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Rock out your Mugo. Bling it out.

Julie was born in the winter of 1975 in the midwest. She spent her childhood taking art classes and volunteering at a local art gallery. She then went on to study art and graduated with a BFA in Illustration in 1998 from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Julie started out as a traditional media artist - using primarily acrylic, gouache, and technical pens. After spending a few years working as a print and web designer, various computer and design related elements began to surface in her work. Now her work is created with traditional means about half of the time - the rest being digital or a combination of the two. Her work relies heavily on people and environments. Often quirky, bizarre, or ironic, Julie looks heavily at the way people live and define themselves, as well as the environments which they create for themselves. Studying these details, often reveals the unique moments that make us human. After moving to England in 2005, Julie now spends her days in her studio, quite content that she makes things all day.

UK artist Jon Burgerman has built a strong reputation through his unique and colourful artworks of swooping, intertwining lines and hyper-emotional characters. Working across a variety of mediums ranging from drawing and painting to animation and toy design, his art retains a hand-drawn quality infused with a sense of British self-deprecation and modern-day anxiety. His art has been featured in publications all over the world and is in the permanent collections of The Victoria and Albert Museum and The Science Museum in London, England. Jon Burgerman currently lives in Nottingham, in the East Midlands of the UK, which is famous for Robin Hood and lace.

Frank Kozik was born near Madrid, Spain in 1962 and immigrated to United States, settling in Austin, Texas in the 70's. Credited with single-handedly reviving the "lost" art of the concert poster, Kozik's art career emerged from his connection to Austin's cultural explosion in the mid 80's. Starting with band flyers that he posted on telephone poles, Kozik quickly garnered a solid fan-base who dug his graphically compelling and culturally relevant work. To date, Kozik has designed over 1000 concert posters and album covers for artists as diverse as The Sex Pistols and Nirvana; founded Man's Ruin Records; directed music videos for Soundgarden; staged over 60 gallery shows worldwide; created artwork for some of world's biggest companies; and published several volumes of his work. Since 2000, Kozik's main artistic focus has been in the design and production of vinyl art toys. The icon of Kozik's toy empire is his Smorkin' Labbit character, but he is also the guy behind Chumps, Mongers and pretty much everything else that smorks.