I am very pleased to announce my return solo exhibition in Paris at l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery! I’ll be bringing new works on wood panel and paper, posters and art prints focusing on new production from 2014-2015, rarities and surprises!

My new exhibition of works on paper and wood will be held at l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery from September 17 to October 11, 2015.

Come let’s meet at the opening. I’ll be there!

Thursday, September 17, 2015 at 6 pm to 10 pm.
l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery – Marais
74 rue François Miron
75004 Paris

Don’t miss the opportunity: I’ll be conducting two workshops – your introduction to screenprinting!

Saturday, September 19, 2015 at 11 am & 3:30 pm
l’Oeil Ouvert Gallery – Republic
1 rue Lucien Sampaix
75010 Paris

Register for the workshops on the gallery website HERE

Read more about Chuck Sperry’s return solo exhibition in Paris at l’Oeil Ouvert HERE

Join our Facebook Event HERE

“Tethys”, Chuck Sperry, 2015, 20 x 30, Edition of 30, 7 color screenprint on oak panel

BEYOND EDEN
A multi-gallery event celebrating the New Contemporary Art Movement organized by Thinkspace

Chuck Sperry’s Solo Showcase, “Muses LA” Presented by Spoke Art, San Francisco

Location:
LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.beyondedenart.com

Schedule of events / viewing hours:
Saturday, October 3rd 6PM-11PM
Opening Reception with live painting & DJ Mr. NumberOnederful
$5 admission at the door / open to all

Sunday, October 4th Noon-5PM
Art viewing / Last chance to see the exhibition
$5 admission at the door / open to all

The fifth and final edition of Beyond Eden will once again be hosted by the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park this coming October. Beyond Eden is a multi-gallery event celebrating the New Contemporary art movement in Los Angeles put together by Andrew Hosner (co-owner / curator at Thinkspace) and made possible by the City Of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs. The public is invited to attend this special event and admission will be $5 and open to all.

Each successive Beyond Eden event grows larger and larger with combined average attendance well over 5,000 people for the past four years of the event. The New Contemporary Art Movement continues to build momentum on a national level and is finally starting to receive mainstream recognition from major institutions and publications the world over. With its foundation firmly planted in Southern California and a patron base here in Los Angeles that has been building over the past several decades, it’s easy to see why Beyond Eden has been welcomed with such open arms by the Los Angeles arts community and has become an anticipated annual event.

It will be sad to see it go but due to rising costs associated with the City, we can simply no longer afford to put this on and have it live up to the standards of our past events. We plan to make this final event one for the history books and one you won’t soon forget!

Beyond Eden 2015 will showcase the works of five of California’s finest New Contemporary art galleries and will be held during the weekend of October 3rd and 4th with an opening night celebration planned for Saturday, October 3rd from 6-11PM.

Participating galleries include C.A.V.E. Gallery (Venice, CA), Copro Gallery (Santa Monica, CA), Spoke Art (San Francisco, CA), Hashimoto Contempoary (San Francisco, CA) and event organizers Thinkspace (Culver City, CA)

Beyond Eden 2015 will also feature a special solo showcase from Thinkspace represented artist Meggs. ‘Paving Paradise’ will feature an array of new works from the Australian artist along with a large-scale painting / mural for all to enjoy.

Spoke Art is bringing Chuck Sperry’s solo showcase “Muses LA” – a new collection of Sperry’s contemporary-classical muses inspired by the spirit of modern rock poster art, graffiti art, the spirit of 1960’s psychedelia, and in broader terms, inspired by the perennial theme of Orphic Dionysian mysteries.

“Artemis”, Chuck Sperry, 2015, Edition of 30, 7 color spreenprint on oak panel

More Sperry, exclusive art pieces, presented by Spoke Art to Beyond Eden will be revealed as the event draws near!

About the location:
The Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery opened in 1971 and is comprised of a 10,000 square foot Gallery and facility located on the sprawling grounds of Olive Hill in the Barnsdall Art Park. The park overlooks the City of Los Angeles and is also home to the famous, historic Frank Lloyd Wright Hollyhock House and Junior Art Center and Barnsdall Park Theatre. Under the Department of Cultural Affairs, LAMAG is the premier city-run gallery that focuses on contemporary art, particularly the work of living Southern California artists.

