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Marco Almera
Marco Almera's artistic career emerged from the Southern California surf, skate and rock‘n’roll subculture of the late 80's. As a Southern California native, the artist was inspired by the do-it-yourself style of this subculture, and began by creating his own t-shirts and stylized graphics. As his underground art style developed, it continued to reflect this dynamic world of surfing, skateboarding, rock music, pinup girls, hot rods, iconography and the timeless coastal lifestyle. Studying fine art at UC Santa Cruz provided Almera the background of many different fine art mediums, the foundation from which he has been able to expand his craft.
Almera has spent his career working independently, creating t-shirt designs, album covers, rock music posters, ads, commercial graphics and commissioned paintings. The artist's hand-printed serigraphs can be found in art galleries, music stores and poster shops around the world. Over the years, he has enjoyed much success with his art and serigraphs in Japan, Germany, England, The Netherlands and all over the United States.
Since his gallery debut in 1999, Almera's momentum in the art world has continued. His painted canvases and commissioned pieces have been featured in solo and group shows at the Copro Gallery, the La Luz de Jesus Gallery, the Laguna Beach Art Museum, Track 16 Gallery, the 111 Minna and Shooting Gallery in San Francisco, the Huntington Beach Surf Museum, the Huntington Beach Art Museum, the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, the Art Institute of California and Roq La Rue, Seattle.
Early on, the artist transitioned from primarily creating rock posters, album covers and custom graphics to creating fine art pieces, which he has shown in galleries around the world. Interestingly enough, Marco Almera has found much success and enthusiasm for his art in Europe after years of traveling and showing his work, primarily in Germany.
Almera's original paintings have been purchased and collected by a very diverse range of people. A few notables include: James Hetfield of Metallica, who owns an original Almera black velvet painting, "Tiki de Oro”, and Randy Hild, President of ROXY, who owns the "Surface” original. Joe Knoernschild, co-founder of Billabong USA and Hurley, has an Almera painting in with his collection of original Rick Griffin artwork. Almera was recently commissioned to create a black velvet painting for HBO comedian David Cross, which was used as his latest album cover. The artist also recently painted an homage to actor Danny Trejo.
In addition, Almera's popular art and prints have been used as set dressings in many T.V. and film productions. The Will Ferrell comedy classic "Old School", the ABC series "Wife Swap", the Rodriguez/Tarantino movie, "Grind House" and most recently, “Machete”, have all had set dressings featuring Almera originals, serigraphs and lithographs.
Marco Almera has been interviewed and featured in numerous art, surfing and cultural magazines in the U.S., Europe and Japan. The underground art magazine Juxtapoz featured the artist and carried a print and t-shirt design of his for years. In addition, Almera and his artwork have been featured in numerous hardcover books. The "Art of Modern Rock” published in 2004 included an artist interview and a series of Almera rock posters. This book was received well internationally, and will stand the test of time as being the primary reference for the modern Rock Poster Art movement. Almera's artwork was also featured in the book “Rockin’ Down the Highway”, published by the same author. “Kustom Graphics 2”, a 2010 follow-up to the popular “Kustom Graphics” book published by Korero Books (U.K.), features Almera and his newer work.
Recently, the artist has been included in La Luz de Jesus Gallery’s 25th Anniversary Group Show and accompanying hardcover book. The artist will also be featured in the upcoming publication, “The Ska Scrapbook”, featuring the art and graphics of the ska & punk movement in the 1990’s.
To contact the artist, visit www.marcoalmera.com or email
marcoalmera@gmail.com
LIST OF
EXHIBITIONS:
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October 7, 2011
La Luz
De Jesus 25th Anniversary Group Show
La
Luz De Jesus Gallery
Los
Angeles, CA
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August 4, 2011
Garageland group art show
2nd
Floor
Huntington Beach, CA
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July
29, 2011
From
Genesis to Revelation group art show
Copro
Gallery
Santa
Monica, CA
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March
4, 2011
Everything But the Kitchen Sync 14th
Annual Group Show
La
Luz De Jesus Gallery
Los
Angeles, CA
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December 18, 2010
Playboy
Redux II
Copro
Gallery
Santa
Monica, CA
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November 11, 2010
FIND
Magazine Issue 5 Release Art Show
FIND
Gallery
Costa
Mesa, CA
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October 9, 2010
Monstoberfest group art show
Rothick Art Haus
Fullerton, CA
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July
10, 2010
Los
Desperados Art Banditos group art show
Hurley HQ
Costa
Mesa, CA
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February 1, 2008
Marco
Almera, Bryan Cunningham & Krystopher Sapp
La
Luz De Jesus Gallery
Los
Angeles, CA
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November 30, 2006
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Bluefoot Lounge
San
Diego, CA
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July
22, 2006
Canvas?
