Ann Fischer Athas: Images

Ann Fischer Athas, Out/In: Drifting, 2009, Etching, 8 " x 11 7/8"

Karin Haas: Images

Jayne Reid Jackson : Images

Jan Serr: Images

Ann Fischer Athas

Artist Statement

Shapes. . . the tangle of cords from a computer, the fullness of pears against the roundness of marbles, a shadow that creates a mysterious darkness, anything that can be used to create a compelling graphic composition. . . are the foundation for my mezzotints.

While searching for objects that would make strong still life compositions, I came to more fully
appreciate the shapes of individual objects; and by focusing on them, to appreciate the individual moments in life that they might represent. I want to chronicle the moments in life that are often overlooked because they are so familiar to all ofus.

Much of my work draws from images and repeating patterns found in nature. My recent "Out/In" suite of etchings was inspired by a window, the fantasy of being able to walk right out of the window onto the tree outside, and patterns of shadows against the window shade. The window shade also serves as a barrier and is a metaphor for the desire to be where one isn't.

I work in a variety of intaglio printmaking techniques including mezzotint, aquatint, and polymer plate etching. Printmaking is an indirect process, and that process itself is an important part of my art making. In intaglio printmaking an image is created by etching with acid or engraving with a tool to create grooves in the surface of a printing plate. To print, ink is forced into the grooves and then the surface is wiped clean. The ink remains on the parts of the plate below the surface and is transferred to paper by the pressure of the printing press. While a fairly accurate idea of how a plate will print can be surmised, it is never certain until the blankets are pulled back on the press and the image is revealed. It is this process of working on a plate and seeing an image develop from proof to proof that keeps me inspired.

Karin Haas

Artist Statement

Artist Statement

I use plants and animal life to investigate the complex behaviors of human relationships. The
cells, organisms, crustaceans, plants, flowers, animals, and my imagination act like surrogates,
representing my relationships with people. I start working on one area of a plate and let my marks
grow. I do not know what my image is going to look like in the end. During the process of
working on a plate these forms continue to change and evolve. The more I think about a
particular relationship the more my images grow.

Jayne Reid Jackson

Artist Statement

As someone whose artistic expression is firmly based in drawing, I find that printmaking, especially intaglio, provides me with the widest range of tools for my needs. I can be precise and controlled in my etchings and mezzotints, concentrating on the graphic quality of these techniques. Or in contrast, and to compliment this, the monotypes are more fluid, allowing the brushwork and color to define the image.

My still life images are built using everyday objects, most often using glass for its distortions and
reflections and combining these qualities with plants and pattern. I like to play with depth and light so sometimes I push the depth of the object against its background and other times I’m more interested in blurring the figure-ground aspect by playing with the pattern of shadows, objects and background as surface pattern.

Jayne Reid Jackson

Artist Resume

EDUCATION:

1992-2004 AGB Graphics Workshop, Madison, WI
1975-1977 University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.S. in Art
1973-1975 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

GALLERIES:
1996-present Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
2004-present Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007-present High Street Gallery, Mineral Point, WI
2006-present www.portalwisconsin.org online gallery

GALLERY SHOWS & INVITATIONALS (group show unless indicated as Solo):

