Next participant up for PrintCamp2019 Session 2/2:
ELIZABETH CASTALDO
ON HER WORK:
I work in mixed media, combining collage, drawing, and printmaking to create works on paper and artist’s books that explore the connection of feminine sensuality to nature and its manifestations in modern culture. I work with themes such at generation, growth, sexuality, entropy and decay. I am inspired by the structural patterns inherent in plant and animal life that reveal an undeniable connection between humans and the natural universe. My compositions become multi-layered worlds filled with motifs inspired by human anatomy, plant structures, and geometry. A key theme throughout the work is the resilience of living things and the ability for adaptation, despite a natural tendency toward disorder.
I recently wrapped up a yearlong residency at The Center For Book Arts where I focused on making artists books reflecting on my personal connection with nature as well as conservation, community and preservation of the natural world for future generations.
My work is process driven and each stage of the work is a reaction that is informed by the work that preceded. I work with pattern and layering, building up layers of hand drawn patterns, watercolor washes, original prints, collage, and appropriated imagery. Printmaking and multiples are central parts of my art practice and I am passionate about creating unique handmade art with a foundation in the practice and theory of printmaking. The layering involved in collage, printmaking and bookmaking provides the opportunity for concealment, excavation, and revelation.
WHAT SHE WILL BE DOING AT PRINTCAMP:
I hope to focus on experimenting with intaglio and lithography, figuring out how these techniques can fit within my studio practice. I would like to experiment with approaches to each process but ultimately move towards combining them with one another as well as other media. My goal for the week would be to come out with a small series of prints with a longer term goal of setting a foundation for making further work and more advanced use.
SKILLSHARE:
I would love to do a book making demo, perhaps a quick non-adhesive accordion or other quick structure that would be interesting to folks.
RESUME
Education
2013 MFA, Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2007 BFA, Painting, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2012 SCAD Lacoste, Lacoste, France
RESIDENCIES AND NOTABLE WORKSHOPS
2017 - 2018 Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2018 “Paper Memory” with Sarah Rose LeJeune, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY
2018 Century Plate Lithograohy with Corinne Rhodes, EFARBPMW, New York NY
2017 “Experiments with Printmaking and Mixed Media” with Nandini Chirimar, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
2017 “Full Tilt Bookbinding” with Susan Mills, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale NY
2017 “The Working Artist” with Crista Cloutier
SOLO AND SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 New Book Art: Scholar Residents of 2018, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2018 Art That Binds, Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, Atlantic Highlands, NJ
2018 Some Assembly Required, Patchogue Arts Council, Patchogue, NY
2013 Solo Exhibition, Sensual Metamorphosis, MFA Thesis Exhibition
Dewberry Gallery, Atlanta, GA
2013 Pretty In Ink, Gallery Trois, Atlanta, GA and Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA
2012 Freedom of Type, 2 Rules Gallery, Marietta, GA
2012 You Can’t Get There From Here, Emily Amy Gallery, Atlanta, GA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Freed Formats: The Book Reconsidered
2018 A Small Matter, Ann Street Gallery, Newbrugh, NY
2018 Windows on Main Street installation at A Lucky Cut, Beacon NY
2018 CBA Annual Benefit and Art Auction, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2018 Nassau Community College Art Faculty Exhibition, Plaza Art Gallery, Garden City, NY
2018 Exposed Strata, SGCI Conference, Las Vegas, NV
2017 EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Members Show NYNY
2017 SCAD Printmaking Alumni Exhibition, SCAD Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
2017 “Hello. I Love You. I’m Sorry,” SGCI Conference. Atlanta, GA
2017 Nasty Women, ABD Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2016 Small Works Show, Catalyst Gallery, Beacon, NY
2015 RAW Montreal Holiday RAWK, Montreal, QC
2015 Traces, Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2013 - 2015 Monumental Ideas in Miniature Books III Traveling Exhibition, Exhibited at various institutions and conferences throughout the United States. Organized by Hui-chu Ying, Profesor of Art,
The Myers School of Art, University of Akron, Akron OH.
