Arts Corner

Arts Corner – Riverside Artswalk – Artist Spotlight – Gino Germ

Contributed by Rachael Dzikonski, Executive Director, Riverside Arts Council

Welcome to 2025! It is hard to believe that another year has passed, but with the new year comes new opportunities and we can’t wait to see what the new year delivers. 2025 starts off quickly for Riverside Artswalk, falling on January 2^nd and launching us headfirst into celebrating arts and culture in Downtown Riverside. This month we want to highlight one of our incredible artisan vendors who has been dedicated to participating nearly every month this past year. Gino Germ, our Artist Spotlight of the month, started participating as a vendor around 2014 when the vendors were still set up in Parking Lot 44 on Lemon and University.  Over the last year he has been setting up regularly every first Thursday of the month to showcase his artwork.

Gino is a mixed media artist, filmmaker, and photographer who was born and raised in Hacienda Heights. Gino has been creating artwork since his youth and is currently working on a summer solo show and Volume B of his newest thrill, Gargoyle Magazine.  His work ranges from canvases to art installations centering around monsters of horror and creatures from another world. Fashion, movies and music have always been his biggest influence, pushing boundaries in all mediums. He is also inspired by 80’s B horror movies, food, swap meet toys and wacky people. Gino creates artwork to fulfill a creative itch and finds it satisfies the need. He tries to complete an artwork in one day because he tends to lose interest if a piece has not been completed after 3 days. Gino has shown his work at Designer Con, Los Angeles Comic Con, Wondercon, several local markets in the San Gabriel Valley, and has recently been coordinating events with friends at Coyote Studios. Gino enjoys the Riverside Artswalk event because it offers an opportunity to meet new people with similar interests.

When you find yourself at Riverside Artswalk, make sure to stop by and check out the artwork of Gino Germ who can normally be found on Main Street between University and 9^th Street!

For more information about Gino and his artwork, visit @ufo138 or his website www.oozebarf.com. For more information on Riverside Artswalk visit www.riversideartswalk.com or @riversideartswalk on IG