C. Gonzales

Manila, Philippines
Brooklyn, NY

MFA, Graphic Design
Boston University

Design Director
Morcos Key

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Chuck has worked with  Aperture,  Brooklyn Museum,  Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum,  The Frick Collection,   J. Paul Getty Museum,   The Jewish Museum NY,  Monacelli,  National Gallery of Art,  New Orleans Museum of Art,  Rizzoli,  The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture,  Studio Museum in Harlem,  Tufts University Art Galleries,  Working Families Party, and more.

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Critical Productive Journal

Critical Productive Journal is an academic journal/magazine located at the critical confluence of culture, arts, architecture, and urbanism. Published quarterly by MIT Press. The gallery features selected spreads from multiple issues.

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Mizna 16th Arab Film Fest

The film festival’s identity revolves around a tapestry of screens, blending the realms of analog and digital. It pays homage to Palestinian cross-stitch embroidery but also serves as a symbolic representation of the interplay between traditional and contemporary storytelling.

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Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist and All That It Implies

Organized thematically, with deep dives into often overlooked aspects of her art by a range of scholars, the book shows Catlett as a visionary—an avowed feminist, lifelong activist, and deft formalist. It traces her development from her earliest days into a transnational artist-activist who never stopped teaching. 

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Race Stories: Essays on the Power of Images

The first title in Aperture’s Vision & Justice Book Series—featuring a collection of award-winning short essays by Maurice Berger that explore the intersections of photography, race, and visual culture. 

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Hammer & Hope

Graphic identity for a new magazine of Black politics and culture. It is a project rooted in the power of solidarity, the spirit of struggle, and the generative power of debate, all of which are vital parts of our movement toward freedom.

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Pro Forma

In this collection of design work, research, and writing, graphic designer Chuck Gonzales considers the intersection of Eurocentric design systems and his Filipino upbringing in Manila, modeling an approach that blends unlearning with strategies to reconnect to Philippine culture.

Pro Forma examines Filipino aesthetic tendencies, domestic design traditions, and especially the humor evident in written and verbal communication.
—Draw Down Books

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Draw Them In, Paint Them Out: Trenton Doyle Hancock Confronts Philip Guston

“The Jewish Museum pairs the Texas artist with a 20th-century master. Together they confront racism with horror—and humor.”
—The New York Times

In bringing together these two trailblazing artists from different generations, this volume situates Guston’s and Hancock’s works in their social and political contexts and explores the way that art, activism, and humor can deepen our understanding of the Black and Jewish experiences in the United States. 

Exhibition:
The Jewish Museum in New York City
11.08.2024–03.30.2025

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PAK Chicken Inasal

Pak Chicken Inasal is a Filipino restaurant centered around smoky, flame-grilled chicken inasal. The identity draws from the energy behind the word “PAK”—the feeling of something “hitting” right—to create a bold, playful, and contemporary expression of Filipino food and culture.

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Schomburg Centennial

A centennial identity for The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, celebrating 100 years of preserving and advancing Black history and culture. The system connects the past, present, and future—honoring the institution’s legacy while creating a bold visual language for its next century.

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How Do You Throw a Brick Through the Window...

How do you throw a brick through the window… follows the radical questioning of writer, musician, and artist Johanna Hedva in their 2016/2022 text "Sick Woman Theory," in which they question how the conditions of disability affect dissent. The publication documents a multi-pronged research initiative beginning with a symposium, workshops, exhibitions, and a publication. Co-published by Tufts University Art Galleries and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center.

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Many Ways of Seeing: Georgia O’Keeffe, Fisk University, and the Alfried Stieglitz Collection

The first publication on the art collection of renowned photographer Alfred Stieglitz—including works by Picasso and Cézanne, African masks, and his circle of modern American artists—which helped introduce and define modern art in America, entwined with issues of race and education.

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