Scott Szegeski is a New Jersey-based surfer and artist who is known for his gyotaku art and surf-inspired interpretations of Japanese printing. 

Szegeski presents a unique blend of traditional Japanese printmaking, surf culture and history, mixed with travel nostalgia through as seen through the eyes of an avid surfer and cultural entrepreneur. 

After years printing a variety of his own surfboards while working in his family’s restaurant group, requests for Szegeski’s gyotaku prints from local surfers and galleries gained momentum. Those looking to carve out a memory in time of their favorite surfboard sought-out Szegeski’s work inspired by a century’s old Japanese fish printing process. 

“Inspiration for ‘SometimeWhere’ first came about after I found old slides of a family trip to post WWII Southern California. During the war, we had taken our best minds of the time and put them in large labs and had them invent things to help the United States win the war. Afterward, these new inventions were taken into communities and industries and used in ways they were not intended for. Items such as styrofoam, moldable injected rubber, and mixed woven fabrics inadvertently launched the new direction of the surf industry - right there, with those things, at that time. ‘SometimeWhere’ is as much about creative alternative use as it is about advancing those uses for peaceful purposes and how it influences modern surf culture.” - SS