Austin McCormick is a multi-disciplinary artist from the Southern California mountains, working primarily in Los Angeles. Having been raised both on construction sites and in a ballet school, Austin has been influenced by process, craftsmanship, music, and movement. After graduating as valedictorian from Art Center College of Design, Austin started his career as an artist, fabricator, and illustrator. His work ranges from abstraction to representational, and functional to decorative.
Austin explores concepts of “work”, and the environmental impact of the art world through abstraction and use of recycled materials from his experience in fine art fabrication. Austin’s work in illustration varies from playful cartoons to intricate visual renderings of poetic narratives in music. McCormick’s exploration of mediums include: drawing, painting, printmaking, collage, woodworking, and sculpture. In layering these disciplines, Austin blurs the borders of fine art, illustration, and craftsmanship creating a body of work that redefines what it means to be an artist in the present.
Outside of client/commission work, Austin also produces limited edition prints & apparel. To get in touch, reach out via email (austintmcc@gmail.com) or stay up to date with my work on Instagram @austin_mccormick.
PARTIAL CLIENTS: Emmy nominated 2008 HBO Documentary Valentine Road, ABC Network, Doug Aitken, Alex Israel , Alterian Ghost Factory, Kent Williams, Treehouse Fabrication, Team Dream Team Bicycling Team.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS: Valedictorian Art Center College of Design 2009, American Illustration Annual Exhibition, Art Center College of Design Scholarship
ART EXHIBITIONS: 2019 “Had A Great Summer”, 1700 Naud Gallery, Los Angeles CA. 2018 “Quiet Please Pop-Up”, Avenue 50 Studio, Los Angeles, CA. 2018 A Living Treasure: Thirty Years of Anthony Zepeda and the ArtCenter Printmaking Studio, Pasadena, CA. 2017 “Forces with Nature 2” Los Angeles County Arboretum, Arcadia CA. 2017 “45 th annual works on paper” Brand Library, Glendale CA 2016. “Quiet Please Pop- Up” The Inn Gallery, Los Feliz CA. “Quiet Please Pop Up 3”, Ace 121 Gallery, Glendale, CA. 2016 “Pleins Planes Not Plains” Untitled Project Space, Los Angeles CA. 2011 “Power in Numbers” Nucleus Gallery Alhambra CA. 2011 “Shorn From the Black Tusk of the Great Destroyer” Raid Projects, Los Angeles CA. 2011 “Fugitive Insides” Las Cienegas Projects, Los Angeles 2011. “24th Annual McNeese Works on Paper Exhibition” Abercrombie Gallery, Lake Charles LA. 2010 “Sezio 2 Year Show” San Diego CA. 2009 “10 x 10” Sloan Fine Art, New York NY. 2009 “Origins” Subtext Gallery, San Diego CA. 2008 “Flaunt” Junc Gallery, Los Angeles CA. 2007 “The Mini Show” Abacot Gallery, Los Angeles CA.