Stephen Bliss

Stephen Bliss, a highly acclaimed artist, muralist, and illustrator has cultivated an illustrious career spanning over three decades and three continents. As Senior Artist at Rockstar Games from 2001 to 2016, Bliss is attributed with establishing the highly recognizable illustrative style for the multi-billion dollar Grand Theft Auto franchise, the most lucrative entertainment product of all time. His skills have also extended to other highly lauded games such as The Warriors, LA Noire, and Red Dead Redemption, producing game box covers, international magazine covers, posters, billboards, and promotional merchandise. 

He’s worked with Japanese fashion brand Hysteric Glamour, Massive Attack, MTV, Nintendo, Pepsi, Sony, GQ, and Burton Snowboards. Additionally, Bliss painted syndicated comic strips for The Sunday Times/Sunday Telegraph/Guardian and produced his own comic strips for Deadline Comics.

Bliss is devoted to the pursuit of fine art, holding solo exhibitions in London, New York, and LA, and displaying his talents as a muralist on projects in NYC, Miami, Chicago and Guam. His latest project Fear City, a NFT series on the Ethereum blockchain, originally six characters with 3333 unique creations, has grown int a 24 page comic NFT, VR social media filters, a web 3 clothing line, and irl projects, including a collaboration with Jeff Staple, and the upcoming issue of a physical Fear City comic (with Scout Comics). With his visionary approach to art and boundless creativity, Stephen Bliss continues to captivate audiences and inspire fellow artists worldwide, firmly establishing himself as a celebrated icon in the art world.