Artists

Born in Taipei and based in Los Angeles, Sean Chao is known for his detailed miniature sculptures of polymer clay, bass wood, balsa wood, paper, and wire.

San Francisco based artist Felicia Chiao has exhibited nationally and is also known as a respected commercial illustrator who has collaborated with clients such as the Magic Puzzle Company and A24 Films.

Luke Chueh is an artist based in Los Angeles who is well known for his bear characters and work across many genres that have been featured in galleries around the world. Employing minimal color schemes and simple animal characters, his artistic style balances cute with brute, walking the fine line between comedy and tragedy.

Giorgiko (pronounced JOR-jee-koh) is the moniker of husband-and-wife artists Darren and Trisha Inouye. Giorgiko’s work deals with the affective dimension of the human experience through their childlike characters and mysterious dogs who represent the innocence and carnality of the human spirit and soul.

In his large-scale paintings, James Jean depicts detailed cosmological worlds filled with allegorical and contemporary imagery. Jean has exhibited in New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, Seoul, and Tokyo, and has designed film posters for Everything Everywhere All at Once, Blade Runner 2049, and other films.

Taylor Lee is a ceramicist living and working in Los Angeles. Her combination of bright colors with stoneware creates whimsical yet iconic forms that explore womanhood, genealogy, and how the ancient impacts our modern life.

Mike Shinoda is a musician, producer, graphic designer, and artist. A leading member of the Grammy award-winning band Linkin Park, his art has graced its album covers, as well as those of Styles of Beyond, Fort Minor, and others. His solo exhibitions Glorious Excess (Born) and Glorious Excess (Dies) were at JANM in 2008 and 2009.

Based in San Francisco, Rain Szeto creates narrative drawings of an intricately rendered fictional universe where people partake in work and pastimes surrounded by stacks of books, snacks, merchandise, and mementos.

Born and raised in Toba, Japan, Yoskay Yamamoto moved to the United States at the age of fifteen. A self-trained illustrator, Yamamoto blends pop iconic characters from his new Western home with traditional and mythical Japanese elements and balances his Asian heritage with urban pop art.

Eric Nakamura founded Giant Robot as a photocopied and stapled zine in 1994 and grew the publication until late 2010. Giant Robot magazine reached a multiracial audience interested in Asian popular culture and became known as the premier magazine in the field. Nakamura built on the success of Giant Robot with stores and galleries in Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, and has curated over 300 exhibitions. Currently, Nakamura works in and owns the Giant Robot store and GR2 Gallery in Los Angeles,­­ which continues to offer pop culture goods and hold art exhibitions.