Masked for your pleasure, by Johnny Otto Sometimes you are focused on work that is outside the realm of the... Read More
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Johnny Otto is an Artist, Writer, Filmmaker and Activist living in Los Angeles. Recent shows include a fundraiser benefit for Drop in the Bucket (clean water in Africa). Otto’s artistic endeavors span over 35 years. His films have been featured in the Palm Springs Film Festival and The La Jolla Fashion Film Festival. He dedicates his time and art to helping those who are less fortunate. He believes that art is meant to change the world, not just pretty up a wall. He writes about Art, Culture, Activism and People who are striving to change the world. Join him on Twitter and Instagram @ottophobia
Once again Radiant Space in Los Angeles is going to be the place to be to see some really amazing... Read More
Camille Waldorf is an Artist that I’ve know and been dear friends with for more than 18 years. She is... Read More
David Grieco is someone that I’ve know for years and only recently had the honor of interviewing. In addition to... Read More
The neighborhood I live in has a wide assortment of murals, some in hard-to-spot places that one really has to... Read More
It turns out that steampunk is about a lot more than big hats and Victorian-era costumes, so, to find out... Read More
Sometimes art, design and branding work really wonderfully together, and when they do you just call it “Work by Bianca Romero.”... Read More
In recent years in Los Angeles, I began noticing that artists have taken over utility boxes that sit at different... Read More
Dance isn’t just about movement. It is an art form that is all about story. What is the dancer trying... Read More
I’m going back in time, because I can. That’s the power of imagination. I am going back to the Summer... Read More
Ilaria De Plano is also part of the Double Date exhibit that I’ve been writing about, which has been at... Read More
Did I mention that there is a group show at Radiant Space in Hollywood, which is running until the end... Read More
If you read my last article(shame on you if you didn’t), you’d already know about the Double Date show going... Read More
Radiant Space – one of my favorite spaces in the Hollywood area – and its curators Mia Orozco and Golie Yazdy, are... Read More
Got a billion dollars to spare? A few months ago I heard rumors about an Artist living somewhere in Los... Read More
Lethal Amounts is a large gallery in Los Angeles, focusing on art which is often banned from social media because... Read More
I found this dude’s artwork on Instagram and instantly fell in love with it. He calls himself Loser, but to... Read More
Theodosia Marchant’s work first came to my attention in 2017, another alumni of Jeff Hamilton’s street art fair. Her work... Read More
Johnny “Zurdo” Quintanilla is an artist from the Lincoln Heights area of Los Angeles, the oldest neighborhood in Los Angeles,... Read More
Matthew “Woody” Wood is an artist with whom I shared a loft in Los Angeles a few years ago, and was... Read More
Anton Vitkovskiy, based in Bushwick, NY, refers to his work as Tribal Expressionism, a style and movement in art –... Read More
Laurie Shapiro’s work first grabbed my attention when she did her installation at Radiant Space last year. I was walking... Read More
Meghan Hall, otherwise known as “M.”, is an artist I met in 2017 at Jeff Hamilton’s Street Art Fair. I... Read More
Deep diving with artist Rod Klein. Let’s do it then. Rod, you do a lot of different things, including being... Read More
Peter Mars isn’t from Mars; in fact, he’s as American as cars, and calls Chicago home. He just has a... Read More
Last year, I had the pleasure of being part of Jeff Hamilton’s street art fair in downtown Los Angeles. Each... Read More
I was intrigued when I learned that there was an artist in Los Angeles who was turning the tragic wildfires... Read More
WRDSMTH above Sunset Blvd. the poetry of WRDSMTH // words and photos x Johnny Otto A few years ago, I... Read More
featuring the legendary clothing designs of Klaus Wille // words and photos x Johnny Otto Last week, I met this... Read More