EMEK
The Thinking Man's Poster Artist
June 2- August 1. Reception for the artist June 2, 6-8PM
Artist Emek
Emek is a designer, illustrator and fine art painter living in Portland Oregon. Famously penned “The Thinking Man’s Poster Artist” by punk-rock singer Henry Rollins while working on his album cover for A Rollins in the Wry amongst other Rollins’ album covers and gig poster commissions.
He was invited to exhibit at the opening of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and received national and international media attention (CNN, New York Times, The Guardian, LA Weekly Rolling Stone, WiReD, Juxtapoz, the cover of the Oregonian, OPB etc.). Emek’s work has been shown in galleries across the United States and Canada, and in Berlin, London, Tokyo, Paris, Antwerp, among others.
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