Mario is a freelance Illustrator/Artist/Graphic Designer currently living in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a 2003 graduate of Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia, PA, with a BFA in Graphic Design/Illustration.
Mario is a multi-disciplined Illustrator whose work is suited to a variety of genres, from Editorial Illustration, Book Illustration, Packaging, and Advertising. His clients include ESPN: The Magazine, Crayola, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Jose Cuervo, The American Medical News, Klutz Books, Running Press, and Quirk Books.
Mario has had work chosen for the American Illustration website for four years running (vols. 23–26), and he is also the recipient of a 2005 Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award. In addition, Mario has shown work in a number of group gallery shows, most recently Small Talk in Orlando, FL.