Presented by:
Arrested Motion
Cartwheel Art
City of LA Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA)
Hi-Fructose
Juxtapoz
Platinum Cheese
Reverberations Media
Sour Harvest
Supersonic Electronic

Official Website:
http://www.beyondedenart.com

BEYOND EDEN
A multi-gallery event celebrating the New Contemporary Art Movement organized by Thinkspace

Chuck Sperry’s Solo Showcase, “Muses LA” Presented by Spoke Art, San Francisco

Spoke Art is bringing Chuck Sperry’s solo showcase “Muses LA” – a new collection of Sperry’s contemporary-classical muses inspired by the spirit of modern rock poster art, graffiti art, the spirit of 1960’s psychedelia, and in broader terms, inspired by the perennial theme of Orphic Dionysian mysteries.

We are very pleased to reveal the 7 new pieces Chuck Sperry has made especially for the show!

Tethys, 2015
20 x 30
Edition of 30
7 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Artemis, 2015
20 x 28
Edition of 30
7 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Maenad (Blue), 2015
20 x 34
Edition of 30
7 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Maenad (Green), 2015
20 x 34
Edition of 30
7 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Music, 2015
20 x 27.5
Edition of 30
7 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Mystai (Green), 2015
20 x 30
Edition of 30
8 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

+ Art Print on Cream Paper / Variant Editions on Parchment, Blue Opal and Gold Mirror Foil

Mystai (Blue), 2015
20 x 30
Edition of 30
8 color screenprint on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

+ Art Print on Cream Paper / Variant Editions on Parchment, Blue Opal and Gold Mirror Foil

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Chuck Sperry’s Solo Showcase, “Muses LA” Presented by Spoke Art, San Francisco

Location:
LA Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park
4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
www.beyondedenart.com

Schedule of events / viewing hours:
Saturday, October 3rd 6PM-11PM
Opening Reception with live painting & DJ Mr. NumberOnederful
$5 admission at the door / open to all

Sunday, October 4th Noon-5PM
Art viewing / Last chance to see the exhibition
$5 admission at the door / open to all

Edwardian Ball 2016
18 x 35
Edition 0f 125
3 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

(One random order will receive a bonus, free, give-away B&W Test, Edwardian Ball poster, the “White Russian”)

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This poster is officially available at the show. I will be making a very limited online release of this poster on Sunday, January 24, 2016 at a random time.

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It’s Edwardian Ball time again, and as always, it’s a great pleasure to work with Justin Katz, the Edwardian Ball impresario, and once again I had a lot of fun making this poster!

My Edwardian Ball posters always have an edge of social critique in them. They are done with a wink and a nod, in keeping with the enjoyment of attending such an elaborate period pageant.

Most of the attendees also realize that the Edwardian era was one of unabashed and ostentatious oligarchy, unrivaled economic imperialism and a presumed European superiority complex. It’s all of these things that makes the period so bizarre to us today. I’ve always endeavored to reveal this outrageous and bizarre sense of imperial entitlement in my Edwardian Ball posters, and keep them wild and fun.

Widespread Panic, Savannah
21 x 35
Edition of 500
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Widespread Panic will be releasing this poster at the show tonight February 26, 2016 at Savannah Civic Center.

I’ll be making a very limited online release of my Artist Edition of 100 (Signed and Numbered) posters and variants on Sunday, March 6, 2016 at a random time.

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I’ve been looking forward to this weekend for a very long time, ever since I scheduled a Widespread Panic poster to appear between two Black Sabbath shows. Panic is very near and dear to my heart! I’ve been calling this “Sabbath Sandwich” with the meat in the middle. I worked very hard to make this poster shine!

My inspiration was given by the band, “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”, and I ran with it without referring to the movie or book, but just using the idea as a theme. I created an image that suggests Eve in the Garden of Eden, but also suggests Eurydice who once bitten by the snake is taken away to Hades where Orpheus the Prophet-Musician must play his most beautiful music before the King and Queen of the Underworld to save his one true love. It’s a story about the power of love, the length of love and the strength of music to heal. I’ve been creating floral patterns for many of my prints over the last few years; I wanted to create a floral pattern for the background, but this time, a harmonious non-repeating one, which has the rhythm of nature. It’s always okay if you just want to enjoy it for your own reasons, but that’s my inspiration.

Widespread Panic, Savannah
21 x 35
Artist Edition of 100
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic, Savannah
21 x 35
Speckled Egg Edition of 23
7 colors on speckled Japanese mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic, Savannah
21 x 35
Dappled Pink Edition of 14
7 colors on dappled Japanese mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic, Savannah
21 x 35
Rose Shimmer Edition of 13
7 colors on metallic flecked Japanese mulberry paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Widespread Panic, Savannah
21 x 35
Mirror Foil Edition of 25
7 colors on mirror foil
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Leftover Salmon at The Stanley Hotel
15 x 35
Edition of 250
4 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Leftover Salmon at The Stanley Hotel
15 x 35
“Bar Mirror” Edition of 10
4 colors on mirror foil (yes! foil paper! NOT a real mirror)
Signed and Numbered

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Leftover Salmon will be playing the legendary, haunted Stanley Hotel on March 11-13, 2016. This poster will be available officially through the band at the show. 

