Gary Taxali | |
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Nationality | Canadian |
Education | Degree |
Alma mater | Ontario College of Art |
Occupation | Artist |
Website | https://www.garytaxali.com |
Gary Taxali is a Canadian artist that works in both fine art and illustration in the realm of pop art. He is known for his retro-inspired art and cartoon-style illustrations.[1]
Gary Taxali was born in Chandigarh, India and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 1991, Taxali graduated from the Ontario College of Art and began working as an illustrator.[2] He is a tenured Full Professor at OCAD University’s Faculty of Design.[3][4]
Taxali has lectured at various art schools and belongs to the IPA, (Illustrators’ Partnership of America) and the Stamp Advisory Committee for Canada Post.[5][6][7] He has been involved with professional associations including the Juno Awards (Screening Committee), The Society of Illustrators, the National Magazine Awards, the Dallas Society of Visual Communications, and 3×3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration.[8][9][10]
Taxali’s editorial client work include prestigious magazines such as The New York Times,[11] TIME Magazine, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, GQ, and many others.[12]
Taxali's style is a mixture of vintage comics and advertising, street art and fine art crossing the line between fine art, design and illustration. He highlights consumer insecurities of today's society using humor and reliable imagery with a comical twist and current societal paradoxes such as human relationships, love, isolation, economic despair and frustration.[13][14][15]
Taxali’s mediums are mixed-media works on paper, screenprinting, drawings and paintings using repurposed materials in a style inspired by vintage comics, typography and advertising.[16][17]
• “The Taxali 300” (2010)[18]
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