Adam Mars (born 1981 in Orange County, CA, USA) is a
contemporary artist based in Los Angeles, CA, USA known for his custom outfits and text-based paintings, which address the contemporary social experience. He has been referred to as "the Ed Ruscha of the Internet age."
Early life
Mars completed his BA at
UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA in 2003 and his MFA at
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA in 2007. His work has been shown at Torrance Art Museum,
Laguna Art Museum, and
Cal State Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...
.
Career
Mars’ works are in the permanent collections of the Museum of Art and History and the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. His work has also been featured in numerous publications like the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''Los Angeles Magazine'', and ''LA Weekly''.
In 2014, Mars created a public billboard as part of LA>
The billboard, installed on La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA displayed one of Mars' most iconic witticisms, ''I Loved You, Then I Googled You''.Guns N' Roses
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lineup would be reuniting for their shows at Dodger Stadium.
Mars has also worked on costume design for musicians like Post Malone, Billie Eilish, Axl Rose, Tyla Yaweh
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Early life
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, and the Growlers. He created custom outfits for Malone's 2018-2019 world tou
some of which were featured in the remix video for "Wo
featuring Tyga and Ricchy Ray Charles. He painted an explosive outfit for Eilish's promotional commercial on Saturday Night Live. Rose wore Mars' custom shirts on Guns N' Roses' 2019 US tour. Mars' cosmic hand-painted suits were worn by the Growlers at Growlers Six Festival in October 2017. He also designed the Growlers' costumes for their headlining performance at Beach Goth in August 2018 and their Beach Goth tour.
In July 2018, Mars published a collection of coming-of-age stories called ''Unreal for Real'' throug
New Future Books
The comedic book is based on the wildest adventures from the artist's life and was described by ''LA Weeklys Arts Editor, Shana Nys Damnbrot, as "an empathetic memoir of emblematic angst and the earnest, if off-kilter, pursuit of happiness."
Mars is a contributor to Matador Network and has worked with the underground art collectives STATION and LEAF,
References
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Living people
Artists from California
1981 births