| Cojo "Art Juggernaut" | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 25, 1977 New York, New York |
| Field | Painter |
| Training | School of Visual Arts |
| Influenced by | Andy Warhol, Gustav Klimt, Kyle Baker, Jamie Hewlett, Tex Avery, Basquiat |
| Website | artsucks.com |
Cojo, Art Juggernaut (born September 25, 1977) is an American artist, writer, and Gen-X Artistic Pop-Zeitgeist. His work has been printed in fifteen countries and sixteen languages. He rose to notoriety in the early 2000s for his commercial art and illustration, predominantly in print and fashion.
His style is characterized by vector-sharp, thick outlines and bold colors. He is most noted for his work at Maxim Magazine, which he has appeared in nearly 100 times over four years. His comic strip, "A Day in the Life", regularly appeared inside the back cover of the US edition.
Other clients have included Rolling Stone, Nike, FUBU (specifically the Fat Albert line), The Source, WWE Magazine, Miami New Times, ESPN Magazine, and VIBE.
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The ART JUGGERNAUT PROGRAM is an ART PODCAST tracking the f_cked-up visual life and mind of COJO ART JUGGERNAUT, a Gen-X Artistic Pop-Zeitgeist trudging the streets of Manhattan (Philly, Vegas, Jersey, Bklyn, etc...), gnawing on the big rotten apple for all it's worth, and getting drunk on the cider. . . tagging along as always is his muse, the ever adorable, amazingly talented singer /actress MOLLY ROBERSON. Celebrity encounters, industry parties, the ins and outs of the art world, paparazzi, models, and deranged homeless people bathing in their own urine. No topic is safe, and the unusual is commonplace. . . www.ArtJuggernaut.com
Sketch365 was a sketch-a-day conceptual contemporary art experiment in which Cojo created a single 8½" x 11" finished original pencil line-art drawing a day for a single year, beginning on his 28th birthday (September 25, 2005–September 24, 2006). It is considered a seminal work in the artist's progression.
Cojo has a BFA from The School of Visual Arts class of 1999.
"Cojo's Bio". http://www.artsucks.com/blog/bio/cojo-bio.html. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
"Sketch365.com". http://www.sketch365.com. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
Freville, Bob (June 4, 2003). "COJO: CHOPPIN' IT WITH THE ART JUGGERNAUT". GetUnderground.com. Archived from the original on 2007-07-09. http://web.archive.org/web/20070709161216/http://www.getunderground.com/underground/features/article.cfm?Article_ID=1074. Retrieved 2007-06-05.