2007 MFA, Fine Arts (Painting)
Otis College of Art and Design.
2003 BA with Honors, Art Studio (Painting) Minor, Art History
University of California, Santa Barbara.
Mars has designed custom clothing for musicians Post Malone, Axl Rose, Billie Eilish, Orville Peck, Tyla Yaweh, Royal and the Serpent, Arden Jones, Sizzy Rocket, and the Growlers. Malone wore these outfits on his 2018-2019 Beerbongs and Bentleys world tour, including Reading Festival and Lollapalooza Argentina, and his 2019 Runaway tour with stops at Madison Square Garden and the Forum. Several of Mars' outfits were featured in the remix video for Malone's hit single "Wow."
During Guns N' Roses' 2019-2020 Not in this Lifetime tour, Rose wore a number of Mars' custom t-shirts throughout concerts in the US. For their follow-up stadium tour, We're F'N' Back, in 2021, Mars handled the digital design work for the majority of Rose's tour t-shirts and contributed various custom t-shirts. He resumed these duties for Guns N' Roses' 2022 European tour and also designed official band merchandise.
Mars also made outfits for Eilish's promotional commercial on Saturday Night Live and the behind-the-scenes video for "Bad Guy." Mars painted the Growlers' costumes for their headlining performances at Growlers 6 festival, Beach Goth festival in 2018, and their Beach Goth tour. His custom outfits have been featured on New York Magazine, Saturday Night Live, NBC, BBC, Rolling Stone, Spin, Washington Post, Variety, ENews, Apple News, Yahoo Entertainment, NME, Dazed Magazine, The Fader, and Spotify.
In 2021, Mars was the first artist to collaborate with world champion surfer John John Florence's brand, Florence Marine X.
His artworks are also in the collections of the Museum of Art and History and the Cosmopolitan Hotel in Las Vegas. He has exhibited throughout the United States at various institutions, including the Torrance Art Museum and the Laguna Art Museum. Mars' first solo exhibition with Gusford Gallery in February 2013 was recommended by Interview Magazine as one of the top international shows to view that month. His work has also been featured in numerous publications like the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Magazine, and LA Weekly.
In 2016 and 2014, he designed billboards for LAXART's LA Public Domain Project, which were displayed on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood and La Cienega Blvd. in Culver City. He created site-specific works for the Museum of Broken Relationships in Los Angeles and the LA Art Fair.
In 2018, he published a collection of true-life stories called Unreal for Real based on the wildest adventures of his life. It is available on Amazon, Kindle, and at select book stores. The audiobook version, narrated by Mars, is available on Audible and Itunes.
In 2020, he released his first single as a singer/songwriter called "Don't Be My Nicotine." The song premiered on radio station KCRW and is available on Spotify, iTunes, and other streaming platforms.