2015 A Show of Hands, The Hand Magazine at SGCI Knoxville, Southern Graphics Council
International Printmaking Conference, A1 Lab Arts, Knoxville, TN
2014 Narcissism and the Self Portrait, Ann Street Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2014 RAW Brooklyn presents: SCOPE, Brooklyn Night Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Discordant, Mad Dooley Gallery, Beacon, NY
2013 ACA Library 6th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA
2013 Georgia Artists: A Juried Art Exhibit, Abernathy Arts Center, Atlanta, GA
2013 Damn Fine!, Mason Murer Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
2013 Heart & Hands, 4th Annual National Student Juried Book Exhibition. University of Nebraska Lincoln Love Library, Lincoln, NB, and University of Nebraska Omaha Criss Library, Omaha, NB
2013 Qi, Sycamore Place Gallery, Decatur, GA and Cherrylion Studio, Atlanta, GA
2012 Exposition des Etudiants, SCAD Lacoste Campus, Lacoste, France
2012 Figuratively Speaking, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
2012 ACA Library 5th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA
2012 In, On, Of Paper Juried Exhibition, Paper Circle, Nelsonville, OH
2012 Oso Bay North American Printmaking Juried Exhibition, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christie, TX
2011 The Student Exhibit, 2 Rules Gallery, Marietta, GA
2011 Illuminations Juried Exhibition, Center Arts Gallery, Newburgh, NY
2010 Wish You Were Here 9, AIR Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2010 Images for a Godless World, Project Reach, New York, NY
2009 Think Gallery Affordable Art Series, Think Coffee Gallery, New York, NY
2008 The Print Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Body Modifications, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2007 College Art Association Annual BFA Exhibition, Center for Art and Media Studies, New York, NY
2007 Tomorrow’s Artist Today, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
2005 The Print Show, Visual Arts Gallery, New York, NY
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017 Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Book Arts, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2017 and 2018 Women’s Studio Workshop Summer Art Institute Scholarship Recipient
2017 SGCI Emerging Professional Grant Recipient
2013 First Place Purchase Award, ACA Library 6th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Margot Ecke, Artist and Designer)
2012 Best In Show, Sidewalk Art Project, Atlanta Preservation Center Grant Mansion, Atlanta, GA
2012 SCAD Seen Gala Highlight Artist, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2012 Honorable Mention, ACA Library 5th Annual Student Artists’ Book Competition, ACA Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA (Juror: Eileen Wallace, Artist and Bookmaker)
2011 Dean’s Fellowship in Printmaking, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA
2011 Second Place, Illuminations Juried Exhibition, Center Arts Gallery, Newburgh, NY
(Jurors: Stuart Sachs, Virginia Walsh, Martha Zola, and Peter Cody)
ARTIST TALKS
2019 Artist Talk for “New Book Art: Scholar Residents of 2018”, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY,
February 21, 2019
2018 and 2019 Visiting Artist, Muscota New School, New York, NY
2017 and 2018 Artist Talk on Book Arts for students of Professor Sondra Graff’s Bookmaking Class, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, November 29, 2017 and April 11, 2018
2015 Remote Artist Talk for students of Professor John Alfred’s Undergraduate Contemporary Art Classes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, April 28, 2015.
INSTITUTIONAL COLLECTIONS
University of Alberta, Bruce Peel Special Collections, Edmonton, Alberta
Bowdoin College, Special Collections Library, Brunswick, ME
Carnegie Mellon University, Hunt Library Special Collections, Pittsburgh, PA
Duke University, Perkins Library, Sally Bingham Center, Durham, NC
Lafayette College, Skillman Library Special Collections, Easton, PA
Massachusetts College of Art, Godine Library Special Collections, Boston, MA
Ringling College of Art and Design, Kimborough Library Special Collections, Sarasota, FL
Savannah College of Art and Design, ACA and Jen Libraries, and the Office of the President,
Savannah, GA, Atlanta, GA, and Lacoste, France
SUNY Orange Newburgh Department of Nursing, Newburgh, NY
University of California Santa Cruz, McHenry Library Special Collections, Santa Cruz, CA
University of Puget Sound, Collins Library, Special Collections, Tacoma, WA
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, Seattle, WA
University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Lawton Gallery, Green Bay, WI
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Library Special Collections, Milwaukee, WI
Yale University, Haas Library Artist Book Collection, New Haven, CT
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Vamp & Tamp Booksellers, Birmingham, AL
EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
Center for Book Arts, Artist Member, New York, NY
RAW: Natural Born Artists
Southern Graphics Council International, 2010- 2013, 2017










