Jay Ryan (artist)

Jay Ryan is an artist and rock musician. He is noted for his squirrel posters as well as being a bassist in the band Dianogah.

Based in the Ravenswood neighborhood of Chicago, Ryan produces limited run, hand-printed posters for rock bands and concerts, and for events such as art shows. Much of his work is screen printed at his studio, The Bird Machine. He has produced posters for the bands Shellac and the Flaming Lips; he is also responsible for the album art and track illustrations of Andrew Bird's The Mysterious Production of Eggs and Weather Systems.

In 2005 he published a book called "100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals, and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan". He also provided the cover art for Michael Chabon's 2004 novel "The Final Solution" and publicity art for Chicago's 57th Street Art Fair.

Ryan had previously been a bassist for Braid, but left shortly after its formation. He then joined Hubcap before forming Dianogah.

ources

* Anders Smith Lindall, "Off the Wall: Jack Ryan's Whimsical Illustrations Put a Face on the Chicago Rock Scene", "Chicago Sun-Times", Tuesday, December 20, 2005, p. 49
* Jay Ryan, "100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals, and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan", Akashic Books, Chicago, Illinois 2005 ISBN 978-18888451931

External links

* [http://www.thebirdmachine.com/gallery_jay.html Galleries at The Bird Machine]
* [http://www.richardgoodallgallery.com/jayryan.html Exhibition at the richard goodall gallery]
* [http://www.popmatters.com/books/reviews/o/100-posters-134.shtml Review of 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels at PopMatters.com]
* [http://www.icohare.com/art_museo_collection Galleries and Sale at the ICO O'Hare Hotel]
* [http://www.AmericanArtifactMovie.com documentary film featuring Jay Ryan]