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Pioneer of alternative printmaking and innovator of the "Solarplate," Dan Welden has been in the forefront of health and safety in the arts since his studies in Munich, Germany in 1971. Returning to the United Stated he worked at ULAE, stone printing for Jim Dine, Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns and Robert Motherwell while establishing his own lithography studio. Co-author of the text, ‘PRINTMAKING IN THE SUN’ and director of Hampton Editions, Ltd., his 55 years of collaborations expanded and was dubbed “Master Printmaker” by Willem de Kooning in the 1980’s.

Through the process of Solarplate polymer printmaking, his studio expanded and included etching and relief printing with Louisa Chase, Elaine de Kooning, Eric Fischl, Kiki Smith, Dan Flavin, David Salle and Kurt Vonnewgut. His recognition through residencies, workshops, lectures and 103 solo exhibitions has elevated his role as both painter and printmaker, with visits to all continents and 54 countries.

https://danwelden.com/

Dan Welden “Antarctic Thirst” etching 16X20” 2012

DEVRAJ DAKOJI WAS BORN IN DHARMAJI GUDEM VILLAGE IN WEST GODAVARI DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH TO A FAMILY OF AYURVEDA PRACTITIONERS.

Picking herbs for his father every morning before going to school proved to be a lasting influence in Dakoji’s life, making nature the leitmotif of his art.

Growing up in Hyderabad, he joined the city’s Government College of Fine Arts and Architecture in 1959. In 1966, he joined M. S. University, Baroda, to learn printmaking. Interaction with teachers like K. G. Subramanyan and Jyoti Bhatt led to a deeper understanding of art, both as a craft and a way of life.

Primarily a printmaker, Dakoji’s works are inspired by Indian culture in which nature and animals predominate. An early work, the Stone series, depicts primordial boulders dotting his hometown’s landscape. On a trip to San Diego in 1985, the familiar call of the peacock turned into an epiphanic moment, revealing to him the primal connection of life across the globe. This led him to explore pranamu, or life force, in a series of etchings and lithographs, veering towards abstraction. On The LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) is another of his series, created over eight years on LIRR ticket stubs, when he used to transit between Manhattan and Babylon, New York.

In 1992, Dakoji learnt ‘collaborative printmaking’ at the Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, U.S.A., where the artist and the printer interact closely on the most appropriate means to heighten the work. Dakoji is based in New York.

Website: www.devrajdakoji.com

Social media: @devrajdakoji

Artist and master printer Kathy Caraccio trained in color etching, Japanese water-based woodblock printing, and paper-making in New York and Japan, and apprenticed for four years at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop. She opened up her contract print business (K. Caraccio Printing Studio) in 1976 in Chelsea. Caraccio has editioned for artists for over 50 years, including Romare Bearden, Sol LeWitt, Louise Nevelson, Mel Bochner, Emma Amos, and Ed Clark.

She has taught at NYU, Columbia University, Parsons/The New School, and Pratt Institute, among others, and is represented in collections including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Library of Congress, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, the Victorian and Albert Museum, and the Zimmerli Art Museum.

Kathy’s approach to her own artwork is sculptural. Her work is motivated by the ability to recycle materials from her printshop, transforming byproducts of former collaborative projects into entirely new works through collage.

Website: https://www.kcaracciocollection.com/

Instagram: @kathyprint

Lisa Mackie received a BFA at the University of Michigan and a MFA from the University of Wisconsin. She then taught at the Massachusetts College of Art and was a lithographer at Impressions Workshop. In 1980 Lisa moved to New York City and worked as an independent printmaker at both the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and at Kathy Caraccio’s “contract print shop.” These experiences persuaded her to open her own studio in Manhattan. For 40 years Mackie has collaborated with many artists, making prints using techniques including monotype, intaglio, serigraphy, lithography and photo-based process. She has worked with a range of artists including, Wolf Kahn, Emily Mason, Sol Le Witt, Margo Humphrey, Michale Steiner, Darryl Hughto and others.

Mackie’s first one-person show was at Impressions Gallery in 1975 and she has been exhibiting ever since. Mackie has developed her career as a visual artist and has shown nationally and internationally as well as at June Kelly Gallery in NYC, since 1992. Her work is in many Museums and University collections, such as the Brooklyn Museum, Baltimore Museum of Art, Botswana Museum of Art, and the Zimmerli Art Museum.

Lisa Mackie works in mixed media prints, paintings, original books, sculpture, video, and installation.

Website: lisamackie.com

"Artist/Master Printers."