The artist pushes the bounds of legibility and conventional design to challenge and engage the viewers
He has contributed illustration work for Mondo Zero press
and a PhD (c) in Interdisciplinary Studies on thought
His themes are classic - a testimony on 19th century popular culture and early folklore
where he received his BFA in 1999
J. Carino Patrizio Di Massimo The artist pushes the boundsGet Updates J. Carino is a Riverside, California based figurative artist working in a variety of mixed media. Influenced by many decorative arts, his paintings and drawings explore ideas of queerness, identity, sensuality, and nature through richly patterned, coloured, and layered figures and flora. His work depicts monumental nude, queer figures in landscapes that are both idyllic and tinged with danger. Wrestling with ideas of traditional fertility