Meet the Artists
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Keith Achepohl
Professor Emeritus, University of Iowa, Iowa City Born in 1924 in Chicago, Achepohl was a graduate student at the University of Iowa in the late 50’s and early 60’s. He was invited back in 1974 and took over the print department from Mauricio Lasansky, continuing the powerful legacy and impact of Iowa on the development of print art and artists. Achepohl currently lives in Eugene, Oregon. He runs the University of Iowa’s summer program abroad in Venice now in it’s 25th year, and is actively exhibiting and producing prints and sculpture. |
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Garo Antreasian
First Technical Director, Tamarind Institute, Los Angeles; Emeritus Professor of Art, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque Born 1922 in Indianapolis, IN. Taught at Heron School of Art until he was hired by June Wayne to become the first Technical Director at Tamarind Institute in Los Angeles. Some of his students include Ken Tyler, Jack Damer, Vija Celmins and Jack Lemon. |
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James Bailey
Professor of Printmaking at The University of Montana in Missoula was born in New Jersey and grew up in Minneapolis, MN. He earned his BFA from the University of Minnesota and his MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. James now resides amongst the beautiful mountains of the bitterroot valley. As an artist, James has exhibited his work nationally and internationally in over 140 exhibitions throughout the United States and abroad and his work can also be found in numerous public and private collections including those of the Walker Art Center, New York Public Library, Jundt Art Museum and Sioux City Arts Center among others. James has presented lectures and workshops through such venues as Frogman’s press, Split Rock Arts Program, Blanden Art Museum, Holter Art Museum, PABA Center, along with being a visiting artist at various institutions. |
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Lisa Bulawsky
Assistant Professor of Art, San Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, Washington University in St. Louis is an artist residing in St. Louis, Missouri and teaching at Washington University. She is widely recognized for her work, particularly in mixed media monotype for which she is featured in the recent Prentice Hall book, Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes. Her prints are in the collection of the Royal Academy of Fine Art, Belgium, the House of Humour and Satire, Bulgaria, and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City among others. Her recent exhibitions include the International Print Center in New York, the Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Dalarnas Museum, Sweden. Lisa also engages the populist tradition in printmaking by creating temporary public works under the pseudonyms of Vertigo Press and Blindspot Galleries. Lisa’s work in the public sphere is recognized in Printmaking at the Edge, by Richard Noyce, a book about international, contemporary trends in printmaking. Lisa received her BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her MFA with honors in 1995 from the University of Kansas. |