Blaine Fontana
Blaine Fontana is a Portland, Oregon-based artist and designer.
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[edit] Biography
Fontana was born in Seattle, Washington and raised on Bainbridge Island. He began his interest in art at a young age. During his teens he commuted to two High Schools in order to study graphic design, photography, sculpture and life drawing. After graduating in 1994, he pursued his education of life in the streets of Seattle and Portland as a Graffiti Artist. After about 4 years of being in and out of towns and community colleges, Fontana chose to attend Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1998. Four years later Fontana left with a BFA in Communication Art/Design. During School he worked as an Art Director at a design firm, Abound LLC, and also as a Graphic Designer at a Fashion/Lifestyle Magazine, Metro Pop. Recently Fontana had worked as an Art Director at a young men’s apparel company, Drifter. In January 2003 he became self-employed as a fine artist and designer. website After pursuing his career in LA for 9 years he has recently returned to his roots on Bainbridge Island, Washington.
[edit] Work
Blaine Fontana has varied styles, including abstract, cartoonesque, and figurative. He has also been classified as a lowbrow artist. [1] [2] However, he has described his work as "urban-contemporary". [3]
[edit] Influences
Robert Rauschenberg, Ralph Steadman, Hayao Miyazaki, Basquiat, Scott Hansen, Andy Goldsworthy. [4]
[edit] Represented galleries
- Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA
- Limited Addiction Gallery, Denver, CO
- Scribble Theory Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
- Yves Laroche Gallery, Montreal, Canada
- Josua Liner Gallery, New York, NY
[edit] Published work and press
8.5, Issue 8
Cm, Consumption Manual, Issue 01
CMYK
Happy Magazine, cover
ISM Quarterly, cover Winter 2006
Juxtapoz[5], cover Issue #67, August 2006 [6]
Line Up the Magazine
Metro Pop
Modart Magazine
OC Weekly
Prequel, Issue 0, pg 28 (2006)[7]
SqueezeOC
Synthesis
The Industry Standard Anthology, 2005
Vision Magazine, May 2005, cover [8]
Case Magazine, Issue One, cover
Myartspace Blog, Interview with Brian Sherwin
[edit] References
- Celest Kidd, “Not-So-Starving Artist” OC Weekly March 9, 2006 [9]
- “Retail Therapy, What Influences You?”, Prequel. Issue 0, pg 28, 2006 [10]
- Jit Fong Chin, “Jack of All Shades”, SqueezeOC February 27, 2006 [11]
