08/13/2026
Only a few days left to view
“Dream Life” by Ton Mak TON MAK 🍄
Artwork Title: “Keep Shining”
Medium: Iridescent color pencil on archival paper
Dime: 18x24” on wooden frame ready to hang
Banana Boos are released in themed packs like Nice Cream Boo, Warm Fuzzies, and Magical Natural, and a rare one can retail over $100. Zealous and devoted collectors can snag a Pop Mart MEGA 1000% Flabjacks Banana Boo x SmileyWorld for no less than $1,099.99 (sorry, rare toy chasers, but it’s currently sold out).
For Mak, who lives in San Francisco, the “Fantastic Galactic”-ness of it all unfolds in the unexpected wrinkles of being an everyday artist. That is, there’s no grand plan or scheme for all of her designs; she doesn’t plan for any of it. Her ideas simply just arrive, at whatever time and in whatever shape (or fruit, or snack) they may.
That carefree, almost childlike wonder forms the crux of her work as a toy designer, illustrator, and painter. Unlike the sh*tty society we’ve inhabited of late, all of Mak’s art — toys, colored pencil drawings, canvas paintings, and full-on collaborations with global brands like Puma and Swatch — burst with optimism, eccentricity, and playfulness.
✍️ COYOTE Media Collective
On view through August 16
Gallery Hours Wednesday-Sunday
