Marc Cato

MARC J CATO

BORN: DECEMBER 15, 1957 IN MANHATTAN, NEW YORK

BOTH MY PARENTS WERE INVOLVED IN THE ARTS.

MY MOTHER, MARGUERITE DAHLSTROM CATO, WAS A FASHION MODEL DURING LATE 1940'S THROUGH THE EARLY 1960'S AND FOR MANY YEARS WITH THE FORD MODELING AGENCY. MY MOTHER WORKED WITH FASHION PHOTOGRAPHERS INCLUDING SCAVULLO, AVEDON AND THE TWIN ABBE SISTERS ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS.

MY FATHER, ROBERT GARCIA CATO, AN ART DIRECTOR FOR FASHION MAGAZINES AND LATER VICE PRESIDENT OF CREATIVE ARTS & SERVICES FOR CBS RECORDS DURING THE MIDDLE 1950'S THROUGH THE LATE 1960'S, ALSO, WORKING WITH, UNITED ARTIST RECORDS, AND AS A FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER AND ARTIST.

IN MY YOUTH I GREW UP OUT HERE ON THE EAST-END OF LONG ISLAND DURING THE 1960'S, THIS AREA WAS STILL PRETTY MUCH FARM LAND SURROUNDED BY OCEAN WATER. WE CATO KIDS GREW UP AROUND THE ARTS, WHILE OUR PARENTS PROVIDED A WONDERFUL ENVIRONMENT FOR US TO EXPLORE. SINCE OUR FATHER WORKED IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY, MUSIC PLAYED A BIG PART OF OUR LIVES, JAZZ AND EARLY ROCK'N'ROLL WERE BELOVED. AS CHILDREN, WE ALSO ALL WORKED AS YOUNG FASHION MODELS.

IN MY EARLY YEARS I SOLD A FEW PAINTINGS AT THE PARRISH ART MUSEUM CHILDRENS ARTSHOW. AN EXPEIRENCE THAT I HAVE ALWAYS TRE...

SINCE, BOTH MY PARENTS WORKED IN THE WORLD OF CREATIVE ARTS, I AM A SELF TAUGHT ARTIST.

A FEW GROUP SHOWS YEARS AGO IN SAG HARBOR & MANHATTAN.

AT THIS DATE I AM SEACHING FOR A GALLERY.