Tomorrow night, September 7th, is going to be an Great time at the Rotofugi Gallery. Luke Cheuh and J★RYU will be opening their respective shows, I Am Your Plaything and The Ghost of You Haunted Me... The opening reception is from 7-10 pm and Luke and J★RYU will both be in attendance. From Rotofugi: Luke Chueh Born in [...]

  This evening, June 1st, is going to be an awesome time at the Rotofugi Gallery. Josh Herbolsheimer and Martin Ontiveros will be opening their respective shows, Fungus Amungus and Malformations and Maleficarum. The opening reception is from 7-10 pm and Josh and Martin will both be in attendance. This show is a do not [...]

Check out this great new addition to the River Monsters vinyl kaiju line from our friends at Rotofugi and Squibbles Ink, The Mud Puddle Snybora! Sculpted and designed by Chris Ryniak, this version of the figure is cast in an vinyl painted with a burnt sienna rub and dark brown sprays and has a matte [...]

Our friends at Rotofugi are once again, bringing another amazing art show to their gallery. This time, they will be featuring the work of Chicago favorite, Ken Keirns, with his latest showing of new works, . The opening festivities take place this evening from 7pm-10pm. From Rotofugi: About the Artist Ken Keirns is a Northern [...]

Well, this is pretty much the coolest thing I’ve ever seen! The man, the myth, the legend, Steve Seeley has employed the help of another friend of Nerd City, Giant Japanese Monster, Bad!, to bring us this classic 5.5″ action figure-style resin masterpiece. This ursine pugilist figure is yet unnamed, and pricing and edition quantity [...]

This Friday evening, January 13th, is going to be an awesome time at the Rotofugi Gallery. Netherland and Ralph strawberryluna will be opening their respective shows, Elephants in Trees The opening reception is from 7-10 pm and Ralph and Martin will both be in attendance. From Rotofugi: Netherland Artist/ gallery curator David “Netherland” van Alphen [...]

This Friday, December 9th, should be a great time at the Rotofugi Gallery with the opening of The Rising Tide 2, a group show featuring the work of Japanese and Japanese-American artists. Curated by LiLJapan, the show will include the work of LiLJAPAN, Skulltoys, Mark Nagata, Shun Nakatsuru, Chanmen, Mike Oshite, Uamou, Aya (Refreshment), Ilanena and Nao & Shin Tanaka. The Rotofugi Gallery is [...]

This Friday, October 28th, our friends at Rotofugi will be hosting a celebration of Gary Baseman’s newest line of toys with Kidrobot, Toby’s Secret Society. Baseman will be there from 7-10 pm and there will be a mini exhibit of his drawings on display, which will be up through November 27th. For more info on Gary [...]

Tonight, October 14th, the Rotofugi Gallery will host the opening of There is a Wanderlust Growing in Your Bones, from the awesome Daniel Danger. The opening reception is from 7-10 pm. From Rotofugi: Daniel Danger is an illustrator and printmaker working out of New England. The son of an middle school art teacher married to a [...]

Lake Monsters Big Muscamoot (Cosmic Version) When it comes to toy-themed art shows, it just doesn’t get any better than Toy Karma, from our friends at Rotofugi. Toy Karma is a show that consists of all types of art inspired by classic Japanese toys. Toy Karma III will run from September 10th to October 7th at [...]

Tonight, Rotofugi will be having an opening reception for their newest gallery exhibit featuring artwork by Harley & Boss (Nathan Jurevicius &Andrea Kang).   In case you didn’t already know, Nathan is the extremely talented creator of Scarygirl.  And if you don’t know Andrea, you should! Her wonderful, whimsical cut paper and ink creations are just [...]

This Friday evening, August 5th, the Rotofugi Gallery will host the opening of The Tales of Bucket Town, from the awesome Harley and Boss. The opening reception is from 7-10 pm. From Rotofugi: Harley & Boss Harley & Boss is the collaborative design company between illustrator/ designer Andrea Kang and artist Nathan Jurevicius. Together they design toys, [...]

Our friends from Shawnimals have one more addition to their already impressive presence at SDCC this year, the Mini Pocket Pork Dumpling Vinyl DIY Blanks. Say that ten times fast! From Shawnimals: Shawnimals is excited to work with myplasticheart again on an upcoming Pocket Pork dumpling mini [...]

This weekend saw the super radical “Triple Crown of YoYo After Party” @ Rotofugi. Featuring live art, lots of YoYos (Rotofugi now sells ‘em, which is sweet), and a who’s who of Nerd Citizens, this was a fun and offbeat event from the king of fun and offbeat: Rotofugi. Check out our coverage of the event: Direct [...]

Our friends from Rotofugi and Squibbles Ink will be representing at SDCC in a major way at booth #4736 with a really impressive lineup of exclusive toys from some of our favorite artists and friends. From July 20th(preview night)-24th, their awesome booth will host some awesome pieces from Chris Ryniak, Veggiesomething, Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, [...]

Our friends at Rotofugi have some really cool stuff going on this weekend, surrounding the Triple Crown of Yoyo event. On Saturday, July 16th, they will be hosting an awesome after party! From 6-8 pm, Rotofugi will feature demonstrations by yo-yo masters like Steve Brown, as well as live painting by Jeremy Pettis & Brooks [...]

This Friday evening, July 1st, is going to see Rotofugi Gallery play host to the openings to two more awesome shows.  Revenge by The Little Friends of Printmaking and Pro/Confetti by Aesthetic Apparatus will both have a focus on the screen printing and hand printing of the respective artists. The opening reception is from 7-10 [...]

This Friday evening, May 27th, is going to be an awesome time at the Rotofugi Gallery. Two outstanding artists, Martin Hsu and Ralph Consentino, will be opening their respective shows, Crakens and Chew on This! The opening reception is from 7-10 pm and Ralph and Martin will both be in attendance. From Rotofugi: Martin Hsu Martin Hsu [...]

As a huge fan of the various Kidrobot Simpsons toys, I was thrilled to get my hands on this bad boy right here, the 6-inch plastic marvel known as Lard Lad: Get your very own Lard Lad here.

This Friday evening, April 22nd, promises to be another great time at the Rotofugi Gallery. Local Chicago artist and musician Jay Ryan is bringing Trouble, a show consisting of all new paintings. The opening reception is from 7-10 pm and Jay will be in attendance. From Rotofugi: Jay Ryan is a Chicago-based artist and musician. He learned [...]