Gary Taxali is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist. Gary has worked for clients including Time, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, GQ and The New York Times. He has exhibited in many galleries and museums throughout North America and Europe including The Jonathan LeVine Gallery, MondoPOP Gallery, The Antonio Colombo Gallery, Steve Lazarides’ gallery, The Outsiders, The Andy Warhol Museum, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, and The Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
In 2005, he launched his first vinyl toy, The Toy Monkey, which included a special edition along with a silkscreen print commissioned by The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. This led Gary to create his own toy company, Chump Toys, which coincided with the release of his OH NO and OH OH vinyl figures. In January 2012, The Royal Canadian Mint released 6 Gary Taxali limited edition 25¢ coins. In 2013 and 2014, Gary released three series of Italian silk pocket squares through Harry Rosen in Canada.
Gary created the cover art and inside illustrations for Aimee Mann’s album @#%&*! Smilers, which earned a 2009 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Art Package. He has also won hundreds of other awards including a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, a Gold Medal from the National Magazine Awards Foundation, a Regional and National Gold Addy, a Shortlist Nomination for a Cannes Lion, and numerous awards from American Illustration, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Print, Society of Publication Designers, The Chicago Creative Club and The Advertising and Design Club of Canada.
Gary Taxali is an award-winning illustrator and fine artist. Gary has worked for clients including Time, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, GQ and The New York Times. He has exhibited in many galleries and museums throughout North America and Europe including The Jonathan LeVine Gallery, MondoPOP Gallery, The Antonio Colombo Gallery, Steve Lazarides’ gallery, The Outsiders, The Andy Warhol Museum, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, and The Museum of American Illustration at the Society of Illustrators. He lives and works in Toronto, Canada.
In 2005, he launched his first vinyl toy, The Toy Monkey, which included a special edition along with a silkscreen print commissioned by The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. This led Gary to create his own toy company, Chump Toys, which coincided with the release of his OH NO and OH OH vinyl figures. In January 2012, The Royal Canadian Mint released 6 Gary Taxali limited edition 25¢ coins. In 2013 and 2014, Gary released three series of Italian silk pocket squares through Harry Rosen in Canada.
Gary created the cover art and inside illustrations for Aimee Mann’s album @#%&*! Smilers, which earned a 2009 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Art Package. He has also won hundreds of other awards including a Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators, a Gold Medal from the National Magazine Awards Foundation, a Regional and National Gold Addy, a Shortlist Nomination for a Cannes Lion, and numerous awards from American Illustration, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Print, Society of Publication Designers, The Chicago Creative Club and The Advertising and Design Club of Canada.
In 2010, his first children’s book entitled “This Is Silly!” was published by Scholastic Press and In 2011, 2 monographs of his works were released by 2 different publishers. “I Love You, OK?” by teNeues Publishing in Germany and “Mono Taxali by 24_9 Publishing in Italy.
Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time teaching and lecturing at various arts organizations and schools such as OCAD University (Toronto, Canada), where in 2014 he was appointed to a tenured position. He has also taught/lectured at The Art Director’s Club of Houston (Houston, USA), Dankmarks Designskole (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Istituto Europeo Di Design (Rome, Italy), SKAD (Hong Kong), The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, USA) and the National Institute of Design (Bangalore, India). He is a Founding Member of IPA (The Illustrators’ Partnership of America) and sits on the Advisory Board of 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Gary has also juried many student and professional competitions including The Society of Illustrators, The National Magazine Awards, The Dallas Society of Visual Communications and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Gary Taxali is an award-winning illustrator, artist, author and toy designer.
His work has appeared in many major magazines such as The New York Times, Newsweek, GQ and others.
He has exhibited in many galleries and museums throughout North America and Europe including The Jonathan LeVine Gallery.
