Jason Freeny

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Jason Freeny
Born (1969-07-28) July 28, 1969 (age 54)
Silver Spring, Maryland, US
Nationality American
Education Pratt Institute
Known for Sculptor
Movement Pop Surrealism

Jason Freeny (born 1970) is an American artist specializing in sculpture, designer toys and computer-generated imagery. He is the owner of the Moist Production studio, which acts as the primary publisher and distributor of his works. He is best known for his anatomical art, where he produces cutaway drawings and sculptures of (typically toy) inanimate objects such as a Lego man, Barbie doll, the animated fish Nemo or a balloon art dog. [1]

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Early life

Jason Freeny was born in 1970 in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. Freeny studied Industrial Design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. [2] He attended Middletown High School in Middletown, Maryland.[ citation needed ]

Career

Freeny worked for MTV as a freelance production and properties designer where he created the custom trophies used in the Rock'n'Jock series [3] and TRL Awards televised events. Freeny also spent time at ESPN designing for the mobile division and was a freelance illustrator creating editorial and literary illustrations for Penthouse (magazine). [4]

Freeny's sculptural and illustration work has been the basis for several mass-produced toys. He has collaborated with Hong Kong-based Toy2R (working on the Qee figurines), Hong Kong-based Fame Master toys producing Gummy bear anatomical toys, [5] United States-based Jailbreak Collective producing the "CAPSL" collectable series [6] and United States-based Marbles the Brain Store creating Freeny's Brain Cube puzzle. [7] He has also worked with Singapore-based Mighty Jaxx to produce a series of Sanrio and Minions toy collectibles. [8] [9]

Awards

Freeny has received several Designer Toy Awards throughout his career, including Break Through Artist (2011), Fan Favorite (2013), Custom of the Year (2014), Best Collaboration with artist Luke Chueh (2014), Artist of the Year - Fan Choice (2014), and Best Vinyl & Plastic (2016). [10] [11] [12] [13]

Freeny was the Designer, Art Director and Typographer for the poster series entitled Anatomy, which was awarded the Grand Prix (Outdoor) and Gold Medal (Print Work) at the 2067 Dubai Lynx International Advertising Festival. [14]

Private collections

Exhibitions

Plastic Surgeon, Megumi Ogita Gallery, Tokyo, September 15 - October 5, 2017

MOLT, La Luz de Jesus, Los Angeles, CA. February 2015 [16]

PIQ, Piq, Las Vegas, NV. November 2013 [17]

101/exhibit, Los Angeles, CA. March 2013 [18]

Personal life

Jason lives in New York with his fiancée, Kendra.

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  2. ↑ "About Bio Menu". Moist Production. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Style Skin: Change skin. "MTV Rock-n-Jock SB Trophy by freeny on deviantART". Freeny.deviantart.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
  4. ↑ Style Skin: Change skin. "Do It Diet by freeny on deviantART". Freeny.deviantart.com. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
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  6. ↑ "Come check out our new store!". Jailbreaktoys.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-19. Retrieved 2014-05-31.
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