Markus Sebastiano, Art
I learned about Photoshop in my first design class and fell in love with the digital side of things. It鈥檚 a huge part of my work now.
Folks notice 鈥�03.
His art is big, modern and bold, a bridge between past and present. His studio is in a 3,000-square-foot space in a Lawrence mill. You notice his layered mix of media ingredients鈥攅verything from old newspapers to acrylics, stain, metal, spray paint, water and wood. He does some of the work in his father鈥檚 sheet metal and fabrication shop in Methuen.
He got his start at UML, graduating with an art degree in 2003. He was known then as Mark Comeau. Friends had always called him Markus and his grandfather鈥檚 birth name was Sebastiano, so in branding himself professionally, he bridged past and present.
In art class, he was instantly smitten with Photoshop.
鈥淭he art program was smaller when I was there,鈥� he says. 鈥淚t was easy in a way, because it was what I was really passionate about. I loved what I was doing. I learned about Photoshop in my first design class and fell in love with the digital side of things. It鈥檚 a huge part of my work now.鈥�
He also treasured classes with photography professor Arno Minkkinen, 鈥渁 huge influence鈥攁 professor who was a working artist known all over the world.鈥�
Sebastiano鈥檚 own career took off around 2014, after he鈥檇 worked in branding, graphic design and apparel.
He now sells his art to corporate and private clients, and is commissioned by buzz-worthy restaurants and hotels to make art to fit each space.
Sebastiano recently had a show in Los Angeles, and he鈥檚 taped an episode of a new interior design show for Bravo, to air in the near future.
Folks are noticing all over the place now.