Gary Taxali

Gary Taxali is an artist/illustrator living in Canada. 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. He is a Founding Member of 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", 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 fall 2008 release.

Life

Gary was born in Chandigarh, India in 1968. A year later, he and his family emigrated to Toronto. 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 including the Luz de Jesus Gallery in Los Angeles. In 2005, he launched his first vinyl toy, The Toy Monkey, which includes 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.

Clients

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

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, Advertising and Design Club of Canada, National Addy (Gold Medal), Clio Finalist, Cannes (shortlist)

Bibliography

*Hyland, Angus; Bell, Roanne, "Hand to Eye: Contemporary Illustration", Laurence King Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-85669-339-2
*Hively, Charles, "3X3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration - Vol 1, #1", Charles *Hively Publisher, 2003, ISSN 1546-640X
*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
*Young, Pamela, "Canadian Obsessions: A Century of National Preoccupations, as Seen by "Maclean's", Rogers Publishing Limited, 2005, ISBN 1-55365-097-2
*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

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, Copenghagen, Denmark, 2007

External links

* [http://www.GaryTaxali.com Official website]