ARTIST PROFILE: DENNIS MCNETT

Dennis McNett was born in 1972 and grew up in Virginia Beach, VA. He moved to New York in 2001 (3 weeks before Sept.11th) and has lived there since. His main medium is hand carved block prints, and he has been developing his techniques for over 16 years. All of his encouragement as a young kid came from his blind grandfather, who told him over and over again that his drawings were good. Like a billion other teenaged kids, later influences came from the raw high-energy images pouring out of the 80's skateboard scene. Dennis has shown all over the world, and recently designed some board graphics for Anti-Hero skateboards. He works from his Brooklyn studio that over looks the smoggy Brooklyn Queens Expressway. He holds an MFA from Pratt Institute, where he teaches as a visiting instructor at the graduate and undergraduate level. He has also taught at Parsons, Rutgers and the Lower Eastside Print shop. His work is a perfect fit for our upcoming "Horror Business" show!
Dennis recently did an interview with Fecal Face, which you can read here.