Van Arno

Van Arno was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where he attended a Christian Science school from kindergarten through high school. He was accepted at Otis Parsons School of Design in Los Angeles, and supported himself working as a bouncer in at Club Lingerie. By the early '90s, his illustration resume included story-boarding for Robotech, deck designs for Powell Peralta, and box art for Bandai Games, but he found a niche in the music industry, where his illustration and design credits are too numerous to mention.

When his focus shifted to fine art, he began to create heroic figurative works featuring religious, folk, pop culture, and mythical heroes. His work has shown nationally in Los Angeles, Seattle, Santa Fe, Nashville and New York. Internationally, Van has had solo shows at Feinkunst Kruger in Hamburg (2004), and Yves LaRoche Gallerie in Montreal (2007). His work was included in the Juxtapoz Museum exhibit, “Land Of Retinal Delights” (2008), at the Laguna Museum of Art in California. In 2010 and 2011he had work in the Riverside Art Museum.
“I attempt to paint the Archetypical Moment of clarity and passion. But, above all else, imagery must be made exciting and alive. The rules of ...

February 2018, Thinkspace (Culver City) "Upright" -solo
October 2014, Corey-Helford Gallery (Culver City, CA) "Ice Loves Rococo" -solo
April 2011, Jonathan LeVine Gallery (NY) “The Minstrel Cycle”-solo
October 2010, Riverside Art Museum (Ca ) “California Kustom”, group show
October 2009, Corey-Helford (Culver City, Ca) “A Change Of Skin”-solo
October 2008, The Laguna Museum "In the Land of Retinal Delights" -group
January 2009, Shooting Gallery (San Francisco) “The Boogie Disease” -solo
June 2007, Corey-Helford (Culver City, Ca) “Sweet Home Valhalla”-solo
May 2007, L’autre gallerie (Montreal, QC) L’autres Bizzares”-with Ron English
June 2005, Fuse Gallery (New York) “Knuckleduster”-solo
November 2004, Feinkunst-Krueger (Hamburg,Germany) “Van Arno”-solo
January 2003, Feral Gallery (Santa Fe, NM) “the Heroic Figure”-solo
May 2000, CBGB’S 313 Gallery ( New York ) “Lords Of The Lowbrow” -group
March 2000, Hollywood Art & Culture Museum (Florida) “Up From The Underground.”
February 2000, Delirium Tremens (Los Angeles) “False Mythology”-solo
January 1998, Zero One Gallery (Los Angeles) “Indictment-Endorsement” - solo