The City's Backyard

The City's Backyard Ep 206 Award Winning Rock Artist ROB ABRIOLA drops by to talk about his ROCK ART and days working at EMI Music in NYC!

Matt Zako

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If you love rock music you will love rock art from Robert Abriola! He is a multidisiplinary artist and designer driven by a lifelong pursuit of visual storytelling! Over a 40+ year career in the creative services industry he has worked across a wide range of disciplines as both a designer and art director! 

He is best known for his award winning work in the music industry at EMI/Universal Music Group in New York, where he created iconic album work for internationally recognized artists including The Kinks, Robert Palmer, Joan Baez, Alice Cooper, Todd Rundgren, Liza Minnelli, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr! That experience-immersed in music culture and visual identity-continues to shape and inform his work today! 

Working across mediums including graphite, watercolor, acrylic, and spray paint, his style is dynamic, versatile, and unmistakable-balancing precision with creative freedom. His work has been exhibited and collected throughout the Northeast.

For more on Robert Abriola click on his website! 

https://www.robertabriola.com/home