{"id":2,"date":"2018-10-26T21:50:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T20:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/46.32.240.43\/jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-11-06T13:42:36","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T13:42:36","slug":"artist-biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/?page_id=2","title":{"rendered":"Artist Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Artist Biography<\/h1>

British artist JPK came to prominence with his stark black and white Art toys, quickly establishing a reputation as a pioneer in this field. This early momentum was capitalised upon with his solo show A New Hope at Yoyamart Gallery (N.Y.) in 2012, leading to collaborations with industry leaders Kidrobot, Toy2R and Mighty Jaxx with whom he\u2019s released dozens of Art pieces over the years.<\/p>

Other projects with leading artists include J*RYU, Chino Lam, Koncrete and InstincToys, alongside projects with more mainstream companies such as Peugeot, Mythical Games and Android. As an industry leader, JPK has travelled extensively, giving talks and demonstrations to audiences in Beijing, Singapore and Dubai as well as closer to home in the UK; his work\u2019s also been shown internationally in numerous group shows, as well as in solo exhibitions in the UK, US, and most recently, Hong Kong. He\u2019s won several awards at the Designer Toy Awards, including Artist of the Year, Custom of the Year and Best Mini Series.<\/p>

JPK\u2019s work explores themes of self-identity and the facades we build around ourselves, examining the careful curation of what we show to others. The art is always playful, toying with cultural labels and social tribalism, using pop-culture and mythical themes as the setting for character identity. He sees his work as the creation of canvases from sculpture, using the black and white to create a negative space to both explore narrative and focus the viewers\u2019 eye – \u00a0 through intricate tattoo details on these sculptures, he weaves suggested histories and backgrounds for his characters.<\/p>

Jon\u2019s inspired numerous other artists, using his unique style as a starting point to begin their own journey into art and character design. He sees this both as a recognition of the support he\u2019s been given over his career, as well as supporting the development of this art to the benefit of everyone involved.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Artist Biography British artist JPK came to prominence with his stark black and white Art toys, quickly establishing a reputation as a pioneer in this field. This early momentum was capitalised upon with his solo show A New Hope at Yoyamart Gallery (N.Y.) in 2012, leading to collaborations with industry […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":382,"url":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/?page_id=382","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":0},"title":"Artist Mission Statement","date":"17th May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Artist Mission StatementAt the age of four I had a decision to make; \u201cDo I want to be Indiana Jones, or do I want to create my own heroes?\u201d As an avid drawer, the answer was clear.This thought still drives my work decades later; creating a vast world of characters\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/46.32.240.43\/jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/17-0093-JPK-1024x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":388,"url":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/?page_id=388","url_meta":{"origin":2,"position":1},"title":"Exhibitions","date":"17th May 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"ExhibitionsSolo Shows\u201cReveries\u201d,AMAZ by Lokianno Gallery. Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. Mar 2023\u201cDauntless\u201d(with Jesse Yu), WootBear Gallery. San Francisco, USA. Apr 2017\u201cUnamerican Activity\u201dToy Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA. Nov 2014\u201cA New Hope\u201dYoyaMart Gallery, New York, USA. October 2012\u201cMost of my Heroes Are Zombies\u201d,Ik\u2019sentrik Gallery. Bath, UK. Nov 2010Group Shows\u201cWood Morning Paris\u201dJuce Gace.\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/46.32.240.43\/jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/333842655_149871891277477_943783436423887898_n-768x1024.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536,"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jonpaulkaiser.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}