Jimmy Diresta

James "Jimmy" DiResta is a New York-based maker, artist, and video producer. He enrolled in the School of Visual Arts in 1986 and graduated in 1990 with a BFA degree. In 1993, he formed a now-defunct toy design company/store called "DiResta" in the East Village which created Gurglin’ Gutz, a rubber toy replicating a miniature human organ. He went on to teach at the School of Visual Arts.