In 2005, he launched his first vinyl toy, The Toy Monkey, which included a special edition along with a silkscreen print commissioned by The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. This led Gary to create his own toy company, Chump Toys, which recently saw the release of his OH NO and OH OH vinyl figures.[showhide type=”more2″ more_text=”Read More (%s More Words)” less_text=”Read Less (%s More Words)”]
Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time teaching and lecturing at various arts organizations and schools such as OCAD University (Toronto, Canada), The Art Director’s Club of Houston (Houston, USA), Dankmarks Designskole (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Istituto Europeo Di Design (Rome, Italy) . He is a Founding Member of IPA (The Illustrators’ Partnership of America) and sits on the Advisory Board of 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Gary has also juried many student and professional competitions including The Society of Illustrators, The National Magazine Awards, The Dallas Society of Visual Communications and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Gary created the cover art and inside illustrations for Aimee Mann’s latest album @#%&*! Smilers, which won a 2009 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Package Design.
CLIENTS
Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Reader’s Digest, Business Week, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Converse, Levi’s, Sony, McSweeny’s, MTV, Coca-Cola
PARTIAL BOOK LIST OF SELECTED WORKS/WRITINGS OF GARY TAXALI
Hively, Charles, “3X3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration – Vol 1, #”, Charles Hively Publisher, 2003, ISBN 1546-640X
Hyland, Angus; Bell, Roanne, “Hand to Eye: Contemporary Illustration”, Laurence King Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-85669-339-2
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
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; “3×3: 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
American Illustration, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), Print, Society of Publication Designers, National Magazine Awards (Gold Medal), Chicago Creative Club, The Advertising and Design Club of Canada, National Gold Addy and Shortlist for a Cannes Lion
First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Idea Exchange at Design at Riverside, Cambridge, Canada, 2015
Revolver Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2015
National Institute of Design, Bangalore, India, 2015
Savannah College of Art and Design – Hong Kong Campus, Hong Kong, 2014
Artscape Salon, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Grip Limited Agency, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Waddington’s Contemporary, Toronto, Canada, 2014
John St. Agency, Toronto, Canada, 2014[showhide type=”more3″ more_text=”Read More (%s More Words)” less_text=”Read Less (%s More Words)”]
Hong Kong Society of Illustrators, Hong Kong, 2013
Design Exchange, Toronto, ON, 2013
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
United Adworkers, Milwaukee, WI, 2012
Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada, 2012
Pictoplasma Conference, New York City, 2011
MagNet Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2009
OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Centennial College, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Sheridan College, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany, 2008
Istituto Europeo Di Design, Rome, Italy, 2008
Fachhochschule Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 2008
Danmarks Designskole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2006
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 2006
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
Sheridan College, Toronto, Oakville, Canada, 2004
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, 2004
University of Kansas, MO, 2004
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
2016
“Unfamous: The Art of Gary Taxali”, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
“Hotel There”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Here and Now”, Idea Exchange at Design at Riverside, Cambridge, ON
2014
“Unforget Me”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Shanti Town”, Waddington’s, Toronto, ON
2013
“Assemblages”, SOHO House, Toronto, ON
2012
“My Feelings Like You”, The Outsiders (Lazarides), London, UK
“Selected Works”, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milano, Italy
2010
“The Taxali 300”, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, ON
2009
“Hindi Love Song”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“Flop House Rules”, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2007
“Save The Boreal”, New Print Launch and Show, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Last Year’s Winner”, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
“The Up-N-Down Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
“Chumpy’s Specials” – OX OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Toy Monkey Launch and New Prints” – Magic Pony, Toronto, ON
“Chumpy’s Night School” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
“Sweet Shop Toys, Candies and Books” – CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI
“America Lucky Service“ – La Luz de Jesus Gallery
2000
“New Work” – Anno Domini Gallery, San José, CA
2017
“Cowboyland”, Heliumcowboy, Hamburg, Germany
“ArtExpo” New York, Wanroiij Gallery, New York, NY
“Illustrationen On Ice”, Deutsches Sport and Olimpia Museum, Cologne, Germany
