Thursday, July 02, 2009

MONSTER? JULY 11, COPRO!

Suprisingly,
not a lot of press is going on about this show...what's up with that? I have one piece that will be on display, dig the sneak peek....

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ANYWAY.....

Travis Louie will be curating “Monster?” a group art exhibition opening at Copro Gallery on Saturday, July 11th at 8pm.

Monster?” will include work by more than fifty amazing artists including Annie Owens, Brom, Chet Zar, Dan Quintana, Kris Kuksi, David Stoupakis, Fred Harper, Heidi Taillefer, Kris Lewis, Martin Wittfooth, Miles Teves , Xiaoqing Ding, Jessica Joslin and Ron English...plus MANY MANY MORE!

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Copro Gallery

2525 Michigan Ave. T5 (Inside Bergamot Station)

Santa Monica, CA

USA

Thursday, June 04, 2009

TODAY IS THE DAY!!!!


BIG MUSCAMOOT (seaweed variant) releases at ROTOFUGI TODAY!!!
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These are VERY limited, so stay on your toes!
also, got a little mention on the latest episode (79)of TOYBREAK!  Thanks George and Ayleen, you guys are the bestestest-est!

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

BIG MUSCAMOOT first RELEASE June 5th!!!!

FINALLY!!! My first official toy release! 
Releasing FRIDAY JUNE 5th at Rotofugi Chicago, NOON central!

Online at ROTOFUGI.COM later that same day.

for more info:

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Friday, May 15, 2009

WORK MODE


I've been really bad about updates and my old college friends who never call me were complaining that they don't know how to keep up with my life when I don't update my blog....so here I am...updating! Happy? Jess?

Still grinding away here for my two-person show in Montreal, on the FINAL painting!  This new body of work is a departure from my previous work, and is something that I feel more comfortable with than anything that I have done previously.  Here is a little teaser:


Top secret projects in the works are getting closer to their unveiling, I cannot wait until I can blab about all of this stuff because it's mad exciting!


Quick  THANK YOU to the students of Norton High School for being such a great audience and behaving while Old Man Ryniak babbled about himself.  You guys are the awesomest.

ALSO, I have a couple of things available at the STEVE BROWN GALLERY site, go now!

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Been so long

Hello again everyone! So sorry for the lack of updates, it's busy season in the CMR studio.

I've been working on a lot of projects that unfortunately(or fortunately, I guess) must remain veiled in secrecy until their official releases.
Summer always brings the insanity that is the San Diego Comic Con...which always brings ME to San Deigo...to wade through the ocean of people smelling like corn chips. Nevertheless, I WILL be in attendance again and most likely signing once or twice as well as attending some satellite events. More details as they roll in.
My two person show with Jonathan Bergeron (aka Johnny Crap) at the Yves LaRoche Galley in Montreal has finally been titled. GARDENS OF MISFORTUNE. Johnny and I are working on something special to be released at the gallery, hmmmm what could it be? You'll just have to wait, but it's worth it, this is something totally new and crazy. I'm also having the paintings that I have done thus far shot next week, and I MIGHT just leak another sneak peek. The show opens July 29th, I'm dragging my whole family out for this one, hope to see you there!
TOYS!!!! I've seen the first paint tests of my figure, BIG MUSCAMOOT for the Lake Monster series, and they look awesome! The release is coming..soon! you'll hear it here first. I'm also working on the prototype for the third monster as we speak. You should be seeing some representation of all three of the figures at the aforementioned Comic Con this summer, if not releases.
Speaking of toys, I'm up to my earballs in custom commissions, I'm booked solid through the year, which is crazy! I have to say, the toy collectors are an awesome, rabid, tenacious bunch of people, and I have to thank them for all of the support they have given me this last year, it was very unexpected.
This is a commissioned custom Dunce by Gary Baseman that I finished recently:

And as always...EVEN MORE stuff is coming out soon, really...like REALLY. stay tuned.

And sorry about the lack of pictures and the abundance of words, I'll do better next time!

Thursday, March 26, 2009

BUG JAR #2 !!!!!!!

From Shoparooni!!!! Don't sleep!:


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Cleveland artist Chris Ryniak, whose "Big Muscamoot" vinyl figure is due to be released by Rotofugi & Squibbles Ink any day now, will launch the second installation of his new “Bug Jar” series of customized vinyl figures this Friday at Shoparooni.com!

The Bug Jar Series will feature customized mini figures from MINDstyle, Kidrobot and other companies. One custom figure will be released each month, and the figure itself will not be revealed until the buyer has received it. Each will be a unique, hand-painted and sculpted custom figure from lines such as Kathie Olivas’ Scavengers and Kidrobot’s Dunnys.

The second custom, a hand painted, hand-sculpted 3" Dunny named “Midwestern Mud Tracker,” will be released tomorrow, Friday, March 27th at Shoparooni.com between 9 PM and 11 PM, EST. Retail for this Bug Jar release will be $200. There will also be some very special Bug Jar releases at the upcoming Dragon*Con in September at Chris’ table in Artist’s Alley.

The last Bug Jar release, a custom Scavenger figure, sold in just a hair over 3 minutes! Better be quick on the draw for this one! And, as a nice little bonus, if a second person gets their order in before the figure is pulled, they will get a free Chris Ryniak postcard set, courtesy of Chris and Shoparooni.

http://www.thelakemonsters.com (Big Muscamoot reference)

Teaser Images:


Monday, March 23, 2009

grindin...

Tons of stuff going down in the lab right now, hence the lack of posts. Just thought I'd throw yallz a bone with the painting I did for The SuperSchool show out at Copro Nason that opened a few weeks back. Thanks LOLA!

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More news, toys, customs, paintings, rantings, ravings and nonsense to come!
SPRINGTIME!!!!