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Freelance Art/Creative Director | Founder/curator: @cinemabierite & @evsvideovault | fmr: KCRW Art Director | ♡: Lakers, Fonts, Heavy Metal | 🇨🇷🏴

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We’re so back.

2025 was a milestone year. I turned 40. I got more confident in myself and my skills. I learned how to work inside a corporate structure and lead a team. I rebranded an entire local media company. I also learned, again, that elections have consequences.

I lost my job due to factors outside my control. I took my finances seriously, which gave me time to reset. The loss forced me to figure out who I am when I don’t have a job to define me.

I realized unhealthy work patterns. After grinding the last 3 years nonstop at work, I did the opposite in the last months of 2025. I watched movies, slept in, exercised, journaled, spent time with friends and loved ones, and I remembered why I love the work I do.

In 2026, I worked on my first indie film set (more on that in a later post), which was humbling and invigorating in all the right ways. It was new, and different and put new wrinkles in my brain.

From that experience, I enter this year motivated and reenergized. I’m staying open to what’s next. I’m also not waiting around. I want to create and share my art and love of films.

I also realized I do my best work when I’m pissed. Five weeks into this year, my blood is boiling.

In addition to the fun, artful stuff, I’ll be posting more about how I see the world and current events. I’m no longer filtering my opinions for future employment. If silence feels acceptable to you right now, we probably won’t work well together anyway.

If you know me, appreciate my work, and my values—my commissions are open. I’m available. I want to make rad shit. If the work’s right, we’ll figure out the budget, HMU.

I specialize in art/creative direction, creative consulting, film screenings, editorial illustration, merch production, social content, marketing & branding. You will see more content/videos from me on these subjects in the next few months, too.

In times like these, community matters. I want to take the things I've learned and the unapologetic style I've developed and start swinging.

Whatever you need, let's make it happen.

“In my own strange way.”

– Evan by @evansolano

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8 months ago

"𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚘𝚖 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛", 2025, 20" × 16" — digital collage arranged in Photoshop

I found this line in Phil Jackson’s book “Eleven Rings,” a part-memoir, part-playbook on leading two NBA dynasties, managing incredible egos, and building systems that let every player flourish.

I can't play basketball to save my life, but I bought the book because I wanted to learn how to bring the best out of the people I work with.

Early in my career, I thought creative freedom meant anarchy. Tear it down, start from scratch, never color inside the lines. With time, experience, and a few bruises, I learned that order—the kind you build with intention—is what makes creativity possible.

I’ve spent my life obsessed with details: fonts, grids, color systems. Small things that make big things happen. The world is already chaotic enough, and as artists, every bit of structure we create helps keep the hellscape at bay.

The book resonated because leadership, to me, isn’t about control. It’s setting a standard, staying curious, and trusting people to bring their best to the work. Creating the best conditions to give everyone the room to breathe, experiment, and inspire.

What drew me to the quote is that it mirrors how I approach and see the world. At the core of creativity, systems allow the magic to appear.

My system is simple: let the intensity live in the work, not in how you make it. Authenticity is caring enough to be precise—because if you don’t care, no one will.

Today, my freedom isn’t found in breaking rules, it’s in creating ones that allow my vision for a better world to endure in the whatever I do—no matter what chaos comes my way. by @evansolano

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a year ago

Two VHS tapes. Two movies I’ve never seen. You pick what goes in the VCR next: "Death Machine" (1994) or "Cocktail" (1988). Whatever y'all choose. I'm going to write about on the Cinéma Bierité Substack (link in bio).

Vote in the poll, then tell me why your pick deserves my evening in the comments. I’ll watch the winner and report back! 🫡📼🤘🏽 by @evansolano

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7 days ago

"Cregger's Resident Evil adaptation brought back childhood memories of watching films like Escape from L.A. (1996) or Speed (1994) in theaters, where I was locked in on the edge of my seat. It was electric. There was no better feeling in the world, and in many ways it's the high I’ve been chasing ever since.

Thanks to this film, I got a tiny hit again."

Our review of Zach Cregger's latest installment of the "Resident Evil" is live. LINK IN BIO.

