ArtNowSF Artist -CIG- Solo Show Tomorrow Night

Carly Ivan Garcia grew up in the eclectic artist’s town of Fairfax, California. He comes from a family of artists who encouraged Garcia to create from a young age. Garcia was immediately attracted to the varied color palette and available textures offered by the medium of paint. Over the years he developed and evolved the unique neo-abstract style which, at the young age of 34-years old has made him well known along the West coast of the United States.

Garcia feels that his more recent veering towards thick textures and mixed media give him artistic license to challenge the boundaries of contemporary art and produce work that is loyal to the specific creative language he seeks.

Garcia’s language of imagery is translated through strong form and bold palettes. He constructs landscapes of modernity. In the past few years, Garcia’s work has been shown in numerous gallery solo shows around California and has been included in countless group shows all over the West coast of the United States. In December 2009 Garcia’s work was exhibited in Miami, Florida during Art Basel. He was featured in a group show for international emerging artists and also collaborated with Graffiti Gone Global to create a large scale installation that received extensive media coverage.

Paying homage to his pop icon appeal is Garcia’s upcoming media spotlight. Ten of his paintings, created as if “he were obsessed with pigeons,” are the focus pieces in the new feature film Touching Home, starring Ed Harris, due in major theaters this Spring.