“Something Strange in the Neighbourhood”, Feinkunst Kruger, Hambur, Germany
“Welcome to New Jersey”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New Jersey, NY
“For Goodness Sake”, LA LA Land Gallery, Hollywood, CA
“Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of High Fructose”, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2016
“Context Art Miami”, Matthew Namous, Miami, FL
“Cluster”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Grande Ouverture”, Galerie Matthew Namour, Montreal, QC
“Greater Toronto: New Artist Textiles” NYCxDESIGN, New York, NY
“Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose”, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
“Keep It Together”, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, LA
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
“A Decade of Lazarides – 10th Anniversary Group Show”, Lazarides Rathbone, London, UK
“Illustrators 58”, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2015
“The Colour and the Fury – 10 Years of Jonathan LeVine Gallery”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Mural Festival”, Yves LaRoche Gallery, Montreal, QC
“Push Me Pull Me – Pearl Jam Poster Exhibit”, Seattle International Airport, Seattle, WA
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2014
“Egregore – The Zenith of Pop Surrealism”, Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal, QC
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
“Pictoplasma Portrait Gallery”, Kaufaus Jandorf, Berlin, Germany
2013
“Good Work: The Illustration Art Invitational”, Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
“Waddington’s Concrete Contemporary Auction”, Waddington’s Auction House, Toronto, ON
“Wider Than a Postcard”, Group Show, Breezeblock Gallery, Portland, OR
“NXNE Showcase” SOHO House, Toronto, ON
“Small Works Project”, 2013 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“Northern Lights”, Rotofugi, Chicago, IL
“Buddy System Invitational”, Breezeblock Gallery, Portland, OR
2012
“New Blood”, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
Contemporary Canadian Art , Waddingtons Auction House, Toronto, Ontario
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
“BLAB WORLD 2012”, Copro Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“The Post-It Show Eight”, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA
2011
“Made in Polaroid: 50/50/50”, Phillips de Purys, New York, NY
“Lucid Dreams”, Noel-Baza Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Bologna Art Fair”, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Bologna, Italy
“3D Art Book”, Opera Gallery, New York, NY
American Museum of the Society of Illustrators, Traveling Show 53, New York, NY
“Lyric, Group Show”, 323 Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
“La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary Show”, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“Sanrio 50th Anniversary Art Show”, Los Angeles, CA
“Christmas Group Show”, The Outsiders Gallery, London, UK
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“BLAB! A Retrospective”, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“5th year Anniversary Group Exhibition”, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“monUMENTAL”, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
“Never Judge…?”, Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK
“Fantasilandia”, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Italy
“A Starter Kit for Collectors: Art Exhibition”, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
“Post-It Show”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
“The Vader Project”, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“Where Is My Vote?”, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
“Blow Up”, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Picture Mechanics Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Group Show”, Gallery Nucleus, Pasadena, CA
“100 Heads for Haiti”, Spur Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Small Favours”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“True Self Show”, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“Group Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Beautiful Decay A-Z Exhibition”, Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
“Group Show”, The 4th Wall Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Natural Beauty”, Mondo Bizarro, Rome, Italy
“Poster Art Show”, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
“Some Type of Wonderful”. Lifelounge
“The BLAB! Show”, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Berlin’s Smallest Gallery”, Smallery, Berlin, Germany
“Urban Superstar Festival”, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy
“Screen Prints”, The Print Club, London, UK
“Summer Show”, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Superhero”, Comic-Con Art Exhibition, San Diego, CA
“Toronto International Art Fair”, Yves Laroche Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
“Aqua Art Fair”, Yves Laroche Gallery, Miami, FL
“Dimebag 3”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“The 1000 Journals Project”, SFMOMA, San Francisco
“Group Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“Tug Of War”, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
“2007 Los Angeles Art Show”, Billy Shire Fine Arts Booth, Santa Monica, CA
“Charity by Numbers”, Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Look Behind You”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
“The Vader Project”, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006
“Rumble Rumble: An Art Throw Down”, Artlab, Toronto, Canada
