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A GROUP SHOW OF SELECT SILKSCREEN PRINTS AND OTHER THINGS CURATED WITH NAT SWOPE

JANUARY 24TH - MARCH 8TH

LOOK WEST IS PROUD TO PRESENT: INFLUENCE / INSPIRATION, A SELECTION OF SILKSCREEN PRINTS AND OTHER THINGS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF NAT SWOPE. NAT IS A BAY AREA NATIVE WHO’S INFLUENCE STRETCHES BACK TO HIS YOUTH SKATEBOARDING IN THE EAST BAY AND BEYOND. IN 2001, NAT FOUNDED BLOOM SCREEN PRINTING IN OAKLAND, WHICH HE OWNED AND OPERATED UNTIL HE JOINED MONOLITH PRESS IN 2023. WHILE AT BLOOM, NAT PRINTED FOR SOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AND INSPIRING ARTISTS OF THE TIME.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: | AARON DE LA CRUZ | ALAN HYNES | ALEX KOPPS | ASUKA OSHAWA | BIJOU KARMAN | CAITLYN GALLOWAY | DANNY HELLMAN | DOUG CUNNINGHAM | ED TEMPLETON | GEOFF MCFETRIDGE | GROOVE MERCHANT | JAMES WEINBERG | JASON JÄGEL | JASON MUNN | JEFF CANHAM | JEFFREY SINCICH | JEREMY FISH | JOE BROOK | KEN DAVIS | MATT IRVING | MICHAEL SIEBEN | MICHAEL WERTZ | MIKE GIANT | MORNING BREATH | NATHANIEL RUSSELL | NAT SWOPE | PHIL GUY | POROUS WALKER | RICH JACOBS | SCHUYLER BEECROFT | SERENA MITNIK-MILLER | THOMAS CAMPBELL | TUCKER NICHOLS | WILL ADLER | ZOLTRON |

INFLUENCE / INSPIRATION A GROUP SHOW OF SELECT SILKSCREEN PRINTS AND OTHER THINGS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF NAT SWOPE

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“FOR TWENTY-TWO YEARS I PRINTED OUT OF THE SAME SMALL STUDIO ON A FUNKY BLOCK IN OAKLAND, SCREEN PRINTING SMALL EDITIONS BY HAND. I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF WORKING WITH SOME OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS, DESIGNERS AND ILLUSTRATORS ACTIVE THEN AND NOW. THIS EXHIBITION IS A CELEBRATION OF THOSE ARTISTS, THE ONES THAT KEPT ME MOTIVATED, ENGAGED AND INSPIRED FOR SO MANY YEARS. WHILE NOT COMPREHENSIVE IN SCOPE, I HOPE THIS SHOW CAPTURES THE NATURE AND ENERGY OF WHAT WE DID TOGETHER. THIS COLLECTION ALSO INCLUDES EPHEMERA AND ART I ACQUIRED ALONG THE WAY, OUTSIDE OF PRINTED MATTER, BUT STILL VERY MUCH RELATED” — NAT SWOPE

**CURRENT EXHIBITION**

**INFLUENCE / INSPIRATION: SELECT SILKSCREEN PRINTS AND OTHER THINGS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF NAT SWOPE**

**JANUARY 24TH - MARCH 8TH**

**CURRENT EXHIBITION** **INFLUENCE / INSPIRATION: SELECT SILKSCREEN PRINTS AND OTHER THINGS FROM THE ARCHIVE OF NAT SWOPE** **JANUARY 24TH - MARCH 8TH**