This is the guitar I got when I was 14… Miss Mutation thought it would be a good idea to have a photo-shoot with it, and this is what happened…

finally finished my first sculpture, ive been collecting the pieces and think about some version of this for almost two years. hopefully i will be making him some friends in the near future..

Finally got moved into my new studio. this is about half of the space. cant wait to get settled and have an art attack in here..

its been a good week.. just finished up some great new pieces, my new stickers have been printed and are in and have been distributed around town, the new shirts from calsk8 just came out, and my personal custom guitar is finished and in my hands.. super stoked..

New Sticker

Calsk8 T-shirt

Click here to order. Thanks Paul!

Finished Guitar

I just dropped off 7 sticker designs at Cal Skate which are now available to be purchased. They’ve uploaded 3 of the Designs to their site and can be purchased by clicking on the following image links:

The other 4 designs are only available in house…

Much thanks to the people at Juxtapoz who wrote a great review of my latest full-color book, Lessons and Skeletons, in the current issue! In case you missed it, here’s what they wrote:

There are lessons to be learned from Jesse Reno’s skeletons as evidenced by the things going on among these 40 pages: A LOT. For Reno, purpose is revealed through process, choosing to pursue “deliberate but unknown lines rather than try to execute a well developed concept,” a quest that discloses what has come before him and to where he is headed. His colorful works utilize various tools to create well juxtaposed shamanic characters positioned before polymorphic backgrounds, their refined scribble aesthetic drawing you in to further examine skilled composition and linework. Lessons and Skeletons features a collection od over 35 new works from this fast-rising Portland-based artist, in full color and without any words to get in the way. Major lesson learned? Let the art speak for itself.

If you want to see the book please visit: http://jessereno.com/lessons-and-skeletons/

a few shots from my trip to sf and show at upperplayground sf last august. heres the install i did with marco zamora for the show

outside the store an instant classic by sam flores

a classic coin machine down at the warf

choe mural

kim curator for up sf in front of my work and some lookers

apparently i was happy.

just a couple real quick shots from our trip to thailand october of 07 the new book features a bunch of collab drawings from the trip.. you can see the drawings here-

http://www.jessereno.com/art/drawings/5/

here a few pics..

another post from last year.. just playing catch up.. so while in los angeles last august 08 we got to play a street show wit opp- yeah thats right other peoples puppets.. these guys are the shit. show up on two bikes and setup the grand puppet theater in minutes.. so heres the arrival in korea town la.

much better in person but you get about 5% of the idea.. live dialogue and music acompany the full action puppet shows..

lana and cranko..

me and smiley barnical after the show

finally posting some pics from a trip to mexico city august 09 for artfest.. signing autographs..

bigfoot finishing up his mural..

a quick interview for mexican tv