Chuck Sperry

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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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Widespread Panic Richmond “Juno” Poster Wins Award

My Widespread Panic “Juno” Poster has been voted Poster of the Week by Expressobeans members. Thanks to all my supporters, I super appreciate it! Many thanks to Expressobeans.com.

Commissioned by Widespread Panic for two legendary nights at the Allianz Amphitheater at Riverfront, Richmond, Virginia, my poster was revealed on the first night as a secret surprise, and sold out by the time the shows ended.

“Juno, Queen of the Gods, graces my Widespread Panic poster for Richmond, Virginia. Mother Goddess, central to the earliest rites that dressed our beliefs in human form. Dancing and losing oneself in music connects us to one of the earliest forms of ritual practice.” — Chuck Sperry

We are the good people
The ones they told you about
One kiss of mother nature
Her spirit waits in light

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Chuck Sperry’s “Juno” Widespread Panic Poster Release

Widespread Panic, Richmond VA
20 x 33.5
Artist Edition of 250
7 colors on cream paper
Signed and Numbered

Widespread Panic, Richmond VA
20 x 33.5
Silver Edition of 30
7 colors on silver metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

Widespread Panic, Richmond VA
20 x 33.5
Gold Edition of 30
7 colors on gold metallic paper
Signed and Numbered

Widespread Panic, Richmond VA
20 x 33.5
Satin Black Edition of 25
7 colors on satin black paper
Signed and Numbered

Widespread Panic, Richmond VA
20 x 33.5
Sparkle Foil Edition of 50
7 colors on sparkle foil
Signed and Numbered

Widespread Panic, Richmond VA
20 x 33.5
Lava Foil Edition of 50
7 colors on lava foil
Signed and Numbered

Chuck Sperry’s newest rock poster for Widespread Panic will be available online via EQL launch, Monday through Tuesday, September 15-16, 2025. 

Available starting Monday, September 15:

The online launch of my newest Widespread Panic poster and its variants will open: Monday, September 15, 2025 at 7 am PST. The launch closes on Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 7 pm PST. The launch will be open for 36 hours.

6 Live Launches – One for each edition: Regular, Silver, Gold, Satin Black, Lava and Sparkle.
One entry per launch – Multiple entries per launch will be penalized.
One print per household – You may only win 1 print across all launches.

Visit the launch page for the release (countdown and launch + you can set a launch reminder):

JOIN EQL RELEASE

“Juno, Queen of the Gods, graces my Widespread Panic poster for Richmond, Virginia. Mother Goddess, central to the earliest rites that dressed our beliefs in human form. Dancing and losing oneself in music connects us to one of the earliest forms of ritual practice.” — Chuck Sperry

We are the good people
The ones they told you about
One kiss of mother nature
Her spirit waits in light

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“Bay Area Then” at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts

Chuck Sperry’s art is represented through zines, photos, and photocopies showing at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts from August 1 through January 25, 2026.

The exhibition features Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Rigo 23, Ruby Neri, Manuel Ocampo, Nao Bustamante, Carolyn Castaño, Bill Daniel, Alicia McCarthy, Sergio De La Torre and Chris Treggiari, Beatrix Fowler, Mike “Dream” Francisco, Johanna Jackson, Chris Johanson and Ajax Oakford, Arnold Kemp, Josh Lazcano, Eamon Ore-Giron, Gina Osterloh, Spie One and others.

“Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ new exhibition ‘Bay Area Then’ offers a glimpse of San Francisco in the ’90s, before tech and its hyper-driven version of capitalism overtook the city. The show opens with clusters of ephemera: photos, graffiti zines and photocopied flyers. Whether protesting art censorship or advocating for squatting in abandoned properties, the flyers point to a hopeful radicalism that thrived in an age before ubiquitous AI and mass surveillance. These informal pieces lend ‘Bay Area Then’ a grassroots feel that’s rare for a white-walled, capital-A art institution.” — KQED Arts

‘Bay Area Then’ is on view through Jan. 25, 2026, at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (701 Mission St., San Francisco). Curated by Eungie Joo.

“First Strike” screen printed poster for my print studio’s first gallery show hosted by Txutxo Perez, Lawrence El Colacion & Michael Roman at Mission Badlands in May 1998. [a xerox version is showing at YBCA. Photo above: Filth magazine in vitrine, some photos of shows I curated.]

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Sperry’s Nick Cave Poster Release x Spoke Art at SDCC

Nick Cave (solo), accompanied by Colin Greenwood (Radiohead), 
25 June 2025, Festival Soeurs Jumelles, Rochefort, France
Artist Edition of 100
23.25” x 28.75” (58 cm x 73.5 cm)
5 color screen print on Fedrigoni paper
Signed and numbered

Chuck Sperry is excited to be joining Spoke Art for a return to one of the biggest pop art events of the year, the one and only San Diego Comic-Con! Spoke Art will be releasing Sperry’s new Nick Cave, Artist Edition poster [Sperry will not be attending]. 

Location: San Diego Convention Center
Dates: July 24 – 27, 2025
Booth: 4900

Online Release: Thursday, July 31st 2025 at 10am Pacific Time on SPOKE ART’S WEBSITE.

On this historic solo tour, rock icon Nick Cave transformed his pain into emotional power. With Colin Greenwood (Radiohead) at his side, Cave delivered an intense concert, carried by his dark voice, masterful writing and musicianship.

Chuck Sperry’s poster was officially available at the Nick Cave concert in Rochefort, France at the Festival Soeurs Jumelles, a festival where image meets music. Sperry was honored to be commissioned by festival co-founder and famed French actress Julie Gayet who emphasizes the festival’s commitment to gender equality and eco-responsibility. Ms. Gayet is also known for being the wife of former President of France, François Hollande. 

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