Icons: A BlackBrain Anthology

FATHOM is pleased to present ICONS: A BLACKBRAIN ANTHOLOGY, a solo exhibition from renowned pop noir artist Ariel Vergez (aka BlackBrain). The exhibition explores Vergez's creative influences through his stylized portrait paintings of the iconic artists and style makers that have influenced his fine art and graphic designs over the years.

Included in the exhibition are original works and edition prints created for the exhibition, plus a selection of his pop culture mash-ups that trace and reinforce the story of his artistic journey. The exhibition is curated by FATHOM, in asssoication with Moby Arts, whose founder Natily Gonzalez describes BlackBrain as, "an artist disrupting beauty and thought. His gifted art psyche develops stories that bring color to the mundane, dialogue to the mute and personality to the dull. His work is a voice for the transitional generation."

Dominican born Ariel Vergez, the mind of BlackBrain, was raised in Miami, Florida. Inspired by the heroes of his youth including Dali & da Vinci, he pursued art at an early age which led to getting accepted into one of the nation’s best art and design based high schools and universities, Design and Architecture Senior High and the Cleveland Institute of Art respectively. Since then, BlackBrain has joined forces with philanthropic groups and other artists, directors, writers, and community builders to pursue changing the world through art.

The exhibition hangs through mid April in our DTLA gallery.