Mike Kuchar and his twin brother George are recognized as the original indie mavericks of 1960s cinema. Starting in the 1950s as teenagers, with a Super 8 camera borrowed from their aunt, the Kuchar brothers created a camp aesthetic, influencing major figures in art and film such as Andy Warhol and John Waters. Their overblown sexy melodramas and sci-fi epics, realized without any budget, have made them legends in the world of experimental film.

Mike Kuchar has also always been a gifted draftsman, drawing and painting an equally amplified world of exaggerated characters, published in underground comic book publications since the 1970s. With his inspiration ranging from the eclectic New York scene of the 1970s and 1980s, 19th-century French paintings, natural history museums, sci-fi literature and his own fascination with the male figure, he helped establish the gay underground comic culture, and his comic books have gathered a cult following.

Mike Kuchar's presentation for Frame juxtaposes his film and drawing work, including a selection of seminal videos and drawings from his oeuvre. The drawings presented, dating from the 1970s to the mid-2000s, were included in US comics such as Meatmen and Gay Heart Throbs, and are shown in the UK for the first time.

New York-born Mike Kuchar has participated in exhibitions at venues that include François Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles (2012); [2nd floor projects], San Francisco (2012); The Apartment, San Francisco (2012); and Matthew Marks Gallery, New York (2002). Mike currently teaches 'Electro-graphic Sinema' in the film department at the San Francisco Art Institute.