There’s Been A Murder! – the Whodunit? series of 36 monoprints and installation by Gregory Santos – on view in the Living Room gallery at Bell Projects March 2-April 28, 2024. Please Join us for the Opening Reception on Saturday, March 2 from 6-10pm.

Whodunit? is a series of thirty-six unique monoprints combining the processes of lithography and screenprint. The imagery is of the six murder weapons from the Parker Brothers® board game Clue®.

Beyond developing one’s skills of reasoning, examination, and determination, Clue introduced the concepts of deceit, suspicion, and murder to children. This series highlights the somewhat lightheartedness that was awarded to the act of murder and how it was portrayed in a family board game.

Each weapon is depicted in six different colorways. Using a different color combination for each of the six characters from the game, each weapon icon is given different emotion, weight, and presence.

Gregory Santos (b. 1979, New York) is an abstract artist and professional printer specializing in lithography and screen printing. In 2015 he relocated from New York City to Denver, Colorado. His studio practice is based out of Art Gym Denver where he has served as the founding Printmaking Director since Art Gym’s opening in 2015. He was the organizing Chair of Denver’s Month of Printmaking biennial event from 2016 to 2020.

As a collaborative printer he’s made editions for artists: Tony Ortega, Gigi Chen, Dinh Q. Lê, and Sanford Biggers. He’s also printed editions for Cecily Brown, Jill Moser, Guillermo Kuitca, Robert Kushner, Mickalene Thomas, and Helen Frankenthaler. Gregory created Mixed Grit in January 2019. Through this unique project he’s printed crayonstone lithographs for thirty-six artists from across the country.

He completed the Printer Training Program at the Tamarind Institute for lithography, and holds a Master of Arts degree from New York University as well as a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking from Syracuse University.