Barry Pressing

Barry "H.Fish" Pressing (born in 1948) is an American-born contemporary artist and sculptor living in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. He is best known as H.Fish after his childhood nickname and his H.Fish Studios.

Early life and education Pressing grew up in La Mesa, California, nine miles east of downtown San Diego, where he graduated from Helix High School. He attended California College of the Arts in Berkeley, California In 1970, he opened a combination hot-rod shop/art studio called Hog Fish, so named after his childhood nickname. The studio was influenced by surf art, chopper, and hot-rod fabrication. In addition, as a contributor at the time to the underground comix movement, he illustrated comics, including with psychedelic poster designer Rick Griffin and cartoonist Robert Crumb at the comic magazine Zap Comix.

Personal life Pressing lives in Beechworth, in north-east Victoria, with his wife Kerry.