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SURREALISM NOW! is proud to present a Surrealist Comrade from Cuba, JORGE MYZTICO CAMPO! A Great Surrealist Artist!!!
Jorge Myztico Campo, or "Tico" as his friends call him was born on the revolutionary island of Cuba. His Parents fled Cuba when he was less than a year old to escape Castro's dictatorship and moved to New York City. Tico was raised in the Heart of Times Square, formerly known as Hell's Kitchen or more recently as the Theatre District. His interest in the arts began at the age of 5, primarily inspired by his Fathers, light hearted drawings of cowboys, indians & assorted NYC characters. Fascinated by how lines formed images he became engrossed with art. Spending hours with coloring books, drawing dinosaurs,monsters, skeletons & odd creations, as well as being influenced at this young age by the animated art of Max Fleischer & the Looney Toones cartoons. In grammar school Tico excelled in his art, history, english & science studies. At the age of 11, Tico was awarded an Art Scholarship to the Manhattan School of Arts in New York City, however due to personal family circumstances he was unable to accept it at that time, It was fate as his natural style continued to develop!
From the ages of 15 through to 19, he became a co-founding actor in the Family Life Theatre Group in New York City (sponsored by NY Medical College), touring the United States & Canada. This cutting edge improvisational teen group performed to thousands of high school/college students, medical professionals, teachers, senators, congress people,as well as appearing several times on PBS Television ,local NYC area television programs & various newspaper/magazine publications.
The Family Life Theatre became the model for Elizabeth Swado's Pulitzer winning Broadway Production "RUNAWAYS". In spite of a promising acting career ahead of him it was Tico's first love and passion for art & music that was to be his main focus. During his mid 20s/30s he went on to show his work at galleries throughout NYC, Miami, Boston, Baton Rouge,New Orleans, New Jersey, Long Island, and Washington, DC as well as performing with various local bands as a guitarist/producer.
Tico has also undertaken private commissions to paint murals at various "cutting edge" restaurants, night clubs, private residences and office spaces in the New York Tri-State area. During this time, one of his pieces entitled "Shamanizing" was to become part of the permanent collection at the Museum of Native Americans in Washington, DC. His works are mostly acrylic on canvas based as well as recent digital art explorations. He is also making experimental short films for various upcoming international film festivals. To see samples of these short films please visit the links below. Myztico also is very much into photography that he likes to enhance into new dimensions, (to soon be posted on this site) As a musician he has performed with several bands & has toured the States & Europe. To watch a video of Myztico playing with HEAL! (H.umans E.ducated A.gainst L.ies!) visit this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vR6LhZxBmcM
In 2004 Tico studied at the Digital Film Academy in NYC where he wrote, animated & directed an hour long film, "The StarSeed Incident" which premiered at the 2004 HBO sponsored NY International Latino Film Festival in NYC, winning an "Independent Light " award with his producing partner & lead actor Antone Pagan of Silent Warrior Productions (currently about to launch the long anticipated revival of the drama that inspired the tv series "OZ", the Pulitzer nominated "SHORT EYES".) The Director of Photography for "StarSeed" was Pedro Carvajal whom directed/produced the award winning Documentary "POPaganda: The Art of Ron English".
http://www.popaganda.com/popDocumentary.shtml
Myztico is currently developing 2 new screenplays (a comedy & a vision quest drama). To view a chapter of "The StarSeed Incident" film please visit this link: (due to the 100mb limitation of uploads at you tube it is recommended that you watch all of these shorts on the smaller screen format by clicking on the small screen icon) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKznoVwpenM
To view samples of his other short films click on these links to check these out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAP2luIaMK4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSPwHnWRrok
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WPckXHyqBQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5u4m1bzpUM
Join Myztico's You Tube group 3rd Eye Visionary Digi-Film Festival
click:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?=BVbfb8EScOg http://www.youtube.com/group/3rdeyevisionary
Past Gallery shows with no specific dates in the USA include:
CB's Gallery 313, Agora, Gill Gallery, Coda, Kostabi World, Grant Gallery, DFN Gallery, Studio 18, Ward-Nasse Gallery, Novo Arts,Phoenix Gallery,Galleria Cuba,One Zeime's Art Bar,Galleria Cuba.
There are several gallery sections for you to explore at this site. Feel free to visit the galleries by clicking on the links to the left of this page. All works are available for sale (some as originals, most as high quality limited edition hand signed giclee on stretched canvas frames.) I encourage any feedback or suggestions on how to improve my site. From the Visionary, Psychedelic, Spiritual, Sacred, Surreal, Indie Music, Photography & Poetry you will find it here...Now go on and explore the galleries & enjoy! If you like what you see or hear, feel free to pass this link onto your friends or post in art forums: http://myztico.mosaicglobe.com
Please feel free come back often as new content is added weekly!
Myztico's Cuban Surrealism and Visionary original paintings are collected by a wide variety of art lovers from all walks of life. He is presently completing an exciting new series of paintings based on his fascination and study of various ancient cultures that explore shamanistic practices and spirit world energies, and is currently seeking representation internationally.
Myztico is currently available to do Mural work in the North of England. Also available to design Commissioned Paintings, CD covers, Posters, T-Shirts, Logos, Original music compositions, Session work, Photography work, Filmmaking, Writing & Collaborations, etc....
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