JUROR: JOHN GRECO, ARTIST, MASTER PRINTER/OWNER, JOSEPHINE PRESS
John Greco began his art training in the early 1970’s, studying printmaking with Glen Brunken, Will Petersen, and Dan Rohn. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Art from Slippery Rock University and received his Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking from Kent State University. He has taught courses in Art and Photography at the American Intercontinental University, Kent State University, Slippery Rock University and the University of Southern California. He has exhibited extensively in the US and abroad; his work is included in both public and private collections.

Through his Josephine Press established in 1984 to provide a center for artists to explore their creative potential in printmaking and to publish fine art editions, artist, and master printer, John Greco has collaborated with Raymond Pettibon, Edgar Heap of Birds, John Cage, Meg Cranston, Muramasa Kudo, Michael McMillen, Joseph Piasentin, Nancy Riegelman, Arturo Segundo and Paul Soldner. In 1989, he established the Christopher John Gallery in conjunction with Josephine Press to represent and exhibit the works of innovative artists and printmakers to extend his love for printmaking and investing in the artists of his community.