Michael John Straub
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Michael John Straub was an artist and printmaker. Originally from Clifton Park, New York
1979-1989 and Amherst, New Hampshire
1971-1979, a 1989 graduate of Shenendehowa High School, he studied at and earned a Bachelor's degree from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
. Born September 23, 1970 in Needham, Massachusetts
. Straub created thousands of unique paintings and tens of thousands of prints and lithographs using a variety of techniques, including abstract and pop art
, which he showed at various art museums and galleries in the upstate New York
area, including the Albright Knox Art Gallery, as well as several art festivals each year, including Buffalo's Allentown
and Elmwood art festivals. Straub was a resident artist at The Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo's bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, and streets are still filled with his murals, sketches, and graffiti.
Straub was also an avid skateboarder, photographer, musician, and poet. Straub's drumming, washboard and jaw harp can be heard on tracks 2 and 7 of Ould Pound's 1998 release "Sounds of the Elma Flatlands" He moved to San Diego, California
in December 2002 where he spent the last year and a half of his life. Straub died unexpectedly of heart failure at the age of 33 brought on by an asthma attack on February 23, 2004 in Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Clifton Park, New York
Clifton Park is a town in Saratoga County, New York, United States. According to the United States Census Bureau, the 2009 population estimate for Clifton Park was 36,469. The name is derived from an early land patent...
1979-1989 and Amherst, New Hampshire
Amherst, New Hampshire
Amherst is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 11,201 at the 2010 census. Amherst is home to Ponemah Bog Wildlife Sanctuary, Hodgman State Forest, the Joe English Reservation and Baboosic Lake....
1971-1979, a 1989 graduate of Shenendehowa High School, he studied at and earned a Bachelor's degree from University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, also commonly known as the University at Buffalo or UB, is a public research university and a "University Center" in the State University of New York system. The university was founded by Millard Fillmore in 1846. UB has multiple campuses...
. Born September 23, 1970 in Needham, Massachusetts
Needham, Massachusetts
Needham is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. A suburb of Boston, its population was 28,886 at the 2010 census.- History :...
. Straub created thousands of unique paintings and tens of thousands of prints and lithographs using a variety of techniques, including abstract and pop art
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the mid 1950s in Britain and in the late 1950s in the United States. Pop art challenged tradition by asserting that an artist's use of the mass-produced visual commodities of popular culture is contiguous with the perspective of fine art...
, which he showed at various art museums and galleries in the upstate New York
Upstate New York
Upstate New York is the region of the U.S. state of New York that is located north of the core of the New York metropolitan area.-Definition:There is no clear or official boundary between Upstate New York and Downstate New York...
area, including the Albright Knox Art Gallery, as well as several art festivals each year, including Buffalo's Allentown
Allentown Art Festival
The Allentown Art Festival is an annual arts festival held in the Allentown neighborhood of Buffalo, New York. Each year on the second weekend of June, the outdoor art festival attracts tens of thousands of people to Buffalo. In 2007, it celebrated its 50th anniversary...
and Elmwood art festivals. Straub was a resident artist at The Buffalo Arts Studio. Buffalo's bookstores, coffee shops, restaurants, and streets are still filled with his murals, sketches, and graffiti.
Straub was also an avid skateboarder, photographer, musician, and poet. Straub's drumming, washboard and jaw harp can be heard on tracks 2 and 7 of Ould Pound's 1998 release "Sounds of the Elma Flatlands" He moved to San Diego, California
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
in December 2002 where he spent the last year and a half of his life. Straub died unexpectedly of heart failure at the age of 33 brought on by an asthma attack on February 23, 2004 in Kaiser Permanente Medical Center
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser Permanente is an integrated managed care consortium, based in Oakland, California, United States, founded in 1945 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and physician Sidney Garfield...
located in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.