Nemo Gould (b. October 4, 1975) is an American artist and sculptor known widely for his kenetic found-object sculpture as well as two-dimensional graphic work. Much of his work presents whimsical aluminum and wooden robotic and sci-fi creatures of as-yet unnamed and threatening genus and specie. He cites Clayton Bailey as an early and inspirational influence.

Gould was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and grew up in Nevada City, California. He earned his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute in 1998, the Alma Mater of both of his parents, potter Linda Webb Elfert and ceramic artist and sculptor Arthur Gould. He holds a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from the University of California at Berkeley. His work has been shown at the San Jose Museum of Modern Art, the Berkeley Art Museum, and the Arizona Museum for Youth

Gould was chosen in 2007 as an Artist In Residence at San Francisco Recycling and Disposal, Inc.’s Solid Waste Transfer and Recycling Center, an honor and opportunity highly coveted among the Bay Area’s found object artists, who are given free access to the tons of consumer detritus collected daily at the dump.

His work has been featured frequently in national media including the Discovery Channel, Wired Magazine, Travel and Liesure, Make Magazine and The San Francisco Chronicle

Nemo Gould lives in Oakland, California with his wife Nancy Leung.

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Jeff Soto (born June 3, 1975 in Fullerton, California) is a visual artist currently working in Riverside, California. He is married to wife Jennifer and has a daughter named Shannon Daisy.

Soto graduated with Distinction from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena in 2002. He has become established as an artist involved in the Pop-Surrealism movement (See also Lowbrow ) He has shown his paintings and installations throughout the United States and internationally, including the Jonathan LeVine Gallery in New York City.

Soto started out as a graffiti artist in his teens, and is an active participant in street art. After high school he attended Riverside Community College and worked in the fields of comics, illustration, mural painting and graphic design before transferring to Art Center College of Design in 1999. After graduation Soto continued to work as an illustrator but has slowly focused more on his burgeoning fine art career. Soto’s work usually consists of paintings on wood depicting Man vs. Nature conflicts, various comments on our times, and personal ephemera such as photos and notes. Much of his work appears to be political in nature.

There is a comprehensive book of his paintings, drawings and photography titled Potato Stamp Dreams: The Art of Jeff Soto published in 2005 by Murphy Design. His art has been featured in numerous publications including Juxtapoz, Giant Robot, Hi- Fructose, Art Prostitute, Lodown Magazine, American Illustration, ArtWeek, Print, Clutter, Communication Arts, and Paper.

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