Tony Fitzpatrick

TONY FITZPATRICK is a Chicago-based artist best known for his multimedia collages, printmaking, paintings, and drawings. Fitzpatrick's work are inspired by Chicago street culture, cities he has traveled to, children's books, tattoo designs, and folk art. Fitzpatrick has authored or illustrated eight books of art and poetry, and has written a column for the Newcity. Fitzpatrick's art appears in the The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the National Museum of American Art in Washington, DC. The Neville Brothers' album Yellow Moon and the Steve Earle's albums El Corazon and The Revolution Starts Now also feature Fitzpatrick's art. In 1992, Fitzpatrick opened a Chicago-based printmaking studio, Big Cat Press, which exists today as the artist exhibition space Firecats Projects. Before making a living as an artist, Fitzpatrick worked as a radio host, bartender, boxer, construction worker, and film and stage actor.

Website: https://tonyfitzpatrick.co/

Email: tonyfitzpatrickno.9@gmail.com 

Studio: 1513 N Western Ave – 1st Floor 

Instagram: @tonyfitzpatrick9

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