Commemorating its decades of pressing records and publishing physical titles, iam8bit announces the iam8bit 20th Anniversary Art Show in Los Angeles.
Returning to its artistic roots after providing many records, CDs, and physical copies of Indie video games since 2005, iam8bit celebrates with the iam8bit 20th Anniversary Art Show, running November 8 – 9 in Los Angeles. During the art exhibitions, iam8bit will explore and celebrate its origin story and ongoing influence on the art and gaming landscape, bringing 70+ beloved artists to the exhibition to showcase gaming from the 1980s and 1990s through their unique art styles.
20 years of games. 20 years of music. 20 years of art. 20 years of iam8bit.
Join us for the iam8bit 20TH ANNIVERSARY ART SHOW!
November 8th and 9th in LA, we’re featuring more than 70+ artists in a free-to-attend art exhibition.
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Founded in 2005 and based in Los Angeles, iam8bit has been redefining the entertainment industry as a creative production, from minting its first record in 2010 to releasing premium physical editions of popular indie games. In addition to releasing physical editions of premium games, the company has funded and published a variety of games under the iam8bit Presents label, including Escape Academy, Garbage Pail Kids: Mad Mike and The Quest for Stale Gum, and Simpler Times.
As the company continues to grow and support physical media, iam8bit has inspired Disney, Nintendo, Capcom, SEGA, and many more with its unique art style as they transitioned from the traditional style guide. Alongside inspiring companies, iam8bit produced and co-produced numerous gaming events, including co-founding the Day of the Devs indie showcase with Double Fine, collaborating with AIAS on Game Maker’s Sketchbook, and hosting the Summer Game Fest: Play Days every June.
From helping ignite the modern pop-culture retro-gaming art movement in 2005 and pushing game-inspired arts and its community to the mainstream with its 2011 “SUPER iam8bit” Art Show, iam8bit is returning to its roots. Kicking off on November 8 – 9, the iam8bit 20th Anniversary Art Show will honour the artists’ legacy, fans, and creators who helped shape games and pop culture.
As 70+ acclaimed artists attend the exhibition, each artist will use complementary art and their unique style to showcase consoles, characters, and games from the 1980s and 1990s. In addition to the artists showcasing their artwork, attendees will have the chance to purchase the artworks on display. Highlighting the 70+ artists attending the iam8bit 20th Anniversary Art Show are:
- Alex Pardee – An LA-based artist, illustrator, and apparel designer. Known for designing the artwork for Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch and utilizing a brightmares aesthetic, mixing cute and horrific elements inspired by horror films, pop art, and graffiti.
- Cobcris – Known for crafting a surreal world that feels alive using a blend of still images and claymation-style animation.
- Drew Wise – An artist and illustrator who bridges pixel art and modern design, with his work appearing in iam8bit gallery shows and across official game and soundtrack collaborations.
- Hayden Evans – Utilize his mid-century style in combination with quirky charm illustration to showcase pop culture icons,
- Johana Molina – With her work showcased in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and international exhibitions, Johana Molina is an award-winning illustrator and animator, exploring memory, place, and time.
- Keita Takahashi – Known for blending genre-defying style with playfulness, emotional depth, and heartwarming themes, Takashi is the creator of the Katamari Damacy series, Wattam, and To a T.
- Lee Gatlin – Recently contributing to Amazing Spider-Man #50 (Marvel, 2024), Lee Gatlin is an illustrator and cartoonist who blends humour and poignancy.
- Luke Chueh – A pop-surrealist painter known for his cute, cartoonish figures with dark emotional undertones, having his popular characters appearing in galleries worldwide, and inspiring a generation of designer-toy artists.
- Mark Borigons – An award-winning designer behind the cover art for the iam8bit Joystick Jazz Collection, focusing on jazz versions of video game soundtracks. Borigon’s works employ a distinctive visual style that blends bold graphics with surreal humour.
- Maya Quintero – Channelling a deep intimacy and blending figurative form with gestural abstraction and emotionally charged colours, Maya Quintero’s images provide a feeling of vulnerability and strength.
- Natalie Anderwson – An illustrator, comic artist, and Risograph printmaker, with her artwork capturing the intimate worlds through meaningful colour and texture. Known for her work, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King: The Graphic Novel.
- Paul Robertson – Defined the visual language of modern indie games through pixel-art animation and is behind Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game, Mercenary Kings, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder’s Revenge.
- Rex Crowle – A BAFTA-winning creative director and artist known for Tearaway, LittleBigPlanet, and Knights and Bikes, filled with whimsical and handcrafted aesthetic throughout his illustration, animation, and storytelling.
- Scott Campbell – Combines warmth, humour, and heart in his work. He is an illustrator, author, and former art director for Double Fine games, Psychonauts and Brütal Legend. He also created the Great Showdowns series.
- Tata Billinger – Emmy-winning art director and character designer, known for Disney TV’s Mickey Mouse shorts and co-creator of Long Gone Gulch, with Billinger’s animations blending vintage styles with modern energy.
With 70+ artists joining to celebrate the iam8bit 20th Anniversary Art Show, the co-owner and co-creative director of iam8bit, Jon M. Gibson, shared: “This show has been a real labour of love from the entire team at iam8bit and the artists who helped bring it to life. It was extremely important for us to do something that called back to our roots as a company. Twenty years after we started, we’re just as passionate today about showcasing how special video games can be as a pop culture art form.”
Looking back on its 20 years of journey, the co-owner and co-creative director of iam8bit, Amanda White, said: “This event celebrates our love of the industry, ambition, sense of nostalgia and what we love to celebrate at iam8bit. We’ve really gone above and beyond in making this a show for 2025 that highlights how far we’ve come over the past 20 years.”
As the iam8bit 20th Anniversary Art Show kicks off on November 8 – 9, 2025, attendees can RSVP for the free event on Eventbrite.