Group art show
J
Flynn Gallery
Costa
Mesa, CA
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October 9, 2004
Marco
Almera one-man show
Planet Rooth Studios
San
Diego, CA
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May
20, 2004
Marco
Almera one-man show
Feinkunst Krüger
Hamburg,
Germany
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May
14, 2004
Marco
Almera one-man show
Glanz
Gallery
Hamburg,
Germany
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April
30, 2004
For the
Love of Money group art show
The
Canvas Gallery
San
Francisco, CA
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April
15, 2004
Marco
Almera/Shephard Fairey
Toyroom Gallery
Sacramento, CA
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April
1, 2004
Juxtapoz
10th Anniversary Art Show
111
Minna Gallery
San
Francisco, CA
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March
13, 2004
Pop
Rocks group art show
Planet Rooth Studios
San
Diego, CA
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March
6, 2004
Locals
Only group art show
The
Emporium Gallery
Encinitas, CA
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February 14, 2004
Modern
Love group art show
M
Modern Gallery
Palm
Springs, CA
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January 8, 2004
Marco
Almera vs. Lee Harvey Roswell
The
Shooting Gallery
San
Francisco, CA
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September 5, 2003
Surf
Style: Surf Art Exhibit
Cassius King Gallery
San
Diego, CA
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Aug
5, 2003
The Gun
Show group art show
The
Shooting Gallery
San
Francisco, CA
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June
14, 2003
Marco
Almera, Tim McCormick, Tara McPherson
The
Muse Gallery
San
Diego, CA
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May
16, 2003
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Buttenheim
Berlin,
Germany
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May
16, 2003
Marco
Almera one-man show
Glanz
Gallery
Hamburg,
Germany
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May
11, 2003
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Neutronic
Munich,
Germany
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May
10, 2003
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Kafe
Cult
Munich,
Germany
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May
3, 2003
Mass
Distraction group art show
The
Emporium Gallery
Encinitas, CA
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March
7, 2003
Noncommercial Art by Commercial Artists group show
La
Luz De Jesus Gallery
Los
Angeles, CA
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March
1, 2003
Marco
Almera one-man show
Inner
Energy
San
Diego, CA
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January 23, 2003
Sci-Fi
Western Group Art Show
111
Minna Gallery
San
Francisco, CA
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October 26, 2002
Juxtapoz
8th Anniversary Art Show
Track
16 Gallery
Santa
Monica, CA
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September 5, 2002
3prt.mix
@ ASR group art show
San
Diego Convention Center
San
Diego, CA
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July
28, 2002
Surf
Culture: The Art History of Surfing group art show
Laguna Art Museum
Laguna
Beach, CA
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July
6, 2002
Marco
Almera one-man show
Noah
Fine Art Gallery
Costa
Mesa, CA
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June
15, 2002
A Ten
Year Volcom Visual Retrospect group show
[SEVEN-DEGREES]
Laguna
Beach, CA
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May
30, 2002
Marco
Almera one-man show
Detroit
Costa
Mesa, CA
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May
6, 2002
Marco
Almera one-man show
White
Cube Gallery
Tokyo,
Japan
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April
27, 2002
Marco
Almera one-man show
White
Cube Gallery
Kyoto,
Japan
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April
29, 2002
Marco
Almera one-man show
Spanish Moon
Tokyo,
Japan
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March
9, 2002
Kamikaze!
Marco
Almera one-man show
3
Deuces Kustom Shop and Gallery
Riverside, CA
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March
1, 2002
Noncommercial Art by Commercial Artists group show
La
Luz De Jesus Gallery
Los
Angeles, CA
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January 26, 2002
Marco
Almera one-man show
The
Emporium Gallery
Encinitas, CA
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December 12, 2001
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Independent Outlet
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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December 7, 2001
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Buen
Barrio Cantina, Gutleutmarkt
Frankfurt, Germany
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December 2, 2001
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Lovelite, Friedrichshain
Berlin,
Germany
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December 1, 2001
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Mervald, Mitte
Berlin,
Germany
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November 30, 2001
Marco
Almera underground art & print show
Franken, Kreuzberg
Berlin,
Germany
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November 23, 2001
Marco
Almera and Matto Le D two-man show
Mekanik Strip Gallery
Antwerp,
Belgium
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October 5, 2001
Marco
Almera one-man show
Bamboo Terrace
Costa
Mesa, CA
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September 8, 2001
Time is
Tight group art show
Social Club and Gallery
San
Diego, CA
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July
22, 2001
The
Truth Show group art show
Social Club and Gallery
San
Diego, CA
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June
29, 2001
Marco
Almera and David Perry two-man show
Flying Piston Gallery
Berlin,
Germany
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June
22, 2001
Marco
Almera and David Perry two-man show
Harkortstrasse 125
Hamburg,
Germany
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March
2, 2001
Noncommercial Art by Commercial Artists group show
La
Luz De Jesus Gallery
Los
Angeles, CA
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July
11, 2000
Gangbang
group poster show
Domane
Berlin,
Germany
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July
7-9, 2000
Gangbang
group poster show
Harkortstrasse 125
Hamburg,
Germany
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June
30, 2000
Gangbang
group poster show
Flying Piston Gallery
Berlin,
Germany
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December 4, 1999
Leeteg
Tribute/Group Art Show
Copro/Nason
Gallery
Culver
City, CA
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January, 1999
Tiki Art
Group Art Show
Huntington Beach Art Center
Huntington Beach, CA
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