I will be making a very limited online release of this poster and its variant on Monday, March 14, 2016 at a random time.

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This is the second year I’ve made a poster for Leftover Salmon’s annual show at the historic, haunted Stanley Hotel, made famous by “The Shining” Stephen King and Stanley Kubrick’s famous horror story. Here’s a toast to Lloyd, evil bartender from Hell, and quite possibly the Devil himself. As Jack Torrence said, “I like you, Lloyd. I always liked you. You were always the best of them. Best goddamned bartender from Timbuktu to Portland, Maine. Or Portland, Oregon, for that matter.”

I am very proud to announce that I will be showing my newest work with Spoke Art Gallery at C2E2, the Midwest’s largest comic convention happening in Chicago this March. Please join Spoke Art at booth #568 in the Block section of the convention.

This oak panel will be exclusively released only at C2E2!

Midnight In The Garden of Good & Evil, 2016
21 x 31
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Semele, 2016
20 x 30.75
Edition of 30
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Out of Print: Pushing the Boundaries in the Art of Print

March 19 – May 29, 2016

I am deeply honored to participate in the upcoming exhibition at the Fort Wayne Museum of Art entitled “Out of Print: Pushing the Boundaries in the Art of Print.” I will be revealing my newest piece at the exhibition in the Museum: “Semele,” an oak panel screen print, based on art made for Widespread Panic’s legendary concert at Madison Square Garden in 2013. In addition, my screen printed art panel, “Justice,” which premiered at Spoke Art Gallery’s appearance at New York Comic Convention, 2014, has been received into the permanent collection of the Museum at this exhibition.

I invite all of you to attend during the two month duration of this exciting exhibition!

“Out of Print” Opening: March 19, 2016

Seasonal Party to celebrate “Out of Print”: Friday, April 8, 2016 – Facebook Event

There will be a very limited release of Chuck Sperry’s newest piece “Semele” made available officially through the Fort Wayne Museum of Art. Inquire to Fort Wayne Museum of Art HERE or write to abby.leon@fwmoa.org

Also on view!

Justice, 2014
(Received into the permanent collection of the Museum)
18 x 24
Edition of 25
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Olympia, 2014
29 x 23
Edition of 25
8 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

Ariadne, 2014
22 x 33
Edition of 25
7 colors on oak panel
Signed and Numbered

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More about the exhibition:

Exhibiting artists: Bill Fick, Chuck Sperry, Crystal Wagner, Dennis McNett, Greg Gossel, Morning Breath, Ravi Zupa, and Troy Lovegates.

Printing is one of the oldest forms of art. Woodblock printing was the first to develop as early as 220 A.D. in China. From this point, printing evolved into many forms, most memorably by way of the invention of the printing press around 1440 that served as the most efficient way to educate the masses through newspapers and books.

In all this time the medium is still relevant, but more important, artists are finding new ways with which to use old methods. This exhibition showcases a select handful of artists who are reshaping the old ways into new on multiple levels.

This body of work serves as evidence that traditional printing is far from obsolete, but it will continue to be used and expanded by artists looking for new ways to express themselves: in with the new, and out and with the old.

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More about the Chuck Sperry:

Born in 1962 in Dayton, Ohio, Chuck Sperry received his education from the University of Missouri, School of Journalism, with a dual major in Art and Journalism.

For over 20 years, the artist has explored his unique signature style of silkscreen technique that blends splendid artistry with impeccable craftsmanship. With perfect precision, Sperry utilizes many color layers, translucent inks, metallic inks mixed from raw powder, in his complex designs.

The pieces Sperry selected for “Out of Print” reflect his ongoing exploration of Classical subjects updated to the 21st Century, with echoes of the Vienna Secession and Belle Époque. Sperry’s art is energized by the political street art and the concert posters he has prolifically created throughout his life. The pieces in this exhibition express the synergy of social concern and popular iconography, graffiti and detourned classical themes, political themes and imagery drawn from the Century-long world tradition of poster-making.

Renee de Cossio, curator, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art:

“Never known for following the consensus of any art establishment, Chuck Sperry has a strict loyalty to his craft, and has become a leading innovator of the rock poster art form.  His suspicion and disdain for mainstream American politics often characterizes his approach to making art.   With a sincere dedication to a broad public audience, Sperry reflects a social consciousness and draws much from the immediate urban environment.”

