jamesgulliverhancock

2011-05-16T19:04:00.001-07:00

This wednesday I have a solo show opening in New York, come on down!

New Animation Reel for 2011

2011-05-03T19:48:00.001-07:00

SHOW

2011-03-09T16:21:00.000-08:00

I'm in a great show in Chicago this friday, check it out!

EXHIBITION

2011-01-25T11:10:00.000-08:00

A new solo show opens soon in Sydney, Australia. All new works produced around the world in 2010.

CONFUSED COMMUNICATION for SUNDAY MAGAZINE

2011-01-11T15:21:00.000-08:00

Key West

2010-12-22T14:59:00.000-08:00

Man it must of been fun hanging out down in Key West in the sun with Hemmingway, back in the day - palm trees, bungalows.... But hey, I got to cruise around on google maps for this little map for Go Magazine.

New York Times Super Deadline

2010-12-19T15:19:00.000-08:00

A quick run through of the same day deadline for my New York Times op-ed letters piece.

11:00am - Brief is for a 2.15 x 2.5 b/w illustration for the op-ed letters section of the NY Times on health care costs.

2:00pm - Sketch ideas sent in

3:00pm - Sketch approved

5:00pm - final delivered

9:00am (following day) - Illustration on the newstands

SYDNEY THEATRE COMPANY

2010-11-22T11:17:00.000-08:00

A map I drew for the Sydney Theatre Company's 2010 catalogue, sections of the map where spotted throughout the book. More images to come.

HOLIDAY TIME!

2010-11-16T08:46:00.000-08:00

Hi there, hope everyone is geared up for a great holiday season. If you're in need of something to wrap gifts with, download my 2010 holiday wrapping paper pattern and wrap your seasons gifts in style. It's free! Have a great merry season, and hope to see / hear / work with / play with you soon ! James...
Download Here...

WEDDING

2010-11-03T18:43:00.000-07:00

Wedding invitations! 2 colour screen print situated here in front of my photographer friend Alexandra McDonald's adorable bubba, and some pretty flowers...

SERIES

2010-10-13T19:49:00.000-07:00

A new series of images for GO magazine

HOARDING

2010-09-13T10:04:00.000-07:00

Drawings for two magazines on Hoarding HERE

SEX BUSINESS

2010-09-13T09:52:00.000-07:00

A new drawing for BusinessWeek magazine on adult gaming.

GOGO

2010-09-13T09:43:00.001-07:00

A new series for GO magazine HERE

HARVESTED

2010-09-13T09:37:00.000-07:00

The beautifully produced literature magazine HARVEST featured a drawing of mine alongside some brilliant new writing. HERE

Fairies

2010-09-13T09:35:00.000-07:00

Another drawing for Sunday magazine, this time on the perils of raising little girls obsessed with pink. Full drawing HERE

EXHIBITION

2010-08-19T10:41:00.000-07:00

I'm in a group exhibition for the awesome PAPERGIRL in New York, August 24th, at DUMBO art centre. This print will be given away on the streets in the coming months. If you want one super bad, you can buy it in a super limited edition in the SHOP

TRYING

2010-08-01T19:21:00.001-07:00

Hands up who likes blogs. A new blog project of mine, up HERE

SUBWAY

2010-05-24T09:56:00.000-07:00

A whole new series of drawings of dudes on the subway. See more HERE

Cooking

2010-05-19T11:09:00.000-07:00

A CUTE LITTLE BLOG that sees people illustrate their favourite recipes invited me along... Here's one of mine, a recipe for my favourite cake of all time, that reminds me of so many familiar comforting things...

Home Brew

2010-05-19T10:58:00.001-07:00

A funny thing about editorial illustrations is some of your favourite ideas never make it to the final stages. With this one, after I did the APPROVED FINAL I just carried on and ended up making these fake home brew labels for myself. You can see them all on my facebook fan page by going HERE, and clicking on the photos section.

PENCIL

2010-05-18T10:09:00.001-07:00

Just moved in to a beautiful new studio with some awesome fellow illustrators, even has pencils on the outside of the building... apparently it used to be the Faber Castell Factory..

DUSSELDORF

2010-04-27T13:51:00.000-07:00

Coming up this Saturday, my first solo exhibition in Germany. All new prints, collages and animations... come on down to Nina Sagt Gallery. Pictures from the show HERE.

DESIRING

2010-04-22T08:50:00.000-07:00

Some pics of drawings from the recent Desiring Machines solo show in Melbourne, Australia. MORE HERE

NEW UPDATE

2010-03-12T09:45:00.000-08:00

A whole bunch of new work up in the illustration section. Including this editorial piece for Teaching Tolerance Magazine...

CREST

2010-02-18T17:51:00.001-08:00

A pretend family crest printed in preparation for my exhibition at Nina Sagt Gallery in Dusseldorf in May.

