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GIDEON KENDALL was born on December 12, 1966 in Austin, Texas, and lived on a commune in rural West Virginia between the ages of 5 and 12. His mother instilled in him a love of drawing at an early age. She left a ballpoint pen in his crib, and Gideon covered his sheets with drawings of cars, roads, and buildings. He developed an equal love for Dr. Seuss, M.C. Escher, Robert Crumb, Durer, Daumier, and superhero comics. He graduated high school in the Philadelphia area and then moved to New York City to attend art school.
He graduated from The Cooper Union for Science and Art with a BFA in 1989. For the past 15 years he has been working as an artist, illustrator, animation designer, and musician in Brooklyn.
He has shown his paintings and drawings in several NYC galleries including PS 122, HERE Gallery, and Ethan Cohen Fine Arts.
He has been production designer for the duration of the series "Pepper Ann", a Saturday morning cartoon show on ABC.
He is now the production designer for "The Kids Next Door" on the Cartoon Network.
He has illustrated articles and record covers for companies such as Children's Television Workshop, Scholastic, Geffen Records, HEEB Magazine, and College Music Journal.
In 2001 Gideon published his first children's book; "Littlebat's Halloween Story", written by Diane Mayr and published by Albert Whitman & Co. He is currently working on another book for
children, "Dino Pets" for Penguin/Putnam; as well as illustrating
"A Caveman's Guide to Pregnancy" for Barnes & Noble.
His rock band, Fake Brain has released several independent CD's and tours sporadically throughout the U.S. The Band is currently performing a multimedia rock opera entitled "Dr. Wei-Wei & The Fake Brain" to sell-out crowds in lower Manhattan.
Gideon's hobbies include cooking, eating lots of Korean and Mexican food, playing ultimate frisbee, and exploring Brooklyn on bicycle.
In October of 1998 Gideon married Julie Peppito, a sculptor, painter, jewelry maker, and playground designer. They share a home and studio in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
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