Steven Cerio Blotter Art
Steven Cerio: Visionary artist, writer, filmmaker and musician. His unmistakable styleset the stage for the neo-psychedelic revival. Created his own loving and sarcastic expressions of joy forthree decades. Started in 80’s zines andsoon after called upon by galleries and by diverse clients: Nickelodeon, Warner Brothers, A&M Records, EntertainmentWeekly and Penguin books. Created posters for The Residents, King Crimson, Ministry, Les Claypool, Negativland and White Zombie. His prints occupy the set of Comedy Central’s series Workaholics. Award-Winning author of “Steven Cerio’s ABC Book-A Drug Primer” (Gates of Heck)and “PIE” (WowCool).
Involved with performance pioneers The Residents, designing vinyl toy figures and images for animations and film all of which were inducted into thepermanent collection of The Museum of Modern Art inNew York.
A musician: Composed, recorded andtoured since the 80’s; including a stint with DeeDee Ramone’s Sprocket and studio projects Sonisk Blodbad and Atlantic Drone. His musical efforts are now focused on creating soundtracks for his movies. His film “The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow” was released in2012 (Noiseville Records) and his accompanying soundtrack (Wow Cool) in 2013.
A writer: Contributed to Juxtapoz and Seconds Magazine (as art editor).
After a decade working as an artist in New York City,Steven moved his studio to Baldwinsville, New York.