WORKING

2010-02-18T10:09:00.001-08:00

I'm working on an amazing little secret film, here's a sneak peak of one of the models I'm building...

SUNDAY MORNING

2010-02-12T15:16:00.000-08:00

A couple of new illustrations for SUNDAY magazine HERE.

RE-RELEASE

2010-02-12T09:51:00.000-08:00

The beautifully published book 'Wonders of a Godless World', which I illustrated, is about to be released in the UK.

BAGS

2010-02-04T15:59:00.000-08:00

I designed this bag for BLUE-Q...

BICYCLE MADE FOR TWO

2010-02-03T18:15:00.000-08:00

I'm featured artist of the month down at the awesome REFORM SCHOOL this month. You can buy this limited edition print I did for them for valentines day. Printed in Los Angeles with Grow Your Own Media...

RISOGRAPHICO

2010-01-24T19:19:00.000-08:00

The awesome Lamington Drive gallery in melbourne is having a great group show of 100% Risographic prints. Details HERE.

BIG SCREEN

2009-12-17T19:24:00.000-08:00

All this month you can head down to Federation Square in Melbourne to see a daily animation every day on the big screen, details HERE.

NEW VIDEO REEL

2009-11-11T16:01:00.000-08:00

GEEKS

2009-11-06T17:46:00.000-08:00

New illustration series for online geek resource SourceForge. More HERE.

BUSINESS TIME

2009-11-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

Another little illustration for BusinessWeek magazine, this time on the new Google Android Phone. . .

BOOKS

2009-11-06T17:39:00.000-08:00

Finally got around to photographing some of the spreads from books I was in this year. Including the awesome Die Gestalten book "Naive Graphics"

HALLOWEEN

2009-11-02T11:26:00.001-08:00

Here's the costumes I made for our Halloween. . .

SUNDAY

2009-10-31T14:17:00.000-07:00

Two new illustrations for Sunday Magazine HERE

AWARDS

2009-10-27T22:11:00.000-07:00

Beginnings of work for a new show next year

LOS ANGELES AGAIN

2009-10-12T22:15:00.000-07:00

ANIMATED #2

2009-10-06T14:17:00.000-07:00

New little animation in the linework series.

UNIVERSITIES

2009-10-03T10:09:00.000-07:00

Some new advertisements for Murdoch University in Perth, Australia I just completed. Check them out HERE. I also did some drawings for Swinburne University in Melbourne, which you can find peppered all over their website.

OBSOLETE

2009-09-24T18:33:00.001-07:00

A new book I illustrated is featured in NYLON magazine this month aparently. Buy the book HERE, or check out the limited print I did for it's release in my shop

TINY SHOWCASE

2009-09-23T10:48:00.001-07:00

You can get a new print of mine through the awesome TINY SHOWCASE, get one HERE.

1 SECOND

2009-09-23T10:44:00.000-07:00

For a second you can see one of my "All the Cars in Los Angeles" silkscreen prints in the background of this new video for VEDERA - watch it HERE.

TREES

2009-09-21T15:02:00.000-07:00

NEW TATTOO

2009-09-20T11:08:00.000-07:00

My good friend MEITAL just sent me pictures of a tattoo she got of a little car drawing I did ages ago!

JAPANESE TSHIRTS

2009-09-18T10:10:00.000-07:00

The amazing Japanese company Graniph, just launched a collaborative Tshirt I designed - check it out HERE.

LAST NIGHT

2009-09-17T11:06:00.000-07:00

Romanticising last night that we live in the woods.

DOWN TO BUSINESS

2009-09-16T12:10:00.001-07:00

Some new illustrations for Business week from a while ago that I forgot to post, find them full size in the illustration section to the left, or just click HERE.

BLOGGERIFIC

2009-09-15T22:03:00.001-07:00

You may have noticed I've upgraded my website a little, you can now comment on posts in the news feed and access all the old posts to the right. You can also subscribe to the RSS feed to the right. Let me know if something looks weird or doesn't work.

ANIMATED

2009-09-15T20:57:00.000-07:00

Little animation I did today:

ALLEN & UNWIN

2009-09-15T20:56:00.000-07:00

I just finished a little animation for a book coming out in australia - for which I also did the COVER.

SHOE FETISH

2009-09-07T20:55:00.000-07:00

My good friend Jerome has the most amazing shoes, I did this little print for him. See his work HERE.

ALL NEW

2009-08-27T20:54:00.000-07:00

I just finished a great round of printing at a great new community driven print centre in LA called Grow Your Own Media. Some prints from this session are available in my shop.

INFECTIOUS

2009-08-27T20:53:00.000-07:00

I illustrated this little dramatic scene a while ago and it's just been picked up by the awesome guys at Infectious Art. So now you can get it as a skin for all your favourite devices HERE !

