About Toddlerpillars
Toddlerpillars are the brainchildren of artist and Beinart Gallery owner Jon Beinart, and his friend, award-winning graphic novelist and artist, Tim Molloy. These strange adorable creatures evolved from Jon’s notorious insectoid doll sculptures (2002 – 2011), which frequently went viral on the internet and were published widely in art books and magazines in the 2000s.
This project marks Jon’s return to his iconic Toddlerpillars, with a 100-page graphic novel titled Toddlerpillar Apocalypse, custom toy art shows at Beinart Gallery, digital collectibles, and range of modular vinyl toys with interchangeable animal and human-inspired parts, currently in production.
This new chapter began in 2021 with the mass-birthing of the digital descendants of Jon’s sculptures. Tim Molloy became the projects illustrator and together, they released two generative art collections, Toddlerpillars & Chimerapillars, each with 888 unique and mind-bending traits. Their aim was to bring a sense of playful absurdity and comical horror to the space as well as a level of detail and complexity that was rarely seen in digital collectables.
In mid-2022, Jon enlisted the help of his friend Christopher Ulrich to collaborate with him and Tim on developing the Toddlerpillar lore into a 100-page psychedelic graphic novel titled Toddlerpillar Apocalypse, which is now in late production.
The first vinyl Toddlerpillar toy was released in 2022 for artists to customise (sculpt & paint) for a huge group show at Beinart Gallery in Melbourne, Australia in October 2023. The exhibition showcased sculptures by over 60 artists from around the globe, and the works can still be viewed on the Beinart Gallery website here.
A new range of modular Chimerapillar & Toddlerpillar vinyl toys with interchangeable animal and human-inspired parts is currently in production. These limited edition toys are being designed in collaboration with artist, designer, Jake Hempson, and will be available for purchase in 2026. Artists will be invited to customise them for the second group show at Beinart Gallery, coinciding with the highly anticipated release of the Toddlerpillar Apocalypse graphic novel in 2027.
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