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Wyatt Allgeier is a writer and an editor for Gagosian Quarterly. He lives and works in New York City. Daniel Bailey (aka Mr. Bailey) is a conceptual footwear designer and the founder of the sneaker design and community platform CONCEPTKICKS. For ComplexCon's Sneakers for Breakfast, he partnered with Takashi Murakami to create a set of sneakers inspired by Takashi's artwork. Takashi Murakami earned a PhD from the Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Fine Arts. He began exhibiting his work while still at the university and in 1996 established the Hiropon Factory studio (today Kaikai Kiki) to produce it. In addition to making and marketing Murakami's art and related work, Kaikai Kiki functions as a supportive environment for fostering emerging artists. With the curation of the 2000 Superflat exhibition, Murakami advanced the Superflat theory of Japanese art. He has exhibited widely both in Japan and overseas. Ashley Overbeek is director of strategic initiatives at Gagosian, where she work