Department of Visual Arts Marais Press and Printmaking Student Group P.R.E.S.S. Sponsor Visiting Artist Workshops during Fall Semester.

The Department of Visual Arts Marais Press and the printmaking student organization P.R.E.S.S. will host 3 visiting artists during the spring semester. While at Marais Press these artists will be working with printmaking students in the production of a printed edition, presenting workshops and or lectures in the Department of Visual Arts.

February 15- 18th: Raluca Iancu

Raluca Iancu is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at Louisiana Tech University, where she has been a member of the faculty since 2016. She teaches printmaking and drawing. As a printmaker and artist, she is noted for her expertise in silkscreen, lithography, and ceramics. She has exhibited widely throughout the United States in both invitational and juried exhibitions.

Iancu's work explores disaster, tragedy, memory and vulnerability through different mediums, ranging from printmaking to performance, to edible art and printed objects. I question the way we look at tragedy as well as the way we deal with its aftermath. In this series, all physical contact is a collision with permanent visible repercussions.

"Corroded Mammoth", Woodcut, 2011

April 10 – 12^th: Matt Hopson-Walker

Matt Hopson-Walker, is currently an Assistant Professor of Printmaking at the University of South Alabama, where he has been a member of the faculty since 2015. He teaches printmaking and drawing. As a printmaker he is noted for his expertise in silkscreen, etching and relief printing. She has exhibited widely throughout the United States in both invitational and juried exhibitions.

In 2002 he completed his MA followed by his MFA in 2003 both from the University of Iowa. In 2006 he was recipient of the prestigious James D. Phelan Award in Printmaking given by the San Francisco Foundation and administered by the KALA Institute. Matt has been included in 172 juried and group exhibitions and 12 solo shows since 2006. His work is in the collections of the Franklin Furnace Artist Book Collection at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, the University of North Dakota Art Collections in Grand Forks North Dakota, the Amity Art Foundation in Woodbridge Connecticut, the Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts in Miramonte California, the Drawing and Print Collection at The University of Iowa Museum Of Art, and the Tama Art University Museum in Tokyo Japan.

Born and raised in Fresno California, Matthew Hopson-Walker (former owner of a very large rabbit) grew up reading comic books and dystopian science fiction novels. During a formative age he was exposed to movies such as Mad Max, Total Recall, Escape From New York, Blade Runner, and The Omega Man and many themes with in them show up in his work. After working as a janitor for several years he matriculated to the Kansas City Art Institute and received his BFA in Printmaking in 1998. After graduating he and a friend opened their own gallery and screen printing business. To support himself and his heavy metal bass playing “career” he worked as a print technician at his alma mater, did construction, bounced and bussed at various bars, delivered mail and cashiered at liquor stores. These jobs influenced his general misanthropic outlook on humanity and the images he made as an artist.

"we Must Build a Republic of Virtue", Screen print, 2016

April 10 – 12^th: Sarah Marshall

Sarah Marshall, is currently an Associate Professor of Printmaking at the University of Alabama, where she has been a member of the faculty since 2001 and teaches printmaking and serves as Director for Graduate Studies in Studio Art. As a printmaker she is noted for her expertise in lithography and bookmaking. She has exhibited widely throughout the United States in both invitational and juried exhibitions.

Since 2001, Marshall's work has been included in national and international printmaking exhibitions including: Global Matrix, 4th Minnesota National Print Biennial and 17th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in Alabama, Iowa, Pennsylvania and Maryland. In conjunction with her studio practice, Marshall has presented lectures and demonstrations at the College Art Association, the State University of West Georgia, West Virginia University and the University of North Alabama.

"Tell Me No Truth", Lithograph