About

I created this website a long time ago to showcase my paintings and drawings. I haven’t really painted much since 2018, and my creative focus has shifted to making yo-yos. Chances are high you are here for the yo-yos so here’s a mini bio:

I’ve been yoyoing since 2003. I was a part of Team Anti-Yo from 2006-2009. I never won any major contests but I placed 2nd a lot during my short competitive career (06-08). I won Trick Innovator of the Year alongside Jon Rob for our 5A efforts in 2007. I fell out of the yoyo scene from 2010-2015 but I never stopped yoyoing. In 2016 I came back because Worlds was in Cleveland relatively close to my home for the first time. I reconnected with a lot of old friends. After Worlds 2019 I created my yo-yo instagram (@jakebullockyoyo) and shortly after that decided to try my hand at making the signature yo-yo I never got back in my heyday. My friend Tyler Severance put me in touch with a factory and his designer, CJ Atkinson, and in the midst of the pandemic of 2020 the Dunk was born.

What started as a one-off project that I wasn’t sure would succeed has grown into an entire line of different yo-yos and accessories. I get an immense amount of joy and satisfaction from playing with my own yo-yo and seeing other people all over the world collect and enjoy them. It’s the definition of a dream come true for me.

Thank you for reading and thanks for making all of this possible.

RESUME

Selected Shows

Eckhaus Art Gallery
157 W Main St, Kutztown, PA
“Letters from Earth”
January 21-31, 2009
Collaborative show with Cody Brinkman

FireFly Bookstore
230 W Main St, Kutztown, PA
“Masks”
November 2012
Solo Show

What’s This?! Media
Kutztown, PA
October 2014
Collaborative show with Rob Akers

Art n Soul Studios
7720 Main Street,#5A, Fogelsville, PA
July 2015
Semi-Permanent Installation

New Arts Program
PO Box 82, Kutztown PA
napconn@aol.com
Invitational Salon of Small Works 2015, 2016, 2017

The Publishing House Co, LLC
243 W Main St. Kutztown, PA
Kutztown Art Krawl
April 2016
Solo Show

GoggleWorks
201 Washington St. Reading, PA
"Art of Jazz"
April 2017
Group Show, part of Berks Jazz Fest

Tröegs Independent Brewing
200 East Hershey Park Drive, Hershey, PA
"Art of Tröegs" 
Summer 2017
Hand painted beer bottles selected to be in brewery's permanent collection

Education

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
2009-2011
Studied Fine Arts

Northampton Community College
2011-2013
Associates Degree in Welding Technology

Clay on Main
313 Main St, Oley, PA 19547
987-0273
Intern and work trade 2014-2015

 

 

This is the first trick I ever came up with. It was the opening trick of the first yoyo video I ever filmed and shared. I called it “my eetsit video” and uploaded it to Youtube on February 18, 2006. Youtube launched to the public December
I’ve always gravitated towards chopsticks tricks. One of the things i’m most known for in yoyo is chopsticks related (more on that soon). If you haven’t seen the seminal video “The Fidget” by Jason Lee and @spencerberry
I’ve struggled throughout my life with keeping focus. I jump from hobby to hobby (with yoyoing being the only constant) and idea to idea. I often have problems following things through to their conclusion. This attention deficit has benefitted