SPECIAL ADVISOR TO BRITISH ARTIST CHRIS LEVINE
I've acted in an advisory role and art exhibition producer to world renowned British artist, CHRIS LEVINE who currently has four portraits in the permanent collection of the National Portrait Gallery. Recent produced major exhibition in Regent’s Park, London, England of original art that had over 10,000 visitors during a nine day period. MAJOR FEATURES IN GQ MAGAZINE, DAILY MAIL EVENING STANDARD AND MORE. Mr Levine. Has just completed his biggest and most important exhibition at the prestigious and historic Houghton Hall. Lasting three months and breaking all attendance records the estate has formerly hosted exhibitions by Damien Hirst, James Terrell, Anish Kapoor and Henry Moore amongst others. The centerpoint of the exhibition was the ten story tall, six tons of steel and lasers entitled, “Molecule Of Light.”
https://fadmagazine.com/2021/10/21/chris-levine-528-hz-love-frequency-opens-at-houghton-hall/
Levine is best known for his iconic photographic portrait of HRM, Queen Elizabeth II entitled, LIGHTNESS OF BEING currently hanging in both the National Portrait Gallery and Buckingham Palace. In the past Levine has collaborated with Paul McCartney, Massive Attack, U2, Oasis, Antony & The Johnsons and others.
https://www.cnn.com/2013/10/15/sport/frankel-queen-levine-portrait-horse-racing/index.html
Additionally, during the past three years I have arranged and facilitated the donations of Chris Levine’s art to the ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION, amfAR (American Foundation for Aids Research), TEEN_AGE CANCER TRUST and UNICEF with the donations raising over $3,500,000 in charitable auction results.
The Honorable Daphne Guinness
MANAGER/A&R, MARKETING ADVISOR
*Oversaw the sales, marketing and promotion teams for the release of Daphne's debut LP, Optimist In Black which was produced by longtime David Bowie collaborator, Tony Visconti. Music videos directed by famed David LaChapelle, Nick Knight and others. Released to great critical acclaim. Huge features in New York Times, Interview Magazine, Vanity Fair.
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/fashion/daphne-guinness-new-album.html
PAT MAGNARELLA MANAGEMENT
PMM Art Projects/ Music Manager/A&R
Managed, guided, advised and marketed the careers of an exclusive roster of well known visual artists both in the U.S. and abroad. Our roster included Chris Levine, Charming Baker, Miss Bugs, D*Face, Dan Baldwin, Logan Hicks and others. Staged, curated and led marketing and PR teams in sold-out multi-million dollar grossing art exhibitions in L.A. NYC and London. In 2011 I was the lead on the team that staged a “pop-up” art exhibition in London with management client, British artist Charming Baker that grossed over $3,000,000 on opening night.
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/youtube-artist-makes-17m-on-first-night-6422290.html
Worked with Museum of Modern Art in NYC & The National Portrait Gallery in the U.K.on separate exhibitions. I developed the marketing and merchandising sales strategies for two year long National Museums, United Kingdom tour of Sixty Images for Sixty Years celebrating the reign of HRM Queen Elizabeth. I successfully negotiated with the British government on behalf of management client Chris Levine for his photographic portrait of Queen Elizabeth to appear on the first ever £100 pound note to be in circulation.
Close to 3,000 art world patrons attended the opening night for management client, Charming Baker held at MILK Studios.
I’ve given numerous lectures of the changing art world at both Sotheby's Institute in NYC and in London as well as being interviewed by the BBC, SkyNews, GQ Magazine, The Daily Telegraph, The Evening Standard, The Art Newspaper and Forbes amongst others.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-21893779
During this time, I co-managed along with Pat Magnarella (long time manager of Green Day, Goo Dolls, and others..) platinum selling English singer/songwriter RUMER signed to Atlantic Records.
I was also tasked with participating in weekly A&R and marketing meetings with the senior staff of Atlantic Records including Max Lousada, Chairman, Warner Music Group, U.K. After appearing on CBS Sunday Morning Rumer’s album shot into the top 5 of all the sales charts.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7oZpqVB_AQ&t=3s
Brought in as a management client the renowned Brit-Pop band, The Hours whose debut LP on A&M Records yielded the alternative radio smash, “Ali In The Jungle” that was later used in the massively successful “Human Chain” TV ad that Nike produced and was aired repeatedly during the 2010 Olympics.
THE WALT DISNEY STUDIOS/ HOLLYWOOD RECORDS 2001- 2007
Vice-President, A&R, Film & Television Soundtracks Creative Music Consultant
Worked on all original soundtrack releases from both the film and tv depts. Collaborated on the original soundtracks of the hit NBC TV show Scrubs along with million selling soundtrack to Sweet Home Alabama, Lara Croft, Tomb Raider and Shanghai Knights amongst others.
