BearBear Creative Studio & Risograph Hub

Diana H. Chu is a writer and illustrator who works best with pencil to paper. She traded years of art director gigs for the entrepreneurial frontier in 2021. Her background is in communication design (BFA) and illustration practice (MFA). She hails from Virginia, Hong Kong and St. Louis. Ben Grzenia is an avid outdoorsman who grew up in Southern Wisconsin. His background is in graphic design (BA) and printmaking (MFA), with emphasis on collage, screen-printing, and now Risography. He has worked across various industries as a designer (and once as a bagel baker!) Diana and Ben launched BearBear in Milwaukee as a self-publishing Risograph studio in 2019. BearBear hand-crafts contemporary art books and indie publications, believing that artisan imperfection is a virtue.