James Plakovic is an award-winning artist and composer who combines auditory and visual elements into a single experience. He originated the visual art style known as MusicArt, which is the art of arranging musical notation to form expressive visual and musical compositions. His sound works include collages of ordinary sounds arranged into soundscapes that highlight the musicality of the everyday as well as conventional musical compositions.

In addition to solo exhibitions and participation in group art shows, James has been a member of numerous arts-related organizations and received commissions to create artworks for many art patrons. His artwork has been included in many publications for both visual art and musical purposes.

He is an exhibiting artist with the Wild About Music gallery in Austin, Texas. After living in Austin and New York City, he currently resides in the Chicago area with his family.