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Dan Grzeca

Create your own reality

About Me

I'm a painter and printmaker living in Chicago. I make a fair amount of posters as well for music shows in the US and Europe. I screenprint and paint in my studio, Ground-Up. I'm blessed with a superhero wife and amazing daughter.
Recent Work: Explosions in the Sky, Black Keys, Vandermark Five

Current projects: Working on posters for : X
Working on new art prints: Search Party, the Last American Bear, Beholder, Transmission.

Etsy
Buy Handmade
Jetsah

My Interests

Upcoming: Booklet of art for Flingco's Tray Art project; Releasing 3 new art prints this week: "Consumption Bird", "Arrival" and "the Conversation." Poster for the Melvins New Years Seattle. Buy my prints Here

I'd like to meet:

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Music:

Listening to:
Thin Lizzy
Singer
Art Pepper and Chet Baker- The Route
Volcano Suns
Tubeway Army
WFMU
Wipers
Lots of Jamaican music

Movies:

The Films of Antonioni, Welles, Kurosawa, Miyazaki, Fellini

Television:

I love Heroes.

Books:

I think I need to make one

My Blog

DIY trunk show this Saturday in Chicago!

Hello friends,I will have a booth at the most excellent DIY trunk show this Saturday at the Pulaski Park Fieldhouse in Chicago from 10 am-6pm. Please come and find me among the crafters and artists l...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:38:00 PST

"Reconnaissance" Art Print

"Reconnaissance" This is an 8 color screenprint on heavy manila stock. Dimensions are 22" square. S/N edition of 125. 100 available for purchase. Purchase here: http://www.gigposters.com/classified.....
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Fri, 19 Oct 2007 12:19:00 PST

DvA Gallery Poster

David Van Alphen of DvA Gallery in Chicago is putting on a nice show of Chicago Artist's work this weekend. I designed a poster for it as well as contributing a piece for the show. Here's the scratchb...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:45:00 PST

Etsy Shop now up!

I have a web shop up on Etsy with prints and posters. Check it out!
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Sat, 30 Jun 2007 05:40:00 PST

Show opening tonight in Chicago- April News

A few April activities to be apprised of: I will have a show of prints and several drawings opening tonight as part of a two-man show with Jeff Tady at Cyto Gallery ( www.cytogallery.com ) in the P...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:36:00 PST

Beasts! Book Signing at Quimbys tonight

Tonight at 7 pm at Quimbys Book Store in Chicago (2 blocks east of Damen and North on North Ave) I'll be signing copies of the Beasts! book along with Jay Ryan, Anders Nilssen , The Little Friends of ...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 09:41:00 PST

BEASTS! out now!

So the fantastic new Beasts! Book on Fantagraphics is now available. I would go run and buy this sucker as fast as your tiny feet can carry you to your local tattooed alternative bookstore/hat thatch...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:11:00 PST

New Relief Prints in Progress

I counted today- I have 6 prints in various stages at the moment. 2 of them are going to be mixed media prints. Specifically, I'm trying a combination of relief and screenprinting. It's exciting to be...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 08:01:00 PST

Screenprinting article in the new Swindle (.9)

Its funny to be described as a "Third Generation Poiish-Irish American", but I'll take it. Nice article on Screenprinting focusing on my good friends Dan and Michael of Aesthetic Apparatus; sidebar p...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 11:01:00 PST

I Low Show tonight in Chicago

Hello all,A couple small items for your perusal. I have a piece in the "I Low" group show opening this Friday at Cyto Galleryin Pilsen. The show features screenprinted self portraits from artists w...
Posted by Dan Grzeca on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 09:38:00 PST