Career

Throughout his career, Fiorilla emphasized the grotesque and surreal in illustrations, sculpture and fine art As a sculptor, he produced a variety of bizarre, malformed creatures. His film reviews appeared under the pseudonym Jacques Corédor.

Fiorilla illustrated for books and magazines (Heavy Metal, Video Games and Computer Entertainment, High Times), T-shirts, small press journals (Eegah!, Magick Theatre, Moody Street Irregulars), catalog covers (Gregg Press), fanzines (Horror from the Crypt of Fear) and mini-comics (City Scenes).

One of his 1985 sculptures was featured 12 years later on a cover for the magazine Bloodsongs (1997). He created numerous drawings and product designs for Editor "Big Daddy" Roth, including a belt buckle, T-shirts, caps, ads and catalog illustrations.

Fiorilla sometimes worked in tandem with illustrator Jim McDermott, such as their collaboration for Stephen J. Spignesi"s The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia (1991). Buffalo"s Low Down Dirty Low Brow Art Show was a 2002 group exhibition "inspired by the artwork of Steve Fiorilla," although he did not participate in the show.

Fiorilla"s articles and reviews were published in the online magazine, Flickhead.

He also did film reviews under the pseudonym Jacques Corédor (a pun on Samuel Fuller"s film Shock Corridor). Fee Fie Foe.. Fiorilla! is a blog displaying Fiorilla"s characters in a surreal narrative setting. Steve Fiorilla died July 29, 2009, in Buffalo at age 48.