Tony J. - artist

Tony J. - artist Painter, cartoonist, filmmaker, art teacher, toy designer, muralist, circus/animation festival producer and jerk of all trades. Sad Sack, MAD Magazine, R.

Born in New Haven, CT on Feb 7th 1975. Graduated with a BFA in Illustration from the extremely small Paier College of Art in Hamden, CT in 1997. At age 12, my parents had some comic books they let me read. Crumb and Horror comics. Few years later I became a big fan of The Far Side and Calvin and Hobbes. Nowadays for comics it's Daniel Clowes, Julie Doucett, Chester Brown, Charles Burns and Kyle Ba

ker. For artists: Vasily Kandinsky, Van Gogh, Francis Bacon, Mark Ryden and Shag. A year before graduation, I began freelancing as a muralist and a graphic designs for major corporations such as Corona Beer, Wrigley, Hasbro Toy Company, Yale University, The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Dark Horse Publishing and others places as well with some full-time jobs as an art teacher and a photo lab technician during the days of negative film. In 2000, I started working on a series of paintings called "Mocking The Masters" which depicts famous works of art that I turn them into comical parodies. Example, Leonardo da Vinci's painting of the Mona Lisa. I painted all the features of the original painting but I replaced the head with Yoda's head and on the bottom of a painting is written "Yoda Lisa" in a painterly style of a single-panel comic. My parodied are not an insult, just another way to look at them. Some of the other artist I've done are Edvard Munch, Frida Kahlo, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol aand many others. Besides selling my original art I also sell magnets, comic books and other merchandise which is all available in my store page right here oktony.com/store.html

Here is a short list of some past exhibitions. Franconia Sculpture Park (Shafer, MN)

AZ Gallery (Saint Paul, MN)

Monmouth Museum (Lincroft, NJ)

The Walker (Liverpool, UK)

John Slade Ely House (New Haven, CT)

Hygienic Art Gallery (New London, CT)

CB's 313 Gallery (New York, NY)

La Viande (London, UK)

Limner Gallery (New York, NY)

Culture Cache (San Francisco, CA)

Gallery 1988 (Los Angeles, CA)

l'art Noir New Orleans (New Orleans, LA)

DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA)

MoCCA Museum Of Comics and Cartoon Art (New York, NY)

Kustom Lane Gallery (Hawthorn, AU)

Some publications that featured my art were Juxtapoz, ISM Quarterly, The Stuckist Punk Victorian, The Book of Spam, Direct Art, Funky Garbage, I Hate Cartoons and Art Buzz. I've received a numerous of awards, citations and grants for my art and projects and my art has been bought by celebrities such as Sarah Silverman and Weird Al Yankovic. Other projects are my creation of a combo circus and animation festival called Forgot To Laugh: Sideshow And Animation Festival. Where there is live performances such as contortionists, yo-yo performers, burlesque and more. From local acts to world renowned performers like The Great Throwdini, Big Nazo and Jonathan Burns. Then in between each act, I will have 3 to 4 animated shorts fom such artists as Bill Plympton, Nina Paley, Happy Tree Friends and many others. From time to time I also make short videos and films under the name Dr. Wildé. Noir erotic with a sick sense of humor. I don't do painting/drawing for commissions anymore but I will do murals as long as I can keep them in my style. I currently reside in St. Paul, Minnesota with my wife Monica Shushelnycky, Norman our cat, Pierre our goldfish and the 8 foot cyborg gorilla that lurks in our backyard.

My first art show for 2025. Hope to see you at the reception on Feb 22nd!
01/14/2025

My first art show for 2025. Hope to see you at the reception on Feb 22nd!

01/13/2025

Parody on those reveal new paintings.

"Jack The Ripper up in a Tree" Acrylics on canvas. 12"x24"
12/28/2024

"Jack The Ripper up in a Tree" Acrylics on canvas. 12"x24"

"sigh" I miss iWeb.
12/27/2024

"sigh" I miss iWeb.

12/15/2024
"Kim" Stretch canvas with Turner Acrylic Gouache. 16"x16"
11/17/2024

"Kim" Stretch canvas with Turner Acrylic Gouache. 16"x16"

11/11/2024
"Hangman's Heart" Inspired by Billy Childish's record label. 4"x4".
11/08/2024

"Hangman's Heart" Inspired by Billy Childish's record label. 4"x4".

"Chicken Of The Sea"
10/30/2024

"Chicken Of The Sea"

A filthy pa******le man for InkTober 10/16/24 Grungy inktober
10/16/2024

A filthy pa******le man for InkTober 10/16/24 Grungy inktober

Art that blinds and binds you.
10/08/2024

Art that blinds and binds you.

My slide/animation/video of "My Dead Dog Rover". Let me know what you think?
10/08/2024

My slide/animation/video of "My Dead Dog Rover". Let me know what you think?

Slides, video and animation. Music by Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank. Thanks to Russ Mortimer, Aidan Moran, Bill Meddick and Gretchen Werda.

Artsy me. late 90's. Self portrait for photography class at
10/05/2024

Artsy me. late 90's. Self portrait for photography class at

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I was born in New Haven, Connecticut, US in 1975. Graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Paier College of Art in Hamden, Connecticut 1997. At age 12, my parents has some comic books they had kept. Sad Sack, Zap, Vampirella, MAD Magazine and lots of horror comics.

A year before I graduated, I began freelancing in art. Working as a muralist for and a graphic designs for major corporations and residential areas such as Corona Beer, Wrigley, Hasbro Toy Company, Yale University, The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Dark Horse Publishing and others. I was also worked full time for many years as an art teacher and a photo lab technician during the days of 35mm and other outdated films.

In 2000, I created a series of paintings called Mocking The Masters which depicts famous artists and/or famous artwork and I turn them into comical parody. Example, Leonardo da Vinci’s painting of the Mona Lisa which has all the features of the original painting but with the head of Yoda and on the bottom of a painting is written Yoda Lisa in a painterly style of a single-panel comic. I've ripped on others but not to insult, just to look at it another way. Other artist I've parody are Edvard Munch, Georgia O'Keefe, Vincent Van Gogh, Andy Warhol and many others. Besides selling original art, I also make magnets of my artwork, comic books and other merchandise which is all available on my website. Here is a short list of my past exhibitions.

The Walker Museum (Liverpool, UK) • John Slade Ely House (New Haven, CT) • The Art Coalition (North Hollywood, CA) • Hygienic Art Gallery (New London, CT) • CBGB’s 313 Gallery (New York, NY) • La Viande (London, UK) • Art Underground (Baltimore, MD) • Limner Gallery (New York, NY) • Culture Cache (San Francisco, CA) • Gallery 1988 (Los Angeles, CA) • l’art Noir New Orleans (New Orleans, LA) • 3rd Rail Studios (New Rochelle, NY) • DeCordova Museum (Lincoln, MA) • MoCCA Museum Of Comics and Cartoon Art (New York, NY) • Kustom Lane Gallery (Hawthorn, AU)