TROUBLE

2009-08-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

I illustrated this little clip for LENKA with the awesome Josh Forbes directing. Watch it HERE

WE WILL NOT GROW OLD

2009-07-24T20:52:00.000-07:00

A really exiting solo exhibition coming up in Tokyo, Japan, at no.12 Gallery. A multimedia collaborative exhibition with animations, limited prints, installation, embroidered works to name a few. It's going to be huge! come and see, or spread the word to Tokyo people.

DIAMONDS

2009-07-19T20:51:00.000-07:00

Some new things just out: A new illustration series for MIT magazine on cloud computing, a new businessweek comission on Tiffany's hitting hard times, and some animated titles for a documentary on cleaners. There's also a nice little feature over on "illustrophile"

LITTLE BIRDS

2009-07-19T20:50:00.000-07:00

A beautifull print edition of 25 has just gone out as part of the Little Bird Print subscription project. A sweet two colour silkscreen.

VOGUE

2009-07-19T20:48:00.000-07:00

If you're in Australia you might have seen the full page feature in Australian Vogue Magazine on the (now famous) Brick Chair that was at the Milan Furniture Fair.

FBI

2009-07-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

A massive collage I did a while back just went under the hammer in support of the great Sydney based radio station Fbi

LOS ANGELES

2009-06-24T20:46:00.000-07:00

Another cafe we're modifying. Back in Los Angeles now, I'm collaborating with POKETO, LENKA and APAK to convert the Royal-T store in Culver City into a Mushroom Paradise. Surrounded by the awesome contemporary art collection ( including Murikamis and Shrigleys! ). There will also be some new POKETO T's I did for sale. At Royal/T. We're also running a mushroom making workshop!

PARIS

2009-06-14T20:46:00.000-07:00

A few years ago me and a couple of friends did a refit to a cafe in paris, adapted from an old typewriter repair store in the Bastille area in Paris. We made it into a super cute little art bar with hand silkscreened typewriter drawings on the walls we made, installations in the bathroom, and drawings of famous writers around the place. I just walked past and noticed the furniture they used is great too. If you're ever in paris, check it out - Google Map link

SPANISH CLONES

2009-06-01T20:45:00.000-07:00

I'm in a great little magazine out of Madrid called CLONE Magazine. Also been sorting out my computer and found this old rambling philosophy of mine.

MOTORHEAD

2009-05-20T20:43:00.000-07:00

Some awesome new promotional images for NewMatilda.com. If you're in Australia you can get these 2 posters mailed to you for free just go HERE to find out more.

KILLER!!!

2009-05-20T20:42:00.000-07:00

Been extremely busy for the last month, including new work for the Sunday Telegraph Magazine, Readings Bookstore, Detroit Hour Magazine, Qatar Airlines, and BusinessWeek Magazine.

V V VIDEO

2009-05-12T20:41:00.000-07:00

I directed this new video for Better Than Ezra. Art Directed by the awesome illi and photographed on 2 5dmk2's by the incredible Josh Stern at FourWheelFilms

IN PRINT

2009-05-09T20:39:00.000-07:00

I'm featured in an awesome new book that just came out "Naïve: Modernism and Folklore in Contemporary Graphic Design" - out on one of my favourite publishers - Die Gestalten.

I'm also featured in this other book out on INDEX books in Spain called "One Day"

MILAN

2009-05-06T20:38:00.000-07:00

The brick chair collaboration with designer Pepe Heykoop was part of this exhibition Dutch Invertuals as part of the Milan Furniture Fair.

NEW WORLD

2009-04-27T20:37:00.000-07:00

I made a whole transportable set for LENKA, shown here in a recent video from her Los Angeles show. Heaps of mushrooms! This is now going round the states and then will be part of an exhibition in collaboration with poketo in LA in June and then will feature in an upcoming exhibition in Japan in August - stay tuned!

SLIPPY

2009-04-22T20:36:00.000-07:00

A hand silkscreened one-of-a-kind slipmat I made for an IDN project is now onsale HERE which will also travelling the world in exhibitions...

HOLLYWOOD

2009-04-14T20:36:00.000-07:00

Some pretty crazy stories come out of Hollywood, this one I've been working on with Cliff Brodsky, is pretty crazy, full of loads of random characters - like this guy...

PROJECTION

2009-04-03T20:31:00.000-07:00

Some of my animated videos are going to be screened on a massive public screen in Melbourne, Australia, at Federation Square.

DESIRE FOR LAMINGTONS

2009-03-21T20:34:00.000-07:00

My first solo exhibition with the Lamington Drive Gallery titled DESIRING MACHINES. It's a whole collection of collages drawings, and mural collages. details below. Also I'm in this months issue of Communication Arts Magazine for the work I did for Herman Miller.

