Why are you reading this?  Isn't the Art enough for you?  Must you attach a person to it?  ::sigh::  If you MUST know more then you've come to the right page.  Oh and if you're wondering what the hell this website is all about I suggest clicking HERE first.

What other people are saying:

"They do exist – people who devour films and comics all day (and probably all night) and become walking encyclopedias of Pop-Trash.  Jared von  Hindman is such a person.  He draws decent comics himself, and has collected the most bizarre things from the underworld of art on his website."

                    –Tele2, Switzerland World Directory

-from Journey into History

"What do you know, another USA and God hating liberal ... your nothing new .. your way back on a long list of haters.. I'm still waiting to see some art here.. other than little drawings made by a malcontent, just cause you got hit in the head doesn't make you an artist now that is funny"

                    –Jeff A.

"Jared Von Hindman is an extraordinary American visual artist, a painter, a cartoonist, and a wickedly funny observer of popular culture."

                – Sir Rodney, Sir Rodney's Porno Blog

"This is not interesting or good."

                    –Nostrildamus, "Sensible Erection"

"That guy's creativity scares the f$#k out of me."

                    –Jick, Kingdom of Loathing

"These comics are some of the f$#%ing funniest f$#%ing things I've ever f$#%ing seen. f$#%ity f$#% f$#%. assclown. I just wanted to say that for some reason. darn friggin' poop."

                –Reverend Jack Alan Barlow

"You're as talented as all get-out"

                  –Brad Guigar, Greystone Inn & Evil Inc.

"Jared Hindman is the father of my baby.  Instead of alimony, I want art and more site updates."

                    –Amanda from South Carolina

Enjoy this Bio (mostly) not written by me:

Jared lies that he’s from New York.  Sure, he went to film school there, but he spent the first 19 years of his life in a humid mosquito-ridden town known as Jacksonville located in the South.  Originally a philosophy major, Jared stumbled across the much more lucrative career path of Experimental Filmmaking.  So lucrative, in fact,  that he’s selling paintings online instead of having anything to do with said brand of filmmaking.  Luckily for him, it turned out a fair amount of the public seem to like his little style of Art (which he’d been doing for years just for himself). 

 As a youth, Jared apprenticed under a private art instructor (or a crazy lady who had a Doctorate in Fine Arts and…um..painting).  Jared has what some would call “A.D.D. of the Arts.”  He’s tried stand-up comedy, acting, playing violin, even being a cartoonist.  Never sticking to something for too long,  he got a few cartoons of his comic “Minimum Wage” published in the Florida Times Union before moving on yet again.  More recent success includes having his works featured promotionally for The Bangkok Opera and colloquium promotional material for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as well as selling his paintings internationally. 

Jared von Hindman currently resides in Berlin, Germany, where he lives with an older woman who pays all his bills.  I’m not joking.

1.  Why do you do this?

I have far too much free time.  Seriously.  That and I can pretend that this website is my portfolio and sketchbook at the same time.  It's kind of weird posting all the experiments, good and bad.  That's a subtle disclaimer too.

2.  Are you really in Berlin?

No.  I just say that to make myself sound more interesting.  YES, I'm really living in Berlin...I don't speak German, but that's a whole other matter entirely.

3.  Can I sleep on your couch if I'm in Berlin?

Maybe.  It depends on who the hell you are.  (Believe it or not, I've gotten this question from about a half dozen people....only about half of whom I know.)  Oh, and do you snore?

4.  What is your biggest influence?

This is going to sound super-lame, but when I was little there was a comic book called the New Mutants.  While every kid ends up doodling super heroes as they grow up, I ended up getting obsessed with a character named Warlock, who was this shape-changing robot thing that was a visual joke character:  He never appeared the same way twice and is best described as an techno-ink spill with features.  Whenever I try to figure out where my stuff comes from, I'm always reminded of that character.

5.  How can I buy a painting from you?

The best way is to email me.  I never know what to ask for something, and your budget may not be the next guy's budget.  So, if you want a painting or two, make me an offer, and we'll talk about it from there. 

6.  "I'm stupid when it comes to pricing Art.  How much should I bid?"

