Synopses & Reviews
Discover a vivid landscape of imagination where the human body is collaged and refashioned with often disparate industrail elements. Is it a surreal world where the interplay between man and machine is beautiful, shocking, grotesque, captivating, and relevant to our times. Young, award-winning artist Jason Felix began sketching and drawing extensively at age eleven. Inspired to draw and create by watching the movie Alien with his father, Jason Felix's fascination with fantasy, science fiction, monsters, and creatures grew as he took in such classic sci-fi films as Conan the Barbarian, Blade Runner, Star Wars, and Clash of the Titans. Largely self-taught, he published his own comic book at age seventeen (sold through Diamond Distribution), and his portfolio grew exponentially from there. Salvaged collects Felix's work for the first time, and contains many new and never-before-seen images. His style ranges from sci-fi and fantasy to increasingly grotesque, even disturbing images. Rick Berry, world-renowned pioneer in digital art, says, "Human beings are becoming fabulous and strange...and it's happening very fast. Felix is there. That's where he's looking and for all the scary bits you can also see the excitement, the sense of stunning transformation, and beauty. I can't seem to take my eyes off the weird wonder of his visionary assumption." Known for his digital photographic manipulations, Felix's works have been showcased internationally and have directly inspired numerous Hollywood projects. He has been involved in visually establishing computer games such as StarCraft and the Prince of Persia series.
Synopsis
Jason Felix is a multi-faceted artist whose work walks the fine line between hyperrealism and surrealism. Felix melds traditional techniques of drawing and painting with modern-day camera and computer technology. The resulting artwork holds opposing mediums in continuous tension, yet still manages to achieve unlikely harmony. Salvaged takes the viewer into the depths of Felix's imagination. He offers us human bodies collaged and refashioned with industrial elements. He alludes to a level of interplay between man and machine and that both shocks and intrigues. Felix's work, rife with disparate components, is challenging, visually captivating and relevant to our times.
About the Author
Jason Felix is an award-winning concept artist whose work has appeared in films, video games, and galleries around the world. Felix is the cover art designer for the Karen Traviss Star Wars series, Legacy of the Force. He is currently at work on Hellgate: London as a lead character concept artist at Flagship Studios. He regularly attends conferences including Comi-Con and WonderCon. Born and raised in Green Bay, Wisconsin, he now lives in San Francisco.