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.

(Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemo_Gould).

Fontana was born in Seattle, Washington and raised on Bainbridge Island. He began his interest in art at a young age. During his teens he commuted to two High Schools in order to study graphic design, photography, sculpture and life drawing. After graduating in 1994, he pursued his education of life in the streets of Seattle and Portland as a Graffiti Artist. After about 4 years of being in and out of towns and community colleges, Fontana chose to attend Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1998. Four years later Fontana left with a BFA in Communication Art/Design at the top of his class with the “Best in Show” award that is presented upon Graduation in 2002. During School he worked as an Art Director at a design firm, Abound LLC, and also as an Art Director at a Fashion/Lifestyle Magazine, Metro Pop. Recently Fontana had worked as an Art Director at a young men’s apparel company, Drifter. In January of 2003 he became self-employed as a fine artist and designer. He spent the next 5 years developing his unique style and becoming well known aound the So Cal gallery scene and companies as a rising artist and designiner. After pursuing his career and vision in LA for 9 years he has recently returned to his roots on Bainbridge Island, Washington. He is now expanding his studio to more design services like furniture, home furnishings, sculpture and others.

(Source http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaine_Fontana)