jason atomic in outrageous costume and heavy makeup slap, atomic looks as loud as those very people in his sketchbook - anyone from dominatrix to performers to club kids. familiar face on london and tokyo underground scenes, he live-sketches other nightlife icons in the flashing darkness, merged in the crowd. with a background in comix, he admits: ”i discovered that real life is more incredible than fiction”. along with performance and spoken word, atomic creates intricate and absorbing paintings that combine his passion for subcultures, dolls, dreams, mythology, shamanistic practise and alternative fashion. see more atomic art here or you can contact him at atomicutopic@yahoo.co.uk. top paul andress is a self taught artist who resides in the exotic and mysterious settings of northern new jersey with his lovely wife candice. his works have been meticulously put together by manipulating various earthly elements. check out more of paul's stuff at his own site: hypnotico.com and/or write him at paul@hypnotico.com. top    robin antiga is an artist from new york. he can be reached at antiga@linuxmail.org. top jonathon baker is a u.k.-based collage artist whose work is often unapologetically political in nature. but he also imbues much of his art with a wry sense of humour and doesn't hesitate to shock when neccesary. site   e-mail   top   behm is a graphic designer and illustrator from the detroit area. "i find myself creatively influenced at the moment by bell's 2 hearted ale and colecovision. i do (on occasion) sell myself for money and can be reached at don@donbehm.com." check out behms's new site at donbehm.com. top billy blob is the first artist that didn't submit work to us but who we actively sought because we felt his stuff fit so well in with our established collection. his evocative paintings and animations fill an incredible website, billyblob.com. you can write bill at blobmaker@billyblob.com. top    tom brazelton is an artist from the Heartland of America. between planting soybeans and feeding the chickens, he works as a web and print designer. watch tom's talent slide slowly backwards three times a week on his movie-inspired comic theater hopper at theaterhopper.com. tom can be reached attheaterhopper@hotmail.com. top nick butcher bio to follow shortly. nick can be reached at nickbutcher@hotmail.com. top   jena cardwell is a digital artist and painter from los angeles. for a real thrill, check out her website at jenacardwell.com or write jena at jena@jena.us. top   ekos is a graff artist from halifax whose work has also been espied in toronto and environs. if you dig a bit you can find a lot of her stuff on lounge37. top   fatso is a canadian graff artist whose work is seen on walls & trains worldwide. check out some of his stuff over at lounge37 or in our own graff n' corruption. top fcb "i live in tokyo. make art on a mac i found in the trash. am also a musician and used to call my band zero. love 23. have 23 on my website too. here's two links to my portfolio. the first is slow, the second, much lower fi and faster, but i'm not sure if the lo-fi one works right, as i've not viewed it on any machine but my own: redelete.8k.com/art/ & www.msnusers.com/fcbportfolio/files/." write fcb at deseptagon@yahoo.ca. top jason fitzpatrick is a sculptor and visual artist from saint john new brunswick who graduated from nscad in halifax n.s. and is currently in windsor, ontario to further his studies of sculpture. he can be reached by writing jasonwff@shaw.ca. top   peter goode's name is appropriate, because what he does- painting and creating montages for his haunting and provocative artwork- is very "goode" indeed. he is from providence, rhode island, has an online portfolio viewable at www.altpick.com/petergoode and can be reached at petergoode@usa.net. top    pat hamou is a graphic artist known for his work with ninjatune and poster art (some of which can be viewed here). pat can be reached at pat@ninjatune.net. top    lani imre is a canadian artist currently based in sunny san francisco. she can be reached at bocaseda88@hotmail.com. top jason james jason is an artist and animator based in halifax who has come to us by way of london ontario. he has been known to spraypaint his artwork onto public property and creates haunting images on canvas as well. check out his site at redsart.ca or write him at james_animat@hotmail.com. top jeremy james bio info to follow shortly. you can write jeremy at jeremy.james@solocup.com. top   keeley "i'm 22 and live in charlotte, nc. i snowboard and used to skate. i have even designed a snowboard that i actually ride. i have a degree in advertising and graphic design but don't use it. i just make art. i make a lot of art on my mac with illustrator. but the computer will never be my only medium. i plan on