Brian Shure

Brian R. Shure (born 1952) is an American printmaker, painter, author and educator. He is best known for his mastery of printing techniques, knowledge of lesser known art techniques and has published multiple books about the art of chine-collé.

Early life Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he grew up in Willowick and then Mentor. As a teenager he started taking art classes at Cleveland Institute of Art. In 1974 he graduated with a B.A. in art from Antioch College. He apprenticed with Ernest deSoto and Collectors Press, a lithography press in San Francisco. He later worked with Kathan Brown and Crown Point Press as a master printer and coordinator of the Chinese Woodblock Program from 1987 to 1994. Through his work at Crown Point Press he was able to work with artists such as John Cage, Wayne Thiebaud, Francesco Clemente and others. He was granted multiple RISD faculty study grants to travel and study traditional scroll mounting, byobu (folding-screen) repair and the Chinese watercolor woodblock printing process. As of 2018, he is working as a master printer and director of a new print shop, Anderson Ranch Editions at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village, Colorado. Art Gallery of New South Wales, and more. Shure's work as a printmaker (for various presses and various artists) is in museum collections, including; Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Gallery of Art, Brooklyn Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), and others.

Publications Magical Secrets of Chine Collé; San Francisco, CA: Crown Point Press, 2009 Chine Collé, A Printer’s Handbook, San Francisco, CA: Crown Point Press, 2000 “Room to Breathe”, The Artist's Network Magazine, May 2002 (56-60) Ink, Metal, Paper, Wood: Painters and Sculptors at Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 1996