Seth Bogart

Seth Bogart, born Seth Davis Bogard (February 28, 1980), is an American multidisciplinary artist. As a musician, he is known for his solo work and as a member of the bands Hunx and His Punx and Gravy Train!!!!. As a visual artist, Bogart's paintings and sculptures have been exhibited in galleries across the United States. He created the World of Wonder web series Feelin' Fruity and operates the streetwear label Wacky Wacko.

Pitchfork 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. and created the punk zine Puberty Strike.

When Bogart was 17, his father committed suicide. He moved to Oakland, California shortly thereafter.

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, The Mooney Suzuki, The Rondelles, Scared of Chaka, and Skinned Teen.

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. 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, 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, Initially, it was to be a record label, until he lost interest in that idea. From 2014 to 2017, the label had a store on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park. 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,

Video In 2011, Bogart and collaborator Brande Bytheway launched a Kickstarter 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,

Bogart has also worked on music videos for other musicians. He directed Tegan and Sara's "U-Turn" (2016) and was the set designer for Trixie Mattel's "Yellow Cloud" (2019).

Sculpture and paintings alt=Glazed ceramic sculpture of an upright book with the title "S.C.U.M. Manifesto" S.C.U.M. Manifesto, a ceramic in Bogart's book-sculpture series Bogart began taking classes at ArtCenter College of Design 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 356 Mission included a painting by Bogart in a group show,

Nino Mier gave Bogart a show in their Los Angeles gallery in 2018. Entitled Lick, it transformed the space into a sex shop, and included paintings and ceramic pieces by Bogart. These works were exhibited at New York City's Fierman Gallery the suspected true identity of country star Orville Peck.

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 Kathleen Hanna "Club with Me" (2016) "Boys Who Don't Wanna Be Boys" (2020)

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 2021 – Library Fantasy Volume 1, Fierman Gallery, New York City 2023 – Mondo Blondo Ceramica Sculptura, Fierman Gallery, New York City 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, Poetry Foundation, 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 2023 – Clay Pop Los Angeles, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles 2025 – 2025 California Biennial: Desperate, Scared, But Social, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach

Curator 2021 – Wild Frontiers, The Pit, Los Angeles