Gallery Nucleus & Naughty Dog present:
‘A Tribute to Naughty Dog: 30 Year Anniversary’
Opening Night: Saturday, September 27, 2014 (7:00pm – 10:00pm)
Artwork on Display: September 27 – October 12, 2014
Los Angeles, CA — Nucleus is excited to announce an epic tribute art exhibition and
book launch with video game company Naughty Dog in honor of their 30th anniversary!
Both our main and atrium galleries will be home to over 60 pieces of artwork which
includes production artwork as well as tribute artwork created in honor of some of their
wildly popular games: Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, Uncharted, and The Last of Us.
Guests attending the opening reception will be able to win prizes, receive exclusive gifts
and other commemorative items. Ten of the Naughty Dog artists featured in The Art of
Naughty Dog book will be in attendance greeting fans and signing books. The event is an
excellent way to get a behindthescenes
look at Naughty Dog’s creative process and to
connect with the talented artists who help bring the company’s game universes to life and
celebrate the continued success of Naughty Dog. (more details)
OPENING RECEPTION HIGHLIGHTS
○ Free Admission
○ First 30 attendees get a FREE limited edition anniversary pin
○ Meet Naughty Dog artists
○ Draw your favorite character or give a birthday wish on the ND dedication wall
○ 3D systems printing demo and giveaways
○ Complimentary refreshments
○ Tokyo Doggie Style food truck
○ Themed photoop
FREE NAUGHTY DOG WORKSHOPS
October 4: Concept Art Demo
FREE to attend with purchase of any Naughty Dog related merchandise in the Gallery Nucleus popup shop
Limited to 75 seats only. First come first serve.
1:00 2:00pm Panel & Q&A with Nick Gindraux, Richard Lyons, Robh Ruppel, John
Sweeney, Ashley Swidowski, Eytan Zana
2:00 3:15pm – John Sweeney, Environmental Scene Art Demo
3:15 4:30pm – Richard Lyons, Character Art Demo
4:30 5:15pm – Screening of 30th Anniversary Video
October 12: 3D Character Modeling Workshop
FREE to attend with purchase of any Naughty Dog related merchandise in the Gallery
Nucleus popup shop
Limited to 75 seats only. First come first serve.
1:00 1:30pm – Panel with Naughty Dog Artists: Frank Tzeng, Colin Thomas, Adam Scott,
Soa Lee
1:30 2:45pm Character Modeling Demo (Naughty Dog)
2:45 4:00pm 3D Printer demo (3D Systems/Gentle Giant)
4:00 4:30pm Q&A
4:30 5:15pm – Screening of 30th Anniversary Video
FEATURED TRIBUTE ARTISTS
Alexandria Neonakis, Jose Emroca
Alice X Zhang, Joy Ang
Anna the Red, Kevin Jay Stanton
Annie Wu, Maria SuarezIncan
Anthony Wu, Matthew Woodson
Brandon Meier, Mattias Adolfsson
Catherine Unger, Maxime Mary
Coleman Engle, Mike Bear
Dan Matutina, Mindy Lee
Erick Scarecrow, Nicole Gustafsson
Feli Pugliese Tomkinson, Patrick Awa
Helen Chen, Patrick Brown
Janice Chu, Perry Maple Dixon
Jason Caffoe, Rustam Hasanov
Jeff Victor, Tiffany Le
Ji Soo Kim
About Naughty Dog
Naughty Dog is an American video game developer based in Santa Monica, California.
Founded by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin in 1984 as an independent developer, the studio
created four Crash Bandicoot titles for the original PlayStation before getting acquired by
Sony Computer Entertainment in 2001. Since then, Naughty Dog has been responsible for
creating several bestselling and awardwinning PlayStation franchises, including Jak and
Daxter, Uncharted and their recent nextgeneration masterpiece: The Last of Us. The
studio’s 30year pedigree is nothing short of a video game legacy, one which will serve as
the foundational achievement upon which Naughty Dog will likely build for many generations to come.
About Nucleus
Since October of 2004, Nucleus has strived to be a welcoming gathering place for the art
loving community by offering quality art, art related goods, and rarities. Focusing primarily on gallery exhibits, we have also had benefit auctions, product signings, music events, and artist lectures. After three and a half years, we moved one block east to a much larger and more dynamic space. Still in the heart of quaint downtown Alhambra, we reopened in March of 2008 with over 2000 square feet of open gallery space, 1000 square feet of shop/boutique, and over 3000 square feet of studio/production space. Having exhibited both local artists and artists from abroad, and catering to an international customer base, we offer an extensive collection of original contemporary, illustrated, graphic, commercial, and narrative art all of which are carefully catalogued on our website.
www.gallerynucleus.com.
