Keyed

Keyed
Curated
by Glen Baldridge
Opening
Reception: Wednesday, September 14, 6-8pm
 
Exhibition
Dates: September 14 – November 9, 2011
Hours:
Weekdays from 10am – 6pm, and weekends from 12 - 6pm
Free
and open to the public 
Lower
East Side Printshop is pleased to present Keyed, with a reception for
artists on Wednesday, September 14 from 6-8pm. The exhibition will be on view
at the Printshop from September 14 – November 9, 2011 and features new works on
paper created by 17 artists currently in-residence.
 
"This
exhibition represents recent works from current Keyholder Residency Program
artists and participants in the Studio Rental Program. These programs provide
NY area artists access to both
affordable
facilities and a close knit print community; both of which are essential to
self publishing printmakers. The exhibited works are a great example of both
the range of techniques and experimentation possible at the shop and the high
caliber of work being produced there. As a former Keyholder, it is exciting to
see the continuation of these programs and the expansion into the beautiful
Midtown facilities.   It continues to be a muchneeded contribution to
printmaking in New York City and the print community at large." -Glen Baldridge
 
About
the Artists
DAN
ALVARADO (b.
1985, New York, NY; lives in New York, NY) Select exhibitions include The New
Gallery +15 Window Space, Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Climate Gallery, Long
Island City, NY; Rogue Space Chelsea, New York, NY; Pyramid Atlantic Art
Center, Silver Springs, MD; and City Without Walls, Newark, NJ. He is a member
of the 10p Collective.
 
FELIPE
BAEZA (b.
1987, Guanajuato, Mexico; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received his BFA from The
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. His work has been featured
in The New School, New York, NY; International Print Center New York, NY; and
Meyerson Hall Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. He is a
recipient of the Michael S. Vivo Prize for Drawing.
 
JOELL
BAXTER (b.
1968, Washington D.C; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her MFA from
University of Illinois at Chicago and BFA from University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign and. Select exhibitions include The Bronx Museum of the Arts,
NY; International Print Center of New York, NY; Regina Rex Gallery, Queens, NY;
and Collette Blanchard Gallery, New York, NY. She is a recipient of Workspace
Residency Program, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and Artist in the
Marketplace Program, The Bronx Museum of the Arts.
 
ERIN
DIEBBOLL (b.
1984, Massachusetts, lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her BFA from The
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Select exhibitions include
International Print-graphic Triennial, Kulturwerkstatt Uferstöckl, Wallsee, Austria;
International Print Center New York, NY; and Collette Blanchard Gallery, New
York, NY. She is a recipient of the Vermont Studio Center Artist Residency,
Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, and Swing Space Residency, Lower Manhattan
Cultural Council.
 
MARIA
IGNACIA EDWARDS
(b. 1982, Santiago, Chile; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her BFA
from Universidad Finnis Terrae. Her work has been the subject of solo
exhibitions at The Starret-Lehigh Building, New York, NY; and La Sala Gallery,
Santiago, Chile. Group exhibitions include School of Visual Arts, New York, NY;
Centro de Artes Visuales de Santiago, Chile; Centro Cultural Montecarmelo,
Santiago, Chile; and several commissioned projects in Chile.
 
BRAD
EWING (b.
1973, Columbus, OH; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received his MFA from
Rhode Island School of Design and BFA from Cornish College of the Arts. Select
exhibitions include Joe Bar Gallery, Seattle, WA; SHO Gallery, Brooklyn, NY;
International Print Center New York, NY; Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery,
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY; and 192c Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.
 
LAURIE
FRICK (b.
1955, Los Angeles, CA; lives and works in Austin, TX and Brooklyn, NY) received
her MFA from the New York Studio School and MBA from the University of Southern
California. Recent solo exhibitions include Edward Cella Art &
Architecture, Los Angeles, CA and Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY. Select
group exhibitions include the Texas Biennial, Houston, TX; McColl Center for
Visual Art, Charlotte, NC; and NYSS Gallery, New York, NY.
 
LNY received a BFA from the
Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. LNY's work has been
featured internationally in AKA Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Public Studio V,
Incheon, South Korea; Northern Soul, Hoboken, NJ; and 111 Minna Gallery, San
Francisco, CA. LNY has held residencies in Seoul, South Korea and Incheon,
South Korea.
 
SO
YOON LYM (b.
1967 Seoul, ROK; lives and works in Paterson, NJ) received her MFA from
Columbia University and BFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Select solo
exhibitions include Paterson Museum, NJ; Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University,
South Orange, NJ; Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, NJ; Jersey City
Museum, NJ; and The Trenton City Museum. She is a recipient of the Vermont
Studio Center Artist Residency, Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship, and
Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Artist Fellowship Grant.
 
JENNIFER
MACK (b.
1979, Goose Creek, SC; lives in Hoboken, NJ and works in New York, NY) received
her MFA from Pratt Institute, MA from Tufts University, and BA from Morris
Brown College. Select group exhibitions include Brooklyn Museum, NY; Brooklyn
Restoration Project, NY; Newark School of the Arts, NJ; Defoors Art Center,
Atlanta, GA; and Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, GA.
 
ARTURO
MEADE (b.
1963, Mexico City, Mexico; lives and works in New York, NY) is a self-taught
artist. His work has been featured internationally in solo and group
exhibitions including Museo de Arte de Querétaro, Querétaro, Mexico; Museu
Valencia de la llustracio i de la modernitat, Valencia, Spain; Waikato Art
Museum, New Zealand; and Galería Talleres Portocarrero, Havana, Cuba.
 
