Thanks to his creative strength, New York-born artist, Robert Venosa, was one of the illuminating forces and leading iconic figures of fantastic and visionary art. In his early career as an art director for CBS (Columbia Records), he designed prize-winning album covers such as ‘Abraxas’ and the SANTANA logo. Via his own NY advertising agency, he created a lasting visual impact with his lettering, logo and album cover design for BLUE NOTE RECORDS. Amongst his best-know are album covers for ORNETTE COLEMAN, SANTANA, KITARO and CYNIC. His work has been exhibited worldwide and is represented in major collections, including those of noted museums, rock stars, and European aristocracy. In addition to painting and sculpting, he created film design (pre-sketches and conceptual design for the movie ‘DUNE’, ‘Fire in the sky’ as well as the I max movie ‘Race for Atlantis’). His work has been featured in numerous publications - most notably OMNI magazine Together with his wife, the artist Martina Hoffmann, he taught numerous painting workshops, introducing the age- old Misch Technique, at such institutes as Esalen and Omega in the USA and other centers worldwide. During their 30-year partnership, they also spoke on behalf of visionary art and culture at international conferences. Throughout his artistic career, Venosa was closely associated with the great masters of the Fantastic and Surreal, Salvador Dali, HR Giger, Mati Klarwein and Ernst Fuchs. Robert Venosa’s work has been the subject of three books, Mana’s Mana, Noospheres and Illuminatus (with text by Terrence Mc Kenna). He lived and worked in both, Cadaques, Spain and Boulder, Colorado, USA.

‘YAGE GUIDE’, Oil on canvas

‘OOTHOON’S PALACE‘, Oil on canvas

Robert Venosa

CASTOR’, Oil on canvas

‘RETURN TO SOURCE‘, Oil on canvas

BUDDHA SPHINX’, Oil on canvas

BIRTH OF NEBULA’, Oil on canvas