Lou Pimentel
From Vinyl Creep
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Biography
Lou Pimentel was born in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. When he was four his family moved to Florida for a few years before settling in to Brooklyn when he was nine. Lou began drawing at the young age of four; with his father's help he started by drawing simple little fish. When he was five he would trace comic books and as a teen his art was greatly influenced by the streets of the city. He is a self taught artist. The influence of his urban upbringing and fondness of pop-art can be seen in his work. He finds inspiration from comic books, cartoons and graffiti. He is a well rounded artist that works with paints, sewing, beading, sculpting, and other fun crafts. Currently Lou is working as an up and coming artist in Brooklyn and plans on spreading happiness and joy across the world through his art.
Solo Shows
- Unnatural Selection with Leontine Greenberg, 2012
Designed Toy Releases
These are toys designed by Lou.
Toy Series Participation
These are toys that Lou has lent his design skills to.
- Gwin - 2.5" Snack Time, 200 pieces, 2007
Customs
These are one-off pieces by Lou.
- Piece(s) for New Beginnings, 2013
- Piece(s) for Scary Girl - 10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, 2012
- Piece(s) for Signs of the Apocalypse, 2012
- Card for The Art Hustle 3, 2012
- "One is the Loneliest Number" for Gag Me With a Toon, 2012
- Piece for Stop It!, 2011
- Labbit - custom for Year of the Labbit Custom Show, 2011
- "GG to the 2nd Power" for Ghost In The Machine, 2011
- Piece(s) for New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac, 2010
- Gordo - "Archos" for Custom Gordo Showcase at NYCC 2010
- Celsius - custom for Ganmetall Celsius Custom Show, 2010
- Qee - 8" custom for The Civil War and our Founding Fathers, 2010
- Sketchbot - "Cran Bot" custom for Sketchbot Custom Show, 2010
- Bic Buddies - 8" Custom for the Buddy Custom Show, 2010
- Cranston Fellows Jr - custom for When Hell Freezes Over, 2010
- Lunartik in A Cup of Tea - custom for the Lunartik Custom Tea Tour, 2009/2010
- Piece(s) for Multiversal Group Show, 2009
- Jouwe - Custom for the Feed My Tummy Show, 2009
- Custom for Suckadelic Super Group Suck-Off 2, 2009
- BEit Dude - Custom for Kicktoy Customs Show, 2009
- IWG - custom for Humans Beware, 2009
- MUTT - custom for the Custom Mutt Show, 2009
- DCTO - custom for Dreams to Dreams, 2008
- Mad L - 10" "Street Representative" custom for the MadL Citizens show, 2008
- Sharky - custom for ToyQube's 4th Anniversary Show, 2008
- House of Liu - 6" custom for the House of Liu Custom Show, 2008
- Custom for Multiple Personalities, 2008
- "Cherry Geisha Watercolor" - Piece for Sadly Beautiful, 2007
- Piece for the Stuffed, Plush Food Show, 2007
- Gwin - 13" Mega Gwin for the Mega Gwin Custom Show, 2007
- Munny - 8" "Cloudmaker meets the Oules" Custom for The Detroit Munny Show, 2007
- Munny - 8" Custom for The Detroit Munny Show, 2006
Images
Production Pieces
 Gwin Series 3 |
Customs & Show Pieces
 for Sadly Beautiful |
 for MadL Citizens |
 Cloudmaker Munny Custom |
 Sketchbot Custom |
 Gordo Archos Custom |
 BEit Dude Custom |
 for Ghost in the Machine |