2009 Printmakers, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
International Mezzotint Festival, Ekaterinburg (then traveling to Cheliabinsk, Magnitogorsk, and Nizhniy Tagil) Russia
Seed: a passion for growing, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
Home Sweet Home, Memorial Union Galleries (Theater Gallery), Madison, WI,
Then traveling to National Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture, Kiev, Ukraine
One From WI, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI (*Solo)
2008 Madison Open Art Studios 2008, Overture Center Galleries, Madison, WI
18th Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Blue Notes: New Work from artsTRIBE, The Pyle Center, Madison, WI
Out of the Dark: Mezzotints and Color Prints by Jayne Reid Jackson, Alicia Ashman Branch Library, Madison, WI (*Solo)
Field Report: Members of The Boston Printmakers, Boston, MA and traveling through 2010
2007 Madison Open Art Studios 2007, Overture Center Galleries, Madison, WI
Making a Good Impression: Original Prints, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
4 of 9, Madison Arts Commission Galleries, Madison, WI
17th Annual Remarkable Women Show, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
O Fortuna!, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
2006 Impressions: Jayne Reid Jackson & Ann Fischer Athas, Central Library, Madison, WI
16th Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Ten In Common, Common Wealth Gallery, Madison, WI
The Boston Printmakers (a selection), Francesca Anderson Fine Art/Portraits North, Lexington, MA
Stone Metal Press Invitational Small Works Exhibition, San Antonio, TX
2005 Layered Intentions, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
15th Annual Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2004 So Far/Solo Exhibition, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington, DC (*Solo)
Of Ink and Image, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Small Treasures, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
14th Annual Remarkable Women, Peltz Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2003 Small Scale Works of Art: 18””x18””x18””, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, WI
AGB Graphics Studio Artists, LaFollette High School Gallery, Madison, WI
Planting, Potting & Pruning, Racine Art Museum (RAM), Racine, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial Winners, Anderson Arts Center, Kenosha, WI (*Solo)
2002 Three Madison Public Library Artists, Central Library Gallery, Madison, WI
New Work: Kathy Armstrong & Jayne Reid Jackson, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
A Modern Bestiary, Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, WI
Women’s Printmaking Group, CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI
Artful Women 2002, University Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Prints, John Michael Kohler Arts Center/Artspace, Kohler, WI
2001 Women Printmakers Group, CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI
2000 M&Ms, Individual Exhibit at CitiARTspace Gallery, Madison, WI (*Solo)
Impressions 2000, Los Angeles Printmaking Society new members, Los Angeles, CA
AGB Graphics Studio Artists Exhibit, CitiArtspace Gallery, Madison, WI
1999 Wisconsin Women Printmakers Exhibit, CitiArtspace Gallery, Madison, WI
1998 Food, Gallery Artists Group Exhibit, Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI

MOST RECENT JURIED SHOWS (* indicates award):

2009 Wisconsin Biennial 2009, Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
2008 ArtMail Milwaukee, Juried Online Gallery, selection for the week of August 13, 2008
Concerts on the Square Juried Poster Competition Finalists, Wisconsin Chamber
Orchestra, various venues on the Capital Square and State St., Madison, WI
2007 Small Treasures, WP&S, Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Wisconsin Artists Biennial, Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, WI
2006 *25th National Print Exhibition 2006, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT
Celebrating Contemporary Printmaking 2006, Hudson Gallery, Sylvania, OH
Forging Connections (MAPC), Dairy Barn Art Center, Athens, OH
Sun and Shadows (LAPS), Tang Gallery, Bisbee, AZ
3rd Print Biennial, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
*26th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Symmetry (WI Painters & Sculptors), Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Sixty Square Inches 15th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Midwest Winter (16th Annual), Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
2006 Pacific States Biennial National Print Exhibition, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, HI
The New Landscape, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Danforth Museum of Art,
Framingham, MA
Impress it Print Exhibition, Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Wayzata, MN
19th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
National Printmaking 2006, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
2005 Mighty Midwest Biennial III, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
* Brand 34 Works on Paper, Brand Gallery, Glendale, CA
2005 Juried MAPC Member’s Exhibition, Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, MI
Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2005, Washington, DC
LAPS 18th National Exhibit, Saddleback College Art Gallery, Mission Viejo, CA
*The Print Show, Maryland Federation of Art City Gallery, Baltimore, MD
25th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
Grief and Trauma Exhibition, WP&S/WAAM, Wisconsin Academy Gallery, Madison, WI
Boston Printmakers 2005 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA
2004 Mid-America Print Council ‘04, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Printmaking Today, Anderson Art Center, Kenosha, WI
2nd LUC Print Biennial, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Artlink 24th Annual National Print Exhibition, Fort Wayne, IN
Midwest Winter, Center for the Visual Arts, Wausau, WI
Florida Printmaker’s 13th National, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Sixty Square Inches 14th Biennial Small Print Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN
Time Remembered/Time Past, Boston Printmakers Members Show, Duxbury, MA
17th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, UW-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
Minnesota National Print Biennial 04, Minneapolis MN
2003 Works on Paper ‘03, Millikin University, Decatur, IL
Etchings & Drawings Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Mighty Midwest Biennial II, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
* Washington Printmakers National Small Works 2003, Washington, DC
Lessedra 2nd World Art Print Annual, Sofia, Bulgaria
23rd Annual National Print Exhibition at Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN
2003 MAPC Members Juried Small Print Exhibition, DeKalb, IL
LAPS Juried Membership Exhibition 2003, Glendale, CA
* Hand-Pulled Prints XI, StoneMetal Press, San Antonio, TX
16th Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Kenosha, WI
The Boston Printmakers 2003, Boston, MA
National Printmaking 2003, College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ
Positive/Negative 18, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN
(Juried Shows previous to 2003 available on request)

