Chuck Sperry

Chuck Sperry

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. He operates Hangar 18, a silkscreen print studio, located in Oakland.

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Chuck Sperry’s “Courage” Blotter Online Release

“Courage” • Edition of 300 • 9 x 11.25 • BC Blotter Co • (with border)
Vegetable based inks • 80# unbleached cotton paper • Signed and Numbered

In celebration of the New Year, my newest blotter “Courage” will be made available to my friends and supporters with a special online release.

I will make a limited online launch of “Courage” through EQL launch opening on Saturday, January 3, 2026 at 9 am PST. The launch closes on Sunday, January 4, 2026 at 9 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 36 hours. As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase. Multiple entries per launch will be penalized. You may only win 1 blotter from the live launches within this 36 hour period. One per household.

Visit the launch page for the release (Set a reminder – countdown and launch):

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Sperry Collectible Card Set • Series 3 • Releases Soon!

The Sperry Collectible Card Set • Series 3

I’m very excited to announce the online release of the third in a series of premium collectible card sets featuring a curated selection of the most popular rock posters and prints from my extensive archive.

The Sperry Collectible Card Set was artfully designed by renown art photographer and premium book designer Shaun Roberts, and it was curated and published by me. We are thrilled to present this newest collaboration!

The set comes in a gorgeous fire red, smooth, sturdy portfolio fold box with a secure magnetic snap closure. Title and signature is in gold emboss. The inside cover is gloss printed with a beautiful floral pattern over red, as is the black bumper which snugly cradles the deck of poster cards. A red ribbon aids access to the sealed deck of 25 cards.

The cards measure 5.5″ x 8.5″. Each of the 25 collectable cards faithfully present a different classic Sperry poster on the front. On the back of each card are the poster details; surrounding floral decoration is printed in gold and black with a foil stamped signature.

The box comes shrink-wrapped. The cards come cellophane wrapped inside.

Only 1000 were made.

On Saturday, December 27, 2025, at 9 am PST I will open my online launch for The Sperry Collectible Card Set • Series 3.  Entry will close on Sunday, December 28, 2025 at 9 pm PST. The ballot will be open for 36 hours.  As long as you enter during this timeframe, time of entry does not impact your chances of purchase.  One entry per user.  One per household. Multiple entries will be penalized.

Join us at EQL for the countdown to Saturday’s launch below (& Set a Launch Reminder):

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Chuck Sperry Shows at CONTEXT / Art Basel with Harman Projects

Empathy (oversized), 2025
70 cm x 100 cm (27.5″ x 39.4″)
Edition of 200
5 color screen print on fedrigoni paper.
Signed and Numbered

I’m very excited to announce my participation in CONTEXT Art Miami with Harman Projects! CONTEXT will be on view December 2-7, 2025. I’ll be releasing two brand new, large format art prints in limited edition — “Courage” & “Empathy” — printed in red-orange-yellow tones by Sericraft of Torino.

These two oversized prints will see their American release at CONTEXT Art Miami during Art Basel Miami 2025 at Harman Projects’ booth – sign up to Harman Projects mailing list to receive booth number & latest info: https://www.harmanprojects.com/mailing-list/

Courage (oversized), 2025
67,75 cm x 100 cm (26.7″ x 39.4″)
Edition of 200
5 color screen print on fedrigoni paper.
Signed and Numbered

Address:
The CONTEXT Art Miami Pavillion
One Herald Plaza
NE 14th Street & Biscayne Bay
Miami, FL 33132

Dates:
Platinum VIP Preview: Tuesday, December 2nd | 11:00am – 1:00pm
VIP Preview: Tuesday, December 2nd | 1:00pm – 4:00pm

General Admission:
Tuesday, December 2nd | 4:00pm – 9:00pm
Wednesday, December 3rd |  11:00am – 7:00pm
Thursday, December 4th |  11:00am – 7:00pm
Friday, December 5th |  11:00am – 7:00pm
Saturday, December 6th |  11:00am – 7:00pm
Sunday, December 7th |  11:00am – 6:00pm

Participating artists:
Luke Chueh | Mark Drew | Shepard Fairey | Jeff Gillette | Miles Johnston | Josh Keyes | Travis Louie | Marie-Claude Marquis | Greg ‘Craola’ Simkins | Chuck Sperry | Martin Whatson | Ravi Zupa 

DM or email at [email protected] to be added to the advance collector’s preview list.