EPIC RECORDS/SONYMUSIC 1987-1999
Vice-President of A&R
Signed and oversaw the careers of Grammy winners INDIGO GIRLS, whose debut album Indigo Girls sold over three million albums and was nominated for both Best New Artist Grammy and winning Best Folk Artist Grammy Award and have sold over 8 million records while touring with such musical acts as REM, Paul Simon, Neil Young and The Grateful Dead amongst others and have done 1000s of headlining shows including selling out Madison Square Garden in New York City.
https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/05/arts/a-new-shade-of-indigo.html
Signed and guided the recording career of flamenco guitarist OTTMAR LEIBERT. Ottmar is a five-time Grammy Award nominee and has received 38 Gold and Platinum certifications in the United States, as well as certifications in Canada, Australia and New Zealand.
Signed and oversaw international punk rock mainstays, multi-million selling SOCIAL DISTORTION whose Platinum certified debut LP garnered the #1 Alternative song Ball & Chain and was featured in a number of mainstream publications including multiple features in the Los Angeles Times and Rolling Stone Magazine.
Bruce Springsteen was quoted saying, “ Social Distortion is one of the not heralded enough great American rock bands.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh8zcbC_Dcw
Social Distortion has done extensive headlining touring along with opening for Pearl Jam, The Ramones, Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Bruce Springsteen, Green Day and others.
A&R’d posthumous multi-million selling Stevie Ray Vaughan studio LP, The Sky Is Crying along with Jimmie Vaughan and manager Marc Proct which involved going through 100s of hours of raw studio master tapes recorded throughout SRV’s career. It became the biggest selling album of his career.
I brought world’s largest gospel label, WORD RECORDS that was then owned by ABC-CapCities to Epic for distribution with over 50 million dollars in gross revenue and was involved in recordings with Al Green, Shirley Caesar, Rev. Milton Brunson and others. Over 700 titles were in Word Records catalogue.
Projects
Chris Levine at Houghton Hall
Artist Chris Levine turns Houghton Hall, Norfolk into a light-drenched spectacle – complete with holography, lasers and immersive sound – for the stately home’s first winter exhibition
Chris Levine at Houghton Hall
Artist Chris Levine turns Houghton Hall, Norfolk into a light-drenched spectacle – complete with holography, lasers and immersive sound – The centerpoint was the ten story tall steel sculpture, 'MOLECULE OF LIGHT" weighing more than 6 tons . The exhibition was more than three years in the planning and execution and done in partnership with Sotheby's auction house.
Chris Levine Banksy
Artist Chris Levine's photographic portrait of the elusive artist BANKSY sells for ten times the estimate at SOTHEBY'S
British Artists Miss Bugs In Mayfair FEATURE IN FINANCIAL TIMES
OPTIMIST IN BLACK,THE DEBUT ALBUM FROM CULTURAL ICON DAPHNE GUINNESS PRODUCED BY TONY VISCONTI WITH VIDEOS DIRECTED BY DAVID LaCHAPELLE, SIR NICK KNIGHT AND OTHERS.
BRITISH ARTIST D*FACE IN BEVERLY HILLS
FROM HITS MAGAZINE
BRITISH ARTIST CHARMING BAKER AT MILK STUDIOS LOS ANGELES
British artist Charming Baker debuted his largest solo exhibition at Milk Studios in Los Angeles , Entitled "Lie Down I Think I Love You," the exhibit showcasing new work exploring the unpredictable nature of love, is comprised of 20 paintings as well as prints and sculptures. The exhibition which we produced had over 2,000 fans on opening night. Notable attendees included entrepreneur and Hammer Museum Board of Trustees member Kevin Wall, Hammer Museum's David Morehouse, LACMA's Abby Bankser, MOCA's Director of Communications Lyn Winter, The Gagosian Gallery's Candy Coleman, actors Rosamund Pike, TJ Thyne and Rose McGowan, musicians Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Atticus Ross, and Davey Havok, artists Meer, Retna, Oscar winning film director, Steve McQueen and former Deputy Mayor of the City Of Los Angeles Matt Karatz.
BRITISH ARTIST CHARMING BAKER, GUMBALL3000
From Gumball3000 founder Max Cooper @mrgumball3000 celebrating my driving in the 2011 Gumball in artist Charming Baker "Panda Boy" wrapped Aston-Martin One-77 and a Bentley GT from London to Istanbul and through 11 countries promoting an upcoming 2011 London exhibition that grossed over £1.7M in sales on opening night.
BRITISH SINGER SONGWRITER RUMER
Management client, English singer-songwriter, RUMER whose Atlantic debut sold over 1M albums. Her follow-up album Boys Don't Cry entered the UK album charts at #3 along with a major UK headlining tour culminating with a sold-out show at the prestigious Royal Albert Hall in London.
SOCIAL DISTORTION
~In 1989, as an A&R executive at Epic Records I signed the So-Cal punk rock icons, Social Distortion. They were playing small clubs like the Cuckoos Nest in Costa Mesa and singer Mike Ness would introduce the band as, "That lil' ol' punk band from Fullerton!" For a brilliant marketing turn Epic records executives arranged for their headlining show at CBGBs to be broadcast live on the Sony jumbotron in Times Square and it was an amazing thing to see. Their debut album ended up selling more than 1,000,000 LPs in the US. They have toured with Neil Young, Foo Fighters, The Ramones, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen who has been a huge fan. Last year, they headlined a show for over 12,000 people in Orange County, Ca. They are super popular all over the world and have always been the real deal. Leader Mike Ness has always displayed the essence of punk rock in sticking up for the disenfranchised putting his words, money and sometimes his fists whenever needed. Very proud and grateful to have had the opportunity to work with Mike Ness and Social Distortion for three very successful albums.
