Julian Callos

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Links to purchase prints provided under each image.

Rocket Pop

Limited edition, 18" x 24" screen printed poster available at Telegraph Gallery

Quiver II

Carrion

Sunder

Rapture

There Goes the Neighborhood

Fallout

Into the Unknown

Out on a Limb

Too Cool for School

The End

Blood Bond

Afloat

Ink II

More Questions Than Ever

inPRNT

Kami-kiri

inPRNT

No Man Is an Island

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What Develops

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Death, or a Murder of Crows

inPRNT

2014

A selection of work from 2014.

Benjamin Britten, "Great and Small"

>> The New Republic magazine, February 17th, 2014

Me-Mow

>> Adventure Time show at Gallery 1988

More photos here.

Drusilla, 1860

>> The Subtle Art of Pop-Culture, Gallery 1988's 10-Year Anniversary show

Inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer

"Choose the form of the Destructor."

>> Ghostbusters traveling exhibit with Gallery 1988

Food Coma (2014)

Youths stuck in foods.

2013

A selection of work from 2013.

The Accidental Writer spot illustrations

>> The New York Times Book Review, January 27th

Bower

>> Suggestivism at MondoPOP Gallery

There Goes the Neighborhood

>> The Bad Robot Art Experience at Gallery 1988

Inspired by LOST

Rocket Pop

>> GALAXY at Telegraph Gallery. Prints available here.

Things

>> Crazy 4 Cult 7 at Gallery 1988

Inspired by The Thing

St. Vincent

COSMOS (2013)

COSMOS is an exploration of the elements that together make up a personal universe. It is about the tension between light and dark and the consequences of that struggle. It is the creation of the universe, of celestial bodies, and of planet Earth as a metaphor for the development and evolution of an identity.

This show contains a few visual callbacks to my past shows, Into the Unknown and The End. All of these shows have been semi-autobiographical and are therefore loosely related, so they share similar symbolic elements.

COSMOS was a solo exhibit at WWA Gallery in Culver City, CA in October of 2013. It is dedicated to my family.

Cosmogony

Sun

Earth

Moon

Phases (New Moon)

Phases (Waxing Crescent)

Phases (First Quarter)

Phases (Waxing Gibbous)

Phases (Full Moon)

Phases (Waning Gibbous)

Phases (Third Quarter)

Phases (Waning Crescent)

Eclipse

Black Hole

Tides

Negative Space

Flora

Fauna

Sticks & Stones

Weightless

Photo credit: WWA Gallery

2012

A selection of work from 2012.

Sam

>> Bad Dads, a tribute to Wes Anderson at Spoke Art Gallery

Inspired by Moonrise Kingdom

Too Cool for School

>> Crazy 4 Cult 6 at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Chiaki Kuriyama of Battle Royale and Kill Bil

A de la Poer Eats Forbidden Things

>> Puffed Shoggoths, an HP Lovecraft tribute zine

Out on a Limb

>> There's Always Money in the Banana Stand, a tribute to Arrested Development at Gallery 1988

Murmur

Sin-eater

>> Suggestivism at Bold Hype Gallery

St. Vincent

"You eat like a bird."

>> Suspense and Gallows Humor, a tribute to Alfred Hitchcock at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Psycho

"Wild MOLTRES appeared!"

>> Pokémon Battle Royale at Light Grey Art Lab

Louie

>> Is This Thing On? 2 at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Louis CK

Mushroom Kingdom Syndrome

>> Bits in Multiples of 8, a video game art zine

Inspired by The Legend of Zelda and Super Mario Bros. series

The Sexiest Chief in All of Brazil

>> Gallery 1988 x Adult Swim at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Childrens Hospital

2011

A selection of work from 2011.

Fata Morgana

>> Taetrum et Dulce at MondoPOP Gallery

Halcyon

>> Taetrum et Dulce at MondoPOP Gallery

Gummy Time!

>> A tribute to Adventure Time from The Autumn Society

Chas

Etheline

Margot

Richie

Royal

The Royal Tenenbaums

>> Bad Dads, a tribute to Wes Anderson at Spoke Art Gallery

Ace of Bass

>> Crazy 4 Cult 5 at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Host

>> Terra Obscura with The Upper Six Hundreds

Sufjan

Do the Ellen Boogie

>> Is This Thing On? at Gallery 1988

The End (2011)

"The End" is about love and heartbreak, destruction and regrowth. It showcases the melodrama of a crumbling relationship over the backdrop of the apocalypse. The focus is on desolation at a smaller, more intimate scale rather than at the world-wide level, but the dissolution of a personal connection and the end of the world play out as parallel events, accompanied by the heightened emotions and uncertainty that they both elicit.

