About the artists:

Vanessa Bonet and Kasey McMahon made their collaborative debut as "Psycho Girlfriend' in 2004. They have combined their creative ideas into a unique medium that focuses on “wearable art” pieces made from unusual materials.

Their work is highly detailed and incredibly complicated to construct, with many of the pieces featuring hand sculpted/manufactured materials. Each piece can take up to several weeks to complete.

Juli Gudmunsen directs the performance element of Psycho Girlfriend, blending the industrial and whimsical designs in playful vaudeville style vignettes that encourage audience participation in the technical process of design and construction.


Image courtesy of Dale East
   

 

 Vanessa Bonet:

I am a sculptor, and have a love for 3-dimensional art.

The drive behind my art is my desire to make fun of all aspects of life, from the unimportant to the most serious, as well as the desire to make art that exposes people to the unfamiliar and pulls them out of their comfort zone.

I began making wearable art in 2003. It all began with a hat. The mouse head hat (now paired with the spork dress) was my first piece, and after making it I realized that wearing one's art is an amazing way to interact with people. The expressive nature and versatility of wearable art as a medium has continued to inspire me.

In addition to dresses, I also make giant puppets, and am in the process of creating a collection of giant toy puppets, inspired by old, vintage toys that I have acquired (click here to see Sprinkles).

I've lived in Los Angeles for 8 years, and before that Phoenix, Southwest Florida (various cities), and Pittsburgh. I've also lived briefly in Ohio.

My favorite word is "noodle," I like cheese, and I have a strange fascination with dolls.

I'm also very uncomfortable writing my own bio. If there's something more you want to know about me, just ask.
Kasey McMahon:

I am a conceptual artist. If it is indeed an artist's job to hold up a mirror to the world, I'd like to use the mirrored panels from a circus fun house.

Influenced by comic books, Japanese street fashion, hardware stores and the monsters living underneath my bed, curiosity drives much of my work. My art is pretty whimsical, and I encourage looking at the silliness that surrounds us.

I believe imagination is a superpower we all possess, and encourage stepping out of grown up life for a moment to recall a child's eager fascination with even the most mundane. I see the world in color, and like to think there's a part of all of us that wishes that piggies could fly and spiders could have a swell chat on a rainy afternoon.

A web and graphic designer by trade (atypicalart.com), I've worked with various mediums including painting, installation and wearable art. Lately, I've been working more with metal because I enjoy the malleable nature of it, as well as the fact that I get to play with bad-ass welding gear.

Current interests include exploring our diminishing relationship with nature as we become more reliant on technology (click here to see Compubeaver! and text-o-possum), playing with antique clock parts, trying to find the perfect quack box and Beartato.

I received a BA in Art History from UCLA, and currently live, work and scheme in downtown Los Angeles. My favorite color is "awesome".

 

Juli Gudmundson:

Born in Okinawa, Japan, Juli Gudmundson, daughter of a fighter pilot, entered the world during the whirlwind of the worlds’ largest typhoon to date, beginning her life in the extreme. She followed this path quite naturally, studying in schools throughout Europe and the States. While honing her technical skills in arts such as acrobalancing, aerial, choreography and costume design, she also earned her license in hair styling and makeup.

Emerging from the cocoon of apprenticeship, Juli has performed both internationally, and at home, for events such as Coachella Music and Arts Festival and Big Day Out in Australia. Her costume design has led her to fashion shows in the desert, her circus skills holding court with various celebrity audiences, and her burlesque knocking socks off the barefooted.

She has secretly always wanted to be a clown, from the big hair and the big shoes, to piling into a ridiculously small car with too many friends. Now when preparing for shows she realizes she may be closer to this dream than ever imagined.



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