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Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA

This month I  participated in an amazing event!!  Sanrio (aka hello kitty) had GIANT birthday bash to celebrate it’s 50th year making adorable characters and goodies ♥  The party was  down in LA and part of the main event was an amazing gallery show curated by JapanLA, Talented artists from all over the globe  ( Tokidoki, Camilla d’Errico, Buff Monster, Joe Ledbetter, Bei Badgirl, Audry Kawasaki and more)  had been invited to create work inspired by and paying tribute to Sanrio~ and I was one of them!  Ever since I was a little girl I have always had a special place in my heart for Sanrio products and characters, so to get the honor to  make a piece with the characters for such an amazing event with artists I admire… well needless to say I was jumping for joy when I got the invite!

For this show I created 3 pieces~ My large character explosion piece  “candy candy kitty dreams” contains just about every character sanrio wished to honor at this event + was an excellent chance for me to use this amazing ornate frame I had thrifted almost 2 years ago… I was saving it for a special show haha.  I also created two smaller pieces in custom ornate frames for the characters “spottie dottie”  the sweet dalmatian little girl, and the thunder brothers “goropikadon”which are a much older character set, but so adorable!

“Thunder Sisters” Goro, Pinka, Don tribute piece ♥ Still for sale at JapanLA

“Darling Dottie is so Spottie” Spottie Dottie tribute piece ♥ Still for sale at JapanLA

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In the art zone at my Sanrio signing~ getting photobombed by JapanLA! ♥

I drove down to attend VIP night plus a few other event nights with Nara, what an amazing exp! Nerd Party sponsored by LoungeFly, Hello Kitty Prom, Food trucks… I played and ate for 2 weeks solid!  My large piece sold before the VIP showing even started~ apparently 4 people wanted to buy it ♥ aaaah what an honor!!! The response online with the articles and blogs has also been so warm that the gallery and Sanrio allowed me to offer everyone a print series on the “Candy-candy kitty dreams” !

The Giclée prints are 19″x9.5″ and priced at $75 a print~  edition of 100! After a week in LA Nara had to go back to his studio, so  I drove back up to SF to drop him off, switch out my luggage,  run off my prints, and head back down in time for the signing! It was a happy chaos! Nov 12th I arrived back in LA to have more Sanrio fun and had a wonderful afternoon signing prints and adding special hand details and sparkles to each. It has been a while since I set up a table and got to sign prints, so it was great to meet some new faces and chat with you guys!!

** This edition of 100 SOLD OUT, thank you SO much to everyone that purchased a print! I hope you enjoy the print as much as I enjoyed making it**

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I wish I lived in Italy so I could attend the amazing party that was held to celebrate the “Pink Attitude” book release! READ DETAILS ON THE BOOK or  BUY HERE

Happybooks X Underscore press held events in Rome, Sicily, and Napoli to start~ a nice shout out in Italian Vogue + a few other Italian fashion magazines! Oh wow!!

Here are some photos from the events,they look like so much fun and VERY PINK!  I wish I could have flown out for this! Can you spot my pieces in the photos? ^^

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I know this is terribly late for me to announce in my news, but many of you read my other blogs or have seen the event listed on my exhibit list I think. I have just recently been published in an awesome book called “Pink Attitude“! The book features several other feminine artists from all around the globe, such as the very talented (and one of my favorite artists personally) Marguerite Sauvage, Tansy Myer, Enrica Mannari, Pilar Alvarez, and many more! It really is a great collection of work, and it was such an honor to be invited as an artist in it!

The book is quite large and hard covered, with about 200 or so pages inside that are all full color. My art spans over about 14 pages, so if you want a nice book containing most of my work to date, this is the one to grab because its NICE.  Right now it can be purchased from Amazon HERE or Happybooks.it for €30,00 (about $47 usa dollars) and YES, the site and checkout system can be viewed in English and they will ship to the states I shipped an extra copy to my parents very easily! You can also order it through most major bookstores I think, in person and online. It has also been spotted in many gallery shops and art centered bookstores.

* ISBN-10: 8886416725
* ISBN-13: 978-8886416726

About the book tour~ the book is planned to go on a small show tour ( with a show already in Rome, Italy) so please keep an eye here for more if you are interested in attending an event! I’ll post the info as I get it in my “Events” section!

 photos can be viewed on the official book site HERE or check out the video below!

UPDATE: This made my day!! I was shopping at my absolute FAVORITE bookstore in the whole wide world (the kinokuniya bookstore in SF Japan Town, best selection of artbooks imported and domestic EVER!!) and look what I spotted!! I have also seen the book at several urban type art shops down in the Height! Its so amazing to see it on the shelfs in places I go to myself.

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