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BLAINE FONTANA: AMALGAMATE
surveys the richly detailed, highly imaginative world of Blaine Fontana.
Imbuing his vision with the divine symbolism of religious myths, worldly
folklore and current social dynamics, his works contain a kind of shamanic
exploration of meaning that recognizes the totemic quality and power of the
image. With extensive experience within the design world, including working
as art director for Drifter Industries, graphic designer at acclaimed
fashion/lifestyle magazine Metro.Pop, and founding his own
creative/design agency Fontana Studios (with his wife Eugenie Fontana),
Fontana's work displays a virtuosic understanding of sign and simulacra and
their role within our contemporary visual culture. Straddling the physical
and metaphysical, organic and architectural, painterly and graphic
sensibilities, Fontana fuses multiple visual strategies to forge an
aesthetic language entirely of his own making.
With an introduction by poet Derrick Brown, whose
written and performance has won him the California Independent Book Critics'
Award in 2004 and six first-place slam finishes.
About Blaine Fontana
Blaine Fontana currently lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He has extensive experience within the design world, including working as a designer for Felt Bicycles and acting art director for Zero+ Publishing. His works have been published in a variety of publications, including iDN/Society 6, My Name Is, Sycamore Review, Soul Pancake, Mod Art, Hi-Fructose, and Juxtapoz. He has exhibited nationally in Seattle, Portland, San Diego, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Denver, Austin, Miami, and New York, and internationally in Germany, Canada and Japan.
With his wife and creative partner, he currently runs Fontana Studios, a multi-media art and design studio in Portland, Oregon. He has designed and licensed work for a number of companies including SCION Installation Art Tour, Patagonia, Nike, Quicksilver, Toyota, Kid Robot, Upper Playground, Quiksilver, Ocean Pacific, KFC International, and Arbor Snowboards.
Blaine Fontana received his BFA in Communication Art/Design from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, CA in 2002. He was awarded “Best in Show” for his senior thesis project, and is one of only seven distinguished alumni from 2000-2010. He is currently an Advisory Board member for the Northwest College of Art. He recently spoke at and created the stage “set” for TEDx Portland and his work was just featured in Hi Fructose magazine.
Technical specifications
Deluxe Edition available in a hand-constructed wood box with a CNC routed lid and a limited edition signed print.