Apollo Staar (ne’ Paul-Anthony Trevino) is a Los Angeles based visual artist currently working in a variety of mediums including film, photography and mixed media painting.  He has shown work in limited release at Galleries including Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.)(1992), and The Pasadena City College Art Gallery(1991) In 2004, Apollo and partner/designer Mercedes Sumida opened up Le Chic Boutique, a 60s themed boutique where they represented and sold original designs by local independent designers as well as vintage pieces.  At this time, Apollo also created a line of ‘space-age’ Gold/Chrome handbags complete with a line of erotic futuristic looking earrings inspired by the 1968 Roger Vadim film, Barbarella.   
 

Photography:

-Group Show, Sierra Madre Public Art Gallery, 1987

-“Bad Attitude” One Man Show, TROY Café & Gallery, 1992

-Group Show portraits of Nightlife Personalities, Ten Fifteen Folsom, San Francisco, 1994

-“Girls of the SS”, Ultrastar Gallery, 2008, curated show and guest artist. 

Paintings/Mixed Media:

-Biennial Group Show, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions (L.A.C.E.), 1992

-Student Group Show, Pasadena City College Art Gallery, 1992

-Group Show, Glass House, Pomona, 2005

-Benefit for Compound Radio, Los Angeles, Group Show, Thought Gallery, 2008

-Fall Group Show, Thought Gallery, 2008 

Film:

-Founded “Suicide Cinema” in 1992, his mini production company for Super-8 & 16mm films, Pasadena CA.

-“Beyond Flesh” 16mm, dual-screen, B/W, 12 min., Screening at Pasadena City College, 1993

-Founded “Cinema Nouveau” Film Collective, Group Screening, TROY Café & Gallery, 1993

-“Paul-Anthony, Al-Fresco” a retrospective of early film work from 1988 to1993, TROY Café & Gallery, 1993 (Films included ‘Apt. 18’, ‘Trauma’,  ‘Split Personality’, ‘Loser’ and the dual-screen ‘Beyond Flesh’), outdoor screening on the west wall of the Gallery building.

-‘Get Lost’ 16mm B/W, 14 min., Screening at Mayer Gallery, San Francisco, 1995 

Music Video:

Molly Jensen, “Give it Time”, Art Director, 2009

N-Force, “All or Nothing”, Art Director, 2009 

Fashion Design:

-2003, Launches Apollo Staar Couture, a collection of ready-to-wear one-of-a-kinds.  Described as ‘Sci-Fi meets 70s Disco’, the entire collection was made in reflective Gold and chrome vinyl.  Complete with a collection of matching space-age handbags and a 15 piece line of 2’ long dangling chrome/gold hoop earrings. 

-2004, Opens the very 60s Mod themed “Le Chic Boutique” with partner/designer Mercedes Sumida.  Representing local designers as well as retailing original 60s vintage dead stock and ready-to-wear designs.

-2005, Guest Designer in ‘Art Bags’ Gallery show at Star Shoes, Hollywood, curated by Ashley Eckenweiler

-2006, Guest Designer in ‘Art Shoes’ Gallery show at Star Shoes, curated by Ashley Eckenweiler.  

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"There is nothing beyond the surface image in this town; as it has become 'You're not who you really are, but who people THINK you really are', as well as what you can get away with..." –Apollo Staar, 2004  

 “Most homeless people I see wandering Santa Monica Blvd. keep my attention and are more interesting than any 'Celebrity' in the Tabloids, simply because of the fact that they aren't brainwashed by the media, and they don't give two shits about who's who.  They are just concerned with getting a hot meal, a quick fix, fuck or a fat rock.  Their innocence and ignorance is pure beauty" 

-Apollo Staar, 2006