The world of screen printing','www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy');" class="lien-auto-article" href="https://www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy">screen printing and visual communications loses one of its historic figures. Fespa France has announced the death of Michel Caza, aged 90, on Saturday May 23, the day after the close of Fespa Global Print Expo 2026 in Barcelona.
This native of Lyon was one of the founders of the Fespa International association in 1962. He chaired it from 1996 to 2002 and served for 44 years on the international federation's Board of Directors, which he stepped down in September 2015.
Over the decades, Michel Caza has accompanied and participated in the transformations of screen printing','www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy');" class="lien-auto-article" href="https://www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy">screen printing. "Michel Caza has dedicated his entire life to silkscreen printing, from the age of 19 onwards, constantly searching, inventing and adapting in the secrecy of his workshops to solve every problem and meet the legitimate and unique requirements of each painter." explains his website biography.
In particular, he transformed an ancient process, based on silk canvas stretched over wooden frames, into a high-precision industrial technology. He spurred manufacturers of presses, inks, media and tools to develop new applications. Its international influence has helped maintain screen printing','www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy');" class="lien-auto-article" href="https://www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy">screen printing in technically demanding industrial sectors (electronics, textiles, large-format digital printing, etc.).
He is also recognized worldwide as a master of ultra-fine prints, and as a master of fine art screen printing','www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy');" class="lien-auto-article" href="https://www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy">screen printing. He has collaborated with such great artists as Andy Warhol, Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Roy Lichtenstein, Joan Miró, Richard Mortensen, Taro Okamoto, Niky de Saint-Phalle and Pierre Soulages.
Michel Caza also worked hard to pass on his technical and historical knowledge. An active participant in professional events, he regularly sat on juries for MAF, MOF, Fespa Awards and Icona d'Or competitions.
He is the author of several works devoted to art screen printing','www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy');" class="lien-auto-article" href="https://www.printindustry.news/search/serigraphy">screen printing and to the history of Fespa International and Fespa France, including Michel Caza, The chameleon of contemporary art.
Fespa France welcomes "a mentor, an enthusiast, a man of sharing and transmission" .
