there has my moneygrip character on there mind when they're in front of a naked girl, it would probably be the last thing on my mind LOL. Anyway I was really flattered by this in a weird way, I have no idea who the artist is or who the girl is, but the image is from this site called Shriiimp.com

kaNO @ The Andy Warhol Museum

A while ago I did a piece for the Vader Project , the show has had an awesome response and has made its rounds through the globe. If your in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area swing by the Andy Warhol Museum, where all the customized Vader helmets will be displayed from February 13th thru March 5th 2009. I have to say it's an honor to have a piece in the Andy Warhol Museum and I am really happy to be a part of this show, I will definitely have to make it out there and hopefully come back with some pics to share. Here is a shot of the customs on display.

* swiped the pic from The Andy Warhol Museum Flickr account