PABLO DAMAS

Visual Art – Riverside

BORN AMONGST THE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, HIS MOTHER TOLD PABLO WAS DESTINED TO SHINE. AT AN EARLY AGE HE NEW THAT ART WAS GOING TO BE HIS CALLING AND LATER IT WOULD HELP KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE GANGS AND VIOLENCE THAT SURROUNDED HIM. STARTING AT A YOUNG AGE HE WOULD TRY TO COPY THE COVERS OF THE LATEST DISNEY MOVIES. QUICKLY, HE BECAME SERIOUS ABOUT HIS CRAFT. IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR WE WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS AND WAS ACCEPTED TO ATTEND. SOAKING IN AS MUCH AS HE COULD FROM THIS EXPERIENCE HE GRADUATED KNOWING THAT, FOREVER, HE WOULD BE AN ARTIST. HIS MOTHER ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIM AND HIS ART BUT WAS UNABLE TO AFFORD FOR HIM TO ATTEND OTIS SCHOOL OF ART WHICH HE WAS ACCEPTED INTO. SO INSTEAD HE WOULD HAVE TO WORK AND ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THROUGH THE PAST 15 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION HE HAS CONTINUED TO LEARN, MASTER, AND ADAPT TO CHANGES IN THE ART WORLD. THE MAJOR INFLUENCE IN HIS WORK IS MUSIC. THE INSPIRATION AND SUBJECT MATTER CAN RANGE FROM THE MOST CURRENT EXTERNAL BATTLE TO HIS MOST INTIMATE REFLECTIONS TO THE RUSTED NAIL EMBEDDED AND FORGOTTEN IN THE ROTTING WOOD. HIS MEDIA OF CHOICE ARE ACRYLIC PAINT, GRAPHITE, AND CHARCOAL. HE IS NOW WORKING FULL TIME AS AN ARTIST AND DESIGNER, CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON NEW WORK FOR VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS. MORE RECENTLY HE HAS TAKEN ON THE ALIAS OF SICK DOT ONE, REFERRING TO THE CALIBER AND SOMETIMES SUBJECT OF HIS WORK, HIS EMBRACE OF TECHNOLOGY IN THE ARTS AND HIS SOLIDARITY IN HIS CREATIONS. HE ENJOYS FOR THE AUDIENCE TO TELL HIM WHAT HIS WORK MEANS TO THEM. NOT HIM TELL THEM WHAT IT MEANS TO HIM. HE LIKES TO EVOKE THOUGHT AND EMOTION FROM THEM. HE INVITES YOU ABOARD HIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT AS HE CONTINUES TO CREATE. CREATE TO STIMULATE.