Born to a cemetery caretaker and a coal-miner’s daughter, award-winning contemporary artist and author FLuX began drawing and writing in his family's 1,000-square-foot home in small-town Pennsylvania. He is the creator of Trompe Nouveau, a first-of-its-kind art style that masterfully fuses the hyper-realism of trompe l’oeil with the flowing elegance of Art Nouveau.
Whether working in physical oils on wood and canvas or through meticulously hand-rendered digital painting, his avant-garde masterpieces juxtapose vivid geometry with heightened realism to create a truly dazzling effect. This dual mastery allows him to scale his intricate visions from traditional gallery pieces to expansive, large-scale digital compositions, all while maintaining the rigorous precision that defines his work.
Whether working in physical oils on wood and canvas or through meticulously hand-rendered digital painting, his avant-garde masterpieces juxtapose vivid geometry with heightened realism to create a truly dazzling effect. This dual mastery allows him to scale his intricate visions from traditional gallery pieces to expansive, large-scale digital compositions, all while maintaining the rigorous precision that defines his work.
His pieces have been exhibited in collections, museums, and galleries around the world. He's collaborated on special projects with Apple, Swatch, Focus Features, Paramount+, FX, Puma, Diesel, Peace Tea, The Internet Band, and others. His graphic novel work includes the biography, "Good: From the Amazon Jungle to Suburbia & Back", his web comic memoir titled, "Queasy", and musician interview comics for Lemon Magazine. His work has received numerous awards & accolades including The TartGET ART PRIZE, Beautiful Bizarre ART PRIZE, Creativity International, Communication Arts, AI/AP, infected by art, Society of Illustrators, and others, and has been featured in publications such as Gestalten’s Illusive, The Big Book of Illustration and Spectrum.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
MARYLAND INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF ART
SUNY FREDONIA
STAMPS School of Art & Design at The University of Michigan
& more
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
MARYLAND INSTITUTE, COLLEGE OF ART
SUNY FREDONIA
STAMPS School of Art & Design at The University of Michigan
& more
AWARDS/Publications:
2025 American Illustration/American Photography 44 Award
2025 TARTGET INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION AWARD
Winner 3 Gold Awards from The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
shortlisted for the Maciej Hibner MA-g Awards at the museum of the avant garde
Winner - Award for Creativity International’s 50th Print Awards
Shortlisted for Communication Arts 2021 Typography Awards
Shortlisted for Beautiful Bizarre Magazine 2020 Art Prize
Winner - Silver Award Creativity International’s 48th Annual Print/Packaging Award
Peace Tea Featured in The World’s Best Graphics Magazine
Peace Tea Feature on Packaging of the World
Pride Runs Deep Feature on Packaging of the World
Winner Silver Award Society of Illustrators Los Angeles Illustration West 54 in the Children’s Book category for The Village Bully
Work Published in Beyond Illustration
Winner - Platinum Award Creativity International’s 42nd Annual Print Award
Feature on Faith is Torment
Feature on Illustrator’s Lounge
Feature on Gallery Nucleus
Feature on Laughing Squid
Feature in Home Design Magazine [China]
Feature on OCCUPY With Art
Fine Art featured on PEEK
Feature on FFFFound
Feature at InspireFirst
Feature on Now That I Think of It
Feature & Interview at Art Nectar
Feature on Juxtapoz
Feature on Trendhunter
Feature on The Die Line
Feature on Supersonic Electronic
Feature in Redefine Magazine
Feature on Voristrip
Cover Illustration & Interview/Feature in Grab Magazine [Italy]
Feature on Vectro Ave
Feature on Indies Art
Features/Reviews on Lost At E Minor
Like A Tiny Doll Cut From A Shell featured in LA Weekly
Feature in Empty Kingdom
Work featured in Beautiful Decay Magazine
Feature in Fan The Fire Magazine
Work featured on We Are Gages
Interview at Evil Monito
Work featured on Notebookism
Work published in Gestalten’s ‘Illusive 3’ Book of Contemporary Illustration
Work selected/published in The Big Book of Contemporary Illustration
Work featured at Moleskinerie
Feature on Sweet Station
Dry Mouth featured in Spectrum Fantastic Art 16 Juxtapoz Netdiver
Best of the Year Review on Design Inspiration
Interview at The Extra Finger
Review/Interview in Juxtapoz