creating an art empire, that's why i named my website bloo empire." site   e-mail   top j kleiner "my work is very much reflective of my subconscious. it is a means for internal emotions and feelings that would otherwise not be expressed, to come out. most of the time, i just let the images come together in my head without consciously relating meaning to them. as i work on them, the meaning becomes clear, so each one is a learning experience in that respect. because the images come from the subconscious, the meaning is more concise when the viewer pays attention to how they feel when viewing the piece as opposed to explaining what it means in words." see more of j's work at jkleiner.8m.com or write him at ink8m@aol.com. top   regina lafay was originally a photographer but soon found she enjoyed painting on and digitally manipulating her photos even more. her site at lafay.com features many of her beautiful gothic works of art. regina can be reached at rlafay@hotmail.com. top   peter lewis is a collage artist based in dunedin, new zealand. "i've been building surreal montages from magazine cut-ups for about ten years now, ever since i first saw the work of winston smith. while he remains a big influence on my work, i have developed my own style that i like to think is equal parts cute and subversive. i like to make a salad of pop culture and drastically alter the meanings of images through juxtaposition, black humour and psychedelic vision." check out peter's extensive portfolio at warpart or feel free to write him at peter@warpart.co.nz. top    todd marrone "i presently live in ardmore, pennsylvania and teach a general art survey course to 6th, 7th and 8th graders. although teaching and after school activities such as directing the school play and piloting a computer graphics program keep me quite busy, i continue to draw and paint now more than ever. while my artistic vision evolves frequently, as do my influences and references, i feel my images share a common flavor due to the emphasis on contour line." see more of todd's excellent art at his site, www.toddmarrone.com or tell him how much his art kicks ass by writing him at todd@toddmarrone.com. top   alex marrow is a dirty window cleaner who likes to play on the computer in his spare time, which is plentiful. write alex at nasty_alex762@hotmail.com. top   richard mullins was born in tulsa oklahoma and currently resides in texas. he has been creating his cartoon and comic inspired artwork for over 10 years now and runs an excellent online art gallery called blahblahgallery.com. richard can be reached at mail@blahblahgallery.com. top    aaron neely or just "neely" or just "robotdinosaur" is currently an mfa printmaker at an undisclosed northwest grad school. "it's pretty lame, but it lets me draw and not have to get a real job yet." aaron can be reached at youngsinner@hotmail.com. top    jason nelson works as the art director for an advertising firm in lousiana and in his spare time creates some stunning artwork, much of which can be found on his site at gutterpark.com. jason can be reached at jnelson2@jam.rr.com. top otium (aka filip de haes) is a 24 year old belgian guy who lives near antwerp and studied computer science there and has just launched his own web page at nibewege.org/otium. besides being a programmer/analyst he's involved with underground artgroups like the russian ascii art group galza (galza.tk) and with the american based hirez group acid (acid.org) . he's owner of the local party schedule site nibewege.org and he's currently developing zimmerplein.be, a nocturnal vision of his hometown lier. the ascii works presented on this website were released in 1998 and 1999 in the artpacks of hrg and galza . drop him a line at fille@nibewege.org. top   shannon palmer "i don't know what to say about myself really, but i'll try to think of something for you..." check out more palmer art at shannon palmer illustration or write her at spalmer@wnonline.net. top   claudio parentela is an illustrator and cartoonist from italy who is well-known in the world of underground art, zines and comics. his funny, colorful and thought-provoking work makes a strong impression that isn't soon forgotten. you can write claudio at c_parentela@libero.it. top   jason rudolph pena makes short work of unwanted books, newspapers and korean shopping bags and transforms them into stunning artwork. he's also been known to draw & paint on plain ol' canvas & paper as well. if you think jason is nifty tell him so at dusnoir@yahoo.com. top   phayce. this kid is sick. he's a part of a revolution goin' on over at www.bloomonkey.com and can be contacted at phayceee@hotmail.com. top   jesse reno is an artist from portland oregon. jesse can be contacted at kidspecial@circlesquarexline.com. top rey says he's inspired