Cupco is the design,animation, illustration and doll-making brainchild of Lucas Temby and his wife/muse Mayumi Temby. Born on the streets of Tokyo and subsequently transplanted to Sydney, Australia, Cupco! both appreciates and satirises the ludicrous and ridiculous nature of modern society!

We try to make good stuff and we can proudly say that we make almost no money from the world of Cupco! Cupco! is you! Cupco! is me! Cupco! is life! Cupco is death! Death to all humans!! More War! Less Peace! More Sex! Less talk! BLAH! Cucpo! Is Dead! Long live Cupco!

CUPCO! By Lucas Temby

1972 – A loving union between my parents.
1973 – Popped out of my Mum!
1975 – Started drawing.
1976 – Saved by snow dog.
2000 – Moved to Tokyo, Japan.
2001 – Met the monster love of my life : Mopo!
2002– Founded the Kingdom of Cupco!
2002 – Cupco.net goes online.
2003 - Joined the Flying Cat family.
2003 – Cupco! Choco PP comic appears regularly in
CUTE magazine, Hong Kong.
2004 – Cupco! Tokyo Trend weekly column appears in NEW MONDAY magazine Hong Kong.
2004 – Cupco! Dolls are born!
2004 – The first Cupco! Doll Exhibition at Fewmany, Tokyo.
2004 – Cupco! group exhibition in Sydney, Australia.
2004 – Cupco! joins Sticker Art group exhibition in New York, New York.
2004 – Cupco! joins HIDE & SEEK – Hello Kitty Exhibition in Hong Kong.
2004 – Cupco! Dolls appear in the Plushtastrophe Exhibition around the U.S.A.
2004 – Married the wonderful Mayumi Temby on November 1st.
2005 – Super Cupco! Solo Exhibition at 55DSL Tokyo.
2005 – Moved back to Sydney, Australia.
2005/2006 – Cupco! rocks PIMP MY DOLL Exhibition in France and Italy.
2005 – In Plush We Tust Exhibition in Chicago.
2005 – Cupco! tours Taiwan for the Monster Taipei Toy Fair
2006 – Collaboration with WRECKS Japan
2006 – Cupco! online shop SPEKS opens
2006 – Cupco! Underwear coming soon!
2006 – New clients include MTV, Saatchi & Saatchi, Adidas & Converse & Spies Underwear!
2006 – Cupco! Underwear coming soon!
2006 – Cupco! joins the Hello Kitty Secret House Exhibition
in Hong Kong – Show travels to Singapore and Taipei
2006 – Major collaboration with Red Magic Hong Kong upcoming
2006 – CUPCO! WORLD SAFARI : AUSTRALIA Solo Exhibition at Damien Minton Gallery from June 27
2006 – CUPCO! WORLD SAFARI : SAN FRANCSISCO Solo Exhibition at Super 7 Shop/Gallery from September 1st
2006 – NORSE BY NORSEWEST Solo Exhibition at MOSHI MOSHI Gallery from OCTOBER
2006 – Dec – Calendorks group show at Moshi Moshi Gallery
2007 – Cupco Converse Collaboration shoe released
2007 – Jan - Wurstminster Dog Show – Group show at the Wurst Gallery, Portland
2007 – Mar – SNOITON! Duo show with Nanospore at Giant Robot LA
2007 – Apr – The Coloured Digger – Group show at Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney
2007 – Apr – Medical Experiments – Group show at PUSH Gallery, North Carolina
2007 – Jun – Toy collaboration with Red Magic Hong Kong
2007 – Jun – Clothing collaboration with UNIQLO and DGV Publishing Company in Japan / Germany
2007 – Aug – Group show Art Auction at Queen Street Studio Chippendale
2007 – Dec 4 – CUPCO IS GOD! At Damien Minton Gallery
2007 – Dec – Grass Hut All Stars group show at DVA Gallery, Chicago, USA
2008 – Jan– The Great Australian Barbeque Group Show
at Wilson Street Gallery, Newtown
2007 – May – SPACE AID - Group show Art Auction at Queen Street Studio Chippendale
2007 – May – The Tree Show - Group show to benefit forests at Giant Robot San Francisco
2008 – Jul – Melbourne Art Fair with Damien Minton Gallery
2008 – Aug – DING DANG DONG! Three entity group show at Grass Hut Gallery, Portland, USA
2008 – Nov– United Nations of CUPCO – international CUPCOllaboration!

CUPCO! DOLLS

Cupco! Dolls are 100% hand-made and hand-loved! Full of the blood, sweat and sperm of Cupco King and Queen Lucas Temby and Mayumi Ito! Each Cupco! Doll is unique and exclusive. We dont make the same doll twice because they take so long to make its way too boring. So keep your eyes peeled for new Cupco! Doll characters coming all the time! Some of our characters include: Suicide Bombers, Bikers, Vampires, Terrorists, Homeless, Vikings, God, zombies and lots of different Devils! Come to www.cupco.net for more infromation!

Cupco! Dolls are 100% hand-stitched, hand-stuffed, hand screen printed (on the reverse side) and hand-ironed, hand-glued! Each doll takes anywhere from 2 days to 2 months to make! Also Cupco! Dolls have removeable heads so you can mix and match different heads and bodys!! Since starting in June 2004 we have made 30 hand-made dolls and used more than 3000 metres of cotton thread! The first Cupco! Doll exhibition was held at the FewMany gallery in Shinjuku, Tokyo from October 11th to 27th. More info: www.fewmany.com