Born in 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 had 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. In college, I really got into underground comics like Eightball, Dirty Plotte, Yummy Fur and Big Baby.
A year before graduation, I began freelancing as a muralist and a graphic designs 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 trun them into a 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, lush comic. My parodies are not an insult. Just another way to look at them. Some of the other artists' I've done are Edvard Munch, Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh and Andy Warhol. Besides selling my original art, I also sell magnets, prints, comic books and other merchendise which is all available in my store page.
Here is a short list of my past exhibitions. 
Burl Gallery (Saint Paul, MN)
ALTR Gallery (Minneapolis, MN)
The Walker (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)
l’art Noir New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)
DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA)
MoCCA “Museum Of Comics and Cartoon Art” (New York, NY)
Some of my other artsy projects is a combo circus and animation fest called Forgot to Laugh: Sideshow and Animation Festival. Where there will be live acts 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 I will have 3 to 4 animated shorts from 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.
Some publications that featured my art were Juxtapoz, ISM Quarterly, The Stuckist Punk Victorian, The Book of Spam, Direct Art, Funky Garbage and Art Buzz. I've received a numerous of awards, citations and grants for my art and art projects.
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.
If you have any questions about buying artwork, wholesaling or retailing my art merchandise, exhibiting my art in your gallery, publication inquirers, submitting your act or your animations to Forgot To Laugh and any other questions, please email me at: agooart@gmail.com NOTE: I do not do commissions anymore. I'll still do murals as long as It's my idea.