Sket One
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Biography[edit]
Sket One - painter, illustrator, and designer - has come a long way since his early days as a New Haven based graffiti artist in the 1980s. There are, however, a few constants. He still makes his home in New Haven Connecticut, and he still deftly incorporates all the elements that went into his becoming an effective graffiti artist – a sharp visual wit, an urban sensibility, and a finger on the pulse of a larger pop culture. Armed with such attributes, Sket One has built a successful career as a visual artist whose work is both acclaimed and in high demand. Sket One’s artistic and business ambitions came together for the first time when, in 1992, he created and ran Unitee, a Clothing Design company. In 2003 Sket One started designing toys for such heavyweight toymakers including Kidrobot, Solid Industries, MINDstyle, Wheaty Wheat, Red Magic, Circus Punks, and more. Always eager to explore additional outlets, Sket One has succeeded in exhibiting his custom work both nationally and internationally in various galleries and shows such as Night & Day (NYC), You Asked for It (London/Birmingham), and I Am 8-bit (LA), Kidrobot NYC Re-opening (NYC), and Beyond the Cel (AZ). Sket One displays a passion for uniting distinct components of pop culture into pieces of art that are startlingly cohesive and original. Such innovation has led Sket One to such clients as Universal Music, EMI, DC Comics, Ford, Coca-Cola, Silent Skateboards, and Grind King Trucks.
Solo Shows[edit]
- Rewind, 2009
- You Asked For It, 2008
- Snake Eyes, 2008
- Night and Day, 2007
- Authentic Happiness, 2006
- Playjorizm, 2004
- Being Labelled Trouble, 2004
Designed Toy Releases[edit]
- Eggster
- Buckeye Rot
- Ripple
- Oil
- Elementals
- Sket Bots
- Dripple
- Our Father
- Ting
- Greaper
- Sketchup Blaster
- Optimus Prime
- Coca-Sket
Toy Series Participation[edit]
- Phase One M9E - "Monochrome Glow", 250 pieces, 2022
- Phase One M9E - "Blacklight Glow", 30 pieces, 2022
- Janky - 15" Mint Green UberKranky, 2022
- Bearbrick - 100% DesignerCon Series 3, 2021
- Canbot - "Neo", 150 pieces, 2021
- We Are Not Your Friends - “KikkoSket”, 200 pieces, 2021
- TEQ63 - 12.5" "Sketracha - Half Full/Half Empty”, 2021
- Janky - 8" "Gardenia Green Kali Kolors Superkranky", 1111 pieces, 2021
- Janky - 8" "Pasadena Pink Kali Kolors Superkranky", 420 pieces, 2021
- CanBot - “Phase 1”, 200 pieces, 2021
- Canbot 3oz - 3" Canbot Series 1, 2020
- CanBot - "Cyan One Formula", 200 pieces, 2020
- CanBot - "One Formula", 250 pieces, 2020
- TEQ63 - 12.5" "Sketracha", 2020
- Janky - 3" “Kranky House & Garden” figure for Series 3, 2020
- Dunny - 3" "Green Grape Jinro", 2020
- Dunny - 3" "Grapefruit Jinro", 2020
- Dunny - 3" "Strawberry Jinro", 2020
- Dunny - 3" "Plum Jinro", 2020
- Janky - 8" "Mint Green Superkranky", Mintyfresh exclusive, 100 pieces, 2020
- Janky - 8" "Aqua Turquoise Superkranky", Tenacious Toys exclusive, 200 pieces, 2020
- TEQ63 - "Phase 1", ComplexCon exclusive, 200 pieces, 2019
- Janky - 8" "Toronto Red Superkranky", 420 pieces, 2019
- Janky - 8" "Hot Raspberry Superkranky", 505 pieces, 2019
- Dunny - 8" Jinro Dunny, 2018
- Janky - 3" "Lucky Bucky" Series 1, 2018
- Janky - 3" "Bloody Bucky" Series 1, 2018
- Dunny - 3" "Sketracha - New", 2015
- Dunny - 3" "Sketracha - Used", 2015
- Android - "8-Ball Hustler" Series 3, 2012
- Fatcap - 3” “Yellow & Purple Cover the Cap”, 2012
- Fatcap - 3" Series 3, 2012
- Bentworld Cans - Artist Series 1, 2011
- Dunny - 3" Green Relish, 2010
- Dunny - 3" Boom, Series 2010, 2010
- Dunny - 3" Mayonnaise, Series 2010 Golden Ticket 2010
- Dunny - 3" Tomato Ketchup, Series 2010, 2010
- Dunny - 3" Yellow Mustard, SDCC'10 Exclusive, 2010
- MadL - 5" Bacon, Pink Wizard Sleeve Toys Exclusive, 300 pieces, 2010
- MadL - 5" Bacon, Purple, 2010
- Bic Buddies - 3" Artist Series 1, 2009
- Dunny - 3" Pig, Endangered Species Series, 2009
- Dunny - 3" White Tiger (chase), Endangered Species Series, 2009
- Fatcap - 2" Series 2 NYPD, 1/200, 2008
- Dolbee - 5" ATP Exclusive, 2008
- Trexi - 3" ABT Coke a Cola Series, Happiness, 2008
