Next participant for #PrintCamp2019 Session 2/2 in alphabetical order:
AMANDA KRALOVIC
@calicovineprintshop
ON HER WORK:
My work is a reflection of what I see within this world and how my mind transforms it. In my everyday life, I correlate the past with the present, which bridges the connection between my mind and physical self. My life is a constant struggle of working through the past and wandering through the present. I often find myself alone, consumed with my thoughts, emotions, and memories. Through the struggles of life, I learn and grow by translating this process onto paper.
I pull from both my past and present experiences, and layout onto paper my world, my thoughts and my feelings. Translating my physical and mental emotions, I extract shapes, patterns, and colors as visual metaphors. I work to create a language of communication through the use of physical and visual objects as they relate to the physical body and the emotional process of my mind’s thoughts and development.
My work is completed in layers, building up my surfaces layer-by-layer. Each layer is defined with color, using shapes and patterns to form each layer. As the layers come together they form imperfections, creating gaps, spaces and jagged edges that represent the realities of life. Living in a world where nothing is perfect I struggle to hold myself together. Through this analytical process of breaking the image down into layers and color, I pull not only the image together but also myself.
Recently, my work has been focused on the movement of water, both on the surface and underneath. I am challenging myself to connect with the movement and sounds it makes both mentally, physically and emotionally. As a swimmer, I hid my emotions in the pool, now I aim to use water to portray my emotions more openly. As well water is a reflective device that gives way when manipulated. In my upcoming works, I am planning to use floating and moving objects, such as the physical body, and portray what it does to the surface of water.
WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING AT PRINTCAMP:
I am hoping to develop a series of images with hand-drawn hands and feet manipulating water. The water would be displayed through the use of pattern that has been manipulated by the computer and screen printed on matboard to make collagraph plates. Drawings of hands and feet will be added using litho – stone or photo. As well I would be interested in working on a large 18” x 24” intaglio with sugarlift.
SKILLSHARE:
I would be happy to give a demo on using screen printing on mat board or other surfaces to create collagraph plates. I have also been using a sugar lift solution to screen print on copper. I have been aquatinting it and layering it on the surface of the plate.
RESUME:
2015 MFA Printmaking, U of Massachusetts, Dartmouth MA
2004 BA Studio Art, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain CT
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
2019 Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI
2018 SUNY Adirondack, Queensbury NY
University of Albany/SUNY, Albany NY
Westfield State U, Westfield, MA
2016 Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
2014 – 2015 U of Massachusetts Dartmouth MA
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Ann Metzger Memorial National Biennial Exhibition, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis MO
2018 Tell Me A Story: A Group of Exhibition of Narrative Art, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
Solo Exhibition, Members Hall gallery, Saratoga Arts, Saratoga NY
Bodies in Motion, Chico Art Center, Chico CA
2017 Regional Juried Exhibition, Chris White Gallery, Wilmington DE
Solo: Emotional Abstract Landscapes, Saratoga Arts, Reception Gallery, Saratoga Springs NY
Prismatic Explorations, Lapham Gallery/LARAC, Glens Falls NY
Petit, Part 2, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
2016 Southern Printmaking Biennale VII International, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega GA
Petit, Part 1, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties NY
Unbound VI, Artistree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret VT
NJC: Works on Paper 2016, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts & Sciences, Loveladies NJ
2016 College Collective – Book Arts, Genesee Center for the Arts & Education, Rochester NY
29th Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles LA
4th Biennial International Open Print Show, Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri NZ
2015
5th Annual Armstrong 2D National Exhibition, Armstrong State University Gallery, Savannah GA
Telling Tales, TEJAS Gallery, Dayton OH
National Printmaking Exhibition 2015, The Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita KS
Force of Nature: Exploring the Power of the Feminine, WCA/NH National Juried Exhibition, Karl Drerup Art Gallery & Silver Cntr for the Arts, Plymouth State University, Plymouth NH
http://printmakersopenforum.org/printcamp_all_print_media_workshop