Cody Seekins will be at the forefront this October 8th, in what will be a truly dynamic event held by the Hive Gallery and Studios, L.A.
Cody’s selection of original oil paintings will be wholly new to the Hive Gallery, pulling from a range of his psychedelic and Jataka pieces.
In addition there will be two fantastic group exhibits. The first, “The Secret Art of Animators 3”, will display work by many of the contemporary “movers and shakers” of the animation industry:
Tory Belleci – Model Maker – Star Wars prequels, The Matrix, Life With Loopy, Host of Mythbusters
Jorge Gutierrez– Creator/Director of The Book of Life
Peter Hannan – Creator/Writer/Director/Storyboard – CatDog
Sierra Lewis – Animator – Simpsons “couch gag”, The Tom and Jerry Show, Oh Noah!
Ric Heitzman – Production Designer – Peewee’s Playhouse
Eileen Kohlhepp – Stop Motion Animator – Celebrity Deathmatch, Anomalisa
Chris Prynoski – Producer/Designer/Creator/Director/Animator/Owner of Titmouse Studios – Metalocalypse, Motorcity, Nerdland, Son of Zorn
Justin Kohn – Stop Motion Animator – Gumby, Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Coraline
Margaret Meyer – Character Fabricator – Coraline, Robot Chicken, Morel Orel
Richard Pose – Animator/Storyboard – Metalocalypse, Happy Monster Band
Elise Robertson – Character Fabricator/Actor – Bump in the Night, The Nightmare Before Christmas
Mike Roush – Animator – Metalocalypse, Superjail!, Motorcity
Keith Wong – Animator – The Rugrats
Soyeon Kim – Animator/Art Director/Designer – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs title sequence
Todd Hemker – Animator/Art Director/Designer – Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs title sequence, Series of Unfortunate Events title sequence
Sam Hale – VFX – The Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich, Tumbleleaf
Nicole Filiatrault – Technical Director – South Park
John Ikuma – VFX – Tumbleleaf, Editor of Stop Motion Magazine
Leon Gittens – Animator/Illustrator – Curious Case of Benjamin Buttons, Nut Job, Hotel Transylvania 2
Stephen Chiodo – Director/Producer/Creator/Animator/Sculptor/Owner of Chiodo Bros. – Killer Klowns From Outer Space, Team America
Musa Brooker – Stop Motion Animator/Director – Robot Chicken
Dominic Polcino – Director – The Simpsons, Family Guy
Rich Zim – Stop Motion Animator – Gumby, Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach
Joe Schmidt – Model Maker – Coraline, The Little Prince
Vincent Truitner – Animation/VFX – Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Stephen Holman – Director/Designer/Creator – Peewee’s Playhouse, Life With Loopy, Joe Normal, The Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich
Josephine T. Huang – Stop Motion Animator/Producer/Director/Creator – Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, Life With Loopy, The Bite-Sized Adventures of Sam Sandwich
The second group exhibit will be a collective of artists with pieces made for the Hive Gallery’s “Saturday Morning Cartoons” theme:
Zachary Friedberg / Anthony Ikediuba / Kenneth Calhoun / Emma Jacobs / Ben Russel / Sydtropolis / Taylor Hammond / Cult Circuit / Karen Amendolagine / Bob Lizarraga / Aya Masuda / Jess Jerome / Sydtropolis / Marissa Lamour / Ben Russel / Maye Osborne / Tim Dilbeck / Jonathan Bueno / Eriko Tsogo / Gian Norte / Bryan Anthony Moore /June Vigants / Tooter / Tahnee Gehm / Mike Bell / Bill Bronson / Nikki Lukas / Bill McEvoy / Jaime Jimenez / Tahnee Gehm / Gregory Rodriguez / Mr. Melty / Jonathan Bueno /Sunol Golden / Allison Smith / HK Lee / Enrique Pita /and more!
If you are an art enthusiast or patron, expect to feel like a kid in a candy store.
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If you are interested in attending, here are the details:
Where: The Hive Gallery and Studios, 729 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA 90014
When: Reception is October 8th, 2016, from 8pm to 11pm. The exhibit runs from 10/08/2016 to 10/29/2016
If you haven’t been to the Hive before, feel encouraged to check it out and see first hand why it has been voted “Best LA. Gallery”.