“MTV Overground #3”, Toy Tokyo, New York, NY
“Customized Munny; Traveling Show”, Kid Robot, New York, NY
“Nanospore Series 01, Customized Figures”, NY Comicon, New York, NY
“Juxtapoz 2006 Group Show”, OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2005
“Everything But the Kitschen Sync” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Art Party” – Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“I Am 8 Bit” – Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
“Day of the Doon” – Bonny Doon Vineyard, Santa Cruz, CA
“Circus Punks Rule” – Toy Tokyo, New York, NY
“Blab Show” – Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“TAAFI” – Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
“Toronto Art Fair” – Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
“Prints and Posters” – Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA
“Built for Speed” – L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC
“Partridge and Pear Trees” – Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Picture Mechanics Show” – Musuem of American Illlustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“Art of Denim” – L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC
“Pop Pluralism” – Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“Weirdo Deluxe” – StuARTGallery, Burbank, CA
“Male Pattern Baldness and Hummingbirds” – Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
“The Postcard Project” – Fosterart, London, UK
2004
“Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Dress Up Show” – Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA
“A Day on the Lawn” – Froden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Art of Laughter, A Salute to Humor” – Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica, CA
“V&A Awards” – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
“Contemporary Culture” – City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
“10th Anniversary Show” – Giant Robot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Qeedrophonic Doll Show” – OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Picture Mechanics Group Show” – Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Dialogue: The Fine Art of Conversation” – Abbey Church, San Diego, CA
“Ghost Town” – Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
2003
“Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artist” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Robots Have Feelings Too” – Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Cubed” – Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
“Hand to Eye” – Magma Books, London, UK
“Doll House Show” – Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Cartoon Musuem Show” – Cartoon Museum, San Francisco,CA
“Picture Mechanics Group Show” – Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2002
“Quartered de La Luz” – The Cartoon Network, Los Angeles, CA
“Picture Mechanics Group Show” – 69A Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Circus, Carnival, Freaks and Oddities” – CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Decipher” – 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
“La Luz de Leche” – Milk Bedroom Gallery, Toronto, ON
In 2010, his first children’s book entitled “This Is Silly!” was published by Scholastic Press and In 2011, 2 monographs of his works were released by 2 different publishers. “I Love You, OK?” by teNeues Publishing in Germany and “Mono Taxali by 24_9 Publishing in Italy.
Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time teaching and lecturing at various arts organizations and schools such as OCAD University (Toronto, Canada), where in 2014 he was appointed to a tenured position. He has also taught/lectured at The Art Director’s Club of Houston (Houston, USA), Dankmarks Designskole (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Istituto Europeo Di Design (Rome, Italy), SKAD (Hong Kong), The University of the Arts (Philadelphia, USA) and the National Institute of Design (Bangalore, India). He is a Founding Member of IPA (The Illustrators’ Partnership of America) and sits on the Advisory Board of 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Gary has also juried many student and professional competitions including The Society of Illustrators, The National Magazine Awards, The Dallas Society of Visual Communications and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Gary Taxali is an award-winning illustrator, artist, author and toy designer.
His work has appeared in many major magazines such as The New York Times, Newsweek, GQ and others.
He has exhibited in many galleries and museums throughout North America and Europe including The Jonathan LeVine Gallery.
In 2005, he launched his first vinyl toy, The Toy Monkey, which included a special edition along with a silkscreen print commissioned by The Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. This led Gary to create his own toy company, Chump Toys, which recently saw the release of his OH NO and OH OH vinyl figures.[showhide type=”more2″ more_text=”Read More (%s More Words)” less_text=”Read Less (%s More Words)”]
Aside from his gallery shows and illustration work, Gary also devotes a portion of his time teaching and lecturing at various arts organizations and schools such as OCAD University (Toronto, Canada), The Art Director’s Club of Houston (Houston, USA), Dankmarks Designskole (Copenhagen, Denmark) and Istituto Europeo Di Design (Rome, Italy) . He is a Founding Member of IPA (The Illustrators’ Partnership of America) and sits on the Advisory Board of 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.
