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Jos Sances Prints and Multiples

American, b. 1952
Jos Sances was born John Joseph Sances in Boston and attended Montserrat School of Visual Art in Beverly, Massachusetts. For more than 40 years he has made his living as a printmaker and muralist in the San Francisco Bay Area. Jos is founder of Alliance Graphics, begun in 1989, a successful, union screenprint shop. Previously he co-founded Mission Grafica at the Mission Cultural Center in 1980 and worked there until 1988. Jos is also a founding and lifelong member of the Great Tortilla Conspiracy - a political performance group that produces satirical edible art screen printed with chocolate on tortillas. In 2010 and 2016 the Library of Congress acquired nearly 500 of Sances’ prints that broadly represent his output. His work has been exhibited widely, including the show “Committed to Print” at New York’s Museum of Modern Art. In 2022 he was invited to show his work at La Sorbonne, Université, in Paris. Sances work is featured in “¡Printing the Revolution! The Rise and Impact of Chicano Graphics 1965 to Now” at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He is one of the few non-Chicanos whose work is featured in the exhibition. As an artist and community collaborator for the past 25 years, murals and public art have been Jos's passion. He has painted murals at the Oakland Coliseum and tile mural commissions at the AMTRAK/BART Station, Richmond, CA, the Sixteenth Street BART station in San Francisco. Two tile murals were completed in 2009, at the Castro Valley Library and Arnett Watson Apartments in San Francisco with Art Hazelwood. In 2015 and 2016 three screen printed tile murals and workshops were done in Todos Santos, Baja, Mexico, as well as the Shoruq Cultural Center in Dheisheh Refugee Camp.
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Artist: Jos Sances
Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances
Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances

Here is the Sea, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

One print from Jos Sances cycle concerning Moby Dick. A vast sperm whale drifts below the surface, scarred by harpoons, while above floats a lone survivor on a coffin raft—a haunting...

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Her is the Sea, by Jos Sances
Her is the Sea, by Jos Sances

Her is the Sea, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

One print from Jos Sances cycle concerning Moby Dick. A vast sperm whale drifts below the surface, scarred by harpoons, while above floats a lone survivor on a coffin raft—a haunting...

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The Chase - Third Day, by Jos Sances
The Chase - Third Day, by Jos Sances

The Chase - Third Day, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A double image, with multiple narratives. The title and main imagery depict the third day of Captain Ahab's fateful chase of Moby Dick (chapter 135). In the lower image the whale is ...

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Front Yard Persimmons, by Jos Sances
Front Yard Persimmons, by Jos Sances

Front Yard Persimmons, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

A flock of blackbirds perch in a tree full of bright red persimmons, in front of the gable of a Victorian house. Medium: Screenprint Year: 2020 Image Size: 13 x 18 inches Edition of...

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Humpbacks, by Jos Sances
Humpbacks, by Jos Sances

Humpbacks, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Satirical view of two humpback whales viewing a plastic back floating by. Sances is well known for his murals and prints featuring whales, including an upcoming exhibition "Or the W...

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Rachel, by Jos Sances

Rachel, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Jos Sances' screenprint "Rachel" serves as a poignant tribute to the themes explored in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. The artwork depicts the whaling ship Rachel, a vessel steeped in ...

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Baja Dolfins, Richmond Tanker, by Jos Sances

Baja Dolfins, Richmond Tanker, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: 18 color Screenprint Year: 2022 Image Size: 23 × 35 inches Edition of 18 A dynamic coastal scene in which a pod of dolphins breaks the surface of churning water beneath a gl...

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Pequod, by Jos Sances
Pequod, by Jos Sances

Pequod, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

In Pequod, Sances presents a climactic moment from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. Rendered with meticulous detail, the scene depicts the doomed whaling ship Pequod sailing into a storm...

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Perth, by Jos Sances

Perth, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

In Perth, Jos Sances captures a dramatic and symbolic scene drawn from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, depicting the ship’s blacksmith Perth forging a harpoon under the watchful eye of ...

