A Horde of Zombies (and Zombie-lovers) invade Light Grey Art Lab

Everyone crowds in to see all 52 pieces

Night of the Exquisite Corpse opened with an exciting reception this past Friday! A horde of guests were greeted by an appropriately ghoulish soundtrack as they marveled at each of expertly crafted, undead themed paper toys.


Zombie fans of all ages attended

It was a fun and high-energy exhibition and we had a fantastic turn out! We want to thank everyone that was involved, from near and far, for all of their hard work and enthusiasm for the show!


Lindsay hangs black balloons outside in preparation for the opening

Be sure to check out all the pics on our flickr gallery! Besides getting a good feel for the vibe of the show, you can check out some artists posing with their pieces (sorry we didn't catch everyone, though!).


Curators : Chris Schons (left) and Adam Hoppus (right) admire their own paper toys

Big thanks to Chris Schons and Adam Hoppus, who co-curated the show! They poured time, blood, sweat and tears into brainstorming, planning, assembling and coding. Adam painstakingly cut out and assembled each of the three dimensional pieces on display, and Chris created this amazing interactive gallery!


Stop by www.zombioso.com to see all the entires and mix and match some zombies!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse will be on display at Light Grey Art Lab through September 7, so please stop by! They are amazing in person!

For those who can't make it to Minneapolis to see the show, don't worry, we have you covered! Check out our our online shop where you can see all the assembled pieces as well as the flat artwork! And of course you can order any you'd like to build yourself!

And again, please visit zombioso.com to see the interactive gallery of all of the pieces listed by artist - with a special zombie-swap feature that also lets you see what they look like when pieces are interchanged!

How nice! Night of the Exquisite Corpse Write-ups!

Get ready to swap body parts to your heart's content on www.zombioso.com/papercorpse

This week has been crazy! We have Adam Hoppus working diligently to assemble all of the paper toys and Chris Schons building one crazy awesome website for you guys!

You'll soon be able to see the magical unveiling of the Night of the Exquisite Corpse Exhibition, and boy, will you flip out over the pieces we've got. (At least I will be!)

We've also gotten a couple great write ups today about the upcoming exhibition and we're happy to share those!

This one is from Stephanie at Metro Magazine. She was a blast to talk to and she gave us a really fun story!

This one, too, by TOYSREVIL, is fantastic and we're honored to be featured!

We can't wait to post the full gallery of images! More soon!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse Sneak Peek!

Today we began to set up the gallery for Night of the Exquisite Corpse, which opens this FRIDAY (August 17th, 7-10PM)! It's the first time we have ALL of the assembled pieces in one place and it's pretty amazing! It's like a tiny paper-zombie army has invaded the space!

Here's just a few you can except to see once the show opens later this week (there's over 50 on display)!







You can see a complete list of participating artists here. More info about the opening here! And share the Facebook event!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse Opening Reception

The team at Light Grey Art Lab is busy setting up for our newest show, Night of the Exquisite Corpse, a group show of papercraft zombies featuring 52 amazing artists!

The Night of the Exquisite Corpse opening reception is this Friday, August 17th, from 7–10 p.m! Stop by Light Grey Art Lab to see a horde of mini-zombie papercraft toys! We'll also have refreshments, free DIY zombie templates, and an interactive display letting you swap the head, torso and legs of the zombies to make some truly bizarre combinations of creatures!



We're super excited for the opening of this show so stop by to see the zombies and say hi! You can RSVP and invite friends via our Facebook events page!

Remember, the opening reception is Friday, August 17th from 7- 10pm! We're located on the corner of Stevens Ave and 26th Street - right across from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Street parking is available on Stevens, 26th and 1st Ave.

Night of the Exquisite Corpse : Preview!

It's like something out of a paper-nightmare...



Awesome photo (and photo set here) by Johnson Cameraface of the paper toys created by the amazing, Jesse Phillips.

Light Grey Art Lab will be be mobbed by horde of 52 paper zombies, ghouls and creepers. Adam Hoppus and Chris Schons' have curated a fantastic show for everyone.

Chris Schons has built an amazing interactive site (link to be announced soon!) where visitors will be able to view all of the pieces in the show and swap their body parts at random. Plus, we'll be giving away blank die-lines so you guys can also take one home and build your own!

