Mark Atomos Pilon
"Metroplitron"
June 3-26, 2005
Mark Atomos Pilon was born in Northern Canada in 1967. While growing up under theglow of the aurora borealis his painting and drawing was always a natural pursuit during long winter months. In the mid eighties he traveled from his frozen home towards Canada’s warmer west coast. There he attended Emily Carr College of Art & Design to pursue his dream as a painter and illustrator. On a suggestion from Seattle artist Art Chantry, he changed career directions and began art directing a Vancouver music magazine where he was able to hone his skills as an artist and graphic designer and began developing the style he is known for today. His paintings were a natural transition from his editorial illustration as every aspect of his art is carefully synthetically sketched and then meticulously painted in multi acrylic layers. His subjects are mostly drawn from his passion for underground comics, space-age record jackets, scooter culture, and moog music. His latest work reflects a post-pop conviction with a hint of science fiction and surrealism. This exhibition of new painting’s entitled “Metropolitron” breathes life into a cast of characters in their multi-colored worlds of ports and portals in time and space. You fall into a strange world that’s merely veiled by thin layers of atoms and abstractions. They cast aside logic to reveal slices of modern images that are projected from dark holes. The occupants of this imaginary world pop in and out of view and defy both gravity and reality. Currently Mark works from his tiny capsule-like studio in Vancouver’s Chinatown. He is also the in-house illustrator at the Georgia Straight Magazine and regularly illustrates for magazines around the world. When not painting and working he can regularly be seen buzzing through cobblestone alleys on his Vespa or enjoying a stiff drink in anti-gravity. |
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"The Dirty Martini" |
"Salon du Futur" |
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"The Tourist"
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"Robot Avec la Carniche" |
"Anti-gravity Room"
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