"The End" was a solo exhibit at WWA Gallery in Culver City, CA in September of 2011.

Harbinger (1)

Harbinger (2)

Harbinger (Locust)

Harbinger (Bat)

Harbinger (Kingfisher)

Harbinger (Bee)

Inferno

Deluge

Ouroboros

Feral

Rapture

Sunder

Carrion

Fallout

The End

2010

A selection of work from 2010.

Blood Bond

>> Horrorwood at WWA Gallery

Inspired by Let the Right One In

Tabula Rasa

>> RE:FORM SCHOOL with TaskForce

Kami-kiri

Hung Up on You

>> Crazy 4 Cult 4 at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Harold and Maude [Photo cred: Amy Shimoshige]

Ink II

Eye Candy

>> Another Dimension, a tribute to The Twilight Zone at Gallery 1988

Afloat

>> Manifest Equality with TaskForce

High Spirits

>> Happiness at Perihelion Gallery

Mine

>> The Devil Made Me Do It at WWA Gallery

Space

Warm It Up!

>> Christmas card design for Just A Few Cards

Into the Unknown (2010)

"Into the Unknown" focuses on one character going through a journey and exploring the strange and mysterious, represented by outer-space. He eventually travels through an environment reminiscent of viscera, so his adventure also becomes a metaphor for self-discovery. The entire journey represents an attempt to figure out the answers to life's questions by venturing through uncharted territory as well as looking inward and trying to discover how one fits into the larger scheme of the universe.

"Into the Unknown" was exhibited in the project space of WWA Gallery in May of 2010.

Spirit Animals (2010)

A collection of sculptures based on my friends' spirit animals.

Tiger

Rabbit

Owl

Fox

Gazelle

Ermine

Raccoon

Dog

Wolf

Grizzly Bear

Bonobo

Marmot

Raven

Sugar Glider

Black Bear

Snow Leopard

2009

A selection of work from 2009.

What Develops

No Man Is an Island

>> The LOST Underground Art Project at Gallery 1988

Deep

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at LeBasse Projects

Adrift

>> Paper Pushers II at Gallery 1988

Le Ballon Rouge

>> Skip the Mall at Black Maria Gallery

Listless

>> Power in Numbers 4 at Gallery Nucleus

Treading Water

>> The Ark Project: An Illustrated Animal Bible by DGPH

Sink or Swim

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at Show & Tell Gallery

Deep Thoughts

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at Show & Tell Gallery

Sweets for the Sweet

>> Crazy 4 Cult 3 at Gallery 1988

Inspired by The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Beat Down

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at Black Maria Gallery

Beat Up

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at Black Maria Gallery

Kick/Flip

>> Graphics & Boards at A Bitchin' Space

Electricity

>> Cute & Dangerous at [seven-degrees] Gallery

Quiver II

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at Subtext Gallery

Play

>> The Kids Are Alright touring show at T&P Fine Arts

Sunnydale High, Class of '99

>> Idiot Box at Gallery 1988

Inspired by Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Nature Symbols (2009)

This series of work was part of my senior thesis at Otis College of Art & Design. It explores the many different nature symbols that people from cultures all over the world used to represent universal themes such as death, power, and wisdom. I was interested to discover just how important a role nature played in the mythologies, folklores, and traditions of these various cultures. As I researched the symbols I was fascinated by how the seemingly arbitrary plants and animals came to be associated with certain ideas in always interesting and sometimes surprising ways.

Death, or a Murder of Crows

Harmony, or a Charm of Hummingbirds

Power, or a Pride of Lions

Wisdom, or a Parliament of Owls

Trickery, or a Skulk of Foxes

Discord, or a Pack of Wolves

Life, or a Husk of Hares

LA-LA Land (2009-2011)

From 2009-2011, I was a semi-regular contributor to LA Weekly with my visual column, "LA-LA Land," which explored the strange and eccentric aspects of Los Angeles that make the city so unique. That series is collected here, along with various other illustrations I created for the weekly (including one cover).