LAIMAH
OSMAN (b.
1975, Kabul, Afghanistan; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her MFA
from Pratt Institute and BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers
University. She is a recipient of the Community Arts Re-grant Program of the
Greater New York Arts Development Fund; co-founder of The Persian Poetry
Project, and participant of the 2010 Southern Graphics Conference Print
Exchange, Philagrafika, Philadelphia, PA.
 
FELIX
PLAZA (b.
1946, Santurce, Puerto Rico; lives and works in New York, NY) received a Fine
Art Certificate from New York Phoenix School of Design. Select solo and group
exhibitions include Exit Art, New York, NY; 2B Gallery, Budapest, Hungary; Dieu
Donne, New York, NY; Brooklyn Public Library, NY; and Donnell Library, NY. He
is a former participant of Printline Exchange Residency, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
and has work included in many private collections.
 
LINDA
PLOTKIN (b.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; lives and works in New York, NY) received her MFA from
Pratt Institute and BA from University of Wisconsin. Select group exhibitions
include Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY; 222 Shelby Street Gallery, Santa
Fe, NM; Gallery 225, New York, NY; and a commission portfolio for Pennsylvania
State University Rare Books Collection. Her work is included in private and
public collections including Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art,
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Albright Knox Gallery, Philadelphia Museum, and Yale
University Museum of Art.
 
MARY
TING (b.
1961, New York, NY; lives and works in New York, NY) received her MFA from
Vermont College of Fine Arts and BFA from Parsons School of Design. Select solo
exhibitions include Lambent Foundation, New York, NY; Dean Project, New York,
NY; and Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY. She is a recipient
of the Drawing Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts; Ruth Chenven
Foundation Award; Tide Foundation-Lambent Fellowship in the Arts; Pollock-Krasner
Foundation Grant; Workspace Residency, Dieu Donne; Artist in the Marketplace
Program, Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Special Editions Residency at LESP.
 
FRANK
WEBSTER (b.
1966, Fort Wayne, IN; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received his BFA from
the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and his MFA from the Mason Gross
School of the Arts, Rutgers University. Recent solo and group exhibitions
include Blackston, New York, NY; Bespoke Gallery, New York, NY; Brain Factory,
Seoul, South Korea; and Exile, Berlin, Germany. Awards include the
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant and Golden Foundation Individual Artist Award.
 
LIZ
ZANIS (b.
1980, Morristown, NJ; lives and works in Brooklyn, NY) received her BA from
Rhode Island School of Design. Recent group exhibitions include Camel Art
Space, Brooklyn, NY; C.G. Boerner, New York, NY; International Print Center New
York, NY; Islip Art Museum, NY; and Queens Museum of Art, NY. She is a
recipient of Swing Space Residency, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Geraldine
R. Dodge Residency, Women's Studio Workshop, Keyholder Residency at LESP; and
is included in collections of Cleveland Institute of Art, The Center of Book
Arts and more.
 
 
About
the Curator
GLEN
BALDRIDGE received
his BFA in Printmaking from Rhode Island School of Design. Baldridge is an
artist and co-founder of Forth Estate, a New York City-based print publishing
company specializing in limited edition works by emerging and established
artists.Recent solo exhibitions include Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA;
Blackburn 20/20, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY; and a
forthcoming exhibition at Fourteen30 Contemporary, Portland, Oregon. Recent
group exhibitions include Sue Scott Gallery, New York, NY; Eric Firestone
Gallery, East Hampton NY; and a two-person exhibition at Klaus von Nichtssagend
Gallery, New York, NY. He is the recipient of the Dieu Donné Papermill
Workspace Residency Program and is included in public collections such as
Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY; New York Public Library, NY; Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York, NY; and Jundt Art Museum, Spokane, WA.
 
Lower East Side Printshop's programs have been supported in part by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.  Private supporters include: the Milton and Sally Avery Arts
Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Greenwall Foundation, Jerome Foundation, New York Community Trust, Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and our generous patrons and members.
 
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
 
This program is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.
 
Special thanks to our Patrons and Sponsors:
Akua Water-based Inks, AXA Art Insurance Corporation, Laura and Lloyd Blankfein, Lisa Pevaroff-Cohn and Gary Cohn, Susan L. Falk,
Michael and Laura Fisch, Monica Forman, Steven and Cheryl Friedman, Leslie J. and Jed H. Garfield, ICAP/John Nixon, John B.
Koegel, Esq., Jo Backer Laird and I. Michael Danoff, Janet Landau, Stacey and Curtis Lane, Rebecca Lax, Thomas and Jill Marino, Newmark Knight Frank/Jeffrey Gural, Jane Nixon, Michael G. and Glorimar O’Hara, PECO Foundation, Andrew C. Porter, Timothy L. Porter and Carla Volpe Porter, Jane Dresner Sadaka, Christie C. Salomon, Robert and Donna Shafir, Mary and David Solomon, Caroline A. Taylor, Courtney Finch Taylor, Cristin Tierney, Shawn Warren, Lisa and Lance West, and Scott and Margot Ziegler.
 
We thank our volunteers, friends, members, and patrons for their dedication, support, and generosity.
Image caption: LNY, Parallax, 2011, Woodcut, 26" x 26" image and sheet, ed. 1/25