Gina Alvarez is an artist and printmaker residing in St. Louis, Missouri. She received her BA in Studio Art in 2000 from the College of Charleston in Charleston, SC. She went on to receive her MFA in Printmaking and Drawing from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 2002. Gina is currently teaching Printmaking at St. Louis Community College at Forest Park.
Jeffrey Bishop is an abstract painter who lives and works in Fort Greene, Brooklyn. He has lived in New York since 1994 and before that lived in Seattle, WA for 17 years. He has had recent shows at Miami University Museum in Oxford, Ohio and OHT Gallery in Boston. www.jeffreybishop.com
Lisa Bulawsky is a print geek and inspired generalist. Her works on paper, installations, and public projects exploit the strengths inherent in the printed mark and the vulnerabilities inherent in human existence. She is the founder and director of Vertigo Press, an umbrella organization that has carried out a variety of public projects, and Blindspot Galleries, a mobile exhibition space using print technology and magnetic vinyl. Lisa resides in St. Louis, Missouri and teaches at Washington University. Her work can be found online at www.lisabulawsky.com.
Born and raised in Calcutta, educated in Delhi, Boston, New York and Florence Kiran Chandra of no fixed address is currently based in India, making art, ranting at the television, reading voraciously and keeping in mind that everything is connected. She is working towards a gallery show in Mumbai this summer.
Born in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Kristy Cherry thought that factories along the highways made clouds. Nine years of Catholic school offered an understanding of uniforms, science and saints rather than the Whole. She now lives in small town West Virginia where the history of soldiers is in blue and grey. Kristy teaches Printmaking by day and with ink stained hands serves wine to country club folk by night. Cherry enjoys amassing library ephemera and driving through tunnels. She likes scarf weather, farm markets and faux ornithology. She has a rather small collection of praying mantii in boxes.
Emily Church grew up in Louisville, Kentucky where the natural landscape greatly influenced her drawings. She attended duPont Manual High School Visual Arts Magnet in Louisville, and continued art education at Washington University in St. Louis School of Art where she received her BFA in sculpture. In May, 2006, Emily moved to Brooklyn, NY where she currently works for an art handling company. She continues to draw, paint, and make books in her small studio, pulling ideas and images mostly from the human body, interior and exterior, and the natural landscapes of her past and present. You can find images of Emily's work, as well as statement and resume at www.emilychurch.net
Shannon Collis was born in 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. She now lives and works in St. Louis, Missouri where she is the most recent faculty addition to the printmaking department at the Sam Fox School of Art and Design, Washington University. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts program at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Collis also attended the University of New South Wales Graduate Program in Sydney, Australia and received a Bachelor of Visual Communication Design from the University of Alberta. Her work has been exhibited across North America as well as in Europe and Australia.
Kip Deeds grew up in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and he received a B.F.A. from Temple University and an M.F.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In spring 2007 Deeds will have a Solo Exhibit at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Kip is currently a lecturer in printmaking at Princeton University. His website is: www.kipdeeds.com
Mitchell Dose is an artist interested in experimentation and process who likes to play with sculpture, drawing, installation, video, performance, sound, and electronics. He was born in Minnesota and currently lives in Minneapolis. www.mitchelldose.com
For the past twenty-five years Robert Ebendorf has been reemploying existing materials by devising ingenious uses for what has heretofore been discarded, discovering ways to make new materials from the used. Known for jewelry that includes everything and anything that he has found, he continues his on-going investigations into “Representations”. Bob’s work is represented in many worldwide collections including the Metropolitan Museum of New York, The Victoria and Albert Museum (England), and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. He currently lives and works in North Carolina.
Annette Gates is a ceramic artist who lives and works in Athens, GA.
Laura Gunnip is a printmaker, book artist (All Stitched Up), calendar maker (for the last 15 years) and mom of boy/girl twins: Carson and Stella. She is an American living in Leeds, England for the past 11 years. Currently, she is finishing her MA Printmaking at Bradford College. Contact her by email:
Carson Gunnip Hunter is 7 years old and wants to be an artist when he grows up. He thinks this drawing project is very good. Carson says, ‘I love art projects: Drawing, painting, sticking things together, card board boxes and cutting pictures out of magazines. I also have some crazy dance moves!”
