FugScreens Studios

Membership Application

FUGSCREENS MEMBERSHIP

Fugscreens is now offering a yearly membership subscription! The FugScreens Membership program is available for unlimited membership to receive exclusive prints for a yearly fee of $450. As a member of FugScreens you will have access to all of the current events at the shop, as well as one of every gig poster created at the studio (a minimum of 20 posters) and a fine art print by Zissou. You will also get two limited edition t-shirts, as many stickers and buttons as you can carry, and one exclusive print individual to each membership. You will have the option to re-new your membership throughout 2012. Take advantage of this opportunity and fill out the application below! Please email all completed forms to fugscreens@gmail.com!

Members Application

Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff

Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff was born in San Francisco but lived most of his life in Paris and London. He attended Central St. Martens for a year before moving to Chicago in September of 2003. He finished his B.F.A. in Printmaking at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he also studied photography and video.

Zissou has also focused a lot of his work in painting, primarily using acrylic on canvas. He concentrates heavily on the labor involved in making art, along with exploring the different techniques within the printing medium.

Color is also a fascination of his, and this is reflected in all of his work, whether it is a print, photograph, or painting. Ranging from the iconic to the personal, all Zissou’s work is bound together by the use of color and intense.

For the past couple years he has been focused on building his own printing studio, which has helped strengthen his art work. Zissou has worked at Chicago Silk Screen, and the South Chicago Art Center as a teacher. Recently he has started private tutoring and continues to do commissions often he can.

“I am driven by the potential of infinite possibilities and combination with art. I have the viewpoint that my work can always be better and that the piece I just finished can and should lead me to make the next. Only by exploring and continuously making work can I try to fulfill my fascination with creating the perfect piece.”

Michael Lauritano

Michael Having hung around the studio for about a year, Michael has made himself indispensable in the form of a Studio Assistant. A 2007 graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Michael Lauritano is currently on his way to becoming a distinguished salt-and-pepper haired gentleman at the fine age of 25. He refuses to take the bus, preferring instead to walk to work. Dividing his time between children’s book illustration and poster design, you can see his work at www.mlauritano.com and at mlauritano.deviantart.com. Michael is interested in making images that border on the surreal and demand a kind of intuitive storytelling from the viewer. At FugScreens, he plans to continue learning the art of screen-printing, poster design, and its surrounding business practices.

FugScreens Studios

After three years of dedicated effort and some trial and error, FugScreens has assembled one of the highest quality silk screen studios in Chicago. Innovative and fully equipped, FugScreens is able to meet a variety of screen-printing needs.

A fully independent studio, FugScreens is located in Wicker Park’s iconic Mural Building. Artist Zissou Tasseff-Elenkoff, who established and operates the studio, is a 2006 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has experience in a variety media.

FugScreens is dedicated to making screen printing obtainable to the public, whether through fostering new talent or providing a true one-on-one learning experience. The studio offers private tutoring, group classes, residencies, and internships. Other practical services include special commissions, screen exposure, and screen cleaning.

All types of silk screening are available, from photographic process printing, to drawn stencils, to textiles, and more. FugScreens is an open, all-access environment for the necessary equipment and materials, making readily available a washout unit, a one-armed press, a 50 x 60 light table with professional bulbs, printers, a computer, and over 1,000 square feet of studio space.

FugScreens is always growing and changing, so come and see what exciting things are happening there today!