News


23/07/08

The group show "No Parachute Required" in Toronto is going down tomorrow (July 24th) and continues until August 3rd. The show is at Gallery 1313. Click here for details.

My solo show "Master Of The Crystal Castle" is currently showing in Dallas Texas at The Soda Gallery. Click here for details.


I also have a work showing at Murphy Design's "Superhero Exhibition" and Party, coinciding with San Diego's Comic Con Convention, which happens to fall on the same day as "No Parachute Required". Click here for details.

Proverb: Deception is my Friend?

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Running In Circles
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Subconscious Layers
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Happy, For A Change?
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Energy!: A Global Dilemma
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Radioactive Green Genes
SuperHero Exhibit & Party
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Baby VS Cobra!
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Brown Noser
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Macho Meanies Flex Their Meany Muscles
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Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger
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Megaphone Man
Client: Canadian Business
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San Francisco Chronicle: Datebook
Client: San Francisco Chronicle
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Arise Steep Oil Prices!
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Multiplanar
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Stuck In The Same Cycle
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Ass Kisser
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Gmail Tells Your Future
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The Big Come Down!
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Smells Like Up Dog, Doesn't It? / What's Up Dog?
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The Hitch-Hiking Crippled Hand
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Crappy Feet are Happy Feet
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Running Gag... Ball
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Battle Of The Bulge
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Warning Blood Diamond!
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Brothers In Arms
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War of the Words: Golf Is Dying
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Mean Genes
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2008 - Creative Quarterly #12 Winner: Merit
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Can't Get Enough of Kanye Bear
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Big Bad Bill
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Blue Balls
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Ribbed For Pleasure
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No MSG!
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Promotional
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Q-Bert!
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Once A Day Vitamin
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Spring Loaded Showers
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Red Blue Green/Videotape
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Fitting Within A Budget
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Batman Had Nothing To Do With It
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Tasty Octopus!
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Super Bugs
Client: Canadian Family
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No Television Reception
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Is He Live or Dead?
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Wired Captive
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Ignorance is the Root of Evil
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Priszm Food
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The World Is Your Oyster
Client: Canadian Business
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2008 - Applied Arts Winner
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Lets All Go To The Drug Dealer...
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Run Curry Ball Run!
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Para Shoot!
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See
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Mygrain
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21st Century Schizoid Man
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Not So Macho, Ain't He?
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2008 - Applied Arts Winner
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Solar Energy Continues to Gain Steam
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Everlasting Emotioncon
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Mystery Mind
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In The Flesh: Body Modification
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2007 - American Illustration 26 (Selected)
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Evil Seed: Herbicide-Resistant Alfalfa
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Loss of Self-Identity Through Self Replication
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Mailer Promo Illustration
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Dark Justice
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Process
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Technology & Children
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Reincarnation Cat
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Sleep Walking
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Conversation of The Futureheads
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Three Thoughts
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Viral Marketing
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Inner Turmoil
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Cubed
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Headless Illusionist
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Giant Squid
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Shylock
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Claustrophobia
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War Monger
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Einstein's Dreams
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The Taoist
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Digital Creativity
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2007 - Creative Quarterly #8 Winner: Gold
2007 - 3x3 Winner: Merit
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Zero To Eight
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Outsourcing
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2007 - Applied Arts Winner
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Kid Candy Consumer
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Snow Yeti
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Oil Tycoon
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Women's Health
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Blue Pill Monster
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Lucha Va Voom
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Kid Koala
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Angry
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Don't Ya'll Be Hatin'
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Floater
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Reach Around
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Masked Parasite
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Bottom Feeder
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Mastermind
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Minion
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Megalomanical Trifecta
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Rainbow Gorilla
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The Archetype
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Ego Brain
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Exorcise
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Untitled Pattern 3
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Innervision
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Invader
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Seer
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Off The Top
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Opposites Attack
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The Giving Head
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The Better Half
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Polymath
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Genie
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Secret Identity
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Sketches

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Sketch 3
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Information

Alexei Vella specializes in creating images that are both striking and complex, sensual yet undeniably intellectually involving. In order to achieve this unique look, Vella employs a complex colour palette, an eclectic application of graphics and texture, and a sophisticated use of antiquated surfaces.

Appropriating the colloquial iconography of popular retro forms to an emboldened modern sensibility, Vella’s work has achieved international recognition appearing in a variety of exhibitions and print.