Gary has also juried many student and professional competitions including The Society of Illustrators, The National Magazine Awards, The Dallas Society of Visual Communications and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Gary created the cover art and inside illustrations for Aimee Mann’s latest album @#%&*! Smilers, which won a 2009 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Package Design.
CLIENTS
Rolling Stone, GQ, Esquire, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Reader’s Digest, Business Week, Warner Bros., Paramount Pictures, Converse, Levi’s, Sony, McSweeny’s, MTV, Coca-Cola
PARTIAL BOOK LIST OF SELECTED WORKS/WRITINGS OF GARY TAXALI
Hively, Charles, “3X3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration – Vol 1, #”, Charles Hively Publisher, 2003, ISBN 1546-640X
Hyland, Angus; Bell, Roanne, “Hand to Eye: Contemporary Illustration”, Laurence King Publishing, 2003, ISBN 1-85669-339-2
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
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; “3×3: 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
American Illustration, Communication Arts Illustration Annual, Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), Print, Society of Publication Designers, National Magazine Awards (Gold Medal), Chicago Creative Club, The Advertising and Design Club of Canada, National Gold Addy and Shortlist for a Cannes Lion
First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2017
Idea Exchange at Design at Riverside, Cambridge, Canada, 2015
Revolver Gallery, Toronto, Canada, 2015
National Institute of Design, Bangalore, India, 2015
Savannah College of Art and Design – Hong Kong Campus, Hong Kong, 2014
Artscape Salon, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Grip Limited Agency, Toronto, Canada, 2014
Waddington’s Contemporary, Toronto, Canada, 2014
John St. Agency, Toronto, Canada, 2014[showhide type=”more3″ more_text=”Read More (%s More Words)” less_text=”Read Less (%s More Words)”]
Hong Kong Society of Illustrators, Hong Kong, 2013
Design Exchange, Toronto, ON, 2013
University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
United Adworkers, Milwaukee, WI, 2012
Algonquin College, Ottawa, Canada, 2012
Pictoplasma Conference, New York City, 2011
MagNet Conference, Toronto, Canada, 2010
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, 2009
OCAD University, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Centennial College, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Sheridan College, Toronto, Canada, 2009
Merz Akademie, Stuttgart, Germany, 2008
Istituto Europeo Di Design, Rome, Italy, 2008
Fachhochschule Mainz, Mainz, Germany, 2008
Danmarks Designskole, Copenhagen, Denmark, 2007
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 2006
Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada, 2006
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
Sheridan College, Toronto, Oakville, Canada, 2004
Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada, 2004
University of Kansas, MO, 2004
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
2016
“Unfamous: The Art of Gary Taxali”, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, ON
2015
“Hotel There”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Here and Now”, Idea Exchange at Design at Riverside, Cambridge, ON
2014
“Unforget Me”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Shanti Town”, Waddington’s, Toronto, ON
2013
“Assemblages”, SOHO House, Toronto, ON
2012
“My Feelings Like You”, The Outsiders (Lazarides), London, UK
“Selected Works”, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Milano, Italy
2010
“The Taxali 300”, Narwhal Art Projects, Toronto, ON
2009
“Hindi Love Song”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“Flop House Rules”, Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona, Spain
2007
“Save The Boreal”, New Print Launch and Show, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Last Year’s Winner”, Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
2006
“The Up-N-Down Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005
“Chumpy’s Specials” – OX OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Toy Monkey Launch and New Prints” – Magic Pony, Toronto, ON
“Chumpy’s Night School” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001
“Sweet Shop Toys, Candies and Books” – CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI
