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Sean Danconia has built a seductive visual universe by marrying his love for cult-cinema, comics and animation to a wild pop-art aesthetic. His irreverent, prolific, and explosive imagination—based on an encyclopedic knowledge of popular culture—has produced a compelling array of fine art, apparel, collectibles and multimedia experiences across the globe.

Born in Montreal, Canada, Danconia was named after another “Sean”—Connery—by his mother, an intrepid James Bond fan. This early “Bondian” bullet would fire itself throughout Danconia’s life, creative pursuits and visual style.

With a knowing eye for trend undercurrents years before they hit, Danconia’s creative arsenal integrates hand-painting, illustration, and photography with 3D & digital mediums, culminating in his unique ‘UltraMod‘ stylization—an irreverent rebellion against the SuperFlat and traditional PopArt movements.

After graduating from McGill, Danconia started his career scouting Italian brands while studying film, photography and design at the Brooks Institute, introducing sportswear collections from Invicta, Ferrari, Momo Design and the original Seven to North American markets, then later working for Senior VP of Miramax, Paul Rosenberg, as his executive assistant and story editor on properties like “GO” & The Mexican—while developing an artistic metaverse of his own, merging both fashion & cinematic worlds.

NYC was Danconia’s next destination when in the early 2000’s, he was one of 40 creators selected by PROJECT SHOW to exhibit at their invitation only event. The result was lift-off for Danconia’s first independent brand—MASHIN—an early Japanese-infused streetwear and accessory collection, leading to a flagship boutique in the Lower East Side, shop-in-shops with YRB and YoyoMart, among others.

Next would come an array of apparel collections and partnerships across a host of domestic and international retailers (Saks 5th Ave, Bloomingdales, Macy’s North, Fred Segal, Kitson, Pacific Sunwear, Harry Rosen, Atrium, BoysCo, Daslu, etc.) culminating in Danconia setting up studies in both Hong Kong and Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo / Arts District.

Since 2008, Danconia has lent his signature style to official programs for Disney®, New Balance, Hello Kitty, the Bob Marley Estate, King Features, Warner Bros and Marilyn Monroe, among others – in addition to various independent projects. Danconia Fine Art collections have been featured at Mouche Gallery (Beverly Hills), Animazing (Las Vegas), Sotheby’s, LAB ART, Gallery 1988, Spoke Art (San Francisco), Wonderground Gallery (Downtown Disney®), ArtInsights Film Art Gallery (Virginia) and KOJAWAN (London), among others.

Sean Danconia currently works out of his various DANCONIA CREATIVE ateliers and his newly established DANCONIA GALLERY—creative studios focused on fine-art, design and new-media. Recent projects include a limited-edition series for Godather of Manga, Osamu Tezuka’s Tezuka Productions (Astro Boy , Kimba The White Lion) in addition to prep for the recent ‘MOD as HELL‘ and ‘Kitties, Mice, Robos and Rice‘ exhibition, launched at Mouche Gallery.