Bio

Bill Jarcho
I have always been drawn to the playful, whimsical, and weird side of things. From discovering Mad magazine and George Pal Puppetoons as a kid to later falling in love with independent animation, Monty Python’s, Mummenschanz, Heavy Metal magazine (not the music) and the work of Calder, Klee, and Red Grooms, (to name just a few), my work has always had a similar irreverent spirit.
Throughout my 40 years in the Arts, I have been an animation director/ producer, creative director, teacher, cartoonist, creator and performer of giant puppets and puppet shows, and director of The Conscious Cartoons International Animation Festival. Yet since leaving all this behind in 2019, I have joyfully focused exclusively on making sculptures, paintings, and 3-Dimensional boxes in my studio on Vashon Island WA.