Mac Hillenbrand

Mac Hillenbrand has recently been named one of the current '50 to Watch' San Diego artist's by the directors of the Mingei and Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego for his innovative and visually stunning paintings out of wood inlay and resin. Through his successful efforts to combine the renaissance era art form of marquetry wood inlay with his native California surf art culture Mac offers the world new and breathtaking original works of art orchestrating light reflected by the brilliant 3-dimensional grain characteristics of different wood types through his own surfboard glass-work inspired innovative and prismatic 'resin-painting.' Both a graduate of The American School of French Marquetry and the founder of The French Fry Factory underground ‘art-space’ he is currently pioneering the use of marquetry wood veneering techniques specifically to explore the aesthetic organic parallels between wood grain characteristics and oceanic textures. He lives, works and surfs in San Diego.

Mac - "Since the grain patterns in the wood are the result of water and nutrients moving through a tree I find there to be a beautiful cosmic parallel to be explored in crating artwork that purposes wood grain to represent oceanic texture. As the ...

I'm a graduate of:

B.A. Film and Digital Media with an emphasis in production, University of California at Santa Cruz 2002

The American School of French Marquetry 2015

2019:

Group: Escondido Municipal Gallery

Group: International Design in Wood Competition at the Del Mar Fair

Group: Kaaboo Del Mar Contemporary Art Showcase

Group: San Diego Festival of Arts juried festival

Group: Mission Federal Little Italy juried festival

Group: Leucadia Artwalk juried festival

Group: Mission Federal Artwalk Carlsbad Juried Festival

Group: Del Mar Art Center Gallery

Group: Cinopolis Del Mar & La Costa

Group: Del Mar Board Room Surf-art Showcase

2018:

Solo: Encinitas Main Street Association

Group: San Diego Festival of Arts juried festival

Group: Mission Federal Little Italy juried festival

Group: International Design in Wood Competition at the Del Mar Fair

Group: Leucadia Artwalk juried festival

Group: Mission Federal Artwalk Carlsbad Juried Festival

Group: Mill Valley Festival of Arts Juried festival

Group: 50 To Watch' The Studio Door Gallery

Group: Del Mar Art Center Gallery

Group: Cinopolis Del Mar & La Costa

Group: Del Mar Board Room Surf-art Showcase

Group: Sunset Cliffs Art Festival

Group: Dia De Los Muertos in La Colonia Park Solona Beach

2017:

Solo: Encinitas Main Street Association

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