“America Lucky Service“ – La Luz de Jesus Gallery
2000
“New Work” – Anno Domini Gallery, San José, CA
2017
“Cowboyland”, Heliumcowboy, Hamburg, Germany
“ArtExpo” New York, Wanroiij Gallery, New York, NY
“Illustrationen On Ice”, Deutsches Sport and Olimpia Museum, Cologne, Germany
“Something Strange in the Neighbourhood”, Feinkunst Kruger, Hambur, Germany
“Welcome to New Jersey”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New Jersey, NY
“For Goodness Sake”, LA LA Land Gallery, Hollywood, CA
“Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of High Fructose”, Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH
2016
“Context Art Miami”, Matthew Namous, Miami, FL
“Cluster”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Grande Ouverture”, Galerie Matthew Namour, Montreal, QC
“Greater Toronto: New Artist Textiles” NYCxDESIGN, New York, NY
“Turn the Page: The First Ten Years of Hi-Fructose”, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Virginia Beach, VA
“Keep It Together”, Flower Pepper Gallery, Pasadena, LA
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
“A Decade of Lazarides – 10th Anniversary Group Show”, Lazarides Rathbone, London, UK
“Illustrators 58”, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
2015
“The Colour and the Fury – 10 Years of Jonathan LeVine Gallery”, Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY
“Mural Festival”, Yves LaRoche Gallery, Montreal, QC
“Push Me Pull Me – Pearl Jam Poster Exhibit”, Seattle International Airport, Seattle, WA
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
2014
“Egregore – The Zenith of Pop Surrealism”, Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal, QC
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
“Pictoplasma Portrait Gallery”, Kaufaus Jandorf, Berlin, Germany
2013
“Good Work: The Illustration Art Invitational”, Arts Center Gallery, Rochester, NY
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, ON
“Waddington’s Concrete Contemporary Auction”, Waddington’s Auction House, Toronto, ON
“Wider Than a Postcard”, Group Show, Breezeblock Gallery, Portland, OR
“NXNE Showcase” SOHO House, Toronto, ON
“Small Works Project”, 2013 Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
“Northern Lights”, Rotofugi, Chicago, IL
“Buddy System Invitational”, Breezeblock Gallery, Portland, OR
2012
“New Blood”, Thinkspace Gallery, Culver City, CA
Contemporary Canadian Art , Waddingtons Auction House, Toronto, Ontario
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
“BLAB WORLD 2012”, Copro Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
“The Post-It Show Eight”, Giant Robot, Los Angeles, CA
2011
“Made in Polaroid: 50/50/50”, Phillips de Purys, New York, NY
“Lucid Dreams”, Noel-Baza Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, CA
“Bologna Art Fair”, Antonio Colombo Gallery, Bologna, Italy
“3D Art Book”, Opera Gallery, New York, NY
American Museum of the Society of Illustrators, Traveling Show 53, New York, NY
“Lyric, Group Show”, 323 Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
“La Luz de Jesus 25th Anniversary Show”, Los Angeles, CA
2010
“Sanrio 50th Anniversary Art Show”, Los Angeles, CA
“Christmas Group Show”, The Outsiders Gallery, London, UK
“Project 31”, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
“BLAB! A Retrospective”, Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“5th year Anniversary Group Exhibition”, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“monUMENTAL”, Trifecta Gallery, Las Vegas, Nevada
“Never Judge…?”, Stolen Space Gallery, London, UK
“Fantasilandia”, Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, Italy
“A Starter Kit for Collectors: Art Exhibition”, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
“Post-It Show”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
“The Vader Project”, Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
“Where Is My Vote?”, Art Institute of Boston, Boston, MA
“Blow Up”, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Picture Mechanics Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Group Show”, Gallery Nucleus, Pasadena, CA
“100 Heads for Haiti”, Spur Gallery, Baltimore, MD
“Small Favours”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
2009
“True Self Show”, Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“Group Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Beautiful Decay A-Z Exhibition”, Kopeikin Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
