We're thrilled to present new work by Island Pizza. Known for their text-based, experimental approach to art & print, Island Pizza offers a collection of drawings for this intimate display at Up Up Books. This show is a celebration of complexities of nature & culture, the taboo, and the power of a unified, inclusive front of individual & collective thinking.

Island Pizza was born in 1987 in Indianapolis, IN where they grew up in a Caribbean-American family. They moved to Portland in late 2007 to work with friends on building an outdoor community space. In Portland, they attended PSU, PNCA and the Oregon College of Art & Craft where they earned their MFA. During this time they performed with a literary collective/noise band called Clothes. They have self-published two artist books using mixed print and hand-binding methods, and have had one solo exhibition. Island Pizza currently lives in SE Portland and works at Up Up Books

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