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“Chuck Sperry: Exposed!” Art Show in Torino Italy October 31

“Chuck Sperry: Exposed!”
Opens Friday, October 31, 2025 at Ridicola an urban art gallery located in the heart of Torino, Italy. Opening party featuring: DJ Giampo! Show on view through November 2025.

I’ll be releasing two brand new, large format art prints in limited edition — “Courage” & “Empathy” — printed in red-orange-yellow tones by Sericraft of Torino. These two prints will see their American release at Context, Miami Art Week during Art Basel Miami 2025 at Harman Projects’ booth.

Also: I’ve created a special edition “Ridicola” magazine of 40 pages, filled with two extensive photo stories by Shaun Roberts documenting the artist at work inside Hangar 18, my California studio. The cover parodies Italian news magazines of the 1960s.

Ridicola is located at the heart of Torino, a former newsstand transformed into a vibrant exhibition space: a new hub for meeting, sharing, and art exhibitions. The small kiosk, closed for years, is reborn in a new form: an urban art gallery accessible 24/7, with a never-closing window and a curated selection of independent magazines and fanzines.

Courage (oversized), 2025
67,75 cm x 100 cm (26.7″ x 39.4″)
Edition of 200
5 color screen print on fedrigoni paper.
Signed and Numbered
Empathy (oversized), 2025
70 cm x 100 cm (27.5″ x 39.4″)
Edition of 200
5 color screen print on fedrigoni paper.
Signed and Numbered

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Legends Gather at TRPS Festival of Posters 2025

Join us October 18, 2025 for The Rock Poster Society, Festival of Posters in San Francisco’s beautiful Golden Gate Park.

I will not be able to attend TRPS Festival of Rock Posters on Saturday, October 18, 2025, but my well-seasoned “dream team” of Jon, Ron and Rob will represent and smoothly operate my booth – with all my newest rock posters, art prints, test prints, rarities and surprises! So you will be able to acquire my work for sure!

I’ll have a very limited offering of my most very recent posters: Widespread Panic “Juno” •  Dave Matthews, “Courage” • Alabama Shakes at the Hollywood Bowl • art print “Danaide” •  and other rarities and classics. Also, I’ll have a nice selection of blotter art, and a new surprise release!

Of course, I’ll have available copies of my 750+ page rock poster compendium: “Color x Color, The Sperry Poster Archive 1980-2020”.

San Francisco’s annual Fall Clas­sic, the The Rock Poster Society’s Fes­ti­val of Rock Posters is set to go for Sat­ur­day, Octo­ber 18th, 2025 at the San Fran­cisco County Fair Build­ing (aka Hall of Flow­ers) in beau­ti­ful Golden Gate Park.

Fea­tur­ing legendary rock poster artists and deal­ers from around the coun­try, this is the biggest rock poster event of its kind any­where. Those of you who have attended this show in the past know that this is the one not to miss. We bring in the best of the best, and you’ll find every­thing from vin­tage psy­che­delic trea­sures to the best of the mod­ern silkscreen move­ment. This year’s ver­sion promises to offer another stel­lar lineup.

The loca­tion is at the cor­ner of Ninth and Lin­coln on the South edge of the Park, not far from the Haight, the DeY­oung Museum, and the Acad­emy of Sci­ences. There are plenty of great restau­rants close by, too. Make it a week­end and bring the fam­ily to enjoy the great weather, an awe­some poster event, and every­thing else San Fran­cisco has to offer.

Festival of Rock Posters: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 18 at the Hall of Flowers, Ninth Avenue and Lincoln Way, Golden Gate Park.

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