1974	BFA Layton School of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
1974–1975	Fishy Whale Press, Milwaukee, WI — Master Printer
1975–1976	Windmill Press, Taos, NM — Owner, Master Printer
1978–1985	Cream City Graphics, Milwaukee, WI — Owner, Master Printer
1985–1995	John Gruenwald / Printmaker, Milwaukee, WI — Owner, Master Printer
1995–2000	Tinhorn Press, San Francisco, CA — Partner with Terry Chastain
2000–2003	Tinhorn Gallery, San Francisco, CA — Partner with Terry Chastain
2003–2017	Gruenwald Press, San Francisco, CA — Owner, Master Printer
2018–present	Gruenwald Press, Humboldt County, CA — Owner, Master Printer

My career, my life, has been art and printmaking. Starting out drawing pictures as a small child, to fi rst printing on an etching press in high school, to majoring in printmaking in art school.

In my 40-year plus career of collaborating and editioning prints, I have worked with over 300 artists. I have taught printmaking at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, published print portfolios, owned a print gallery, and given workshops.

I have also always worked on my own art. Details of my art career (CV) can be downloaded by clicking here. However, I’ve always liked this story of the painter Balthus when asked to provide biographical details for a major retrospective of his work at the Tate Gallery in London. He sent a telegram that read:

NO BIOGRAPHICAL DETAILS. BEGIN. BALTHUS IS A PAINTER OF WHOM NOTHING IS KNOWN. NOW LET US LOOK AT THE PICTURES.