Arbito is an artist/​illustrator/​designer liv­ing in Seat­tle. Born and raised in Wash­ing­ton State, Arbito’s work has been exhib­ited glob­ally from Spain to Eng­land, Aus­tralia to New york. Cur­rently he’s exper­i­ment­ing with resin sculp­ture but is also rec­og­nized for his west coast proto-​​hippie style acrylic paint­ings and drawings.

Arbito’s art tells the visual tale of a rag­tag band of hip­pie vagabonds on a pop-​​psychedelic trip. With his resin fig­ures, form and style meet vibrant, col­or­ful, unique char­ac­ters. His work has been shown in solo and group shows around the world, as well as at the Phillips de Pury Auc­tion and Art Basel. He shares a stu­dio in the Pacific North­west with The Hobo, Seeker, Sammy, Patty Power and his wife, Snaggs. — Jeremy Braut­man ( http://​www​.jere​myr​iad​.com )

Jesse Hib­ert aka Arbito is a name quickly spread­ing widely through­out the artist com­mu­nity. Not only is he rec­og­nized by his 60’s fueled nos­tal­gic 2D art­work, but also for his awe­some work in the designer resin toy field… — John “Spanky” Stokes ( http://​www​.spankys​tokes​.com )

If I were to walk into the mind of Arbito, what might I find? I think it would be full of rain­bows, breasts, cot­ton candy (hope­fully), bright col­ors, good design, per­haps some grass of the smok­ing kind and some psy­che­delic tunes drift­ing along in the back­ground. I would surely laugh, def­i­nitely feel stim­u­lated and most likely have some flash­backs of the 60’s. Wait, I wasn’t around in the 60’s… but every time I see Arbito’s work I sure wish I had been. — Kris­ten Rask ( http://​www​.schman​cy​toys​.com )