Bio
Raised on a steady diet of 50s culture and hot rods, Steve “Pheck” Ritsua quickly came to love bold colors and fat lines. As time passed, his appetite grew to include fast music, graffiti and old-school horror flicks. Whether employing oils, acrylics, pencil or the Bic ball-point pen, Pheck’s smooth style belies the often fast-paced, frenetic images he conjures from the depths of his hungry soul. Insatiable, Pheck continues to produce art that builds on and encompasses myriad kustom kulture themes.
-Skinner, East Coast Weasels
Shows:
2000- “East Coast Weasels 1st Group Show” – Java Java, Garden City NY
2003- “East Coast Weasels Group Art Show” – Backstreet Blues, Rockville Centre NY
2003- “Wino’s X-Mas” East Coast Weasels Group Show – Ethical Humanist Building, Garden City NY
2003- “East Coast Weasels Vs. Nassau Crowns” Group Show – Chez Vous, Freeport NY
2004- “Pop Go The Weasels” Kustom Kulture Gallery, Baldwin NY
2004- “East Coast Weasels Take Manhattan” CB’s 313 Gallery, NYC
2005- “Pop Go The Weasels II” Kustom Kulture Gallery, Baldwin NY
2005- “Shut Up & Rock” Group Show – Brooklyn NY
2005- “An Intimate Evening with NRSV” East Coast Weasels Art Show – CBGB’s Lounge, NYC
2005- “Brushes, Needles & Burnouts” Kustom Kulture Gallery, Baldwin NY
2005- “Museums Are For Dinosaurs” Punk Flyer Show – Sputnik, Brooklyn NY
2006- “Saturday Night Stomp” East Coast Weasels Art Show – The Lucky Cat, Brooklyn NY
2006- “See You In Hell” Group Show – MF Gallery, NYC
2006- “Shut Up & Rock II” Rock Star Bar, Brooklyn NY
2006- “East Coast Weasels Group Show ” Maiden Brooklyn, Brooklyn NY
2006- “Old School Vs. New School NYHC Art Show” – Zahra Gallery, Beacon NY
2006- “Pop Go The Weasels III” Kustom Kulture Gallery, Baldwin NY
2006- “Empire State Studio Grand Opening Art Show” – Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2006- “Everything Must Go!” East Coast Weasels Group Show – CB’s 313 Gallery, NYC
2007- “St. Robot’s Day Massacre” RWK Show – Kustom Kulture Gallery, Baldwin NY
2007- “Denim Demons” Denim Jacket Art Show – Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2007- “The Paint Show” Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2007- “The Flyer Show” Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2007- “Avenue A Skateboard Art Show” Avenue A Gallery, NYC
2009- “A Bouillabasse Of Inspiration” Group Show – Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2009- “40 Oz. Of Art” Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2009- “The Shrinky-Dink Show” Signed & Numbered Gallery, Salt Lake City UT
2010- “From Telephone Poles To Gallery Walls” Rock Poster Show – Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2010- “Group Art Show” Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2011- “The Crazy Monster Art Show” Kid Robot, NYC
2012- “The Matryoshka Show” Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2014- “Against The Grain” Paintings & Drawings by Steve “Pheck” Ritsua – Empire State Studio, NY
2014- “Cornucopia Of Cool” Group Art Show – Empire State Studio, Oceanside NY
2016- “Fillin Global – Inaugural Showing of Curated Art” – Castle Fitzjohns Gallery, NYC
2016- “SKB ART” Skateboard Art Exhibition – Fillin Global, NYC
Publications:
Gearhead Magazine #12
Gearhead Magazine #15
International Tattoo Art Magazine
Stretching Canvas Magazine, No. 82
I Want Your Skull #6
Gigposters Coloring Book Vol. 1
Gigposters Coloring Book Vol. 2
Gigposters Coloring Book Vol. 3
It’s Only Rock ‘N’ Roll But I Like It: More Real Rock Art For Real Rock Bands (Fistful Of Rock Books)
Excavate: Unearthing Artistic Skeletal Remains (Out Of Step Books)
Feathers Of Inspiration (Out Of Step Books)
Pandaemonium: Devils, Demons & Monsters (Out Of Step Books)