ABOUT the artist

My name is Addia Gwet, and I’m a 24-year-old self-taught cartoonist and clay artist from Laytonsville, Maryland.

I’ve been drawing and painting cartoons since the late 2000s, making fan art inspired by my all of my favorite shows. As I got older, I then leaned more into adult cartoons like Rick and Morty, Family Guy, and The Simpsons.

In 2023, while leading an art project for a group of young children I worked with, I discovered a passion for air-dry clay. I then bought my first tub of Crayola clay and began sculpting cartoon-inspired pieces. My very first project, the ‘Sesh w/ Rick’ Ashtray, gained a lot more attention on social media than expected. I then began receiving multiple requests from people in my hometown to friendly strangers around the world! With the encouragement from close friends and family, 99thGallery was born.

Through my art, I hope to capture the humor and nostalgia of the cartoons we grew up with and maybe inspire others to fall in love with clay too!