WHO IS SCOTTY ROLLER? 

Thirty-seven years after I did that first flyer, I have done hundreds of posters for bands. I have designed countless album packages and covers for bands like X, Junkyard and Jared James Nichols. I’ve designed merchandise for bands like The Misfits, Suzi Moon and Supersuckers. I have commissioned paintings and art pieces in collections in California, Nevada and Texas. I’ve had art appear in the New York Times, The Rodder’s Journal and other publications nationally and internationally. These aren’t bragging rights in my mind but more reflective pillars. I guess it wasn’t really a dream as much as it was the hatching of a lifelong journey. 

In my artistic work, I take all of the principals and mediums I’ve used for years in my posters and commercial work like screen printing, painting, lettering, collage, and drawing, and put them into each creation. I express social commentary through iconography and imagery of Gen X and mid-century era pop-culture as recurring themes. They are snapshots of what I’ve grown up with. Even if it’s a simple ink illustration on a panel. Stylistically, it’s done with influences I have taken in by learning to draw from studying 80’s skateboard graphics, MAD Magazine and even working at Disneyland Hotel. The process is not unlike The Ramones taking influence from The Shirelles and Shangri-Las and hearing similarities and subtle nods of them in Rock & Roll High School or Rockaway Beach.

I’ve been in bands since I was fifteen years old. At fifty, I continue playing in a band and fusing my life as a musician into my visual art and vice-versa. Music has always been a major influence in my life and art and it continues to be to this day. Growing up in Anaheim, California (hence the 714 in 714 Creative), living in Reno for twenty years and playing in The Saddle Tramps, I have now happily settled into the Austin, Texas suburbs with my wife and son and have never felt more creative and driven. 

EXHIBITIONS

2023   •   Flatstock 84 •Austin Convention Center • Austin, TX
2023   •   Print Austin presents Print Expo • Blue Genie • Austin, TX
2022   •   Flatstock 77 • Austin Convention Center • Austin, TX
2022  •   Print Austin presents Print Expo • Blue Genie • Austin, TX
2020  •   Tiki Oasis Art Show • Valley Ho Hotel • Scottsdale, AZ
2020  •   Print Austin presents Print Expo • Blue Genie • Austin, TX
2019   •   STOKED: Surf, Skate & BMX Art & Photography Show • Made By Millworks •Long Beach, CA
2018   •   All Access 2: Rock & Roll Art & Photography” • Made ByMillworks • Long Beach, CA
2018   •   Flatstock 65” •  Austin Convention Center •  Austin, TX
2017   •   All Access: Rock & Roll Art & Photography • Somatic Gallery • Long Beach, CA
2017   •   Flatstock 59 • Austin Convention Center • Austin, TX USA
2016   •   Flatstock 53 • Austin Convention Center • Austin, TX USA
2016   •   Shot In The Dark • Hibbleton Gallery • Fullerton, CA USA
2015   •   The Art of Scotty Roller, Brad Diller & William Lechter • Gallery 3 • Reno, NV USA
2015   •   Flaststock 51 • Seattle Center Armory • Seattle, WA USA
2014   •   Flaststock 46 • Seattle Center Armory • Seattle, WA USA
2014   •   Le Gig Poster • Tivoli Vrendenburg • Utrecht, Netherlands
2013   •   Renegade Craft • Los Angeles Historic Park • Los Angeles, CA USA
2013   •   Colored Gigs • Scheune • Dresden, Germany
2013   •   Flatstock Europe 10 • Reeperbahn Festival • Hamburg, Germany
2013   •   Flatstock 41 • Seattle Center Armory • Seattle, WA USA
2012   •   Renegade Craft • Los Angeles Historic Park • Los Angeles, CA USA
2012   •   TRPS Festival Of Rock Posters Hall Of Flowers • San Francisco, CA USA
2012   •   Flatstock Europe 8 • Reeperbahn Festival • Hamburg, Germany
2012   •   The Flood Gallery • London, England
2012   •   Flaststock 36 • Seattle Center Armory • Seattle, WA USA
2012   •   Renegade Craft • McCarren Park • Brooklyn, NY USA
2012   •   East Coast Nationals Pop-Up • Eastern States Expo Hall •   Springfield, Massachusetts
2012   •   Gig Poster Pop-Up • Maplewood Mall • St. Paul, MN USA
2012   •   Heartland Nationals Pop-Up • Iowa State Fairgrounds • Des Moine, IA USA
2012   •   Colorado Nationals Pop-Up • Ranch Events Complex • Denver, CO USA
2011    •   The Holland Project • Reno, NV USA
2004  •   Hot Rod • The Chapterhouse • Reno, Nevada
1997   •    Freight House Gallery • Reno, Nevada

CURATED SHOWS
2019 • STOKED: Surf, Skate & BMX Art & Photography Show • Made By Millworks Long Beach, CA USA
2018 • All Access 2: Rock & Roll Art & Photography • Long Beach, CA USA
2017 • All Access: Rock & Roll Art & Photography • Somatic Gallery • Long Beach, CA USA
2016 • Shot In The Dark • Hibbleton Gallery • Fullerton, CA USA
2015 • The Art of Scotty Roller, Brad Diller & William Lechter • Gallery 3 • Reno, NV USA

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Whitney Peak Hotel • Reno, NV USA.
Made by Millworks • Long Beach, CA USA.

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Private Collections held in: 
Arizona • Austin • California • Connecticut •Nevada • North Carolina • Oregon•Texas • Washington • Germany • England • Sweden

COMMISSIONS
For a list of commissions please contact. Entries are too numerous to list.

PRESS
Meet Scotty Roller (Artists & Insight) • Canvas Rebel • August, 2022.
40 Stunningly Beautiful Posters • Buzzfeed • March, 2015.
Rock Posters Star At New Store • The Washington Times • May, 2014.
Rock Posters Star • Elko Daily • May, 2014.
The Gig Is Up: Art of The State • Reno News & Review • May, 2014
Rocker Opens Gig Poster Gallery • Reno Gazette Journal • May, 2014
Poster-Maker Profile: Scotty Roller • The Stick Up • April, 2014.
Rods & Rockers • The Rodder’s Journal • 2006

PUBLISHED
Roller, Scott. Your Band Name Here: The Musician’s Guide To Merch. Published by Ghost West, 2012.

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