Eric Joyner

Eric Joyner

Eric Joyner in 2013
Born 1959/1960 (age 55–56)
San Mateo, California
Residence San Francisco, California, US
Occupation Artist

Eric Joyner (born c. 1960)[1] is a contemporary American artist whose body of work has focused on robots and donuts.[2]

Early life and career

Joyner grew up in San Mateo, California, and spent some time in Medford, Oregon, after his family moved there.[1] He was always interested in art and attended the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.[3] He began working as a commercial illustrator in 1984[4] and created the cover art for several video games, such as Tales of the Unknown, Volume I: The Bard's Tale, Realm of Impossibility, and Archon II: Adept.

Robots and donuts

In 1999, he chose to focus only on topics that he likes. After having collected Japanese toy robots as a hobby, he chose to use them as subjects. In 2002, he felt that he needed another element to work off of.[3] Inspired by the film Pleasantville, in which Jeff Daniels paints donuts, Joyner added donuts.[1] The donuts have been featured as both objects of desire and adversaries to the robots.[5]

Several of his paintings are used as set pieces in the TV show The Big Bang Theory.[6] An adaptation of his 2007 work "The Collator", "Submerged", is featured on the album cover for the Ben Folds Five album The Sound of the Life of the Mind.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Turnquist, Kristi (December 20, 2013). "Eric Joyner, whose robots-and-donuts art appears in 'The Big Bang Theory,' visits Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  2. ↑ Ohanesian, Liz (January 19, 2012). "Eric Joyner's Vintage Robots Travel to Thailand in Paintings at Corey Helford". LA Weekly. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  3. 1 2 Rivera, Erica (October 15, 2015). "Profile | Eric Joyner: A Taste For Tech & Whimsy". CraveOnline. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  4. ↑ "Oceana Art Gallery features Eric Joyner -- Robots and Donuts show opens this weekend". San Jose Mercury News. June 25, 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-12.
  5. ↑ Kellogg, Carolyn (January 24, 2009). "Eric Joyner paints robots. And donuts.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2014-04-24.
  6. ↑ Turnquist, Kristi (December 20, 2013). "Eric Joyner, whose robots-and-donuts art appears in 'The Big Bang Theory,' visits Portland". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  7. ↑ Chancellor, Jennifer (September 30, 2013). "Ben Folds Five's new album art has Tulsa tie". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

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