Influences:
Osamu Tezuka / Manga / 1950's / Vintage Comics & Cartoons / Superflat / Packaging / Matchbooks / Street Art & Graphics / Signage & Billboards / Pulp Posters / Russian Avantgarde / Dada / Classical and Contemporary Book Design / Typography / Foreign Typography / Old & Foreign Advertising / Engrish & Japlish / Serigraphy / Pop Art / Ephemera / Hieronymus Bosch / Casper The Friendly Ghost / Popeye / Gary Panter / Jack Kirby

Education:
Honours graduate of Sheridan Institute's Bachelor of Applied Arts Illustration Program.

Clientele:
San Francisco Chronicle / Canadian Business Magazine* / Maisonneuve Magazine / Benefits Canada Magazine / Grip Magazine / The Seattle Stranger / Hewlett Packard* / Golf Business Magazine* / Canadian Family Magazine / Foodservice and Hospitality Magazine / ON Nature Magazine / Seattle Metropolitan Magazine / Feathertale / Electric Pear / Central Student Association (University of Guelph) / Brick Weekly / Core Digital Pictures /

Exhibitions

Current & Past Exhibitions:

2008:
2008 August - Squarefoot Show 08 (group), AWOL Gallery, Toronto, Ontario
2008 July - No Parachute Required (group), Gallery 1313, Toronto, Ontario.
2008 July - SuperHero (group), San Diego Comic Con, San Diego, California.

2008 July - Master Of The Crystal Castle (solo), The Soda Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2008 June - Yokai In Your Eye (group), Bear & Bird Boutique + Gallery, Lauderhill, Florida.

2008 June - HQ Turns Two! (group), HQ Galerie Boutique, Montreal, Quebec.
2008 June - Tasty Pulp, Etc. (group), The Soda Gallery, Dallas, Texas.

2008 April - Kaleidoscope! (solo), Metropolis-Store & Gallery, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
2008 March - Bepo + Mimi show: '1st Sign of Spring' (group), The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
2008 January - 8 Degrees of Separation (group), York Quay Centre, Toronto, Ontario.

2007:
2007 December - X-mas Group Exhibit (group), La Petite Mort Gallery, Ottawa, Ontario.
2007 November - Applied Arts Students Award Show (group), Studio One, Toronto, Ontario.
2007 September - SpeakEasy Illustration Show 07 (group), The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
2007 April - Sheridan Headlines (group), The Steam Whistle Brewery, Toronto, Ontario.


Upcoming Exhibiitions:

2008 September - SpeakEasy Illustration Show 08 (group), The Gladstone Hotel, Toronto, Ontario.
2008 September - KNOW 2 (group), Art Now Fair, Miami, Florida.
2008 October - Don't Look At Me, I'm A Monster! (group), HQ Galerie Boutique, Montreal, Quebec.
2008 December - POP Euphoria (group), Aurora Gallery, Worcester, Massachusetts.
2008 TBA - Applied Arts Award Show (group), TBA, Toronto, Ontario.

Recognition & Awards

2008:
American Illustration 27 - 'Selected'
Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards*
Creative Quarterly #12 Illustration Category: Merit

2007:
Creative Quarterly Best of 2007: Honorable Mention

American Illustration 26 - 'Selected'
Creative Quarterly #8 Illustration Category: Gold
3x3 Illustration Annual Student Awards: Gold
3x3 Illustration Annual Student Awards: Bronze
3x3 Illustration Annual Student Awards: Merit*
Applied Arts Student Awards*
Sheridan Student Union Award Of Excellence

2006:
Hambly and Woolley Award for Best in Show (Sheridan)










*multiple entries.

Contact

For commissions, licensing/stock inquiries, print sales, group shows, gallery opportunities, comments and questions, you can reach me at:

Alexei Vella
3973 Worthview Place
Mississauga, Ontario
Canada
L5N 6S7

alexei@alexeivella.com
416 . 414 . 0268

Links

Illustration:
Christian Rosekat / Tessar Lo / Rosemary Travale / Chase Carr-Braint / Rey Ortega / James Provost / Chad Covino / Greg Hill / Nataly Kim / Kyung Soon Park / Alejandro Cardona / Christina Ung / Oleg Portnoy / Carson Wong / Laura Paskevicius / Matt Hammill / Peter Ryan / Justin Degarmo / Kristian Olson / Aya Kakeda / Marco Cibola / Julia Breckenreid / Ryan Snook / Kathryn Adams / Sven Palmowski / Michael Byers / Toby Thane Neighbors / Alex Noriega / Rik Catlow / Jon Todd / Nick Deakin / Nate Williams /


Others:
Murphy Design / Metropolis-Store / Juxtapoz / 3x3 Magazine / American Illustration & Photography / Applied Arts / Drawn! / LCS / Illustrophile* / Illustrationmundo / Feathertale / Art Dorks / Fecal Face /

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