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About the studio

The studio is where all of this gets made: paintings, ceramics, and photography, worked on side by side in the same space. Pieces move between mediums a lot, so what starts as a photograph might end up as a painting, or a shape from a painting might turn up on a ceramic piece later.

Most work is available as originals, and paintings can also be ordered as fine-art prints. Reach out any time about a specific piece, a commission, or to set up a studio visit.

Everything

all available works

Photography

collections

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Studio

behind the scenes

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Shop

originals, prints & studio goods

Ceramics

one-of-one pieces

Paintings & Prints

originals, or as fine-art prints

studio editions

Studio Editions

ashtrays, incense trays — small-batch pieces cast from studio molds. in the works — join the list to hear first →

textiles

Scarves & Bandanas

silk and printed textile pieces, in multiple tiers. in the works — join the list to hear first →

books

Books & Zines

artist books, zines & printed matter from the studio. in the works — join the list to hear first →

Commissions

murals & portraits, made to order

Murals

Large-scale work for a wall, a room, or a building — residential or commercial. Every mural starts with photos or a site visit, a scaled concept, and a locked-in timeline before any paint goes up. Priced per project.

Portraits

A person, a pet, a scene from your life — worked up in whichever tier below fits. Reference photos needed; the more angles and lighting, the better the likeness.

Something else

Not a mural or a portrait? Reach out anyway — worth asking.

Prices scale with size and complexity — the numbers above are a starting point for a small/simple piece. Every commission gets an exact quote before anything's booked.

Ian Patrick Cato

Ian Patrick Cato is a Los Angeles–based painter and sculptor whose work explores the increasingly porous boundary between fiction and reality. As the artist notes, “All my favorite sci-fi movies are coming true.” Working within a city shaped by the mythology of cinema, Cato creates synthetic landscapes and alien-like artifacts informed by science fiction, fantasy, internet folklore, and contemporary visual culture. These influences are filtered through an art historical lineage spanning from Hieronymus Bosch and Hito Steyerl to Ashley Bickerton and Raul Guerrero.

Using a gonzo-style approach to sampling and reinterpretation, Cato’s paintings and sculptures assemble constellations of symbols, insignia, and pop iconography into layered compositions that blur the line between artifact and simulation. Obscure references and fragments of familiar culture converge into abstractions that feel simultaneously ancient, speculative, and contemporary. Existing somewhere between map, mirage, and relic, Cato’s work evokes a mysterious yet recognizable replica of the present moment.

Animations

moving works · reels

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