2022 Zea Mays Printmaking Biennial Exhibition at APE Ltd. Gallery
Venue: A.P.E. Ltd. Gallery, Northampton MA, 126 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Sunday 12 – 5, Friday 12 – 8, closed Monday
Exhibition dates: September 8 – October 8, 2022
Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 2022
Jurors: Juana Valdes, multi-media artist and Associate Professor (printmaking), UMass Amherst; and Shichio Minato, printmaker, curator, Professor of Art, Fukui University, Fukui, Japan and organizer of first Green Printmaking Symposium in Asia (2019)
Curatorial Statement:
Artists, indeed all of us, can and often do attempt to predict or imagine possible outcomes for the crises-filled world in which we now live. This exhibition calls on printmakers to reflect on future scenarios, both near and far, and envision expansion or a sort of end game. Do we imagine dystopias or utopias? Do we believe that tomorrows may be worse than yesterdays or do we visualize the possibilities of a cleaner and clearer, more balanced world?
Juried from 96 entries by Zea Mays Printmaking members and past Artists in Residence, the resulting art works takes the form of 2 and 3-D prints, artists’ books and installations.
“Through the screening of the entries, I felt the power of art to solve problems that transcend common sense. While “another world is possible” is an extremely open-ended theme that can be taken in a variety of ways, it also poses the difficulty of having to reexamine one’s own stance as an artist.
‘As an artist, how do you perceive the world?’ One’s view of life itself as an artist will be questioned.”
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All the entries had established their own unique styles and worldviews, demonstrating the high caliber of the artists. The fact that the pandemic gave us more time to ourselves than ever before may have had a positive impact on us expressive artists.
From natural disasters such as major earthquakes and fires to wars, terrorism, financial crises, and even very personal but life-shattering losses and traumatic events, there are a wide variety of catastrophes occurring in modern society. It is difficult to find the right answers to these questions, but we artists have reaffirmed that it is possible to give many people the courage to face these difficult issues through our printmaking.
-Shichio Minato, printmaker, curator, Professor of Art, Fukui University, Fukui, Japan and organizer of first Green Printmaking Symposium in Asia (2019)
“Another World is Possible,” as the title for the exhibition, suggests there is still time to create, imagine or restore our world. In their varied printmaking processes, the artworks I selected for the show take on the challenge of imagining a better future, restoring an unbalanced past, and reexamining our current state of being. In their many forms, they offer us a vision forward, a place to reflect on the human condition, and hope to amend our relationship with the planet we inhabit.
-Juana Valdes, multi-media artist and Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
For all sales inquiries, please contact A.P.E. Ltd. Gallery, 413.586.5553, http://www.apearts.org/contact-ape.html
Ritual For Allowing Safe Passage, 2018 – Rhea Nowak
Intaglio with hand stitching, $900
Scending, 2018 – Rhea Nowak
Intaglio with hand stitching and perforations, $900
Unity, 2020-2022 – Malgorzata Oakes
Silkscreen on waste paper, NFS
Human Suffering, 2022 – Erika Radich
Monotype collage, $200
Wonder, 2022 – Erika Radich
Monotype collage, $200
Summer Breeze, 2021 – Betsy Feick
Monoprint collage and inkjet photograph, $500
HUMAN:ANNIHILATION NATURE:RESTORATION, 2022 – Therese Dwyer Moriarty
Watercolor monotype, watercolor collagraph, monotype, collage on Rives BFK, $400
Exploding World, 2022 – Mary Hart
Photopolymer Intaglio, $350
Lexical Functional, 2021 – Sarah Hulsey
Etching, pen and ink, pencil, $1200
Breath Over Water, Red, Umber, and Cool Gray, 2022- Judith Wolf
Woodcut, $450
Mappa, 2022 – Tekla McInerney
Embossed cloth on paper with thread, series of 6 prints, $200 (each print)
Mariupol #1, 2022 – Robynn Smith
Monotype, $1200
Mariupol #6, 2022 – Robynn Smith
Monotype, $1200
Interdependence, 2022 – Victoria Elbroch
Photopolymer etching, $1350
The Shift #2, 2021 – Marnix Everaert
Hard ground + surface roll, $450
The Shift #3, 2022 – Marnix Everaert
Hard ground + surface roll, $450
Signs of the Times, 2020 – B.Z. Reily
Monoprints/letterpress, NFS
Steadfast (Still from animated video), 2022 – Lynn Peterfreund
Video animation composed of monotypes, NFS
Matilda, 2022 – Suzanne Artemieff
Photopolymer intaglio, $275
Another Opening, 2020 – Anne Beresford
Litho monoprint with oil and gouache, $1000
Terracide – Now Playing!, 2022 – Anne Beresford
Monoprinted lithograph, $700
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2021 – Julie Rivera
Woodcut, $400
Rachel Carson, 2022 – Julie Rivera
Multiple block and color reduction woodcut, $450
Ida B. Wells, 2019 – Julie Rivera
Chiaroscuro woodcut, $450
Field Notes 1-4, 2022 – Joyce Silverstone
Drypoint, lithograph, relief, monotype, $2500
Positive Vibrations, 2022 – Elisa Lanzi
Artist book, $350
Map of Water 1, 2011 – Susan Osgood
Monotype, $5800
Late in the Day, 2021 – Sarah Creighton
Photopolymer etching, chine colle, $400
Changing Views, 2022 – Susan Rood
Linocut, monotype, collage, $2000
Ubuntu no. 1, 2022 – Doris Madsen
Mono Lithograph and thread, $400
An Atmosphere of Water and Dust; #3, 2022 – Nancy Diessner
Photopolymer intaglio on Xuan paper, $800
An Atmosphere of Water and Dust; #8, 2022 – Nancy Diessner
Photopolymer intaglio on Pescia paper, $800
In Balance, 2022 – Meredith Broberg
Watercolor monotype, NFS
Blanket for the Past, 2022 – Lydia Giangregorio
Screenprinted cotton with mordant painting, embroidery and repurposed pillow case, $300
Until Morning Comes, 2022 – Matthew Simons
Monotype, $750
A heroic effort but individualism won’t stop this., 2022 – Angela Zammarelli
Braided toilet paper wrappers, Tetra Pak print on fabric, NFS
Passage of Time: a Triptych, 2022 – Martha Braun
Mokuhanga woodblock monoprint, natural earth and mineral pigments in starch paste, handmade papers, chine colle, $250
Lymphatic/Day Lily, 2022 – Jennifer Scheuer
Lithograph, $550
Lobelia Inflata, 2022 – Jennifer Scheuer
Lithograph, $550
Storm 1, 2022 – Liz Chalfin
Photopolymer intaglio, $1000
Storm 2, 2022 – Liz Chalfin
Photopolymer intaglio, $1000