Sacramento, CA
About Jared Konopitski:
Jared Konopitksi is an artist whose work has been shown not just in United States, but in Canada, Ecuador, Norway, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
He has exhibited at the "Crocker Art Museum":http://crockerartmuseum.org/; been featured on "KVIE PBS":http://www.kvie.org/; and, as a member of the Scary Art Collective, done comic-strip illustrations for Nic Caesar’s “Mosquito and Spider.” You can find his work in such publications as "Juxtapoz":http://www.juxtapoz.com/, Heavy Metal Magazine, "Fringe":http://www.fringemagazine.org/, "SubMerge":http://submergemag.com/ and "Wow! Cool’s Psycho Nurse Calendar":http://wowcool.com/engine/releases/psycho-nurse-2011-calendar.
In addition to painting, Jared creates toys and curates art shows, seminars, and workshops. He has curated several shows for Sacramento’s Vox Gallery, including, not surprisingly, one called “Godzilla vs. Art.”
Selected exhibitions
- Peter Thomas Design - Solo Show - Berkeley California, 2013
- Sweep Shop Gallery - Ireland, 2012
- The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery: The Tie That Binds - Bay Shore New York, 2011
- Side Show Studios- Solo ook permanently on file - Sacramento California, 2011
- Crocker Art Museum - Sacramento California, 2010
Education
- American River college, Certificate in Graphic Design - Sacramento,2000
- American River college, Certificate in Illustration - Sacramento,2000
- American River college, AA in Art New Media - Sacramento,2000
Press Accolades
- The New Yorker - Summer 2014
- Heavy Metal Magazine - Fall 2012
- Juxtapoz Magazine - March 2011