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The Free University School of Art, “Occupy Art, Five Week Seminar with Jon-Paul Bail and Chuck Sperry,” February 5 to March 4. Masters of Venice, Patrons Party, discussion of “Mind Spring” by Chuck Sperry, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, February 1.ĭead Rockstars, group show, Blunt Graffix, Eugene, Oregon, February 2 to February 24. Mind Spring, group show with Chuck Sperry, Chris Shaw and Ron Donovan, Varnish Fine Art Gallery, San Francisco, January 14 to February 18. San Francisco CAġ995-1996 Poster Artist/Printer Psychic Sparkplug San Francisco CAġ994-Present Poster Artist The Fillmore & Bill Graham Presents San Francisco CAġ991-1995 Art Editor Filth Weekly Weird News San Francisco, CAġ991 Curator WW3 Illustrated: Retrospective San Francisco, CAġ989-Present Contributor World War 3 Illustrated (WW3) New York, NYġ985-1988 Co-Editor World War 3 Illustrated (WW3) New York, NYġ984 Political Cartoonist Columbia Daily Tribune Columbia, MOġ980-1984 Political Cartoonist “the maneater”, Columbia Missourian Columbia, MO
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One can find his art featured in many books, most notably The Art of Modern Rock, Peace Signs, The Anti-War Movement Illustrated, and Street Art San Francisco: Mission Muralismo.Īrte France 2006 interview with Chuck Sperry:ġ980-84 University of Missouri, School of Journalism (Dual Major: Art and Journalism)Ģ012-present Owner Hangar 18 Print Studio San Francisco, CAĢ011-present Dean-School of Art Free University of San Francisco San Francisco, CAĢ008-present Art Director Firehouse/Goldenvoice Poster Series San Francisco, CAġ997-2012 Co-Owner Firehouse Kustom Rockart Co.
He has been featured in documentaries for film and television in the US, Europe and Australia. Released in early 2009, the documentary film “American Artifact” prominently features Chuck Sperry. He has brought his rock artistry to projects for Goldenvoice, Live Nation, Virgin Megastore, Guitar Center, Random House, Harper Collins, Harvard University Press, Nylon, and Wired. His artwork has been exhibited at leading San Francisco art institutions including the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts his prints have been archived by the Achenbach Graphics Arts Council, The Oakland Museum of California, San Francisco Public Library (Main Branch), the United States Library of Congress, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Sperry works in San Francisco, but exhibits internationally from Athens to Argentina, Bristol to Belgrade (visited Belgrade at the invitation of The Cultural Minster of Serbia).īy conducting workshops and lectures all over the planet, Sperry’s tutelage has inspired a new generation of rock poster and silkscreen artists worldwide.
He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland. Chuck Sperry lives in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, where he’s made his particular style of rock poster designs for over 20 years.