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Jeff Gress is a Honolulu-based artist, designer, and muralist whose work centers on hand-crafted typography, sign painting, and culturally grounded visual storytelling. His practice includes large-scale hand-lettered murals, traditional sign work, gold-leaf gilding, and custom type design—often carried from sketch to final installation to preserve a strong human touch in built environments.

Rooted in Hawaiʻi, Gress draws from local language, surf and street culture, and the visual character of island life while engaging global lettering and design traditions. The result is work that feels both distinctly local and contemporary.

Gress is recognized for dynamic murals and landmark typographic pieces that activate storefronts, cultural venues, and community spaces, turning everyday architecture into expressions of place and identity. His public art and signage across Honolulu and beyond emphasize clarity, legibility, and craft, whether he’s creating a single word or a full wayfinding system. He has contributed to major mural and street art projects in collaboration with artists, cultural organizations, and businesses.

Beyond walls, Gress designs logos, event graphics, and identity systems that adapt the boldness and precision of his mural work to print, packaging, and architectural signage. By pairing hand-drawn lettering with measured digital refinement, he creates visual systems that feel both timeless and responsive to contemporary culture. Across mediums, his work positions typography as a form of storytelling that honors Hawaiʻi’s heritage while engaging a global visual dialogue.