Paper Mache Monkey crafts bespoke environments for immersive activations and experiential events. Since 2010, the PMM team has been specializing in bridging the creative gap between design and fabrication, theater and the art object, innovative ideas and artisanal craft.
Our team continues to expand the visual limits for our clients. We take pride in creating work alongside the impressive collaborators who continue to seek us out everyday: from top notch Broadway producers, Tony Award winning designers, Cirque du Soleil clowns and magicians, rock stars, edgy corporate agencies, as well as our local businesses and educators in the New York City area.
Check out our team below and see a list of the productions and brands we have proudly been involved with to date!
Introducing the Paper Mache Monkey Team
GRADY BARKER
owner
Grady Barker has been a co-founder and owner of Paper Mache Monkey for the past 12 years. His 20+ years of professional experience in the arts and entertainment industry give him a broad spectrum of mediums and crafting experience to offer uniquely tailored design solutions to our clients.
COLLIN EASTWOOD
technical director
Collin Trevor Eastwood comes out of East Carolina University’s studies in scenic design and prop fabrication. He has ten years of experience as a scenic carpenter for theatre. A highly skilled draftsman, Collin manages all PMM’s production operations including our 3D printing, laser cutting and CNC capabilities. He has spent previous years fabricating and drafting for visual merchandising and events with high end sportswear and luxury brands. He spends his free time building doll house furniture, repairing bicycles and learning to throw pots. He eagerly awaits every opportunity for he and his team to create their next masterpiece.
MICHAEL LEBRON
lead fabricator
Lebron returned triumphantly to NYC in 2021 having honed their skills as a metal sculptor at Cal Arts in Los Angeles. They are in continued pursuit to bring new life to their work with special focuses on CNC, mechanisms, and programming microcontrollers. Complemented with a background in theatrical design and production, they are eager to bring the strangest dreams into reality.
TRINITY BAVARIA
scenic artist
Capitalizing on their impressive artistic education from the Art Institute of Chicago and Rhode Island School of Design, Trinity joined the PMM scenic team in 2022. While welcoming the unique opportunities to expand their technical paint skills at the shop, they stay deeply engaged with their own creative artistic practices in painting and sculpture.
RICKY COCA
carpenter + fabricator
Ricky hails from Atlanta, Georgia where he spent time cutting his artistic teeth at Savanah College of Art and Design. He has become an integral part of the fabrication team since his start in 2022, and is on all accounts a pleasure of a guy to be around!