- Trexi - 3" Series 3, Branded Superior, 2007
- TV Heads - 3" Artist Series 1, 2007
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" Blackbeard, Kidrobot 13, 1000 pieces, 2007
- Kidrobot Figure - 7" American Delux, Kidrobot 12, 300 pieces, 2007
- SAM - 3" Artist Series 1, Oompa Loompa, 2006
- SAM - 3" Artist Series 1, Shogan, 2006
- Dunny - 3" Mr Shivers, 2006
- Dunny - 3" Mr Shivers Chase, 2006
- MadL - 5" Sket Graffiti MadL, Artist Series 1, 2006
- Circus Punk - 15" Punking Eggster, 2006
- Madl - 5" Artist Series 1, 2005
- Dunny - 3" Series 2, Dae Dae, White, 2005
- Dunny - 3" Series 2, Dae Dae, Silver, 2005
- Dunny - 3" Series 2, Camo 2005
- CI Boys - 2" Ci Boys x Sket One Series, 2005
- Dunny - 8" Red King Tut, 500 pieces, 2005
- Dunny - 8" Blue King Tut, 2000 pieces, 2005
- Dunny - 3" Series 1, 2004
Customs & Show Pieces[edit]
- Dunny - 8” “HeineSket”, 2021
- Stroll - custom for The Stroll Show, 2020
- Dunny - 8" Honey, 2018
- MadL - 5" "Metro", 30 pieces, 2017
- Dunny - 8" "Sketty Peanut Butter" custom, 2017
- The Blank - custom for The Blank Show, 2016
- Dunny - for the DTA Dunny Show, 2016
- Negora - custom for Konatsuya Daikaiju, 2014
- Dunny - 8" "The Last Drop Dunny" with Huck Gee, 2014
- Dunny - 8" "Sketracha Hot Chilli Sauce" custom, 2012
- Cavey - for Cavey's American Cousins, 2012
- Fatcap - 8" "LAPD" custom, 10 pieces, 2012
- My Little Pony custom for The Pony Project, 2012
- Dunny - 8" "Fall Killer Scarecrow", 10 pieces, 2011
- Wood Rayola - custom for Shades of Ray, 2011
- Dunny - 8" Tabasco Dunny, 10 pieces, comes with a custom pine box with engraved logo, and 1/8 fl. oz. of Tabasco sauce, 2011
- Buff Monster Series - Custom for The Monster Within show, 2010
- Sketchbot - "Twinkbot" custom for Sketchbot Custom Show, 2010
- Bic Buddies - 8" Custom for the Buddy Custom Show, 2010
- Dunny - 8" Bacon Swine Flu, 10 pieces, 2010
- Munny - Custom for the Munnyworld Toy Exhibition, 2009
- Vadar Helmet for the The Vadar Project, 2009
- Munny - custom for 30 Customs by 30 Friends, 2009
- Sucklord - custom for the Suckadelic Group Show, 2008
- Mad L - 10" custom for the MadL Citizens show, 2008
- Moneygrip - custom for the Get a Grip show, 2008
- Dunny - 20" Rockstar Dunny, for the opening of KidrobotNY, 2008
- Dunny - 20" Kong Dunny, 2008
- Gwin - "Death to False Customs" custom for the Mega Gwin Custom Show, 2007
- Munny - 8" "Brown Sauce" for the Munny Shot show, 2007
- Munny - 8" "Vegemite" for the Munny Shot show, 2007
- Munny - 8" "Marmite" for the Munny Shot show, 2007
- Munny - 8" "Lyles" for the Munny Shot show, 2007
- Munny - 8" "Heinz Beans" for the Munny Shot show, 2007
- Vadar custom for The Vadar Project, 2007
- Munny - 8" Hawaiian Munny custom, 2007
- Piece(s) for Vinyl Elements, 2007
- Action Man Custom for Action Man 40 40, 2006
- Fatcap - 20" Custom for Kidrobot's Paintball, 2006
- Circus Punk - custom for Out of Vogue, 2006
- Munny - custom for Save Huck, 2006
- Eggster - 7" Air Eggster 1 Nike, 2006
- Eggster - 7" Devil, 2006
- Eggster - 7" Voodoo, 2006
- Eggster - 7" Splat GID, 2006
- Eggster - 7" Green Monsta, 2006
- Eggster - 7" Flames, 2006
- Dunny - 8" Durtle, 2006
- Dunny - 8" Stitches, 2006
- Dunny - 8" HP Sauce, 2006
- Dunny - 8" PG Tips, 2006
- Dunny - 8" Ribena, 2006
- Dunny - 8" Heinz Tomato Ketchup, 2006
- Qee - 8" "Boba Fett" Toyer custom, 2005
- Podling - 5" custom for the DIY Podling Show, 2005
- Munny - custom for Munny Show LA, 2005
- Funny Club - 4" custom for The Funny Club Show, 2005
- Cre8tive Peeples - 8" custom for Vinyl Pulse competition, 2005
- Circus Punks - "Captain Caveman" custom for 100 Circus Punks Rule NYC, 2005
- MadL - 20" custom for MadL Show 2k5, 2005
- Qee - 8" Ganesh Qee, 2005
- Ripple x Kaws Companion
- Dunny - 20" custom for The Dunny Show 2004, 2004
Other work[edit]
- Piece(s) for Some Assembly Required, 2014
- Piece(s) for Lucha Libre, 2012
- Piece for Stop It!, 2011
- Piece(s) for Crowded Teeth: A Sweet Group Show, 2011
- Piece(s) for Multiversal Group Show, 2009
- Piece(s) for Back in the Day, 2006
- Pieces for Cross Over, 2005
- Piece(s) for I am 8-Bit, 2005
Images[edit]
Production Pieces[edit]
Customs & Show Pieces[edit]
for Stop It!