Gary Michaels
Print Maker
I have been taking pictures since 1960 and have been a printmaker since 1968 when my partner and I founded Gemini Enterprises ( soon to become Gemini Rising ). We specialized in iconic silk screened black light posters of popular culture images. We followed our conscience and beliefs and published controversial images as well as simple rock & roll images. We fought a few battles, won some and lost some. We were good enough and fortunate enough to sell over 4,000,000 posters in our brief existence. I continue to print what I believe in, and the runs are now very small.
| Exhibitions: -The International Print Center of New York New Prints 2016 / Winter Show -Gleason’s Gym, Dumbo Art Festival 2014 -Gleason’s Gym, Dumbo Art Festival 2013 -The Lower Eastside Print Shop/2013 “Roses by other names” -The International Print Center of New York “Idols and Impossible Structures” New Prints 2017 / Winter Show |
Private Collections: Rasheda Ali Andrew Chan Christina Ibanez Dr. Barry Jordan Jason Mazzota Danny Poku Erik and Erika Rosenthal Doctor Michael and Lana Schlossberg Bruce Silverglade Daniel Vazquez Michael Visconte |
A Great Honor
2016
I am happy to announce that I had been curated into and asked to give an artist’s talk at:
The International Print Center of New York
New Prints 2016 / Winter Show
January 28 – March 26, 2016
508 West 26 Street, Room 5A
New York, New York 10001
After Gemini I went on to publish:
3 books:
“Courtside: The Fans Guide to Pro Basketball”
“The Art of the Mercedes Benz Racing Car”
“The Gourmet Cokebook”
and
“The Portfolio Five” . 5 silk screen prints. 1 each by 5 dissident Cuban artists.