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Details of Sperry art in “Out of Print” at Fort Wayne Museum of Art:

The Who, 50th Anniversary North American Tour 2016
“Pete Townshend”
21 x 31
Edition of 600
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

The Who, 50th Anniversary North American Tour 2016
“Roger Daltrey”
31 x 21
Edition of 600
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

My Who posters are officially available through The Who in a very limited (framed, plexiglas) release HERE.

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My successful collaboration with The Who continues with a pair of matching posters commemorating one of the greatest bands on earth as they continue their 50th Anniversary North American Tour. I am deeply honored to present my portrait posters of Who icons Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.

I felt the designs should reflect a fresh take on a psychedelic attitude which has transformed the world from the neighborhood I call home. I recruited my talented Haight-Ashbury neighbor, famed rock photographer, Michael Zagaris and he offered me iconic photos of The Who to use with his permission for the project. The work of another Haight-Ashbury neighbor, light show genius, Bill Ham, served as an inspiration for the psychedelic light painting backgrounds. I’ve had the great pleasure to work with Michael Zagaris and Bill Ham on numerous projects over the years, and their work and spirit has served as an important source of guidance and inspiration.

I poured my love for The Who into the seven hand-screenprinted colors of both of my limited edition posters. I printed both posters in heavy gold and silver, hand mixed inks. A very subtle lavender pearlescent glaze has been printed over both Roger and Pete which adds a near subliminal luster to the gold metallic, and tingling pearlescent sparkle to the white areas in both figures. I’m extremely happy with the result, and couldn’t be more proud to have made these two pieces of art for one of the best rock bands on earth!

Pearl Jam, American Airlines Arena, Miami 2016
19.75 x 35
5 colors on cream paper
Artist Edition of 100
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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I am honored to be working with Pearl Jam, one of my generation’s most creative, pioneering rock groups. For their Miami, South Florida appearance, I created a beautiful mermaid in a old school rock poster tattoo style, holding a “PJ” trident in one hand and a mysterious, glowing “impossible shape,” a forth dimensional triangle, to suggest the mystery of nature in the other hand. I hand screen printed this with hand-mixed gold inks, and translucent color layers, for an effect that glows.

Poster back shows my inspiration from the Pearl Jam song “Force of Nature”:

The Who, 50th Anniversary North American Tour 2016
“Pete Townshend”
21 x 31
Edition of 600 (Numbers 101-200 available)
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered (unframed)

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The Who, 50th Anniversary North American Tour 2016
“Roger Daltrey”
31 x 21
Edition of 600 (Numbers 101-200 available)
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered (unframed)

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I will be making a very limited online release of my artist reserve of The Who 50th Anniversary North American Tour posters on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at a random time. 

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I want to welcome a lot of newcomers to my site! I’ll quickly explain how my releases on my website are conducted. The Who posters will be available, right here, in this post on Sunday, April 17, 2016 at a random time. A paypal “Buy Now” button will appear under each poster (above) at a random time, and I will announce the price of each poster at the same time. (There may be additional offers or surprises – revealed at that random time.) Good luck to everyone, and as always, I am very appreciative of your support!

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My successful collaboration with The Who continues with a pair of matching posters commemorating one of the greatest bands on earth as they continue their 50th Anniversary North American Tour. I am deeply honored to present my portrait posters of Who icons Roger Daltrey and Pete Townshend.

I felt the designs should reflect a fresh take on a psychedelic attitude which has transformed the world from the neighborhood I call home. I recruited my talented Haight-Ashbury neighbor, famed rock photographer, Michael Zagaris and he offered me iconic photos of The Who to use with his permission for the project. The work of another Haight-Ashbury neighbor, light show genius, Bill Ham, served as an inspiration for the psychedelic light painting backgrounds. I’ve had the great pleasure to work with Michael Zagaris and Bill Ham on numerous projects over the years, and their work and spirit has served as an important source of guidance and inspiration.

I poured my love for The Who into the seven hand-screenprinted colors of both of my limited edition posters. I printed both posters in heavy gold and silver, hand mixed inks. A very subtle lavender pearlescent glaze has been printed over both Roger and Pete which adds a near subliminal luster to the gold metallic, and tingling pearlescent sparkle to the white areas in both figures. I’m extremely happy with the result, and couldn’t be more proud to have made these two pieces of art for one of the best rock bands on earth!

Widespread Panic, Tedeschi Trucks Band, Birmingham, Alabama
“Electra”
21 x 35
Edition of 500
5 colors (heavy gold metallic) on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

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Available officially through Widespread Panic at the show on Saturday, April 23, 2016.

I will be making a very limited release of this poster and it’s variants on Sunday, May 1, 2016 at a random time.