Stella Gunnip Hunter is 7 years old. She loves to climb trees, learning in school and doing these drawings, especially when she used the computer. Stella says, “I love my friends and I love my brother. I love my bed my dad made and I love my mom very much.”
Jana Harper has been trying to figure out what connectivity looks like in its physical, emotional, and energetic forms. She designed this project so that she could stay connected with people she loves and to watch how an idea evolves as it changes hands. She is grateful to everyone who participated for indulging her query.
Paul Harrison is an artist with a background and prevailing interest in printmaking and publishing. His practice combines the use of traditional print methods and materials with new and emerging technologies. He is currently appointed as research assistant/fellow and PhD Researcher at the University of Dundee, Visual Research Centre (VRC) where he co-ordinates and facilitates activity in the print publishing facility. Paul’s PhD research is centered around the development of collaborative projects that explore the process of visualizing information for both a specialized and public audience. The focus of the work is the rapid developments in cell and gene research and the potential role of the image making practice within this process. www.personal.dundee.ac.uk/~plharris/
Stefanie Kirkland has her BFA in Surface Pattern Design with a concentration in Art History from Syracuse University and her MFA from Academy of Art University in San Francisco, CA. She has studied abroad with Syracuse University in Florence, Italy and American University in Corciano, Italy. Kirkland exhibits her work nationally in both public and private collections including the Las Vegas New Mexico Arts Council and The Arts Student League in New York City. She has coordinated exhibitions in Italy, San Francisco and Oakland, CA.
Diana Guerrero-Maciá is a happy person who loves music, cheese, chocolate, and ridiculously long walks particularly those in inclement weather. Best known for her hand sewn "paintings" typically wool, vinyl, cotton, and leather that is pieced, stitched, and stretched like a canvas. Her work investigates the terrain between the worlds of collage, pop culture, hand sewn quits, and sampled language in order to encourage a dialogue between a love of painting and interest in the popular. Her body of work suggests a relationship between the essential modernist medium of paint and the low-tech materials from which it is often distanced. Diana is represented by Bodybuilder & Sportsman Gallery in Chicago and Traywick Contemporary in Berkeley, CA.
Michael Maline currently lives and works in New York City, and has exhibited work in and around New York. Recent residencies include Florence, Italy and Cape Town, South Africa with Claire Gavronsky and Rose Shakinovsky. Michael has also guest lectured at several universities in the Northeast and has taught portfolio preparation classes at Syracuse University, where he received a BFA in sculpture.
Melissa Morris is an artist, teacher and bicycle tour leader living in Florence, Italy. In her work and personal practice, she is interested in processes of healing and transformation, particularly in their relationship to the creative process.
Adie Russell is a painter and video artist who's work investigates the misregistration of the interior self and the exterior expression of the self. She was born in the United States but grew up in England and elsewhere. She currently lives and works in New York City.
Joe Segura is a collaborative artist working in both printmaking and film. His work includes printmaking in his studio, Segura Publishing Company, with numerous artists both nationally and internationally. These projects usually possess a political or social message and he has recently used film and video to the same end.
Kathy A. Sheehan received her B.F.A. in Printmaking in 1993 from the San Francisco Art Institute, and M.F.A. in Printmaking in 2002 from Arizona State University. She currently teaches relief printmaking and book arts as a lecturer at California State University Stanislaus, and is an instructor in printmaking at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, CA and at City College of San Francisco, CA. She lives and maintains a studio in Oakland, CA.
Amy Thompson is working towards her Masters of Fine Art at Washington University in St. Louis. She is a printmaker who is currently investigating the structural qualities of paper.
Erin Vigneau Dimick is a trained book artist who is currently combining text and image on fiber-based sculptures. She lives and works in Edwardsville, Illinois.
Regan Wheat is an artist living and working in Florence, Italy. Her studio practice involves sculptures, drawings, and installations. In addition, she works as the On-Site Director for Washington University Studios in Florence and teaches drawing.
