Pierce Marratto is an IMA-Nominated, Pittsburgh based, artist specializing in album art, concert poster art, and editorial illustration. Pierce grew up involved in various art/street art, music, and action sports communities...all of which instilled a strong DIY ethos.

At age 18 he moved to Miami to study Fine Art Photography. In Miami he founded the Luminos Collective, an art collective focused around the group of Miami artists that he was involved with. Through this he developed many of his ideas on how to use art and music (and the interaction of the two) to grow a community. The collective was featured in Miami’s infamous Art Basel Festival in both 2007 and 2008 in addition to hosting a variety of its own Art/Music events. After a few more years in Miami, Pierce decided it was time to bring this knowledge back to his hometown of Pittsburgh, PA.

Once back in Pittsburgh he took part in founding a hub for local creatives called Touchfaster, which offered a range of creative services, marketing/talent management, hosted art/music events, and generally did anything possible to strengthen the creative community in the area.

A number of those events were held at The Rex Theater which allowed Pierce to become acquainted with the Grey Area Productions (GAP) crew. Then, in 2014, the role of Graphic Designer/Webmaster became open there. Being that the folks at GAP and Pierce were like minded in just about every way possible, they offered the position to him. He of course accepted and worked there until the closure of The Rex Theater in June of 2021. With The Rex gone, Pierce then took over as the marketing director for The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, FL and also does marketing consultation with a few other music venues.

In addition to his concert production work, Pierce continues to pursue a freelance illustration, design, fine art, & photography career with a client list that includes Grammy winners, a range of business, galleries, & studios - both locally and nationally.