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About
Rollers’ Studio was initially established as an indie comic zine / T-shirt designing venture back in 1997. Besides making petty change from shirts and zines; it served mainly as a creative outlet for Joe “M.A.S.A.R.O.” Gianoglio. From bi-weekly zines to t-shirts, to burners & prints, then to graphics and music; Rollers’ Studio kept evolving into a more refined essence of what “M.A.S.A.R.O.” had originally visioned: An ever changing vehicle for his visual and audio creations. A brand that aims to bridge the gap between the traditional academic realm and the urbanized-terrain of popular culture. You can never really expect where Rollers Studio will be dabbing in next…
Joe “M.A.S.A.R.O.” Gianoglio – Ever since he was four, all he wanted to do was art. He drew a comic strip all over the walls of a new apartment his mom and him had just moved into about the train that never stopped…M.A.S.A.R.O. attended Langara College and earned a diploma for Fine Arts, then attended the University of British Columbia for one year as a transfer into the Fine Arts Program. Two years later, he enrolled in the Visual Arts program at Emily Carr University of Art & Design; graduated with a degree in Visual Arts in ‘05. Since then, he has been doing art shows, working as a graphic designer and building his port-folio in equal parts. Besides N. American exposures, his art and design has also been seen and used in Japan and Hong Kong. His recent approach reflects his long time fascination with music sub cultures illustrated through snapshot style of depictions. Such depictions capture the motion and dynamics of the subject via spontaneous brush strokes and vibrant colors.
Artist CV
(Joe) Giuseppe Gianoglio
Hong Kong, 1978
2009
Education:
97-99 Langara College, Diploma of Fine Arts, Vancouver B.C.,
99-00 University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C.
02-05 Emily Carr University, BFA, Vancouver, B.C.
Studies:
95-97 Stanley Miyazaki Richmond, B.C.
03-05 Rick Williams Vancouver, B.C.
Achievements:
2002 solo exhibition at DV8 Lounge – Vancouver, B.C., June 15th – July 15th
2003 Artwork used by Da Hood Boutiques with store front display -Hong Kong, March -August
03-04 Featured at artist-run-center, Phonologic Laboratory – Richmond, B.C.
2004 Silk Tag Kimono Group Show, Elliot Louis Gallery – Vancouver, B.C., July 15th – August 15th
2004 Asian Heritage Month Art Show, Lucky Lounge – Victoria, B.C., August
2004 Guest speaker at community workshop Expressive Devotion – Vancouver, B.C., August
03-05 One of the main featured artist at Ayden Gallery – Vancouver, B.C., (10 group shows between 2003-05)
2007 Created illustrations for Sci-FI Author William Gibson’s Spook Country
07-08 Musician Series featured at Flow by Design Gallery – Vancouver, B.C.
2008 Invited by Overwaitea Group to create illustration for the grand opening of the new Save-On-Food at Cambie & 7th Ave.
2009 Life Lid Art Show at Windsor Gallery – (fundraising for “Chip Not Dead Yet” charity event) – Vancouver, B.C., June 26th
2010 Featured in L.A. based Proxart Magazine (Summer2010 issue-www.proxart.org)
2010 Winner of the 2010 Golden Brush Live-Art Award
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