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Event Info l Artist Bio l Artwork ABOUT DERRICK HODGSONDerrick Hodgson is a Toronto-based artist who’s paintings and drawings are renderings of complex social spaces crowded with familiar and mutated characters. Hodgson grew up on a farm and subsequently moved to Toronto. This progression from nature to urban provided the breeding grounds for the first seeds of mania. Using aspects of cartoon, graffiti and contemporary design, Hodgson created a style and environment that quickly advanced him to the forefront of contemporary art and character design. In the past few years Hodgson has exhibited his work in Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Milan and Melbourne. In addition to this he was the first Canadian artist to be recognized by Sony Creative in Japan where his character illustrations were transformed into 3-D art figures and sold in gatcha-gatcha machines across Japan. This quick rise to success led Hodgson to be a key speaker at the Berlin Pictoplasma conference in 2004 and 2006.In “Mega Wibbied Mindthicket” Hodgson takes us deeper into his abstract world influenced by nature, growth and death. Poppers, peepers, floaters, sprouts, spores, walkers, yetis and gouls interact and float in a stew of mania. Working in mixed media, Hodgson combines drawings, silkscreens, animations and toys, giving birth to a multitude of characters that multiply and grow at an alarming speed. Recent Exhibitions: Nov. 2006, SELF TITLED, Autopsy Gallery, Melbourne,Australia. Oct. 2006, CREATURES, Circle Culture Gallery, Berlin ,Germany. Aug. 2006, A FINE LINE, AntiSocial Gallery , Vancouver, BC. Canada. June 2006, HIGHTMATH, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark. April 2006 MILDEW CLOUDS and SKULL SPORES, OKOK Gallery Seattle, WA. USA. Jan. 2006 REPEAT IF NECESSARY, Madame Edgar Gallery, Montreal, QC. Canada. Oct. 2005, MY MANIA, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON. Canada. Aug 2005, SKATE OR DIE , New Image Art, LA CA. USA. June 2005, HEY HEY MY MY, Andenken Gallery, Denver, USA. June 2005, THE COMMONS, Chapel off Chapel , Melbourne, Australia. May 2005, THE PARALLEL CAMPAIGN, lab 101 gallery, LA. USA. April 2005, BRAVE ART, Whistler village. BC. Canada. Mar.2005, ACCIDENT HAPPY, Alfred University, NY. USA. Mar.2005, TWO STEPS BACK, Spin Gallery, Toronto Canada. Mar. 2005 PAPERBAG, Madame Edgar, Montreal, Canada. Feb.2005, ROJO:GOLD, Stay Gold Gallery,Brooklyn NY.USA. Dec. 2004, TWO STEPS BACK, Superstudio Piu, Milan, Italy. Nov. 2004, 32 INCH CANVAS, Goodfoot, Toronto,ON. Canada. Oct. 2004, TAG THE SYSTEM, The NYC showroom. New York, NY. USA. Aug. 2004, MASS MANIA MASH-UP, 55DSL space. New York, NY. USA. July, 2004, LOST and FOUND, Chapel Off Chapel Gallery, Melbourne, Australia. Clients include: Sony Creative (Japan), ProKeds (USA), Fox/Fuel TV (USA), Nike, (USA/ Canada), Fataim (Japan), Voi (Japan), Sims snowboards (USA), 55DSL (USA/Japan), Thunderbirds (Japan), Excite Media (Japan), Radioactive (Malaysia), Die Gestalten Verlag (Germany) Publications include: Arkitip, Beautiful Decay, The Drama, Pictoplasma, Lodown , Complex, Globe and Mail, Faesthetic, Toronto Star, Mass Appeal , ROJO, Zoo Magazine Derrick Hodgsons website: www.madreal.com Press inquiries: Please reach us at contact@magic-pony.com |
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