by video games and kung fu movies. "my style is sorta edgy and upbeat. which i think people dig." rey's new site is at http://rey.swoo.net and he can be reached at rey@swoo.net . top emmanuel reyes is an accomplished digital artist who also knows his way around a brush and canvas. check out more of his work at psycho monkey productions or write hime at jezterr@psychomonkeyproductions.com. top christian rothenhagen "i'm a 30 year-old german artist, raised and based in berlin. i'm (part) owner of a small but growing art-platform (christianrothenhagen.com) where i sign my pics as "filz". my art is inspired by 16 years of skateboarding, the city and my friends i am surrounded by. you can reach me at filz@tum-berlin.com or filzintum@hotmail.com." top    thesis sahib halifax recently lost a resident treasure when thesis moved back up to ontario after 4 years of art school here, but he left behind some of the most striking and original graf work ever seen on hali's alleyways and overpasses. you may also have seen his stuff in montreal, los angeles or sao paolo, brazil. like many graf artists, thesis is very paranoid, so all we can really tell you is that he's got a web site over at thesissahib.com and he can be reached at thesissahib@hotmail.com. i will not get caught. top     steven charles schmidt is an artist whose self proclaimed mission is "to make original, modern art and design affordable for everyone." his 2-dimensional works are largely constructed of found objects, clippings, packaging and cheap office supplies. his work demonstrates that imagination and resourcefulness, rather than formal technique and training, are the key factors in his creative process. he currently resides in oklahoma city, has a web site called the space age bachelor pad and can be reached at scs3000@hotmail.com. top -struct is a portland, oregon based artist. bio and artist statement to follow. for the time being you can write -struct at deven11@care2.com top tyrus smalley is based in georgia and can be reached at stankfeet@hotmail.com . top forest stearns is a student of the arts, world traveller, and an avid follower of new and exciting styles. "i am a horseback guide in yosemite ntl. park in the summer and a student in the off season. doing art is my lifeblood, finding fresh inspiration and looping from it is my everyday goal." write forest at draweverywhere@hotmail.com. top scott tobin is a halifax-based graff artist whose work is well-known to back-alley dwellers in toronto, montreal and of course haltown. he also does a lot of commercial sign work and other commissions as well. but we like his illegal shit. write tobin at scotttobinone@hotmail.com. top mark todd is a commercial artist based in new york whose pieces have graced the pages of such magazines as the new yorker, gq and details and has done illustration for other clients including sony, nike and warner brothers. he's got a great site at, where else, www.mtodd.net and you can e-mail him at funchicken@earthlink.net. top trust is a graffiti writer and artist from victoria bc who is also part of the woodpile collective. check out his online portfolio at trust36.com or he can be reached at megashawn@shaw.ca. top   uber is a well-known halifax-based graff artist whose work should be familiar to anyone who has seen our graff page or visited lounge 37. uber can be contacted at rangatang69@hotmail.com. top nostalgia van buren is an artist/poet/musician from indianapolis. he's in a band called dead bird mountain and has a web site with his artwork on it at sixfold symmetry. nostalgia can be e-mailed at syringeoflugosi@hotmail.com. top waek is a graff writer from cole harbor n.s. who slays all comers with his pen of titanium and can of steel. contact waek at burnthewall@accesswave.ca. top neil westlake's art gets us hot and bothered- in fact, you should have seen the stuff he sent us that was too risque for this site. originally based in london england, mr. westlake recently relocated to rainy but beautiful vancouver b.c. where he continues to raise temperatures with his own brand of "postmodero" art- that's post-modern erotic art for you snobs out there, and no, you won't find that in the history books (at least not yet). neil can be reached at westlake@telus.net. top skip williamson's name should be instantly recognizable to anyone with even a passing knowledge of the underground comics movement of the 60's and 70's and/or contemporary american lowbrow art. his arrival into the zero fold marks a milestone for us and we are pleased as punch to welcome him on board. skip's got a ton of art over on his site at the williamson gallery or you can do a search for any of his fan sites on google. he can be reached directly at skip_williamson@hotmail.com. top   ::faq    shirts    prints    zerokidz    contact::