Unknown Pleasures: Tomer Hanuka Exhibition / Book Launch

Unknown Pleasures: Tomer Hanuka Exhibition / Book Launch

December 16, 2023 - January 7, 2024

Dec 16, 5:00PM - 8:00PM


Co-published with Gingko press, Nucleus is proud to present UNKOWN PLEASURES, a new monograph by artist Tomer Hanuka. In celebration of the book release, Tomer will be in attendance on opening night for an exhibition of 5 new personal pieces alongside an array of previous works.  

Nucleus will have 300 exclusive special edition hardcover books signed by Tomer.
Preorders for the standard and special hardcover edition will be available on this page starting September. 


EVENT DETAILS / LOCATION

  • Exhibition on display December 16 to January 7, 2023
  • Exhibit location: 210 East Main St. Alhambra CA 91801
  • The art be viewable online starting December 17 at 12:01 am PT
  • For an early online preview / presale join our Patreon


OPENING RECEPTION

  • Saturday December 16 / 5:00pm - 8:00pm PT
  • FREE Admission. No RSVP needed. All ages welcome
  • New artwork will be on display and available for sale


PANEL / SIGNING DETAILS

  • Tomer will be in attendance on opening night greeting guests and signing books 
  • December 16 from 5pm - 8pm PT
  • Limit 2 items for signature per person, outside items allowed
  • No Shikishis or blank paper of any kind please


EVENT EXCLUSIVES

  • Unknown Pleasures art book (Special Gold Edition, exclusive to Nucleus, run of only 300)
  • Serpentine Mountain is Sinking, a series of five new illustrations based on an original narrative (Signed Limited Edition Prints)


ABOUT THE BOOK

A comprehensive collection of nearly two decades of poster and illustration work by acclaimed artist Tomer Hanuka

ABOUT TOMER HANUKA

NY Times best selling artist Tomer Hanuka is an award winning illustrator. He has worked on the Oscar nominated animated doc Waltz with Bashir, and illustrated covers for The New Yorker. Most recently he worked in visual development with Netflix and Sony, for live action and animated projects. Hanuka won multiple industry awards, including Gold medals from The Society of Illustrators and The Society of Publication Designers. A monograph of his work titled Overkill was published in 2012. The Divine, a graphic novel he co-created was published in 2015, and made The New York Times best seller list, was nominated for a Hugo, won the International Manga Award and is currently in development for a TV series with AMC. Publishers Weekly described it as ""Heady, hellacious, and phantasmagoric".

Clients include: Netflix, Apple, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures, IFC, Lucas Films, Time Magazine, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, MTV, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBDo, Nike, GQ, Esquire, Warner Bros, DC comics, Marvel Comics, Scholastic, Random House, Penguin, Microsoft, Playboy, Entertainment Weekly, The, American Red Cross, Newsweek.





No Fare, No Well (Playboy Editorial), Tomer Hanuka
No Fare, No Well (Playboy Editorial)
$900.00
  SOLD
No Fare, No Well Sketch (Playboy Editorial), Tomer Hanuka
No Fare, No Well Sketch (Playboy Editorial)
$800.00
  SOLD
Overkill ink drawing (print image for ltd ed book), Tomer Hanuka
Overkill ink drawing (print image for ltd ed book)
$1,000.00
  SOLD
Overkill sketch (print image for ltd ed book), Tomer Hanuka
Overkill sketch (print image for ltd ed book)
$800.00
  SOLD
Refugees (Published in Mother Jones Magazine), Tomer Hanuka
Refugees (Published in Mother Jones Magazine)
$600.00
  SOLD
Enter 54 (Society of Illustration Poster), Tomer Hanuka
Enter 54 (Society of Illustration Poster)
$600.00
  SOLD
Cell / Stephen King (Entertainment Weekly Editorial), Tomer Hanuka
Cell / Stephen King (Entertainment Weekly Editorial)
$750.00
  SOLD

Some artwork may be paid for in installments. Please for details.




Event Exclusives


Mt. Serpentine is Sinking [PRINT], Tomer Hanuka
Mt. Serpentine is Sinking [PRINT]
 LIMITED
$80.00
Unknown Pleasures (Nucleus Limited Edition), Tomer Hanuka
Unknown Pleasures (Nucleus Limited Edition)
 SIGNED  /  LIMITED
$59.95