“My whole life has been devoted to culture, art, and music, and now I hope to be able to share my knowledge and help others, as I was helped when I was a young boy.”
Sison is a multi-talented, multi-dimensional CREATOR. He is a designer, an artist, a creative and strategic problem solver with boundless curiosity and a great understanding for the bigger picture. With over a decade of art direction and interactive design experience, he has worked with major brands including Toyota, Lexus, Old Navy, Target, McDonalds, Nike, MGM properties, NBC, CBS, Fox, Amazon, Netflix, Google, Disney, Knotts Berry Farm, and Universal Studios.
Art was not his only passion, however. The young Sison also loved music. Since his high school, (Loyola High) did not have a music program, he formed the jazz fusion band “Vague” with some friends, playing soprano, alto, and tenor saxophone. Their skill and tenacity lead to gigs at football games, parties, and local jazz clubs like Hop Singhs and Blue Lagoon Saloon. As the band improved and built a following, they went on to open for jazz legends Tim Weisberg and Joe Sample at the High Sierra Jazz Festival, and later Chick Corea, Top Jimmy and the Rhythm Pigs, and Tito Puente. After high school, his band mates all went to Loyola Marymount University. After work, he would meet them nearby for rehearsal, and while waiting, decided to “sample” a few courses. He regularly crashed art theory, art history, music theory and music history, making it a full semester before they found out that he was not a registered student.
He was fortunate to have some significant people in his life that helped and supported his creative pursuits. Papa Joe Goelz allowed him to apprentice as a painter, teaching him the chemistry of paint and plaster, and Bob Levy, who hired him to be his assistant at the Getty Malibu restoring Greek antiquities. It was that apprenticeship where he learned the art of alchemy and authentic restoration, including the different regions where pigment was used. These men were the important mentors, teaching Sison the skills that elevated the young creator and brought him prime opportunities.