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Joe Grillo (b. 1980 Meteor City, AZ) is an American visual artist based in Virginia Beach, VA.[1] [2]He was briefly a member of the artist collective Paper Rad, before splintering off to found the artist collective Dearraindrop with siblings Laura Grant and Billy Grant in 2003.[3][4][5][6] His graphic work was first published in the quarterly underground comics newspaper Paper Rodeo[7] from 2002-2005, as well as in comic anthologies Kramers Ergot[8][9][10] and Alive Outside.[11] He has exhibited internationally as a solo artist at Nordiska Akvarellmuseet Museum in Skarhamn,[12] Loyal Gallery in Sweden,[13] and The Hole in New York City.[14]

His artwork has been described by Roberta Smith of The New York Times as "raucous, densely composed works... crowded with apparent pop-culture figures and motifs that are nearly all invented. Rendered in saturated colors outlined in black, they operate in an area bounded by painting, cartooning, graffiti and perhaps video games... a crazed retinal overload tends to distinguish Mr. Grillo’s works from those of his predecessors."[15]

Music has been an important influence on Grillo, and references to rock bands can be found throughout his work.[16] His art has been featured on Bill Callahan's Woke on a Whaleheart[17] and Awesome Color's self titled debut.[18] His record designs for Dearraindrop's Asid Rain[19] and Flaspar's Quadrupletrouble[20] were featured in Taschen's Art Record Covers Book in 2017 alongside record designs by Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Damien Hirst.[21][22]

Selected work

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Music

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  • Dearraindrop: Asid Rain (2005)[23]
  • Dearraindrop: (Spinning Silver) Sarcophagus (2006)[24]

Books

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  • Kramers Ergot 3 (Avodah Books, 2002)
  • Kramers Ergot 4 (Avodah Books, 2003)
  • Joe Grillo: #%@&?!!! (The Hole, 2015)
  • Joe Grillo: Acid American (Cellar Contemporary, 2016)
  • Joe Grillo: Miles of Slime and Smiles (Neoglyphic Media, 2023)
  • ALIVE OUTSIDE (Neoglyphic Media, 2024)

References

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  1. ^ Toomral, Michael (2016). Joe Grillo: Acid American. Trento, Italy: Cellar Contemporary.
  2. ^ Furgal, Ben (2023). Joe Grillo : Miles of Slime and Smiles. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Neoglyphic Media. ISBN 9780988535428.
  3. ^ "'An Oasis, a Utopia, and a Nightmare'". Rhizome. 14 August 2018. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  4. ^ Cotter, Holland (2003-01-19). "Doing Their Own Thing, Making Art Together". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  5. ^ Grayson, Kathy (2015). Joe Grillo: #%@&?!!!. Canada: Anteism.
  6. ^ Smith, Nancy (2023-08-01). "Art Lovers New York: Trippin' Down Memory Lane with Billy Grant". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 2025-12-22.
  7. ^ English, Austin (2017-11-20). "Feininger's Grandkids". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  8. ^ McCulloch, Joe (2012-02-28). "This Week in Comics!". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  9. ^ Harkham, Sammy (2002). Kramer's Ergot 3. Canada: Avodah Books. ISBN 0967798930.
  10. ^ Harkham, Sammy (2003). Kramer's Ergot 4. Avodah Books. ISBN 0967798957.
  11. ^ O'Neil, Tegan (2025-05-06). "Alive Outside". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2025-12-23.
  12. ^ "Joe Grillo". Nordiska Akvarellmuseet. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  13. ^ Lilja, Martin. "Loyal, Extrabreit". Loyal Gallery. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  14. ^ "The Hole NYC » Joe Grillo #%@&?!!!". Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  15. ^ Smith, Roberta (2015-11-19). "Joe Grillo and Zane Lewis in Separate Shows at the Hole". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  16. ^ Gupta, Kavi (2005). Dearraindrop: Magic Brain. Italy: Petra. p. 56. ISBN 8887327114.
  17. ^ Bill Callahan - Woke On A Whaleheart, retrieved 2022-02-20
  18. ^ Awesome Color - Awesome Color, retrieved 2022-02-20
  19. ^ Dearraindrop As The Bubblegum Phoenix - Asid Rain, retrieved 2022-02-20
  20. ^ Flaspar - Quadrupletrouble, retrieved 2022-02-20
  21. ^ Cellar. "Joe Grillo on Art Record Covers By Taschen". www.cellarcontemporary.com. Retrieved 2022-02-20.
  22. ^ Spampinato, Francesco (2017). Art Record Covers. Cologne: Taschen. ISBN 978-3836540292.
  23. ^ "Dearraindrop As The Bubblegum Phoenix* – Asid Rain". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
  24. ^ "Dearraindrop, Bug Sized Mind, Blast City, Dave Public: SS Sarcophagus". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2023-03-07.


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