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Pangas Launch from Punta Lobos, by Jos Sances
Pangas Launch from Punta Lobos, by Jos Sances

Pangas Launch from Punta Lobos, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: 8 color Screenprint Year: 2023 Image Size: 16 × 32 inches Edition of 18 Pangas Launch from Punta Lobos by Jos Sances is a vivid contemporary woodcut that captures the tensio...

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Dia de los Muertos, November 2, by Jos Sances
Dia de los Muertos, November 2, by Jos Sances

Dia de los Muertos, November 2, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Jos Sances’ Día de los Muertos, November 2 is a densely layered allegory reflecting on the long shadow of European “discovery” and its ongoing consequences. Rendered with Sances’ tra...

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Mariners, Renegades and Castaways, by Jos Sances
Mariners, Renegades and Castaways, by Jos Sances

Mariners, Renegades and Castaways, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: 8 color Screenprint Year: 2015 Image Size: 36 × 18 inches Edition of 11 Mariners, Renegades, and Castaways by Jos Sances revisits the brutal realities of nineteenth-century ...

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Ahab, by Jos Sances

Ahab, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

In this compelling portrait titled Ahab, acclaimed artist Jos Sances channels the psychological intensity of Herman Melville’s iconic anti-hero from Moby-Dick. The print presents a b...

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Frederick Douglas, by Jos Sances
Frederick Douglas, by Jos Sances

Frederick Douglas, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Screen print depicting Frederick Douglass, the great abolitionist and orator. Surrounding his portrait is imagery of a schoolhouse and Black children, symbolizing Douglass’s lifelong...

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Melville, by Jos Sances
Melville, by Jos Sances

Melville, by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Screen print portraying Herman Melville, based on Asa Twitchell’s portrait. Behind Melville rises the Bay of Naples, echoing the author’s travels, while below, a dramatic whaling sce...

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Todos Santos, November 1, Screenprint by Jos Sances, Spanish conquest theme
Todos Santos, November 1, Screenprint by Jos Sances, Spanish conquest theme

Todos Santos, November 1, Screenprint by Jos Sances, Spanish conquest theme

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Screenprint Year: 2021 Image Size: 22 x 22 inches Edition of 25 Jos Sances was born John Joseph Sances in Boston and attended Montserrat School of Visual Art in Beverly, Mas...

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Turtle Release, Todos Santos, conservation theme print by Jos Sances, ed. of 25
Turtle Release, Todos Santos, conservation theme print by Jos Sances, ed. of 25

Turtle Release, Todos Santos, conservation theme print by Jos Sances, ed. of 25

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: Screenprint Year: 2021 Image Size: 11 x 18 inches Edition of 25 After over-exploitation led to a collapse in the green turtle population, the area is now used by conservatio...

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Turtle Release + FrIgate Bird Above Playa las Palmas, screenprint by Jos Sances
Turtle Release + FrIgate Bird Above Playa las Palmas, screenprint by Jos Sances

Turtle Release + FrIgate Bird Above Playa las Palmas, screenprint by Jos Sances

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: 8 color Screenprint Year: 2023 Image Size: 20.75 x 14.5 inches Edition of 12 Over-exploitation led to a collapse in the green turtle population in the area, but it is now us...

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Turtle Cannery Ruins, Punta Lobos, Screenprint by Jos Sances, edition of 12
Turtle Cannery Ruins, Punta Lobos, Screenprint by Jos Sances, edition of 12

Turtle Cannery Ruins, Punta Lobos, Screenprint by Jos Sances, edition of 12

By Jos Sances

Located in Palm Springs, CA

Medium: 7 color Screenprint Year: 2023 Image Size: 20.75 x 14.5 inches Edition of 12 The abandoned cannery at one end of the beach at Punta Lobos dates from the period 1960-80. Over...

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Portrait of Frederick Douglas. A former slave, he became one of the most famous abolitionist and an leader in the movement for African-American civil rights in the 19th century. Me...

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Great Egret
Great Egret

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The Great Egret has been said to symbolize new beginnings, peace, grace and partnership. Here, we see the Egret against a blue sky, with the image superim...

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