Patrick Ma’s “Do You Feel Lucky” Show at OhNo! Doom Gallery features the debut of the newest IWG Designer Vinyl Figures, the “IWG Sleepy Bears” Series, and 5 new Vector Illustrations.  3 of the new illustrations were inspired by iconic characters found in classic 1960′s and 1970′s anti-hero movies.  As with all sales under the Rocket World label, a portion of the revenue is donated to non-profit Wildlife Conservation Groups.

* Opening reception: June 5, 2009  6-10pm
* Show runs through: June 30, 2009
* MixMedia DJs and refreshments
* Artist will be in attendance!!

About Patrick Ma
“Patrick York Ma was born in Brussels, Belgium and at the age of 4 years moved to the United States. On a whim he enlisted in the US Army at 18 and after jumping out of various wheeled and flying machines, shooting machine guns, blowing things up, wearing a lot of green-colored clothes and other army stuff, went to art school. Patrick received his BA in Art at the University of California Santa Cruz and an MFA in 3D Arts at San Jose State University. Currently residing in the San Francisco Bay Area, Patrick works in his studio on a variety of projects and designs pretty much whatever he feels like. His wide breadth of creations are used and collected all over the world.

Patrick’s signature character line – the I.nsurgents W.ilderness G.ruppo – was born in his sketch book on a Xmas day flight to London in 2000. Given sentience by mysterious alien beings, the I.W.G. are a feisty and rebellious underground group of self-aware animals fighting against any humans that have killed, exploited their kind and/or polluted their habitats. As the I.W.G. adapt to their new-found intelligence, they often struggle with the same temptations and failings of their enemies. The I.W.G. are cute yet decidedly deadly, and their narrative can be described as Che meets Animal Farm.

Patrick is inspired by pulp science fiction, childhood stories and TV shows featuring anthropomorphic characters, Mid-Century Modern and Mod pop culture. The I.W.G. are featured under his Rocket World label and a portion of all sales are donated to the various non-projfit Wildlife Conservation Groups he supports. His favorite color is green and he often disappears to remote corners of the world.”

About OhNo!Doom
OhNo!Doom is a collaborative group of Chicago artists/designers who share a unique vision, artistic talents and epic ideas.  We inspire each other as creatives, and aim to inspire all other facets of the creative world as well.

OhNo!Doom operates as an art gallery, toy boutique and design studio all in one.  They are the creators of Chicago’s plushy friend the “Fluffy Yuk Yuk” toy.

* Located on the corner of Sacramento & Lyndale. (California blue line)

Gallery Hours:
Thursday  7pm-10pm
Saturday 12pm-4pm
Additional hours coming soon!

By appointment contact:
Lana 312.841.0921