| General info : | | Dennis Mukai (born in 1956 in Hiroshima, Japan) is an American illustrator.
He studied graphic design and illustration at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena.
Dennis Mukai was born in Hiroshima, Japan and raised in Southern California. He is most widely recognized for his published portraits of beautiful women. His subjects have included Pamela Anderson, Tia Carrere, Jennifer Flavin, Janet Jones Gretsky, Paula Barbieri, Kimberley Hefner, Mimi Rogers and Linda Sobek.
As a contributing artist, these paintings were featured monthly in Playboy magazine throughout the 80's and 90's. His numerous one-man shows throughout the United States consistently sold out his original paintings, limited edition prints and posters.
Dennis has a long history as a commercial artist working with organizations such as Levi's, Volvo, Honda, Coca-Cola, Mattel and Disney.
Mukai crossed over into photography after his years of shooting the models for his paintings.
In 1997, Mukai art directed and photographed the one-sheet for the Academy Award Winner for Best Live Action Short Film, Visas and Virtue.
Early in his career Mukai had the honor of illustrating the cover for Playboy Jazz Festival. Mukai was asked to design the official US-Japan Expo poster in 1996.
He has freelanced as creative director/graphic designer of Drymax Technologies Inc., for 12 years.
In recent years Mukai has successfully made yet another transition into the world of fine art. He unveiled his new works at Bergamot Station in Santa Monica at the Robert Berman Gallery in the summer of 2008. Often mistaken for photographs, Mukai’s new works are painstakingly created using only sandpaper to remove layers of paint to gradually reveal the white of the original surface, his own technique developed and perfected through trial & error. | |
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