James Rizzi is a prominent American pop artist, who was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He currently resides and works in a studio/loft in SoHo in Southern Manhattan. Rizzi studied Fine Arts at the University of Florida at Gainesville, Florida. He came up with the idea of 3D multiples now mostly associated with his name when, having taken classes in painting, printmaking and sculpturing, he had to hand in grade work for all three subjects, but only had time for doing one. So he created an etching, printed it twice, handcolored it, and mounted parts of the one print on top of the other, using wire as a means of adding depth. Having received good grades from all three teachers, he stuck with the idea and developed it further. I saw him on a Vernissage of Gallery Kersten in Brunnthal, south of Munich. I like his work very much for many years. He's such a nice person! www.james-rizzi.com/::en--.html