PABLO DAMAS

BORN AMONGST THE STARS IN HOLLYWOOD CALIFORNIA, HIS MOTHER TOLD PABLO HE WAS DESTINED TO SHINE.  AT AN EARLY AGE HE KNEW THAT ART WAS GOING TO BE HIS CALLING AND WOULD LATER HELP TO KEEP HIM AWAY FROM THE GANGS AND VIOLENCE THAT SURROUNDED HIM. STARTING AS A KID HE WOULD TRY TO COPY THE COVERS OF CLASSIC DISNEY MOVIES. QUICKLY, HE BECAME TALENTED AND SERIOUS ABOUT HIS CRAFT.

IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL HE WAS RECOMMENDED TO THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS.  AFTER SHOWING HIS PORTFOLIO HE 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. INSTEAD, HE WOULD HAVE TO WORK AND ATTEND COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THROUGH THE PAST YEARS HE HAS CONTINUED TO LEARN, MASTER, AND ADAPT TO CHANGES IN THE ART WORLD.

AS A SEASONED PROFESSIONAL ARTIST PABLO HAS COUNTLESS SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITIONS BEHIND HIM. HIS EXHIBITIONS HAVE BEEN HOUSED IN SUCH INSTITUTIONS AS THE MUSEUM OF LATIN AMERICAN ART, CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LOS ANGELES, PLAZA DE LA RAZA AND SEVERAL OTHER GALLERIES. HE HAS CURATED VARIOUS SHOWS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HAS BEEN INVITED TO SPEAK TO AND TEACH CHILDREN AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS. HIS MEDIA OF CHOICE ARE ACRYLIC PAINT, GRAPHITE, AND CHARCOAL. HE IS NOW WORKING FULL TIME AS A FREELANCE GRAPHIC/APPAREL DESIGNER, TATTOO ARTIST AND CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON NEW WORK FOR VARIOUS EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS.

“I ENJOY FOR THE AUDIENCE TO TELL ME WHAT MY WORK MEANS TO THEM. NOT ME TELL THEM WHAT IT MEANS TO ME.”  THROUGH THE MANIPULATION OF THE FACE AND FIGURE HE EVOKES THOUGHT AND EMOTION FROM THEM. SO HE CONTINUES TO CREATE. CREATE TO STIMULATE.