Featured Artist ||| Brian Oliveira (Bay Area, CA)
"Brian Oliveira current lives in the Bay Area and grew up in Santa Cruz. After a five year art school bender in San Francisco, he now resides in a 5'x8' pantry on Hate and Trashbury.
Currently the Art Director and Manager of Operations at Anthem Screen Printing, he tries to keep what little sanity he has by working on comics, prints, toys, and living in his sketchbook with every extra moment he's got. Brian has been makin' zines and screen printing on his floor seemingly forever and has been a SF ZineFest regular (though only from crashing empty tables) for the past 6 years with his killer co-conspirators and allies. Â After a recent month-long trip in Europe drawing on walls, trading comics, and an exposition at a festival in the French countryside, he snatched up his runaway babe of seven years, took her home with him, and got back to work. Â After completing a bunch of art for local punk and garage bands, he is currently finishing up his first toy release and nearly completing the second with it's accompanying screen printed comic. There isn't enough time in the day to get all the junk out of his brain."Â
What's coming up? Future plans & projects...
With so many projects on the proverbial fire at once, be sure to follow his only social media outlet, his ADD inflicted Instagram feed! See the progress of all his mental diarrhea/inspirational vomit and possibly get to see a finished product once in a while!! Â
Inspirations: Â Weirdos, Gross Outs, Insecurities, and Self Loathing! Â
Words from the artist extraordinaire, Brian Oliveira.
Article compiled by Shayna Yasuhara