INDIGO GIRLS
I signed Indigo Girls who were my first big signing in 1988 at Epic Records/Sony Music. When I first met them, Amy Ray was living in student housing at Emory University and Emily Saliers was living at home with her parents. I first saw them in 1988 in Atlanta at the Little Five Points Pub and was just absolutely mesmerized. Their debut album was produced by Scott Litt who had produced the latest album for REM whose song, "Losing My Religion" became a world-wide radio hit. As a backing band REM played on a number of songs with lead singer Michael Stipe singing backing vocals on a number of songs (see pic) along with the Irish band, Hothouse Flowers whose guitarist Fiachna Ó Braonáin played the iconic penny whistle part on their radio hit, "Closer To Fine". Their debut album went on to sell more than 2,000,000 LPs in the US and they were nominated for two Grammys including Best New Artist and Best Contemporary Folk Album which they won. 1989 saw them touring with Hothouse Flowers, REM, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon and The Grateful Dead amongst others. During their 1992 US tour Siouxsie Sioux from Siouxsie & The Banshees would come onstage and sing Wheels On Fire and Strange Fruit with them. Sounds odd but, it really worked. They are good people, committed social activists, kind, compassionate and generous. All told they have sold over 7,000,000 albums, been nominated for 7 Grammy Awards went from playing small clubs in the Southeast to selling out Madison Square Garden
THE SURFERS
"Songs From the Pipe" the very last release of my last signing as VP of A&R at Epic Records/Sony Music was from a band called The Surfers. The Surfers were Kelly Slater, Rob Machado and Peter King and was produced by T Bone Burnett. Featured backing musicians were members of Tom Waits' band, Joe Henry, Jon Brion, Jim Keltner and many more.
Galas, Exhibitions & Shows
Opening night for British artist DAN BALDWIN in New York City
FROM FORBES
With Beck at the Elton John Aids Foundation Oscar Viewing Dinner
FROM FORBES
Opening night for British artist DAN BALDWIN in New York City
FROM FORBES
Opening night for British artist DAN BALDWIN in New York City
Opening night for British artist DAN BALDWIN in New York City
Opening night for British artist DAN BALDWIN in New York City
From the 2014 art exhibition I co-produced for British artist Dan Baldwin in New York City under the Highline with Atlantic Records chair, Julie Greenwald and CEO of recorded music, Warner Music Group, Max Lousada.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
Opening night for British artist DAN BALDWIN in New York City
WITH MUSIC MANAGEMENT CLIENT, BRITISH SINGER-SONGWRITER RUMER WHOSE DEBUT ALBUM ON ATLANTIC RECORDS SOLD OVER 1MILLION COPIES PERFORMING FOR THE PRESIDENT. I'M STANDING JUST BEHIND PRESIDENT OBAMA IN THE LOWER PIC.
ON THE BBC
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OUT IN SOHO
OUT IN SOHO
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
OUT IN SOHO
WITH CLASH GUITARIST MICK JONES
FROM SKYNEWS
2018 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION OSCARS
2018 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION OSCARS
ARTIST CHARMING BAKER LONDON
EXHIBITION
2018 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION OSCARS
2018 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION OSCARS
2018 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION OSCARS
EJAF OSCAR DINNER GALA
UNICEF ITALIA GALA IN CAPRI 2021
2018 ELTON JOHN AIDS FOUNDATION OSCARS
WEDDING OF ROBERT SMITH FROM THE CURE. 1988
LUISAVIAROMA FOR UNICEF GALA IN CAPRI WITH JOHN LEGEND PERFORMING 2021
WEDDING OF ROBERT SMITH FROM THE CURE. 1988
No 10 DOWNING STREET FOR DRINKS AND DINNER WITH UK PRIME MINISTER
WEDDING OF ROBERT SMITH FROM THE CURE. 1988
L-R, DRUMMER, BORIS WILLIAMS, ARTIST ANDY VELLA AND MYSELF.
No 10 DOWNING STREET FOR DRINKS AND DINNER WITH UK PRIME MINISTER
No 10 DOWNING STREET FOR DRINKS AND DINNER WITH UK PRIME MINISTER
No 10 DOWNING STREET FOR DRINKS AND DINNER WITH UK PRIME MINISTER
GOLD RECORD FOR EPIC RECORDS ARTIST OTTMAR LIEBERT
No 10 DOWNING STREET FOR DRINKS AND DINNER WITH UK PRIME MINISTER
No 10 DOWNING STREET FOR DRINKS AND DINNER WITH UK PRIME MINISTER
Ottmar Liebert is a German guitarist, songwriter and producer best known for his Spanish-influenced music. A five-time Grammy Award nominee, Liebert has received 38 Gold and Platinum certifications in the United States, as well as certifications in Canada, Australia and New Zealand