Michael John Straub

Michael John Straub (1970-2004) was an artist and printmaker. Originally from Clifton Park, New York 1979-1989 and Amherst, New Hampshire 1971-1979, a 1989 graduate of Shenendehowa High School, he studied at and earned a Bachelor's degree from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York.^[1] Born September 23, 1970 in Needham, Massachusetts.^[1][2] Straub created thousands of unique paintings and tens of thousands of prints and lithographs using a variety of techniques, including abstract and pop art, which he showed at various art museums and galleries in the upstate New York area, including the Albright Knox Art Gallery, as well as several art festivals each year, including Buffalo's Allentown and Elmwood art festivals. Straub was a resident artist at The Buffalo Arts Studio.^[1][2][3] Buffalo's bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, and streets are still filled with his murals, sketches, and graffiti. Straub was also an avid skateboarder, photographer, musician, and poet. Straub's drumming, washboard and jaw harp can be heard on tracks 2 and 7 of Ould Pound's 1998 release "Sounds of the Elma Flatlands" He moved to San Diego, California in December 2002 where he spent the last year and a half of his life. Straub died unexpectedly of heart failure at the age of 33 brought on by an asthma attack on February 23, 2004 in Kaiser Permanente Medical Center located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.^[1][2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Straub, Michael J.". The Times Union^{[disambiguation needed ]}: pp. B6. 2004-03-02. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} "Michael J. Straub, Well-Known Area Artist". Buffalo News. 2004-03-02. 
3. ^ "Buffalo Art Studios". Buffalo Art Studios. http://www.buffaloartsstudio.org/aa_002.html. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 

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Persondata
Name	Straub, John
Alternative names	Mike Straub
Short description
Date of birth	1970
Place of birth	Needham, MA
Date of death	2004
Place of death	Los Angeles, CA