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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Gary Clark Jr. Hawaii Poster

Gary Clarke Jr., Hawaii
21 x 35
Edition of 350
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Gary Clarke Jr., Hawaii
21 x 35
Satin Black Edition of 15
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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Chuck Sperry’s newest rock poster for Gary Clark Jr. will be available officially through Gary Clark Jr.’s merchandise at three concerts in the Hawaiian Islands, July 19 through 21.

I will make a very limited online release of this poster and its variant on Monday, July 22, 2019 at a random time.

I want to welcome a lot of newcomers to my site! I’ll quickly explain how my releases on my website are conducted. The Gary Clark Jr. poster will be available, right here, in this post on Monday, July 22, 2019 at a random time. A paypal “Buy Now” button will appear under the poster (above) at a random time. I will announce the price of the poster at the same time. The variant, its price and button will also appear here at the same time. Good luck to everyone, and as always, I am very appreciative of your support!

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The inspiration is Hespera – associated with the golden light of the setting sun and the evening star – one of the Hesperides, the nymphs of the western-most islands and guardians of the golden apples.

My newest print for Gary Clark Jr. on my press and coming together through my hands. Yes, this machine fights alienation. Producing my art through every step of the process connects me to myself, to this world of things, and to you, my friend. I’d never choose another way. Normally I don’t preach – because I am confident my art expresses its concepts effectively – but I am grateful and inspired to be back in my studio in creative practice! – Chuck Sperry

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KQED Arts: Nonprofit Developer To Save Community Of Tenants & Murals In Redstone Building By Barry McGee, Chuck Sperry, Ruby Neri, Carolyn Castaño

KQED Arts • June 26, 2019 • by Sam Lefebvre

1934 General Strike Meeting at the Redstone Building (1997) by Chuck Sperry

[Excerpt from KQED Arts, full article below]

The San Francisco Labor Temple opened in 1914, and for decades played a key role in the city’s labor movement. It was the headquarters for unions including Bookbinders’ Local 125, the first all-women union, and in 1934 was the nexus of a historic general strike. The building sold in 1968, gradually acquiring its current mix of arts, social services and cultural advocacy tenants.

In the 1990s, the Lab and the Clarion Alley Mural Project commissioned artists including Barry McGee, Chuck Sperry and Carolyn Castaño to paint murals commemorating the building’s legacy of labor organizing and community service. One of the city’s only publicly viewable artworks by the late Mission School artist Margaret Kilgallen is the Lab’s hand-painted sign.

Dena Beard, executive director of the Lab, described the murals as a prescient collection of the Mission School, a movement associated with unconventional materials, everyday forms and social commentary. “Every piece is really indicative of the artists’ styles at the time,” Beard said. “It was major recognition for what we now consider a hugely important movement.”

Detail: 1934 General Strike by Chuck Sperry

Invitation to opening reception, full list of artist collective, dedication by Mayor of San Francisco

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Opening Night: “You Touched The Distant Sands,” Los Angeles • Online Release Info

Photo credit: Birdman

Chuck Sperry: “You Touched The Distant Sands”
A solo show and retrospective

Online Release: Tuesday, June 11th at Spoke Art.

Thank you to all my supporters and friends for joining me for “You Touched the Distant Sands.” What an incredible solo show in Los Angeles! That was one of my most ambitious shows, and a dream come true! 

Online release info: Remaining works (limited numbers of panels, paper prints and archive) will be made available online Tuesday June 11th in the Spoke Art online store.

All photos by: Birdman

Coming Soon! Sperry’s “Invisible Reasons” Europe Tour:

Geneva, Switzerland – June 13

Next Door Gallery
16 rue de l’Arquebuse
Geneva, Switzerland
Opening Night Reception: June 13, 2019, 6pm
Exposition from June 13 to June 29, 2019

Paris, France – June 22

l’Oeil Ouvert
1 rue Lucien Sampaix
75010 Paris 
Opening Night Reception: June 22, 2019, 6:30 pm
Exposition from June 22 to July 14, 2019

Pisa, Italy – June 28

Argini e Margini di Arno
Scalo dei Renaioli, Lungarno Galilei
Pisa, Italia
Opening Night Reception: June 28, 2019, begins 6:30pm
with DJ Dome La Muerte

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Chuck Sperry’s “Invisible Reasons” Art Tour Coming to Pisa in June 2019

Invisible Reasons
A solo exhibition of new work by Chuck Sperry

Argini e Margini di Arno

Scalo dei Renaioli, Lungarno Galilei
Pisa, Italia

Opening Night Reception: June 28, 2019, begins 6:30pm
with DJ Dome La Muerte

Leningrad Café, Argini e Margini di Arno is pleased to present “Invisible Reasons” a solo exhibition by San Francisco-based screen print master Chuck Sperry. 

For his upcoming solo exhibition in Pisa, Chuck will be showing his recent rock posters and art prints – from the last two years. Chuck will also present his newest art book: “Chthoneon: The Art of Chuck Sperry”

American artist Chuck Sperry is known for his ethereal and psychedelically saturated screen prints that draw crowds of dedicated fans around the world. He draws inspiration from graffiti, pop art, Symbolism, Art Nouveau and ukiyo-e.

Moving past his early work devoted to subverting the memes of advertising, trash-culture, and comics — he currently imagines a verdant garden of new work tended by his signature shimmering muses, calling this work a “utopian provocation.”

“Motivation for my art can be psychological or philosophical – emerging from the realm of the psyche, from the realm of ideas, or from spiritual dimensions. Drawn together my work is the visible effect of these invisible realms making their mark in the physical world – in short it’s psychedelic.”

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Moe. Denver and Red Rocks Poster

moe. Denver & Red Rocks, 2019
35 x 21.5
Edition of 400
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Sold Out – Thank You!

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This poster for May 31 & June 1 concerts was available late last year, officially through the band moe. with a special ticket package.

I will be making a very limited online release of this poster on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at a random time.

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Sperry Books: “Color x Color” • “Helikon” • “Chthoneon” • “Idyllion”

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