Gina Lucia

Gina Lucia is an artist, designer and educator.

Biography

Lucia earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Studio Arts from Montclair State University in 2004 [ [http://www.montclair.edu/arts/dept/artdesign/ad07.html#graphic Montclair State University - College of the Arts - Department of Art &amp Design ] ] . She is a graphic designer, teaches Graphic Design I at Montclair State University, [ [http://www.montclair.edu/arts/dept/artdesign/ad02b.html Montclair State University - College of the Arts - Department of Art &amp Design ] ] has been published in both the U.S. and South America [ [http://www.zupi.com.br/publique/cgi/cgilua.exe/sys/start.htm?tpl=home Zupi :: Design, ilustração, propaganda e arte ] ] and has exhibited her work in such galleries as the PPOW Gallery in New York City and LITM Gallery in Jersey City, NJ. Gina is the principle of House of Graphics LLC a boutique design studio located in Northern New Jersey. [http://www.houseofgrfx.com] Her work was published in 2008 by Rockport Publishers in a book entitled "1,000 Music Graphics." Gina is a member of the Brooklyn based artist's collective 3R5. www.weare3r5.com

Artistic style

Lucia's mixed media collage work fuses commercial and fine art. Hand drawn sketches are combined with found objects, photography, hand-rendered typography and presented in a thought-provoking photomontage. Inspired by music, Surrealism and the Freudian concept of free association, personal experiences and heartbreak, everyday encounters with objects people and places, the current social and political climate, her montages are spontaneous juxtapositions of unlikely things. She incorporates elements of pop culture; viscera, music that rocks; fashion; graffiti; low brow art; hot rod, skate, street and snowboard culture; and eclectic ephemera into her work and brings it all together in an urban-organic style. The harmonious commingling of both digital technology and fine art techniques has allowed her to redefine and refine her art.

References

www.weare3r5.com