Greg Escalante has been an important figure and catalyst of new contemporary art for the past twenty years. Through his work as Copro Gallery and Gregorio Escalante Gallery director, co-founder of Juxtapoz magazine, and avid art collector, he's helped catapult some of the scene's most well known artists to prominence. Publisher of Grand central Press, he is the author of different art books, including: Rat Fink: The Art of Ed "Big Daddy" Roth or Leeteg of Tahiti: Paintings from the Villa Velour