Tommy Orosco is an award winning artist from south Orange County, CA. who works under the art-alias MOTZERO. A majority of his work is acrylic on canvas but he experiments with spray paint and ink and just about any surface that looks interesting and fun, including clothing, shoes, skateboards and ceramics.
Tommy has been “arting” his whole life. Whether it was with crayons and watercolors, or ink and airbrush, there was never a time in his life devoid of art. In college, he majored in illustration and immediately fell in love with acrylic painting. Today, Tommys’ work combines bright colors and cartoony creatures in a style he dubs “suburban underground”; street influenced but made for a gallery. This work is heavily influenced by his love of pop art, psychedelic art, and street art/graffiti, as well as hip-hop and pop-punk music.
Tommys artwork has been featured in galleries all over Southern California including Hollywood, Laguna Beach, and Los Angeles.
SHOWS AND APPEARANCES______
ARTventure at Sergerstrom Center for the Arts | Costa Mesa, Ca - Sept 2022
58th Annual Juried Art Show | Muzeo’s Carnegie Museum | Anaheim, Ca - Sept - Oct 2022
Orange County Fair | Costa Mesa, Ca - July - Aug, 2022
Open Theme Show | Las Laguna Gallery | Laguna Beach, Ca - Oct 2021
2021 Juried Fine Art Exhibition | Laguna Beach, Ca - Oct – Nov 2021
57th Annual Juried Art Show | Muzeo’s Carnegie Museum | Anaheim, Ca - Aug 2021
Orange County Fair | Costa Mesa, Ca - July-Aug, 2021
Color Is Your World | City Hall | Santa Clarita, Ca - May - July 2021
Art That’s Small at City Hall | City Hall | Laguna Beach, Ca - March - April 2021
Small Work - Big Talent | Las Laguna Gallery | Laguna Beach, Ca - Jan 2021
FusionArt 5th Anniversary Exhibition | Online Juried Art Exhibition - Nov 1, 2020 – Nov 1, 2021
2020 Juried Fine Art Exhibition | Laguna Beach, Ca - Oct 5 – Nov 23, 2020
Orange County Fair Virtual Exhibition | Online Art Exhibition - July 2020
Art That’s Small at City Hall | Laguna Beach, Ca - March - April 2020
FusionArt 4th Annual Colors Art Exhibition | Online Juried Art Exhibition - March 2020
ARTventure at Sergerstrom Center for the Arts | Costa Mesa, Ca - Sept 2019
Blackmarket Meal Prep + Kitchen | Orange, Ca - Permanent installation
Orange County Fair | Costa Mesa, Ca - July-Aug, 2019
San Diego Fair | Del Mar, Ca - May - July, 2019
Kaleidoscope | Showcase Gallery | Santa Ana, Ca - Feb - March, 2019
Chocolate and Art | The Vortex | Los Angeles, Ca - Feb 2019
Matters of the Heart | Las Laguna Gallery | Laguna Beach, Ca - Feb 2019
All Media 2018 | Irvine Fine Arts Center | Irvine, Ca - August 25 - October 27, 2018
Breafest 2018 | Brea Art Gallery | Brea, Ca - August 17, 2018
Made In California | Brea Art Gallery | Brea, Ca - April 21 - June 15, 2018
Orange County Fair | Costa Mesa, Ca - July-Aug, 2017
Chocolate and Art | KGB Studios | Los Angeles, Ca - Feb 2015
Chaos Theory | Orange County Center for Contemporary Art | Santa Ana, Ca - Feb 2015
Open Orange Exhibition | Muzeo’s Carneige Museum | Anaheim, Ca - Aug 2013
Art Takes Times Square | Times Square | New York, NY June 2012
Orange County RAWards Regional Finals | Sutra Nightclub | Newport Beach, Ca - Nov 2011
Junction | Sutra Nightclub | Newport Beach, Ca - September 2011
Art in the Dark | Los Serranos Country Club | Chino Hills, Ca - Aug 2011
Untitled show | The Neighborhood Cup | Aliso Viejo Ca - June - Aug 2011
The Dreams of the Desperate | The Sandstone Gallery | Laguna Beach Ca - Sept 2010
Untitled show | The Neighborhood Cup | Aliso Viejo Ca - June 2010
Frequency | The Kress | Hollywood Ca- August 2009
Love & Chaos | The Avalon | Hollywood Ca - August 2009
MEDIA______
Shoutout Socal | February 2022
Artist Portfolio Magazine Issue 49 | December 2021
Peripheral ARTeries Biennale Edition | June 2019
Chill Culture | March 2019
Orange County Register | August 2013
Catapult Art Magazine | June 2011
AWARDS & ACHEIVEMENTS______
"The Death of Me" Staff Choice Award, Orange County Fair 2021, Professional Category
“Into the Madness” Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Donated Award - 2019
"PATIENCE" First Place, Orange County Fair 2013, Masters Category
"Some Things Can't Be Treated" Honorable Mention, Orange County Fair 2011, Professional Category
"Some Things Can't Be Treated" Staff Award, Orange County Fair 2011, Professional Category
"Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell" Second Place, Orange County Fair 2004, Amateur Category
"Serenity" Honorable Mention, Orange County Fair 2004, Amateur Category
