Mark Dancey

Mark Dancey was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1963. Dancey graduated from the University of Michigan, where he edited the Gargoyle Magazine. In the late 80s he co-founded the notorious prankster magazine Motorbooty and filled its pages with his comics and illustrations. Throughout the 80s and 90s Dancey traveled far and wide as a guitarist for rock band Big Chief. He was involved in the underground rock scene and produced all manner of graphics including posters and album covers. In 2000, he began making figurative oil paintings and has developed a painstaking style that is founded on dream realism and soaked in nostalgia. Dancey now lives in southwest Detroit, where he paints and teaches at Western International High School.