Mark Maggiori

Hailing from France, the birthplace of impressionism and romanticism, Mark Maggiori has made a cataclysmic impact in the United States with his evocative and striking images of the American West. First trained at Académie Julian in Paris and later picking up narrative skills at Walt Disney Animation France, Mark first made a name for himself with the metal band Pleymo, in which Mark served as the singer, photographer and music video director. After the band took a long hiatus, Mark came to America, the location of an important cross-country adventure undertaken when he was 15-years-old. Once again on American soil, Mark made his home in Los Angeles and later in Kingman, Arizona, where his first cowboy paintings were completed after an influential trip to National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City.