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Jon creates vibrant, neo primitive scrawls of shapes and colour. He’s pushed his monster-like characters into compositions where cartoon-like forms are crammed on top of each other until they create a screaming mass of energy. Intensely prolific, he has pushed the character obsession of the late 90s back into fashion and to another level. Working across a variety of mediums that includes drawing, painting, print, animation, large scale murals and toy design, his art retains a hand-made, hand-drawn quality. A sense of British self-deprecation, dry humour and modern-day anxiety imbues his work. He has exhibited internationally since 2001 and has work in the permanent collections of The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Science Museum in London. He lectures at Universities and presented his work at the prestigious Pictoplasma Character Design Conference (Berlin, 2006). He has received two D&AD Silver award nominations and has worked on many commercial projects for high profile organisations including: Cadbury, Pepsi, MTV, Levis and Rip Curl. In 2011, Jon relocated from Nottingham, UK to Brooklyn, NY. Vinyl on Vinyl is an eclectic venue merging art, toys and music in one space. The art gallery is dedicated to featuring modern-day pop culture artists seeking to find a venue to showcase and explore their art amidst the conventional setting. The gallery space reflects the lifestyle and passion of its artists influenced by contemporary, street and underground art. Its uniqueness lies in selecting artists who delve into various contemporary and cultural interests and immediate experiences through the visual language and techniques of commercial and fine art alike. Vinyl on Vinyl has presented up coming and established artists from the local art scene as well as featured art works and exhibitions by international artists in the same genre. Among the international artists that have graced the gallery were Tara Mcpherson and Angry Woebots (USA), Mark Landwehr of Coarsetoys (Germany) and Arkiv Vilmansa (Indonesia). The gallery has also pioneered and collaborated in off beat local exhibitions like Gabby Tiongson’s NEURANA, Ramona Dela Cruz Gaston’s RAMONA IN THE DETAILS and local street artist UNGGA’s ELEVEN ELVA. It has also kicked off the first VINYL + SPLASH convention, the first contemporary and comic art mash up in the