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About Jay Ryan (artist)
- Jay Ryan (born June 15, 1972 in St.
- Louis, Missouri) is a poster maker and rock musician.
- He is noted for his squirrel posters as well as being a bassist in the band Dianogah. Working in Skokie, Illinois, Ryan produces limited run, hand-printed posters for rock bands and concerts, and for events such as art shows.
- Most of his work is screen printed at his print shop, The Bird Machine.
- He has produced posters for the bands Shellac and the Flaming Lips, as well as thousands of others; 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 in 1995. Jay Ryan attended New Trier High School in Winnetka, IL.
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