Visit the flickr set of Johnson Camerface to see the rest of Jesse Phillips' awesome zombies, and come visit us at Light Grey on Friday, Aug 17 from 7 - 10pm to see the rest of the show!

Here's the official Facebook invite - the show is open to everyone, so bring your friends, family and anyone else that might want to see a little paper-gore.

Exhibiting Artist List - Night of the Exquisite Corpse

Hi Everyone! We had an incredible turn-out for the call-for-art that we posted a last week. Thank you to everyone that submitted links and comments, and another special thank you to everyone else we reached out to for this show!

It was extremely hard to narrow it down to 52, and even though we had a lot of great slots, when we reached our max of 52 participating artists, we inevitably had to stop counting. So, thank you, again, to everyone that submitted their work. We'll be posting more calls for art shortly, so if you didn't make it into this show, please continue to submit for our future shows. We have some awesome large shows coming up and we want to see your work!

Without further ado, I present to you the artist list for our upcoming August 17th exhibition "Night of the Exquisite Corpse" - a 52 artist paper toy exhibition & project.
(Website links are coming! For now, here are the names!)

1. Christopher Furniss
2. Glen Brogan
3. Evan Palmer
4. Matt Hawkins
5. Jesse Phillips
6. Kris Mukai
7. Richie Pope
8. Bob Rissetto
9. Tougui
10. Andrew Kolb
11. Allison Black
12. JP Anderson-Coovert
13. Adam Hoppus
14. Chris Schons
15. Chris Hajny
16. Lindsay Nohl
17. Francesca Buchko
18. Manuel Kilger
19. Atom Pechman
20. Erik Krenz
21. Sarah Clark
22. Avner Geller
23. Brenda Cardinas
24. Liz Nugent
25. Erica Williams
26. Andrea Alcaraz
27. Emma Trithart
28. Miranda Sharp
29. Ulana Zahajkewycz
30. Allie Rotenberg
31. Chad Albers
32. Jeff thomas
33. Michael Perez
34. Jesse Lindhorst
35. Meg Hunt
36. Michael Hacker
37. Emory Allen
38. Johnny Yanok
39. Ashley Davis
40. David Seymour
41. Kyle Fewell
42. Sara Schultz
43. Jesse Riggle
44. Michelle Schwartzbauer
45. Ian Gorton
46. Lilian Joan Duremeier
47. Timothy Haugen
48. Kelly Abeln
49. Jez Tuya
50. Genna Paulsen
51. Dolly Oblong
52. Jimmy Giegerich


The show opening will be on August 17th! We're excited and ready!
More details to come!

CALL FOR ENTRIES! - Night of the Exquisite Corpse

Awesome artists Adam Hoppus and Chris Schons have cooked up a great new collaborative show and I'd love to extend the invitation to you to participate!

Night of the Exquisite Corpse is a 50 artist collaborative exhibition and project that will be featured at Light Grey Art Lab in mid-August through Mid-September!

We're looking to feature the work of 50 designers and illustrators from around the globe. The theme of this show is the undead! Each artist / designer will be asked to modify (as much or as little as you wish) a 13 x 19" blank, fully-customizable die-line (consisting of 3 parts: a basic head, torso and legs). The finished, customized pieces will be assembled into approximately 7" tall figures, exhibited and sold at our brick and mortar gallery in Minneapolis as well as in our online shop. We will also be creating a gallery online to showcase all 50 pieces for paper toy / paper craft admirers (of course, suited with links to your personal site/ blog). The die line is created in a way that allows for individuals to assemble and swap body parts with any other creature in the show. We're excited about this interactive art piece as a whole and would love to count you in!

If you are interested in participating, please leave a comment below with a link to your website or online portfolio and Adam and Chris will reach out to the lucky 50 participants with more information!
Since we're capping the amount of people at 50, we know a lot of talented, awesome people may not be able to make it this time -- but rest assured that we'll be posting more great calls for entries soon! Show us what you've got and we're excited to see your work!

If you know someone that might be interested, pass it along! We'd love for as many people as possible to be able to enter!
Thanks, in advance, and we're looking forward to making art with you!

Please comment by Sunday, June 10 if you'd like to be involved! We know that's soon, so hurry and let us know if you're interested!
Thanks!