Gary Grimshaw

Gary Grimshaw's talent has kept him in demand and in the spotlight in a career covering the rock scenes in Michigan and the San Francisco area. Doing much of his early work for the Detroit rock & roll band MC5, the Vietnam veteran turned anti-war act...more

Gary Grimshaw's talent has kept him in demand and in the spotlight in a career covering the rock scenes in Michigan and the San Francisco area. Doing much of his early work for the Detroit rock & roll band MC5, the Vietnam veteran turned anti-war activist designed his first concert poster in 1966. Working in San Francisco between 1966-70, he moved back to Michigan and settled in Motor City in 1974 where he concentrated on the local rock scene for the next 14 years. The Art of Rock: Posters From Presley to Punk, published in 1986, recognized Grimshaw as an originator of the form, and he returned to San Francisco two years later. Since then, Grimshaw has designed for Bay Area shows, including five posters for BGP, and released reprints of earlier work. His art has been displayed in a variety of successful one-man shows, group exhibitions and at his own art shop in Oakland....less