Emilio Garcia (artist) explained

Emilio Garcia
Birth Date:22 January 1981
Birth Place:Tarragona, Spain
Education:Escola d'Art i Disseny de Tarragona
Known For:sculpture, product design, painting
Notable Works:Jumping Brain
Brain Pattern
Skull Brain
Brainade
Brain Heart

Emilio Garcia (born 22 January 1981 in Tarragona) is a Spanish artist and entrepreneur. He was raised between his home town of El Vendrell as well as in Barcelona. He is most well known for the "Jumping Brain" sculpture.

Biography

Emilio Garcia, known by his brain-related sculptures was born in January 1981 in Tarragona, Spain. Fascinated by the cognitive development and pop culture, Emilio Garcia explores the neuroplasticity of human brain by creating contemporary iconic eye-catching sculptures and paintings in vibrant colors. He graduated from Escola d'Art i Disseny de Tarragona in Graphic Design in 1999, combining study with work at different cartoon animation studios in Barcelona as layout artist and illustrator...

Since 1999 he has worked as freelance art director for international major companies like Berlitz Corporation, Hitachi, Diesel, Inditex, Metro, Vans or The North Face specializing in user interface design and interactive content. His work is published in several "Web Design Index" books by Pepin Press & Agile Rabbit (2002–08) and "Taschen's 1000 Favorite Websites" (2003) among others.

Concerned with the digitalization of our society, saw his culture moving slowly away from the tactile. As reaction to this, in 2008 he left his multimedia career and embraced the physical objects. Fascinated by the creative possibilities of plastic, he started a new stage as product designer, sculptor and painter under his own brand The Secret Lapo Laboratories (also known as Lapolab.).

Arts and products

His first independent project was the now famous "Jumping Brain", a combination of brain and frog, inspired by "the historical stories about crazy and funny ideas that people had to go over the Berlin Wall" as he states in an interview. The first sculptures were homemade by himself as limited editions,[1] and was awarded first prize in the Plastic and Plush Toy Awards, Best Sculpting Category in 2008.[2] Early 2009 he partnered with the designer toy company Toy2R to produce it as a designer toy.[3] This simple idea with its clean, detailed design and a sense of whimsy has positioned him in the top tier of most select collectors selling out extremely quickly. Large scale and bronze versions of the "Jumping Brain" were sold in "SCOPE Art Show 2011", "Swab Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair 2012" and was also image of "MIA Art Fair 2012".

Due to his artistic growth and budding success, Emilio continues exploring the neuroplasticity of human brain and introduce the "Skull Brain" at "CONTEXT Art Miami 2012", and its large scale version in "Pulse Miami 2013" among others. Then he start being involved in all sorts of neuro-urban merchandising, from designer toys to skate decks, clothing, prints and more, collaborating with brands like Disney[4] or Chanel[5] and artists like Paul Frank[6] or Mark Ryden.[7] His work have been on display in different museums around the world like the "Musée des Beaux Arts" in Québec[8] and the "International Museum of Surgical Science" of Chicago.[9] He's gone on to create many other whimsical brain-based sculptures and paintings including the recent "Sponge Brain" [10] and "Brain Heart", the latter for "Art Fair Tokyo 2016" and "Swab Barcelona Contemporary Art Fair 2016".

Publications

He also was interviewed and contributed in the documentary "An Artisan Designer Toy" by Jose .M Cuñat & Victor M. Mezquida back in 2014. He talk about his life and inspirations, as well as his creative process.

Selected exhibitions

Sources

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Emilio Garcia and the Jumping Brains . Ware . Danie . Forces of Geek . September 9, 2009 . November 9, 2016 . April 6, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200406200246/https://www.forcesofgeek.com/2010/09/emilio-garcia-and-jumping-brains.html . dead .
  2. Web site: 2008 Toy Awards: Best Sculpting. January 28, 2009.
  3. Web site: Toy Fair: Designer toys, incl. Lapolab's "Jumping Brain" . Johnson . Joel . . February 17, 2009 . November 9, 2016.
  4. Web site: Mickey's All Brains . Ruiz . Vanessa . Street Anatomy . July 2, 2009 . November 9, 2016.
  5. Web site: Chanel Brainades (Set of Two) by Emilio Garcia – Paddle8.
  6. Web site: Brain head Julius by Emilio Garcia – Trampt Library. Keegan Rooney, Blake. Dunkel.
  7. Web site: Brain ryden YHWH by Emilio Garcia – Trampt Library. Keegan Rooney, Blake. Dunkel.
  8. Web site: Art@HBM : introducing Emilio Garcia. May 1, 2011.
  9. Web site: Street Anatomy Group Gallery Show – Opening Night at Street Anatomy . streetanatomy.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100913162618/http://streetanatomy.com/2010/09/12/street-anatomy-group-gallery-show-%E2%80%93-opening-night/ . 2010-09-13.
  10. Web site: Sponge brain – black Sponge Brain by Emilio Garcia – Trampt Library. Keegan Rooney, Blake. Dunkel.

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