What did you think of "Resident Evil?" Let us know below! by @evansolano

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13 days ago

COMMUNITY CURATOR: The Gabba Ghoul swung by for our new VHS drop and picked some of his favorites 🧟 Follow @cinemabierite for more movie highlights and movie nights hosted at @burningbridgebrew in San Dimas this October 👻 🎃

We’ve got plenty of records today + 28 Days Later • Valentine • Gossip • Breakfast Of Champions • Blade II • Communion • Ghost Dog • Benny & Joon • 200 Cigarettes and more 🚬

OPEN 11AM-5PM

#VHS #PhysicalMedia #MovieNight taken in Spinning Plate Records by @evansolano

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14 days ago

New article for Cinéma Bierité breaking down why I chose our first four contenders: "The Blair Witch Project" (1999), "The Evil Dead" (1981), "The Witch" (2015), and "Cabin Fever" (2002) for Week 1 of our "I Remember Halloween" Halloween film series at @burningbridgebrew

It also touches on some recent films I loved, like "In a Violent Nature" and "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma," but mostly it’s about the impact these four gritty forest feature debuts had on me growing up, and why I hope The Blair Witch Project DOESN'T win! 😩🙏🏽

Hit the link in my bio to read the full story. RSVP to vote and come hang on Weds., 9/30! by @evansolano

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17 days ago

Look, we all know the rule: the second you cross into the tree line with a cooler full of cheap beer and zero cellular reception, someone is going to die horribly.

To kick off our 2026 series, at @burningbridgebrew, we’re heading deep into the tree with four distinct flavors of cabin fever, paranoia, and wilderness survival.

We'll also be pouring a special hot dog flavored seltzer called, fittingly, "Hot Dog Flavored Water" for all the fellow nü metal/horror fans! Dont knock it til you try it! 🌭🍻

RSVP and vote for the film you want to see! Link in bio! 🎃🔪🤘🏽🍻🎞

PLEASE NOTE: Only paid attendee votes will count toward the film shown that evening. You can still vote for fun on our socials, obvi! We'll crown a People's Choice!

So, which is the best forest horror film, tell us in the comments, cuz i screwed up the poll! 🥴👇🏽 by @evansolano

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19 days ago

We’re baaaack. 🎃🤌🏽

"I Remember Halloween III" returns to @burningbridgebrew in San Dimas for five Wednesdays in October.

The full announcement is live on our Substack with the schedule, the first three film ballots, ticket details, and an explanation of how voting works!

Subscribe now to see the contenders, start voting before everyone else, and you'll get 50% off tickets for becoming a CB subscriber on Substack!

Read the full post through the link in bio. by @evansolano

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23 days ago

Color is powerful.

Sometimes color can reach back further than memory itself.

My family is from Costa Rica, and some of my earliest visual memories were looking through picture books of the rainforest. I remember all that green, and then these bright flashes of red, blue, and yellow from the macaws and other animals on the page.

As I kept looking at this piece and studying the way the colors blended into one another, I kept hearing the song, “De Colores” in my head. One of my earliest musical memories was listening to my mom sing it when I was little.

It's interesting how something as simple as color can bring memories back into focus. This piece makes me appreciate how much we take in as children before we know what any of it means.

How a song or a picture in a book can stay with us for years before we understand why they mattered. by @evansolano

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a month ago

NO LOVE, 2025, digital collage on paper with custom plaster and spray-painted frame, 19.5" × 19.5"

New work currently on display at @espacio1839 in Boyle Heights for @manopesadaproductions "F*ck a theme" art exhibit.

This is the first piece in a series I’ve been developing around posters and artifacts from fictional movies that never existed.

"No Love in Los Angeles" imagines a dystopian 1987 exploitation film set in the distant future of 2025. Part heavy-metal fantasy, part erotic thriller, part Sunset Strip fever dream. Think "Escape from New York" meets "Mad Max" meets late night Skinemax softcore films.

The fictional film title reflects my own complicated relationship with Los Angeles and the way this city can feel exciting, isolating, seductive, and completely unforgiving at the same time.

It’s an eye for an eye.

S/O to Manny and Gabe at Mano Pesada for the opportunity to showcase some new original work under my own name. Here's to many more!

🤘🏽⛓️💀 taken in Espacio 1839 by @evansolano

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a month ago

@sextileband at Sound & Fury by @evansolano

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a month ago

Discoteca Italia! 🤌🏽🤌🏽 I hope @nuovotestamento.band plays S&F every year. by @evansolano

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a month ago