Jeremy Fish | |
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![]() Jeremy Fish in San Francisco, 2017. | |
Born | Jeremy Dan Fish 1974 (age 49–50)
Albany, New York, U.S. |
Education | San Francisco Art Institute |
Known for | Art, Illustration |
Spouse | Jayde Cardinalli (? – 2019) |
Jeremy Dan Fish (born 1974) is an American illustrator and artist. He lives and works in the North Beach neighborhood of San Francisco. [1]
Fish was born in Albany, New York. He lived in upstate New York in Saratoga Springs, until he moved to San Francisco in 1994 to attend art school. [2] He received his BFA degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) in 1997. [3] [4] [5] After graduating he took a job screen printing for the skateboard industry. [2]
In 2006, Nike Skateboarding released a version of the Air Classic shoe with artwork designed by Fish which they later recalled because Nike was not satisfied with the embossing. [6]
Fish has collaborated with Aesop Rock since the latter's move to San Francisco in 2005. In the fall of 2006, the pair created a book entitled The Next Best Thing, which also included a 7-inch picture disk. [7] Fish later created the artwork for Aesop Rock's fifth studio album None Shall Pass, released by Definitive Jux. [8] In 2009, they again teamed up to release Ghosts of the Barbary Coast on Definitive Jux. [9]
In 2008, DRAGO staged Rome-antic Delusions, an exhibition of Fish's paintings, drawings and screen prints. The exhibition was held in Rome, and much of the art was created there as well. [10]
His Silly Pink Bunnies (2011) sculpture and mural was at the corner of Haight Street and Laguna Street in San Francisco, featuring a large, pink rabbit head widely opening its mouth to reveal a skull. Silly Pink Bunnies was removed in 2013 due to construction. [4] A Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign was started and raised over $50,000 to erect a permanent bronze bunny near the same location in the future. [4] [11] The sculpture eventually found a home at the Haight Street Art Center. [12]
In 2013 he worked on creating a custom pinball machine for a project called "Bring Back The Arcade" with Tilt Warning Customs. [13]
In 2015, Fish was named San Francisco City Hall’s first Artist-in Residence and an opening O Glorious City was held in November 2015. [14] Additionally an exhibition book of his work, "O Glorious City: A Love Letter to San Francisco" was published. [1]
Much of Fish's work has been conducted on a barter system. [1] Exchanging artwork and murals for meals at restaurants and for an art studio, but remaining adaptive and moving his art studio based on the building vacancy. [1] He has lived in many alternative spaces to save money, including in a closet. [1]
In late 2014, Fish suffered a brain aneurysm that required surgery. [15]
He was previously married to artist, Jayde Fish (née Cardinalli). [16] The couple divorced in 2019 in Los Angeles, California. [17]
We caught up Fish (who's married to foundational Upper Playground and Superfishal artist Jeremy Fish)