OLD

2009-03-16T20:33:00.000-07:00

Some exciting new work for publisher Harry N. Adams, in New York - a book on obsolete objects - check it out.

EXPLODING

2009-03-16T20:32:00.000-07:00

Seems I love things coming out of people's heads - this time for the National Accountant Magazine.

ISLANDS

2009-02-18T20:30:00.000-08:00

I'm in an awesome show in LA called Islands in LA. It's organised by the legends at Islands Fold . An amazing bunch of artist will be bringing work and making work live on the day. Already kicking it off we've all made this collaborative T-shirt together.

COLLAGE

2009-02-18T20:29:00.000-08:00

Just finished another collaboration with LA photographer Kristin Burns for Women's Wear Daily Magazine. Think this would be an awesome animation project, anyone... anyone?

TATS

2009-01-31T20:27:00.001-08:00

I've had heaps of people ask for drawings for Tattoos, but never this speedy, drew this robot on tour with LENKA and 5 minutes later Stella the drummer had it on her arm.

FRESH

2009-01-31T20:27:00.000-08:00

New illustrations for businessweek, nylon magazine, and qatar airlines.

BRUT

2008-12-18T20:24:00.000-08:00

An installation collaboration between Sumugan Sivanesan and myself opens at Fraser Studios in Sydney, featuring lightboxes of drawings from the Redfern 'riots'. The same install opens at Grantpirrie Gallery in Sydney, on Feb 5th 2009.

HOLIDAYS

2008-12-15T20:26:00.000-08:00

MECHANO

2008-11-27T20:19:00.000-08:00

Exhibition at United Galleries, featuring new silkscreen prints ( one shown below ), massive oil canvases, and sculpture works.

THE ETHERIAL

2008-11-12T20:18:00.000-08:00

New illustrations covering such etherial concepts as dark matter and alternative medicine.

HANDMADE

2008-11-04T20:17:00.000-08:00

A new issue of the awesome magazine 'Design for Mankind' is online now, all about the handmade revolution, I'm sprinkled throughout it's lovely pages! Download or buy it here

POKETO IN AUSTRALIA

2008-11-03T20:16:00.000-08:00

I've done some wallet and tshirt designs for my awesome friends at Poketo, they're launching them with a whole bunch of other awesome aussie illustrators at ROBIO in melbourne.

GARDENER

2008-10-10T20:16:00.000-07:00

Because Los Angeles is a desert it is contantly being maintained by gardeners watering, clipping and cleaning the green. They drive these awesome modified trucks loaded up with gear.

COLLAGE

2008-10-01T20:14:00.000-07:00

A sweet group show opening which includes 4 collages of mine supported by a music piece by my friend Dave Symes. Opening at Sheffer Gallery.

LENKA LAUNCH

2008-09-12T20:13:00.000-07:00

I've been working collaboratively with the artist LENKA on her debut self titled CD release out on Epic Records and available at itunes now!

COLLABORATION

2008-09-02T20:12:00.000-07:00

I've been collaborating with this awesome artist making chairs and other things from little collage drawings of mine. This one is built from children's bricks.

FREE MAN

2008-08-13T20:09:00.000-07:00

Some prints I made while at some artist residencies in Paris and Vienna will be on show as part of the Freedman Prize winners exhibition @ C.O.F.A. I'm also showing one of the LENKA videos in a great show Video as Video at the Swimming Pool Project Space in Chicago.

PAPER CUTS

2008-08-13T20:05:00.000-07:00

I'm in a great show in Los Angeles called Paper Cuts at an awesome gallery Little Bird. My work is going to be all about Deleuze and desiring machines. Similar drawings will also be in a show in Sydney called 20/20/20 at Palmer Projects. I think it's got something to do with watching these guys on TV as a kid...

RESIDENCE

2008-06-30T20:04:00.000-07:00

I'm one of 30 international artists in residence at ArtOmi for the next month. I also just finished this cover for Simon & Schuster publishers in NY.

LENKA

2008-06-05T20:03:00.000-07:00

LENKA launches her new website in collaboration with myself and EPIC records USA. I also just illustrated some fake dollar notes as promo flyers to give away at her shows which feature the lyrics from one of her songs.

FIRE

2008-05-20T20:02:00.000-07:00

A fire across the street gave me time to draw this:

RUNNING AMOK

2008-05-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

My 24 page black and white zine for the Running Amok series is out now through Analogue Books.

THREADLESS

2008-04-22T19:58:00.000-07:00

My owl illustration has been chosen as one of the threadless tshirts - go buy yourself one - or vote for one of my other designs.

DRAWN!

2008-04-22T19:55:00.000-07:00

I'm listed on the awesome Californian based blog DRAWN! check it out. I'm also the winner of the typography theme of the mooks artspace competition for my lyrics poster I did for LENKA. These hand printed posters will also feature in an awesome Berlin based project called PaperGirl.