That's a question/statement that I got verbatim a while back.  The answer is, "offer whatever you want to/can afford."   I have not received a bid that was too low yet, for what it's worth.  People have bid hundreds of dollars to as low as twenty...it really depends on you and the item in question.  To be honest, I'd like to get these out of my apartment...I'm running out of room. 

7.  Can I commission you to paint something for me?

No....and sort of.  You can request something.  If you think you'd be interested in buying it, let me know.  Basically I've been burned in the past with the whole commissioned art thing and, well, I work better without the pressure of keeping a piece under budget...mainly because I've no idea what that really means.  Right now if you request something I'll end up painting it and THEN you can let me know if you want the original.  Oh and I don't draw genitalia.  I'm a prude.

8.  Are you a complete Capitalist Pig?

No, but since I try to sell my paintings via the site from time to time, I feel guilty about it.  Luckily, I've created a cartoon character by the name of Capitalist Pig to take care of all my business matters, thereby leaving me guilt-free. 

9.  Are you a Film critic/in film school or something?

The answer probably lies in "or something."  I graduated from SUNY Binghamton with a degree in Cinema...which pretty much means I went to school for Film Theory with a focus on Experimental film.  So yes, if I were to pay some union dues, I could indeed be classified as a "legitimate" film critic, because I have one of the educational requirements...only there's one catch.  A "legitimate" film critic also needs to work for a "legitimate" publication/organization.  And there's the rub.  So yes, I'm a film critic but only a little bit more so than any other Joe who makes  a website about movies...because I have a diploma saying I know what I'm talking about.  :shrug:  Whether I actually do is a whole other matter.

10.  Do you have permission to use all those images you took from the movies you reviewed? 
Yes and No.  As long as I'm using them within the context of a review, then yes, I can use them via Fair Use laws.  The reason the answer is sort of "no" is because if evil corporation X really wants to get me, their scary lawyers can and do chew up Fair Use Laws for breakfast. 

11.  Are you Gothic or Emo?

I'm too blond to be Gothic and I don't believe in Emo kids.  They're a myth, like Furries and Cosplay.

12. Why the hell did you name your website Head Injury Theater? 

Head Injury Theater is a phrase I came up with as a kid that refers to something that happens in cartoons all the time.  More often than not, when a character gets hit in the head in a cartoon he starts hallucinating or passes out and has some sort of weird dream/fantasy.  Head Injury Theater is another word for "violently induced fever dream"....more or less.

13.  Do you have any great wisdom to share with us?

"The Enlightening Hand is so because it is on Fire."  All things worthwhile shorten your life and are finite, while an uninspired man's days will lengthen in the darkness.  My wisdom is spooky, yes?  That quote was from something I wrote a long time ago, and is currently painted on my wall as a reminder.  If I ever start writing fortune cookies (which is more likely than you think), that'll be the first one I write.

Reviews (beyond cute little quotes): 

Journey Into History:  When Head Injury Theater was about two and half months old (early 2005), Bob Stevenson reviewed it.  He had a lot to say and amazingly most of it was pretty positive.  Here's a few of his magical words: 

"Though it seems to be used on a very smallish chunk of the site, the guy seems to loath Photoshop or at least refuses to let it change anything about the art. There are great things and not so great things about this. Most strikingly both is that there’s so little hiding behind technology. For better or worse, paint sticks and Jared seems willing to share tons of paint he’s stuck to stuff. Lots are experiments, failed and successful. It’s a bold artist that lets you wander around in his sketch-book and at times, that’s what this feels like. "  If you'd like to read the whole review and see the neat editorial cartoon about Head Injury Theater, do so by clicking HERE.

What about the News, Jared?  Have you ever been on the News?

:sigh:  Yes.  I've made the news a couple of times...though it's never been positive.  I has been positively retarded in both cases, but that's a rant for another day.

I've been in the new twice:  Once for getting a man arrested in Singapore and again for supplying sensationalist propaganda against his will to a very funny ABC news report that decided to use his Emo Emu picture to illustrate the horrid price of the Emo lifestyle. 

Or something like that.