Scott Van Gorden

Visual Art – San Francisco

Born and raised in Los Angeles, my mother Mexican & father white, so I was exposed to both cultures. Art was apart of my entire life growing up. My Mexican side of the family was filled with Artist, especially my grandfather and three Uncles (we were a huge family, 11 aunts and uncles to be exact). My parents were divorced when I was young, so it was my mom and us 4 kids for most the time. I joined the military in 2002 when I was 20 to earn money for school. I got stationed in San Francisco in 2004, got out of the service in 2007 and stayed in the bay with my girl at the time. Now I work full-time at a BioTech company in SSF during the week and work as a bouncer on the weekends in Mtn. View. Been drawing ever since I can remember. Its my escape from reality and the way I express my emotions and creativity. Done a few shows back in Highschool, my teacher was always putting my work in events, too bad I never really took it that serious, back then I just let things ride.