Mark Arminski

{{short description|American rock concert poster artist (born 1950)}}

{{short description|American rock concert poster artist (born 1950)}}

'''Mark Arminski''' is an American rock concert poster artist born in 1950 in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. He began studying art at the [[Oakland Community College]] and pursued printmaking in stone lithography at the [[Kalamazoo Institute of Arts]]. Rounding out his formal education was his stay at the Dynamic Graphics Education Foundation in Peoria, Illinois, where he studied computer generated art.

'''Mark Arminski''' is an American rock concert poster artist born in 1950 in [[Detroit]], [[Michigan]]. He began studying art at the [[Oakland Community College]] and pursued printmaking in stone lithography at the [[Kalamazoo Institute of Arts]]. Rounding out his formal education was his stay at the Dynamic Graphics Education Foundation in Peoria, Illinois, where he studied computer generated art.

Considered a leader in the new school of rock 'n' roll posters,{{citation needed|date=April 2019}} Mark Arminski has painted the landscape of Detroit and beyond with his signature pieces of concert art. His first commissioned poster work was in the form of silk screens for Iggy Pop and the Smashing Pumpkins. Arminski is notable for bridging the gap between the psychedelic art of the 1960s and the grunge aesthetic of the early 1990s, and he has emerged as a genuine equal among his own mentors. While much of his work was originally found in and around Michigan, he has designed concert posters for events in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco, and he is regularly commissioned to design CD cover art. Arminski continues to have great influence among poster artists and his rich eye-popping designs have expanded beyond print media to body art and murals.

Arminski is the official artist of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422171641/http://www.mackinacislandmusicfestival.org/ Mackinac Island Music Festival], making a new work each season to showcase local, regional and national musicians with deep ties to Michigan.

Arminski is the official artist of the [https://web.archive.org/web/20090422171641/http://www.mackinacislandmusicfestival.org/ Mackinac Island Music Festival], making a new work each season to showcase local, regional and national musicians with deep ties to Michigan.