Seth Bogart (born February 28, 1980) is an American multidisciplinary artist. As a musician, he is known for his solo career, as well as

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and Gravy Train!!!!. As a visual artist, Bogart's paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries throughout the United States, and he has created the World of Wonder web series ''Feelin' Fruity''. He also runs the

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line Wacky Wacko. ''

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'' named Bogart the "New King of Camp" in 2016.

Early life and career

Bogart grew up in Tucson, Arizona, where his father was a lawyer and his mother was a nurse. In high school, he started playing the guitar and created the

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''Puberty Strike''. He later produced the zine ''Psycho No. 1 Fan''. When Bogart was 18, his father committed suicide. He moved to

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shortly thereafter. At 19, he studied cosmetology at

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, and later, in 2006, he co-founded the salon and vintage clothing store Down at Lulu's on

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in Oakland.

Music

As a teenager in the mid-1990s, Bogart created the record label Heroes for Today, which put out albums by indie bands and distributed zines. In the late 1990s, Bogart created the record label Super Eight Underground, which put out albums both by and featuring indie bands such as The Causey Way, Deep Lust,

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, The Rondelles, Scared of Chaka, and

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. He closed the label in 2000. Bogart joined Oakland-based electroclash band Gravy Train!!!! as a backup dancer under the name Hunx shortly after its inception in the early 2000s. He soon began writing songs for the band and performing as the band's singer and guitarist. In 2008, he founded

, a garage punk band, which changed its lineup in 2010 and was renamed to Hunx and His Punkettes. After this lineup disbanded in 2011, Bogart sold Down at Lulu's. In 2012, Bogart released a solo album as Hunx titled ''Hairdresser Blues'', and, in 2015, Bogart came out with an eponymous solo album under his own name. 2020 saw the release of his "Boys Who Don't Wanna Be Boys" and a remix version of the same album.

Clothing

Bogart relocated to Los Angeles in 2013, and, in 2014, he started streetwear label Wacky Wacko. Initially, it was to be a record label, until he lost interest in that idea. The line grew in popularity, and could be seen on

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, Tavi Gevinson, and

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. From 2014 to 2017, the label had a store on

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. During this time, his work was imitated by fast fashion retailer Zara. Bogart has also collaborated with fashion house Saint Laurent. Director Hedi Slimane was a fan of Bogart's work, and used his drawings in a Saint Laurent fabric pattern entitled "Hunx notebook," and a song by

in a promotional video.

Video

In 2011, Bogart and collaborator Brande Bytheway launched a

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campaign to fund a TV show. ''Hollywood Nailz'' launched as a web series in November 2012, and was likened to a "bizarro '80s Public Access-style variety show". In May 2018, World of Wonder launched the web series ''Feelin' Fruity'', a variety show which starred Bogart, and was inspired by

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's Toontown and ''

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''. It featured such guests as Alice Bag,

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, John Early, Cole Escola,

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, and Allison Wolfe. Bogart has also worked on music videos for other musicians. He directed

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's "

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" (2016) and was the set designer for

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's "Yellow Cloud" (2019).

Sculpture and paintings

Bogart began taking classes at

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in 2013, and began selling ceramic versions of familiar objects—including perfume bottles and grooming supplies—at the Wacky Wacko store shortly thereafter. In 2014, Los Angeles art gallery 365 Mission included a painting by Bogart in a group show, and, in 2015, 365 Mission gave him a solo show, in which he transformed the gallery space into ''The Seth Bogart Show'', an immersive experience that displayed sculpture, paintings, ceramics, and video, as well as served as a performance venue. Nino Mier gave Bogart a show in their Los Angeles gallery in 2018. Entitled ''Lick'', it transformed the space into a

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, and included paintings and ceramic pieces by Bogart. In 2019, Chicago's Soccer Club Club gallery hosted ''100 Toothbrushes'', a solo exhibit of 100 ceramic toothbrushes by Bogart. In 2020 and 2021, he crafted ceramic sculptures of books with significance in the LGBTQ+ community. These works were exhibited at New York City's Fierman Gallery and Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, and received international press.

Personal life

Bogart is openly gay. He came out to his friends while in high school, and to his mother when he was age 18. In the early 2010s, Bogart dated fellow musician Daniel Pitout of Nü Sensae, the suspected true identity of country star

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Discography

As Hunx and His Punx

Studio albums

* '' Too Young to Be in Love'' (2011) * '' Street Punk'' (2013)

Compilations

* ''Gay Singles'' (2010)

As Hunx

Studio albums

* ''Hairdresser Blues'' (2012)

As H.U.N.X.

Singles

* ''I Vant to Suck'' (2012)

As Seth Bogart

Studio albums

* '' Seth Bogart'' (2016) * ''Men on the Verge of Nothing'' (2020)

Singles

* "Eating Makeup" (2015) featuring

* "Club with Me" (2016) * "Boys Who Don't Wanna Be Boys" (2020) * "Boys Who Don't Wanna Be Boys – The Remixes" (2020)

As S.L.I.N.K.

Singles

* "Pink Christmas" (2014)

Published works

Zines

* (c. 1996–98) * (undated; after ''Puberty Strike'') * *

Books

* *

Exhibitions

Solo

* 2015 – ''The Seth Bogart Show'', 356 Mission, Los Angeles * 2018 – ''LICK'', Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles * 2019 – ''100 Toothbrushes'', Soccer Club Club, Chicago * 2021 – ''Library Fantasy Volume 1'', Fierman Gallery, New York City

Group

* 2010 – ''Total Trash'', A440 Gallery, San Francisco * 2014 – ''Another Cats Show'', 356 Mission, Los Angeles * 2014 – ''You're My Playground Love'', KK Gallery, Los Angeles * 2014 – ''Perfume Mania Installation'', The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles * 2016 – ''Volatile! A Poetry and Scent Exhibition'',

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, Chicago * 2016 – ''THINGS: A Queer Legacy of Graphic Art & Play'', ONE Archives, Los Angeles * 2016 – ''THINGS: A Queer Legacy of Graphic Art & Play'', Participant Inc., New York City * 2017 – ''Last'', Artist Curated Projects, Los Angeles * 2018 – ''Tom House'', Mike Kelley Mobile Homestead, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, Detroit * 2019 – ''Circus of Books'', Fierman Gallery, New York City * 2020 – ''Heaven and Hell'', Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles * 2020 – ''Circus of Books: Blowout'', Fierman Gallery, New York City * 2021 – ''Clay Pop'', Jeffrey Deitch, New York City

Curator

* 2021 – ''Wild Frontiers'', The Pit, Los Angeles

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bogart, Seth 1980 births American video artists Artists from Arizona Hardly Art artists American LGBT singers Living people Painters from Arizona Artists from Tucson, Arizona Sculptors from Arizona LGBT people from Arizona American punk rock musicians Queercore musicians American indie rock musicians American contemporary painters