TONY JULIANO - ARTISTS OF ALL SORTS
Biography
Born with a crayon in my mouth from New Haven, CT on Feb 7th 1975. Graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the extremely small Paier College of Art in Hamden, CT 1997. At age 12, my parents has some comic books they let me read. Sad Sack, MAD Magazine, R. Crumb and Horror comics. Few years later I became a big fan of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes.
A year before graduation, I began freelancing as a muralist and a graphic designer for major corporations such as Corona Beer, Wrigley, Hasbro Toy Company, Yale University, The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Dark Horse Publishing and others places as well with some fulltime jobs as an art teacher and a photo lab technician during the days of negative film.
In 2000, I started working on a series of paintings called Mocking The Masters which depicts famous works of art and I turn them into comical parody. Example, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa. I painted all the features of the original painting but I replaced the head with Yoda's head and on the bottom of a painting is written Yoda Lisa in a painterly style of a single-panel comic. My parodied are not as an insult, just another way to look at them. Some of the other artist I've done are Edvard Munch, Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh and Andy Warhol. Besides selling my original art I also sell magnets, comic books and other merchendise which is all available in my store page. Here is a short list of my past exhibitions.
The Walker Museum (Liverpool, UK)
John Slade Ely House (New Haven, CT)
Hygienic Art Gallery (New London, CT)
CB’s 313 Gallery (New York, NY)
La Viande (London, UK)
Limner Gallery (New York, NY)
Culture Cache (San Francisco, CA)
Gallery 1988 (Los Angeles, CA)
l’art Noir New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA)
MoCCA “Museum Of Comics and Cartoon Art” (New York, NY)
Kustom Lane Gallery (Hawthorn, AU)
Some publications that featured my art were Juxtapoz, ISM Quarterly, The Stuckist Punk Victorian, The Book of Spam, Direct Art, Funky Garbage, I Hate Cartoons and Art Buzz. I've received numerous of awards, citations and grants for my art and projects and my art has been bought by such celebrities as Sarah Silverman and “Weird Al” Yankovic.
I currently reside in St. Paul, Minnesota with my wife Monica Shushelnycky, Norman our cat, Pierre our goldfish and the 8 foot cyborg gorilla that lurks in our backyard.
To email me, please visit the Contact Page.
Some of the other artsy projects I've created is a combo circus and animation festival called Forgot To Laugh: Sideshow & Animation Festival. Where there will be live performances such as contortionists, yo-yo performers, burlesque and more. From local acts to world renowned performers like The Great Throwdini, Big Nazo and Jonathan Burns. Then in between each act we will have 3 to 4 animated shorts fom such artists as Bill Plympton, Nina Paley, Happy Tree Friends and many others.
From time to time, I also make short videos and films under the name, Dr. Wildé. Noir erotic with a sick sense of humor.
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