“Group Show”, The 4th Wall Gallery, Dallas, TX
“Natural Beauty”, Mondo Bizarro, Rome, Italy
“Poster Art Show”, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, CA
“Some Type of Wonderful”. Lifelounge
“The BLAB! Show”, Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“Berlin’s Smallest Gallery”, Smallery, Berlin, Germany
“Urban Superstar Festival”, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina, Naples, Italy
“Screen Prints”, The Print Club, London, UK
“Summer Show”, G. Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
“Superhero”, Comic-Con Art Exhibition, San Diego, CA
“Toronto International Art Fair”, Yves Laroche Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
“Aqua Art Fair”, Yves Laroche Gallery, Miami, FL
“Dimebag 3”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
2008
“The 1000 Journals Project”, SFMOMA, San Francisco
“Group Show”, La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2007
“Tug Of War”, Hemphill Fine Arts, Washington, DC
“2007 Los Angeles Art Show”, Billy Shire Fine Arts Booth, Santa Monica, CA
“Charity by Numbers”, Corey Helford Gallery, Culver City, CA
“Look Behind You”, Giant Robot Gallery, New York, NY
“The Vader Project”, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, CA
2006
“Rumble Rumble: An Art Throw Down”, Artlab, Toronto, Canada
“MTV Overground #3”, Toy Tokyo, New York, NY
“Customized Munny; Traveling Show”, Kid Robot, New York, NY
“Nanospore Series 01, Customized Figures”, NY Comicon, New York, NY
“Juxtapoz 2006 Group Show”, OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2005
“Everything But the Kitschen Sync” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Art Party” – Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
“I Am 8 Bit” – Gallery 1988, Los Angeles, CA
“Day of the Doon” – Bonny Doon Vineyard, Santa Cruz, CA
“Circus Punks Rule” – Toy Tokyo, New York, NY
“Blab Show” – Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
“TAAFI” – Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, ON
“Toronto Art Fair” – Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, ON
“Prints and Posters” – Outer Edge Studio, Monterey, CA
“Built for Speed” – L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC
“Partridge and Pear Trees” – Magic Pony Gallery, Toronto, ON
“Picture Mechanics Show” – Musuem of American Illlustration at the Society of Illustrators, New York, NY
“Art of Denim” – L’Autre Galerie, Montreal, QC
“Pop Pluralism” – Jonathan Levine Gallery, New York, NY
“Weirdo Deluxe” – StuARTGallery, Burbank, CA
“Male Pattern Baldness and Hummingbirds” – Reading Frenzy, Portland, OR
“The Postcard Project” – Fosterart, London, UK
2004
“Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artists” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Dress Up Show” – Star Shoes, Los Angeles, CA
“A Day on the Lawn” – Froden Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“The Art of Laughter, A Salute to Humor” – Jewish Community Center, Santa Monica, CA
“V&A Awards” – Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
“Contemporary Culture” – City of Brea Gallery, Brea, CA
“10th Anniversary Show” – Giant Robot Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Qeedrophonic Doll Show” – OX-OP Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
“Picture Mechanics Group Show” – Exploding Head Gallery, Sacramento, CA
“Dialogue: The Fine Art of Conversation” – Abbey Church, San Diego, CA
“Ghost Town” – Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
2003
“Uncommercial Art by Commercial Artist” – La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Robots Have Feelings Too” – Culture Cache Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Cubed” – Tin Man Alley, Philadelphia, PA
“Hand to Eye” – Magma Books, London, UK
“Doll House Show” – Copro Nason Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
“Cartoon Musuem Show” – Cartoon Museum, San Francisco,CA
“Picture Mechanics Group Show” – Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN
2002
“Quartered de La Luz” – The Cartoon Network, Los Angeles, CA
“Picture Mechanics Group Show” – 69A Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Circus, Carnival, Freaks and Oddities” – CPOP Gallery, Detroit, MI
“Decipher” – 450 Broadway Gallery, New York, NY
“La Luz de Leche” – Milk Bedroom Gallery, Toronto, ON
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