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Midwest Style Graffiti
New Works by ATOMIK
June 18-July 10, 2022
Get ready for some fresh squeezed awesomeness from legendary Miami-based writer ATOMIK who rolls through with some Midwest Style Graffiti for a new show in our gallery this month!
Join us beginning Saturday, June 18 at 10am for in-person viewing or sign up at previews.rotofugi.com for first opportunity to purchase online (in this case it will likely be after the opening date, though we'll be shooting to have it ready ASAP).
Exhibit continues through July 10 at Rotofugi, 2780 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago and will be viewable online at gallery.rotofugi.com
About the Artist
Atomik is a 100 percent Miami artist. Atomik, trained in graphic design, is a big name in the Miami art scene. The graffiti legend, part of the infamous MSG crew, a group of local graffiti heroes, has been painting the city for quite some time.
While growing up in the emerging Miami graffiti scene of the 80’s, Atomik witnessed for himself at a young age what would later become his profession. Famous for his iconic orange character which emerged as a response to the demolition of the Miami Orange Bowl, the artist also marks the walls of Miami with his sleek hand-styles, graffiti and lettering.
While painting for almost 20 years, Atomik’s playful characters and hand styles have become as much a symbol of Miami as palm trees or neon lights. His unmistakable orange character has been placed all over the world bringing a piece of Miami to places such as Chile, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Holland, Germany, Italy, Spain, England, Australia, Korea, and Thailand.
His studio pieces on media ranging from canvas to paper as well as found objects like street signs, directly reflect his street work and usually feature his ubiquitous orange character. Atomik currently lives and works in Miami.
We are super excited to announce we'll be having an exclusive toy release and signing with Chicago-based artist Blake Jones on Sunday, June 5, beginning at 2pm!
We will have a Rotofugi Exclusive version of Blake's debut vinyl figure, Buny, produced by UVD Toys. A limited edition of just 75 figures, the "I Don't Get It" Edition of Buny is just as confused as you are about the state of the world right now.
Standing six inches tall, Buny will be available for $80. In addition, we will have an exclusive matching print by Blake available to purchase.
Rotofugi, 2780 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Sunday, June 5, starting at 2pm
Online release of any remaining figures will be on rotofugi.com at 6:30pm Central on June 5.
About the Artist
Blake Jones is a Chicago based artist. Blake’s use of graphic line work and bright color palettes illustrates narratives of complex worlds inhabited by his own iconic characters, objects, and landscapes. Blake’s work has been exhibited in multiple mediums and forms such as print, paintings, gallery exhibitions, sculptures, and murals.
Flora & Fauna
New Works by Michael Fleming
May 21-June 12, 2022
Michael Fleming, aka Tweedlebop, is back with an all new exhibit of paintings featuring his fantastical, fun, characters.
About the Artist
Michael Fleming has 15+ years of practical experience as a professional illustrator, working with both digital and traditional mediums. Specialities are children's media, character design and large cartoon heads.
He is taller than Abraham Lincoln.
CELEBRATE 420 with your CHERRY MOTH CAKE pals and Rotofugi! 👀
We've paired up with our good friends Nick and Lindsay DiFabbio at Cherry Moth Cake to offer you a special 420 deal starting today...so, puff, puff, pass and get ready!
Now, through the end of the month, anything Cherry Moth Cake that we have in stock (with one major exception, more on that below) is 42% OFF! That, my friends, is what you call a killer deal. Original art, pins, prints, t-shirts, and bandanas...all* 42% off.
* So...about that exception...pieces from the most recent CMC exhibit, Skullicious, and our exclusive Skully Ghost vinyl figure are what we're gonna call HALF-BAKED. They're still kinda fresh out of the oven, to mix our analogies, so instead of 42% off, they're 21% OFF. So, like a vape hit instead of dabs. 😉
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42% OFF
CHERRY MOTH CAKE MERCH
https://rotofugi.com/collections/cherry-moth-cake-us
SUPERMURGITROID EXHIBIT
https://gallery.rotofugi.com/exhibits/2020-CherryMothCake/
THE NEW BREED EXHIBIT
https://gallery.rotofugi.com/exhibits/2019-CherryMothCake/
THE STORY OF THE GHOST CATCHER EXHIBIT
https://gallery.rotofugi.com/exhibits/2018-CherryMothCake/
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21% OFF
SKULLICIOUS EXHIBIT
https://gallery.rotofugi.com/exhibits/2021-CherryMothCake/
SKULLY GHOST VINYL
https://rotofugi.com/products/skully-ghost-candy-corn
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Prices are good at both our store in Chicago at 2780 N. Lincoln Ave., or online at rotofugi.com / gallery.rotofugi.com. Note: not all of the original artworks are currently on display, so if you're thinking OG, best to look online...and then, if you want to see anything in person before pulling the trigger, we'd be happy to show it to you in person.
Get on these deals before they go up in smoke...last day of the sale is Saturday, April 30!
Join us as we welcome one of our earliest exhibitors, Attaboy, back for a solo exhibit of all new paintings and sculptures!
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New Growths
Paintings & Sculptures by Attaboy
April 16-May 15, 2022
10am-6pm Daily
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About the Artist
With a commitment to creating and curating surprising forms of visual art, Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert has forged a varied career, often fusing subversion with disconcerting whimsy.
Atta’s recent installation “The Cradle of Life”, for example, is an interactive art installation depicting a decomposing but vibrant-with-life throne which sits two rulers. Participants sit and rock side to side, creating a pleasant rocking motion akin to a newborn in a crib.
Other works include sculptural paintings on levels of layered wood, which investigate themes of death, decomposition and rebirth. Since 2016, art therapy has become an integral part of his daily process, due to a battle with depression and a neurological condition called Cervical Dystonia, with new works always evolving evolving into paintings, sculptures, and life-affirming installations and events like Game of Shrooms, a world -wide art N Seek holiday of sorts. The unconventional scavenger hunt led 1000’s of artists and hunters across the world to create and hide original art work for collectors (and the unassuming) to find. Artists and gatherers from Hong Kong, Berlin, Japan, the UK, India, Russia, Switzerland, the US, and many more participated in the world-wide event, creating a world-wide non-religious, no cost, political-free interactive “art show” of making and sharing. The event spread viral on Instagram (See the hashtag #gameofshrooms for some of the results) and is set to be repeated on June 11th, 2022.
He also began his Rocks Painted Like Rocks series, which have been added to many influential collections. These rocks, covered in acrylic paint, appear almost as assets in a video game or a Warner Bros. cartoon and have been known to sell for hundreds of dollars, which impresses some, and angers others.
His recent series of “Near Collisions” may be a way of dealing with the traumatizing car crash that his family experienced this past year, in a video game like scenario, but it is too soon to be certain.
Attaboy’s work has been seen in children’s and novelty books which he has authored, magazines, galleries, museums, on television and many designer toy stores. His influences include Alexander Calder, Yayoi Kusama, Maurice Nobel, Eyvinde Earle, and the futurist Syd Mead.
In 2005, Atta co-founded Hi-Fructose The New Contemporary Art magazine with his wife, the artist Annie Owens., which was recently honored with a coast to cost museum retrospective at theVirginia MOCA, The Akron art Museum, and the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. The magazine has spawned a successful book series, a book on New Contemporary Fashion, and has over 2 million followers on social media.
Daniel “Attaboy” Seifert began his career as a toy designer at Milton Bradley and has a degree in toy design from the Fashion Institute of Technology and he has his name on a bunch of patents and such. His work has been exhibited at The San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, The LA Art Show, Corey Helford Gallery, The MOAH Museum, The Compound Gallery and many more.
