artist statement: My name is Howie Bellido. I am the how machine. I am a result of my own actions in a world I have created within the banal existence of humanity. and I love fashion.
i am a modern expressionist with surrealist tendencies. An experimental artist that is forever searching for new challenges within myself
— WHO
I paint intuitively and often incorporate chance and Dada techniques. I also allow the medium I am using to dictate the style in which the artwork is created.
— how
I live my life in an avant garde manner and that is reflected in my work. I create because I see no other purpose to my life. I am an existentialist, an optimistic nihilist, and a staunch atheist. I see no other purpose or reason for existing other that what I crave in that moment and this is reflected in the diversity of my work and subject matter. I also daily deal with the repercussions of childhood psychological and physical abuse that resulted from being raised in a fundamentalist cult.
— why
hi. i’m howie. i’m an artist living in Seattle WA.
Quick bio: i was born and raised in virginia beach va. I’m cuban and puerto rican. i went to norfolk state university where i studied spanish literature. i danced ballet professionally in my 20s. i’ve been published by warm milk publishing, the virginian pilot, and now meniscus literary journal.
my hobbies?
i love to make art. i live for fashion as an art form. i like riding my bike, arranging flowers, producing music, learning new languages, and exploring the world around me.
i love freedom and knowledge and i actively pursue them both.
i just want people to be happy. whatever happiness means to you. be yourself and wear what you want.
thank you for checking out my website