APE MADE
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Client Work

2015 - 2024


 

Team NEO

Office Artwork

2024

Three of my Mono/Photo pieces were enlarged and printed as canvas wraps for Team NEO’s newly renovated downtown Cleveland office. Two are from my Mono/Photo series, with one new rural piece created in the same style. These artworks use local imagery as a basis to convey three regional montaged scenes: Lake Erie, Cleveland’s downtown, and rural Ohio (giving a range of the areas they work in as an economic development partner). This series was created by pairing mono screen printed under layers with photographic screen printed overlays. With this process, each print is one-of-a-kind. The originals are 12’’x18’’ each, reproduced and enlarged here as digitally printed 24’’x32’’ canvas wraps.


 
 

Superior Ave. / CCM Mural

2023

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Legacy / Kyshona Posters

2023

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Look Closer / CIFF47 Award Artist

2023

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Hope, Health, and Humanity / MetroHealth Staff Mural

2022 / 2023

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Together in Community and Service / UA School of Law

2022-2023

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Urb Series / 629 Euclid

2022

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Regeneration / Summit County Courthouse

2021

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Lorain Avenue Bus Shelters

2021

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Severance Hall Store

2020

I created a handful of designs based on Severance Hall’s history and architecture at the request of the store, and hand screen printed them onto neckties and scarves for sale there.

 

 

Nurture / Panera at Cleveland Clinic

2019-2020

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BorderLight

2019

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I created the art for the 2019 inaugural year of BorderLight’s International Theatre + Fringe Festival in Downtown Cleveland. The festival was looking for something aspirational with a gritty but sophisticated feel and a broad, international appeal. The design was utilized in a broad range of materials and applications for the festival.

 

 

Preterm Bowl-a-Thon

2019

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This project is more in line with my screen printing company, APE MADE. I designed and hand printed these vintage bowling shirt inspired tees for Preterm Cleveland, in conjunction with their annual fundraiser for abortion access funds. APE MADE has long been a sponsor and personal fundraiser for this event - it was a welcome addition to be able to also create these shirts for the 2019 event.

Event photos below by Heidi M. Rolf.

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Loan Protector Solon

2019

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This was a corporate commission for Loan Protector Solon inspired by the Hilton ‘Foundations’ series, a salon style piece layering both current and historic Cleveland imagery. The total area when hung is roughly 4’ x 8’ and the palette was chosen with the client’s preferences for their new space.

 

 

Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland Race For Kids

2019

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This project is more in line with my screen printing company, APE MADE. I designed and hand printed this large order of custom Cleveland centric tees for Boys & Girls Clubs of Cleveland, in conjunction with their annual fundraiser, Race For Kids.

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Freedom of Speech / City Club Mural

2017-2018

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Cleveland Marathon

2017

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As 2017 marked the Marathon's 40th anniversary, the goal with this poster was to throw it back to the late ’70s.

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I used a photograph of Cleveland Marathon runners from that era, provided by the organizers – combined with one of my own more recent featuring the Terminal Tower, Key Center, and the Huntington (old BP) Building. These photos were bitmapped to give the feel of a 1970s newspaper clipping / xerox / mimeograph and coupled with a retro font. 1970s teal ink was used with Sno-Cone blue paper to mimic the Marathon’s colors. Each print was hand printed, signed and numbered.

 

 

Crossing The River

2017

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Original screen prints created as cover art for the book of poetry by Bill Griffin, Crossing The River, reflecting on his nearly 40 years of service as a doctor in rural North Carolina. Printed in in 3 color ways, the author chose the warm for his cover.

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Payne / Bialosky Architects

2015-2016

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Foundations / Hilton Hotel

2015-2016

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