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Tim Biskup
Born September 21st, 1967 in Santa Monica, California is an American artist generally considered to be a part of the group that has been dubbed " pop surrealism”

. Biskup's character driven style is inspired by mid-century modern design infused healthy dose of punk rock energy. With roots in animation, graphic design and fashion, his work is precise and colorful while expressing movement and intensity Abstract character creations and funky monsters show a fun side to these technically strong illustrations. Playful, yet with a slightly 'dark' edge. Influenced by cartoons, fine art and animations.

. Since the mid-eighties, he has produced a constant stream of limited edition prints, clothing, toys, books and other publications. He’s collaborated with artists Mark Ryden and Gary Baseman and organized art auctions and exhibitions. His highly sought after original paintings and sculptures have been shown

He works with playful and vibrant psychedelic imagery in the pop-design genre through such diverse media as silk screening, textile production, and rotocast vinyl. He is also a significant contributor to the GAMA-GO clothing line.
GAMA-GO is a unique apparel gifts and art company that was started in 2000 by Greg Long and Chris Edmundson. The pair began silk-screening t-shirt with artwork from their friends in Long’s San Fransisco garage. They wanted to help promote the San Francisco art scene and distract from their day jobs. Shortly after starting, Tim Biskup joined them, and printed shirts with Biskup’s Gama-Goon characters such as The Yeti, DeathBot, Tigerlily, Sqiddles, Dirty Bird, and Bling-Bling, the designs fall into place with the pop art movements. The three of them together took the basement hobby and turned it into a company

worldwide, including galleries in New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Kyoto and Melbourne.

He works with playful and vibrant psychedelic imagery in the pop-design genre through such diverse media as silk screening, textile production, and rotocast vinyl. He is also a significant contributor to the GAMA-GO clothing line.
GAMA-GO is a unique apparel gifts and art company that was started in 2000 by Greg Long and Chris Edmundson. The pair began silk-screening t-shirt with artwork from their friends in Long’s San Fransisco garage. They wanted to help promote the San Francisco art scene and distract from their day jobs. Shortly after starting, Tim Biskup joined them, and printed shirts with Biskup’s Gama-Goon characters such as The Yeti, DeathBot, Tigerlily, Sqiddles, Dirty Bird, and Bling-Bling, the designs fall into place with the pop art movements. The three of them together took the basement hobby and turned it into a company

Tim’s popular “100 Paintings” series, published in a hard bound volume of the same name by Dark Horse Books, is being followed-up with a new series of 500 paintings.

Bispop Gallery
In September of 2004, Biskup opened his own store/gallery in the center of Old Town Pasadena, Bispop Gallery exhibits and sells original paintings, hand painted objects, clothing, toys, books, cards and store exclusive items.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Biskup

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