John Malloy

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John Malloy
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Malloy in 2024
NationalityAmerican
StyleContemporary
Website fluxartist.com

John Malloy, known professionally as FLuX, is an American contemporary artist, illustrator, and author.

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His style and technique of art, Trompe Nouveau, combines elements of Art Nouveau and Trompe L'eoeil realism, and utilizes painted and digital media. [1]

Collaborations and Exhibits

He has collaborated with notable brands and artists including Swatch, Apple, Paramount+, The Internet band, and Peace Tea. His paintings have been exhibited in collections and museums globally.

Notable Publications

  1. The Village Bully, a children's book in collaboration with Maria Broom.
  2. His first graphic novel titled Amnesia is about the multiverse concept.
  3. Second graphic novel titled Good: From the Amazon Jungle to Suburbia and Back is released by NBM Publishing in 2024, illustrated by John Malloy and co-authored with David Good, son of American anthropologist Kenneth Good. The book chronicles David's coming-of-age story and reunion with his mother in the rainforest as an adult. [2] . It follows David from childhood to adulthood as he searches for his identity, love, acceptance, and the one thing missing from his life, his mother, an indigenous Yanomami. [3]

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References

  1. "The Art of FLuX".
  2. "Good: From the Amazon Jungle to Suburbia and Back". Goodreads. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ""Good: From the Amazon jungle to Suburbia and Back by David Good"". goodreads.