Print Fair Artist Profile #27: Gloria Huet

Name:  Gloria Huet
Website:  http://www.gloriahuet.com
Education:  BFA from SJSU in 2009, currently pursuing MFA at SJSU Reside in Fremont, CA
Making works on paper since 2004
Preferred printmaking process:  monotype
Most recent exhibition:  Three-artists group show at SJSU Art Dept. in Feb. 2011
Three words to describe my works: geometric, raw, movement
What everyone should know about printmaking:  The printmaking process involves an intimate balance between control and innovation.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be an opera singer
Cats or Dogs? cats

See more of Gloria’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1,  from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #26: Sieglinde Van Damme

Name: Sieglinde Van Damme
Website url: http://www.studiosieg.com
Education: Master In Economic Sciences, currently working on my MFA at SJSU
Reside in: San Jose, CA
Making works on paper since I discovered that video artists must go crazy if they only work on a computer!
Preferred printmaking process: photo-polymer intaglio
Most recent exhibition:  last week
Three words to describe your work: photographic, ambiguous, layered
What everyone should know about printmaking: the going is tough but the end is SO liberating!
If I wasn’t an artist, I’d be totally unhappy …
Cats or Dogs? Sigh, neither …

See more of Sieglinde’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1,  from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #19:Ann Knickerbocker

Name: Ann Knickerbocker
Website url: http://annknickerbocker.com
Education: Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York (BA in English Literature) and Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York  (Master’s in Literary Criticism)
Reside in: Oakland, California (for last three years… previously in Normandy, France, and before that, Upstate New York)
Making works on paper since: 2009; paintings on paper, canvas and wood since 1989
Preferred printmaking process: monotype
Most recent exhibition: at dot real estate in Jack London Square, Oakland, from March 2010
Three words to describe your work: abstract, color, movement
What everyone should know about printmaking: that it pairs beautifully with painting, but that the spontaneity and the surprise elements combine to grant monotypes a special, luminous quality
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Ella Fitzgerald
Cats or Dogs? Cows…we lived next to a dairy farm for 2 years in Normandy

See more of Ann’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1,  from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #14: Adele Seltzer

Name: ADELE SELTZER
Website url: http://www.adeleseltzer.com NOTE my BLOG on website: reedited to ten minute Monotype Demo Video from PBS of one drop painterly print
Education: B.S.,M.S, U. of Penn., MFA San Jose State U., Stanford University – Monotype with Nathan Olivera 1 yr. and TA
Reside in: Portola Valley – where I give monotype workshops
Making works on paper since: the early 1990′s
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype Painterly Printing
Recent Exhibitions: recent solo at Bryant Street Gallery, Palo Alto, CA,  Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, CA., featured solo
Three words that describe your work: fluid, painterly, colorful
What everyone should know about printmaking: fun, spontaneous
If I wasn’t a print maker, I’d be: I’d have clean fingers and long nails – and be miserable
Cats or Dogs? Love Samoyeds and fluffy cats

See more of Adele’s work at the Print Fair at ArtHouse on Saturday, April 30 from 11am to 4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #12: Inge Infante

See more of Inge’s work at the Print Fair at ArtHouse on Saturday, April 30 from 11am to 4pm.

Name: Inge Infante
Website url: ingeinfante.com
Education: MA Mathematics
Reside in: Palo Alto, CA
Making works on paper since: 1996
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype
Most recent exhibition: 2011,  ”Renew”, Palo Alto City Hall, curated by Elise DeMarzo
Three words to describe your work: Personal memories
What everyone should know about printmaking: Intense
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Collage artist
Cats or Dogs? love them but am allergic

Print Fair Artist Profile #11: Carrie Ann Plank

Name: Carrie Ann Plank
Website url: carrieannplank.com
Education: BFA East Carolina University, MFA The Pennsylvania State University
Reside in: San Francisco
Making works on paper since: 1990
Preferred printmaking process: Lithography & Silkscreen
Most recent exhibition:
2011  “Water’s Edge” Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA and Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI
What everyone should know about printmaking: That it is a balance of aesthetic decisions and technical mastery –  complex and undeniably satisfying…
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: Medical Illustrator
Cats or Dogs? Dogs!

See more of Carrie Ann’s work at the Print Fair at ArtHouse on Sunday, May 1 from 11am – 4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #10: Kathryn Kain

I never knew what a rainbow roll really was until I saw Kathyrn Kain’s amazing prints.  She was here last week printing in the studio and truly is a master printer.

Name: Kathryn Kain
Website url: kathrynkain.com
Education: Cleveland Institute of Art, Toledo University, Arizona State, De Anza College, San Jose State( BFA), Cal State Hayward,  San Francisco Art Institute MFA
Reside in: San Francisco
Making works on paper since:1980
Preferred printmaking process: Lithography, monotype
Most recent exhibition: Cafe Borrone, Menlo Park, The Art of the Book, group show, Donna Seager Gallery, both up now.
Three words to describe your work: feminine fun botanical
What everyone should know about printmaking: Human need for repeatable images and text has evolved into ways to make art on paper. It’s all about paper, light and pressure. Age old technology makes beautiful art. It’s not about reproduction.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: a chef or sommelier
Cats or Dogs? no

See more of Kathryn’s prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse on Sunday, May 1 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #9: Karen von Felten

Name: Karen von Felten
Website url: http://www.karenvonfelten.com
Education: Santa Clara University
Reside in: Saratoga CA
Making works on paper since: studying at University of Santa Clara
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype
Most recent exhibition: Fall, 2010, Preston Contemporary Art Center, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Three words to describe your work: Expressive, Drawing-based, Varied
What everyone should know about printmaking: The possibilities are endless.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: a neurosurgeon…good thing I’m a printmaker
Cats or Dogs? Birds

See more of Karen’s work at the Print Fair during ArtHouse at the ICA on Saturday, April 30, 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #8: Kathy Aoki

Kathy Aoki is super cool. And so is her work. It is snarky, smart, fun and with a nod to grrl power that will make you want to re-read Gloria Steinem.

Name: Kathy Aoki
Website url: http://www.kaoki.com/
Education: MFA Printmaking, Washington University, St. Louis BA French UC Berkeley
Reside in: Santa Clara
Making works on paper since: 1987
Preferred printmaking process: lino-cut
Most recent exhibition: Hand, Voice & Vision: Artists’ Books from Women’s Studio Workshop, Grolier Club, NY, NY  (closed Feb. 2011)
Three words to describe your work: Definitely-worth-collecting.
What everyone should know about printmaking: It’s a great way to share original works with numerous audiences.
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: struggling as a freelance graphic designer
Cats or Dogs? prefer the Chia pet (due to allergies)

See more of Kathy Aoki’s amazing prints at the Print Fair at ArtHouse on Saturday, April 30 from 11am-4pm.

Print Fair Artist Profile #7: Sukey Bryan

Sukey’s glacier-inspired prints really convey the color and feel of ice. See more of  her prints at the Print Fair on Sunday, May 1 from 11am-4pm.

Name: Sukey Bryan
Website url: http://www.sukeybryan.com
Education: BA from Yale University, MFA from Maryland Institute
Reside in: Stanford, CA
Making works on paper since: 1993
Preferred printmaking process: Monotype
Most recent exhibition: Works, San Jose
Three words to describe your work: cycles in nature
What everyone should know about printmaking: the variety of ways plates are created
If I wasn’t a printmaker, I’d be: just a painter
Cats or Dogs? Cats

See more of Sukey’s prints at the Print Fair during ArtHouse at the ICA on Sunday, May 1 from 11am-4pm.