Camille Rose Garcia is an artist based in Los Angeles, California who is most famous for her unique, dark style. Garcia was born on November 18, 1970 in Los Angeles. She was the daughter of a Mexican filmmaker and her mother was a painter, but her parents divorced and she was left to be raised by her mother and sister. Garcia grew up living near and going to Disneyland and visiting punk concerts. In 1992, Garcia received her Bachelor of Fine arts from the Otis College of Art and Design and in 1994 she received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California. Camille Garcia mainly paints and sculpts.
Garcia’s artist style tends to be dark yet it depicts very stylized characters. Her work shows both people and animals with misshapen and unnaturally small or large bodies. Fairy tales, Disney, and other cartoons have been the inspiration for many of her works. She has also published several books, including: The Saddest Place on Earth, a book of Garcia’s art, The Magic Bottle: A BLAB! Storybook, a graphic novel, and Tragic Kingdom, another book of her artwork.
Garcia’s artwork has appeared in a number of magazines including Rolling Stones, Juxtapoz, Flaunt, Blab!, and Modern Painters. She also has works that appear in the collections of the San Jose Museum of Art and of the LACMA.
