zeitgaiss

MW Gaiss is a sculptor and stopmotion animator living right outside Manhattan in Kings Park Long Island. He lives with his wife Tara, daughter Madison Joan, son Oliver and Norwegian forest cat Maynard.

Clientele: The Jim Henson Co., Bill Plympton, Magic Hat Breweries, Vamp Productions, Dave Bell Studios, Will Vinton Studios (now known as Laika), MTV, Stan Vincent, Troma, Exhibitology,HD Greetings, Themendous/Custom Creations

Features: The Opie and Anthony Show, Vampira The Movie, Adventures in Plymptoons,The Wild World of Ted V Mikels, The PJ’s, Muppets in Space and other Henson programing.

Galleries: Bottleneck, NYC; Hero Complex Gallery, LA

After almost 20 years of stopmotion, fabrication, and sculpting Mike now has a presence in galleries, online, and in his Etsy store. This year Mike will certainly be expanding his work to new galleries as well as taking on new client based work and animation.

If you would like to discuss commissioned work in sculpture or stopmotion please email him at zeitgaiss@gmail.com