ABOUT THE WORK:
Featured inside is the culmination of over five years of work and collaboration with Avenging Angels Inc., an advocacy ad group established in 2002 by advertising industry titan, the late, great Gene Case. Avenging Angels is best known for creating ads for liberal causes such as those that supported a ban on assault weapons, opposed the war in Iraq, sought to stem nuclear proliferation and for the Hudson River advocacy group Riverkeeper.
ABOUT GENE CASE: Eugene Lawrence "Gene" Case (December 6, 1937 – September 9, 2010) was an American advertising executive who developed campaigns for Mennen Skin Bracer and Tums, and developed ads for political campaigns for Lyndon B. Johnson's 1964 presidential election campaign, as well as for Nelson Rockefeller and Robert F. Wagner. While with advertising agency, Doyle Dane Bernbach, Gene Case worked as part of the team that developed the "Daisy ad" for Johnson's 1964 campaign depicting a girl counting petals plucked from a daisy, the voiceover changes to a countdown that ends with the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion.
ABOUT JOSÉ ROBERTO CHICAS:
José Roberto Chicas graduated from The School of Visual Arts in New York City with a BFA in Advertising and Graphic Design in 2004. José worked for Avenging Angels from 2005 through 2010 during which time he collaborated with Gene and contributed work for clients including, Beyond Nuclear, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Common Cause, Council for a Livable World, Joe Biden for President, Physicians for Social Responsibility, The Nation magazine, The Shalom Center and Women Donors Network, among many.
In 2005, José created the "Nuke/Tree" Nuclear Non-Proliferation poster reproduced and recognized worldwide. His editorial cover design for The Nation magazine, “Racism Rebooted,” was published in Icons of Graphic Design, Second Edition, in 2008. José worked for The Nation magazine, the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the U.S., from 2011 to 2013 as a Production Designer. His political work was featured in "Political Streets" at the Business of Art Center in Manitou Springs, Colorado, in 2012. Most recently, several versions of José's "Nuke/Tree" poster were included in Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) Permanent Collection
José is currently an Independent Freelance Art Director/Designer and Founder of The Iconic "Nuke/Tree" Project. He is proudly based in Dallas, Texas.
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