Born Queens, New York, 1969
Lives and works in New York, NY
New York City, letters, graffiti and text all serve as sources of inspiration for Greg Lamarche. His collages incorporate found materials and a variety of commercially printed papers. The work plays with a profusion of font styles, word fragments and multiple layers and employs characteristics from graffiti such as repetition, bold colors, multiple perspectives and movement.
Born and raised in New York, Greg Lamarche has been making collages since the sixth grade when he used fire works wrappers gathered from the schoolyard as material. He began writing graffiti in 1981 and published Skills magazine during the early 90s. He has worked both as a designer and artist since 2000.
His work has been featured in numerous magazines including, New York Times Magazine, Print Magazine, Juxtapoz Modern Painters and Arkitip, among others. His artwork has also been published in several new books including, Graffiti New York, Ornamental Type and Piecebook Reloaded for which he created the cover graphics.
SELECTED PRESS
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
New York Subway Graffiti, Tod Lange, Schiffer, 2009
Graffiti New York, Eric Feisbret, Abrams, 2009
New Skateboard Graphics. J Namdev Hardisty, Mark Batty Publisher, 2009
Piecebook Reloaded, David Villorente and Sacha Jenkins, Prestel Books, 2009
Ornamental Type. Steven Heller, Thames & Hudson, 2010
Creative Time: The Book. Anne Pasternak and Lucy Lippard, Princeton Architectural Press, NY, 2008
Definition: The Art Design of Hip-Hop. Cey Adams and Bill Adler, Harper Collins, 2008
Piecebook, David Villorente and Sacha Jenkins, Prestel, 2008
