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| dustin amery hostetler |
| aka UPSO |
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| Occupation | Contact |
| Graphic Artist, Curator & Publisher Working since 1998 in America |
e: info@upso.org p: 419.830.UPSO |
| About |
| Samples of my art-works are available here. I publish the critically acclaimed art magazine Faesthetic. I also maintain a design studio with my wife who I think is awesome. |
I love the internet and actively interact with it. I am an active news poster on many great sites, including: FecalFace, K10k, Surfstation and Club Mumble as well as on my own blog. |
| News |
| The "Signature ID" I created for the FUEL television network has started airing! Wallets I designed for POKETO are out! Faesthetic #12 has dropped! I'm now working with INPRNT.com for distro. Shipping is fast & cheap, and the new issue rules. I made a print for the Cloudy Collection #4. I did a bottle & G-shock watch for Mtn Dew's Green Label project! I have some art in a new book by Chronicle. An illo I did a few years ago was recently used for a Seattle Stranger cover! |
Check out the video recap of the 2009 Faesthetic show I curated for Scion. The panel I spoke on at SXSW this year called "Curating the Crowd Sourced World" is now available as a podcast. An impromptu Q and A session I had with John Maeda in '08 is up on the RISD blog. You can pick up a crazy affordable print of mine at 20x200.com. (Featured in the October 2008 issue of GQ!) You can read a rather intense review of my early 2008 solo show at Wootini here. |
| Client List |
| My commercial art client list includes: Mountain Dew, Motorola, Martini & Rossi, Scion, Mtv, Mtv-Tr3s, Upper Playground, Casio, The Webbys, ETNIES, Burton, Verizon, Air America, Toshiba, Nokia, American Eagle, Kid Robot, XLarge, Sims Snowboards and Converse. My work has been published in many periodicals, including: Wired, Newsweek, The Seattle Stranger, The Portland Mercury, Flaunt, Anthem, Men's Health, XLR8R, BusinessWeek, ReadyMade, Rockpile, Anthem, Swindle, Clamor, RE:UP, Rap-Up, IRT, Honest, EGM, WYWS, Art Prostitute, BPM, Marmalade, Made, Make, Craft, Animal NYC, Beautiful Decay & Arthur. In addition, I have curated projects for companies such as 55Dsl, Scion and Threadless. |
| Participated Art Shows & Events |
| The Last Unicorn Art Show / Group Show / Tattoo Factory Gallery / Chicago, IL / 2010 Toledo Museum of Art Community Exhibit / Group Show reinterpreting pieces from the TMA's permanent collection / Toledo, OH / 2010 Inaugural Show / Group Show / THIS / LA / 2010 20/10 Vision / Group Show / Gallery Hanahou / NYC / 2010 We Haven't Felt This Way In Years / Group Show / Double Punch Gallery / SF, CA / 2009 Green Label Art / 2 man show with Jeff McMillan / Etnies Showroom / Soho, NYC / 2009 Hip Hop Lives Here / Group Show / Auckland, New Zealand / 2009 We Are Contributors / Group Show curated by Furni & Mumblemagazine / Vancou/ 2009 Park Life / Group Show curated by Studio #1 / Subliminal Projects / Los Angeles / 2008 The Fine Line / Group Show with Damien Correll, Ryan Santos, Julie Hill & Joey Parlett / Front Room Gallery / Cleveland / 2008 A Benefit Show / Group Show / Fecal Face Gallery / San Francisco / 2008 Electric Windows / Group Show / Open Space Gallery / Beacon NY / 2008 I will miss you when I'm gone / Solo Show / Wootini Gallery / Carrborro, NC / 2008 Happy Endings / Group Show / the Lab 101 Gallery / LA / 2007 I can see the Future / Solo Show / Plastic Chapel Gallery / Denver / 2007 Cereal Killers / Group Show / Monkeyhouse Toys / LA / 2007 Want2Bsquare / Group Show with Dalek, Sage Vaughn, Maya Hayuk, Matzu & Kelsey Brookes / Presented by SCION / Skylight Studios & Scion Space Gallery / NYC & LA / 2007 ((An interview I did with Scion & Dr. Revolt is up for viewing.)) We're All Mad Here / Group Show / Presented by Disney / Gallery 1988 / LA / 2006 The Paint Ball / Group Show / Kid Robot Pirate Store / NYC/ 2006 I want to live forever / Solo Show / Kid Robot / NYC / 2006 Follow the Munny / Group Show / Capsule Gallery / Denver/ 2006 Project: C-Note / Group Show / Project.BZ Gallery / LA / 2006 Project: Propaganda / Group Show / Project.BZ Gallery / LA / 2005 Zoo Room / Group Show / I Am Stati & Resistor Gallery / Toronto / 2005 Munny Show / Group Show / KidRobot / LA / 2005 Fun with Dead Bodies / Group Show / Rotofugi / Chicago / 2005 Project: Vice / Group Show / Project.BZ Gallery & Vice Magazine / LA / 2005 Surf VS. Skate / Group Show /Project.BZ Gallery / LA / 2005 Skate or Die / Group Show / New Image Gallery & Purple Skunk Board Shop / LA & SF / 2005 Fifty Fifty / Group Show / Lab 101 & Powerhouse Gallery / LA & NYC / 2005 Canceled Flight (Book Release show) / Group Show / Reed Space / NYC / 2005 ART 4 TIBET / Group Show / Juice Gallery / San Francisco / 2005 Bridge / Group Show curated by Punkture / Church at Berkley / Toronto / 2005 Vinyl Klash 2 / Custom Toy Group Show / C-POP Gallery / Detroit / 2005 Metal Pig / Group Show / Gomi Gallery-SXSW / Austin TX / 2005 Row Boats Home / Group Show / Old Dominion Gallery / Norfolk VA/ 2005 Memento Mordant / Show with Saiman Chow / the Lab 101 Gallery / LA / 2004 Rubber Rising / Group Show / PS: Café Taipei, Taiwan / 2004 Apocalypse Now / Group Show / Visual Subject Matter Gallery / Costa Mesa / 2004 By the People, For the People / Group Show / Transport Gallery / LA / 2004 32 Inch Canvas / Group Show / Calgary-Vancouver-Toronto / 2004 Better Tomorrow Today / Group Show / Co-Lab Projects / Brooklyn / 2004 Excerpts from my diary / One man show / Diva / Toledo / 2004 Original Multiples / Atlantic Ave Artwalk Group Show / NYC / 2004 Up Our Sleeve / Traveling Group Show / NYC-LA-Tokyo / 2004 3 minutes of happiness / Group show / SH Gallery / San Diego / 2004 Morning Wood (Book Release show) 2 / Merry Karnowsky Gallery / LA / 2004 The Phenom Show / Collab work with Jon Phenom / San Diego / 2004 Midwizest / Featured work / Stay Gold Gallery / Brooklyn / 2004 Morning Wood Book Release show / Group show /Minna Gallery / SF / 2003 Textstyles T-Shirt Show / Group show / Boston / 2003 The Broken Deck Show / Group show / Montreal / 2003 One-of-a-kind Tee for Auction / Nikao Youth Project / 2003 Windmilling / Group show / Andenken Gallery / Denver / 2002 |
| Selected Curatorial Projects |
| Busy Beaver Button-O-Matic series #10 / Curated line of buttons / featuring work from Tim Biskup, Spacesick, Damien Correll, Jennifer Daniel, Nicholas Gazin, Ginette Lapalme, Travis Millard, STEAK MTN, Luke Ramsey & Geoffrey Todd Smith / 2009 Threadless "Select" series / Curated T-shirt line / Threadless.com / June 2007- August 2009 This Must Be The Place / Curated Group Show / Scion Space Gallery / Culver City, CA / featuring work from Gluekit, Maxwell Loren Holyoke-Hirsch, Damien Correll, Joel Speasmaker, Matt Curry, Skull Phone, Dan Funderburgh & Jemma Hostetler / 2009 Different Points / Curated Group Photo Show / featuring work from Ben Loiz, Saiman Chow & Mike Giant / Table Brothers Gallery / NYC / 2006 Sketchel Custom Art Bags / Co-Curated Group Project for JeremyVille (Australia) / featuring work from 15 Artists / Semi Permanent Conference / Syndey / 2005 Accident Happy / Curated Group Show / featuring work from Derrick Hodgson, James Paterson & Joshua Davis / Alfred University / NY / 2005 Postcard Series / Curated group project / featuring work from 10 artists / Downtown 4 Democracy / 2004 Make Art Not War Poster Series / Currated group project with Clamor magazine/ featuring work from Shepard Fairey, Cody Hudson, Kozy-n-Dan & Faile / 2004 ZROX / Co-curated show for Versionfest / featuring over 50 artists / Chicago / 2004 8.5 x 11 / Co-curated show at 55DSL / featuring over 100 artists / Nyc / 2002 Faesthetic Magazine / Issues 1-13 / featuring over 400 artists / 2001-Present |
| Selected Speaking and Presenting |
| Cut & Paste / Judge / 2D / Chicago / 2009 SXSW Interactive / Curating in the Crowd Sourced World / Panel with Paddy Johnson, Nion McEvoy and Gina Trapani / Moderated by Jen Bekman / Austin, TX / 2009 RISD Illustration Department / Visiting Artist Lecture Series / Providence, RI / 2009 SXSW Interactive / Panel with Jemma Hostetler & Curt Cloninger / Austin, TX / 2006 LGDA presents / Co-Speaker with Jemma Hostetler / Louisville, KY / 2005 Flash In The Can / Co-Speaker with Jemma Gura and Branden Hall / Toronto / 2005 Accident Happy / Speaker / Alfred University / Alfred, NY / 2005 BD4D / Featured Speaker / Cleveland, OH / 2003 |
| Selected Features |
| The Rest Is Up to You: A Collaboration Between 118 Artists and a Boy Named Cohen Morano / Published by Chronicle Books / 2009 Jeremyville Sessions / Published by IDN & Jeremyville / 2007 2 Faced - The Changing Face of Portraiture / Published by IDN & Wearitwithpride / 2007 Hot Wiring your Creative Process / Published by New Rider & Curt Cloninger / 2006 Graphics Alive / Published by Victionary / 2006 Made Magazine / Issue # 20 / 2005 Kid Robot Dunny Toys / Series 2 / Regular production and Limited Glow edition / 2005 Canceled Flight Book / Published by Throck Morton Press / 2005 Semi-Permanant / Published by Design Is Kinky / 2005 Rethink•Redesign•Reconstruct Book / Published by HOW Books / 2004 The Drama Magazine / Issue #2 / 2004 ANIMAL NYC Magazine / ARMAGEDDEON Issue # 4 / 2004 Clamor Magazine / Issue 24 / 2004 Morning Wood / Published by Ginko Press & Roger Gastman / 2003 Semi-Permanant / Published by Design Is Kinky / 2003 Beautiful Decay Magazine / Issue C / 2003 |