CURRENT EXHIBITION
9TH TO 16TH JUNE
ZIERO MUKO
Ziero Muko aka Abel Vasquez has managed to build his own world of blotter art, vinyl toys, and patches, where he has created a collection of unique characters in form of limited-edition products that live among the narrow world of art and design inspired by Mexican Sci-Fi , Monsters, Retro graphics.
EMEK
Emek graduated with a Major in Art, and a Minor in Unemployment. His first poster commission was done immediately after the L.A. riots/uprising of 1992, for a unity rally and concert held on Martin Luther King Day. “On scratchboard, I depicted an image of Martin Luther King Jr., rising above a concert crowd. No copies of this poster remain, but it does hold special meaning for me as the seed of my career”.
In Emek’s posters, psychedelic ‘60s imagery collides with ‘90s post-industrial iconography. To this collision of the organic vs. the mechanical worlds he adds humor, social commentary and fantasy.
MARK DEAN VECA
Mark Dean Veca was born in Shreveport, Louisiana, and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles in 1985.
Veca has exhibited throughout the United States, Europe, and Japan at institutions such as the Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, PS 1 Contemporary Art Center, the Brooklyn Museum, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. His work has been reviewed in numerous publications including The New York Times, Artforum, Art in America, Art Review, Juxtapoz, and Flash Art.
ALAN FORBES
Alan Forbes is a poster artist and painter who lives in San Francisco, California. He does posters and album work for The Chris Robinson Brotherhood. He has also created the iconic logo for The Black Crowes.
He has done posters for Howlin Rain, Queens of the Stone Age, Rocky Erickson, Boneback and many others. He has also done album art for AFI and Goldfinger.
Born in Connecticut in 1968, he is currently a California resident.
Stanley Mouse
Stanley Mouse was born in California on October 10, 1940. His father was an animator with Disney Studios who worked on Snow White. Stanley grew up in Detroit where Motown music and the city’s obsession with motor cars combined with his genius at drawing and made Stanley’s life path clear at an early age.
AJ Masthay
Born in 1975, AJ Masthay has lived in Connecticut his entire life. He attended the Hartford Art School where he majored in printmaking with an art history minor, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1997. Masthay established his own letterpress studio in 2001 and is currently based out of Hartford, CT.
Clients include The Grateful Dead, Black Sabbath, Dead and Company, Foo Fighters, South Park, Queens of the Stone Age, The Jerry Garcia Estate, Widespread Panic, Umphrey’s McGee and many more.
Caitlin Mattisson
Caitlin Mattisson is an illustrator, artist and CCA(C) alum, born in San Francisco and currently living in the Oakland hills. Growing up in the bay area, she was surrounded by the rock and roll poster culture from the 1960’s, and inspired by the hand drawn/painted techniques of the artists from that time. Caitlin draws inspiration from the Tarot, Sci-Fi novels, horror & cult movies, comic books, ancient cultures/folklore, and phantasmagoric music. She is the winner of the “Wildcard” entry for San Francisco Center for the Book 2012 Roadworks. She teaches Screen Printing and Illustration for Workshop SF and primarily illustrates for musicians and select fashion companies.
Helen Kennedy
Helen Kennedy is an Australian Postwar & Contemporary artist - 1967. Numerous key galleries and museums - Australian Galleries - Helen Kennedy aka ZazzCorp, is an illustrator, poster artist for some of your favorite bands, dead head, and an expert popcorn seasoner. Lancashire artist, printmaker and illustrator, living and working in Edinburgh
Christopher Pugliese
Christopher Pugliese is an American Artist. Born and raised in New York City he paints in the manner of his Italian ancestors and considers the process an exploration of his own genetic history. At home he is known as the “Downtown Da Vinci,” while in Mexico and Latin America he is referred to as “Cristobal el Pintor.”
Jacaeber Kastor
Jacaeber Kastor grew up in Berkeley, California and was exposed to the 1960's counter-culture as a young man. His parents were abstract artists. He picked up the habit of drawing from his mother, a serial doodler who covered the family desk pad with abstract drawing while talking on the phone. Bedridden, he began drawing elaborate topographical landscapes with settlements. He began collecting psychedelic posters and handbills from venues in the Bay Area during the 1960’s. Before becoming a gallery owner, Kastor was a competitive skier, racing in Squaw Valley.
Jon Blosdale
Officially Licensed Animation Art from the Beatles Saturday Morning Cartoons and Yellow Submarine.
One of the millions of young people drawn into Beatlemania early on was artist Jon Blosdale who, after a long career in the entertainment/production business, decided to “follow his dream” and focus his efforts on re-capturing a personal piece of the “Peace and Love”/”All You Need is Love” spirit by obtaining all of the necessary permissions he’d need to help him use his artistic talents to re-introduce fans to an important image via an awesome sericel recreation of the iconic cover of the Yellow Submarine soundtrack album
Rick Griffin
Richard Alden "Rick" Griffin (June 18, 1944 – August 18, 1991) was an American artist and one of the leading designers of psychedelic posters in the 1960s. As a contributor to the underground comix movement, his work appeared regularly in Zap Comix. Griffin was closely identified with the Grateful Dead, designing some of their best-known posters and album covers such as Aoxomoxoa. His work within the surfing subculture included both film posters and his comic strip, Murphy
S. Clay Wilson
Steve Clay Wilson (July 25, 1941 – February 7, 2021) was an American underground cartoonist and central figure in the underground comix movement. Wilson attracted attention from readers with aggressively violent and sexually explicit panoramas of lowlife denizens, often depicting the wild escapades of pirates and bikers. He was an early contributor to Zap Comix.
Stella Strzyzowska
Stella Strzyzowska's paintings explore female forms, psychedelic experiences, and dense provocative visions. She uses art as a way to empower and express the process of internal navigation, creating road maps for the viewer while opening the floor for story telling. Creating art has been a way to unpack and come to terms with her own pain, giving her life purpose in inspiring others through her works. The foundation for her creative work flows from a rhythm of studio practice, yoga, meditation, ritual, and psychedelic experiences.
Tony Miguel
Rarely seen art print featuring two photos of the psychedelic pioneer by photographer Tony Miguel, measuring approximately 23.75" x 16". Signed in black marker by Dr, Leary in the lower right.