COLLECTIONS:

Racine Art Museum, Racine, WI
University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union, Madison, WI
Creede Arts Council, Creede, CO
Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL
Springfield Art Museum, Springfield, MO
University Hospitals & Clinics, Madison, WI
University of Wisconsin-LaCrosse, LaCrosse, WI
College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Amity Art Foundation, Woodbridge, CT

MEMBERSHIPS:

International Mezzotint Society
The Boston Printmakers
Los Angeles Printmaking Society
Mid-America Print Council
American Print Alliance
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors
Madison Artists Alliance
artsTRIBE

Jan Serr

Artist Statement

"Periodically I need to add curry to my palette - the color, smell and taste. That's
what INDIA is about."

Jan Serr

Biographical Information

Jan Serr has exhibited her work both nationally and internationally. Her paintings and
prints are in more than 40 public collections and 12 museum collections. She has
exhibited in the U.S. Department of State, Art in Embassies Program in various countries
around the world. Her work is in the permanent collections of the Milwaukee Art
Museum, the Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, the Ontario Museum of Art,
Toronto, Canada, and the Nickle Arts Museum, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
She has had more than 20 solo exhibitions, exhibiting nationally in both Canada and
the United States. Serr earned a Master of Fine Arts, Painting and Drawing, from the
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She has taught painting and drawing at the
university level in both Wisconsin and Ontario.

Jan Serr

Resume

Born: Dayton, Ohio

Select One-Person Exhibitions:

Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, WI
Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mira Godard Gallery , Toronto, Ontario

Select Public Collections:

Art in the Embassies, U.S. State Department
Milwaukee Art Museum
Haggarty Museum of Art,
Marquette University
Racine Art Museum
Rahr- West Museum
Canada Council Ontario
Museum of Art Paine Art Center
Wright Museum of Art, Beliot College
Neville Public Museum
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum
Quincy Art Center
Rockford Art Museum
Hart House, University of Toronto
Mount Allison College
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto)

Select Corporate Collections:

Johnson International
Aetna Financial Services
Bank of Montreal
Bank of Nova Scotia
Sprint
Plasticolors
Quick Cable Corporation
Mary Kay Cosmetics
Mobil Oil
Wells Fargo
Piper, Jeffrey
Ray-O-Vac Corporation
Reader's Digest
Toronto Dominion Bank
Gulf Oil
Imperial Oil
Shell Oil

Select Bibliography:

James Auer, "The Driftless Landscape", Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Janice Paine, Jan Serr: Recent Paintings, Drawings and Monotypes
James Elkins, Success and Failure in TwentiethCentury Art
"Thinking Women: New Work by Jan Serr", Grace Chosy Gallery
"The Wild Swans of Coole", Poem by William Butler Yeats, Linoleum Print by Jan Serr,
Caledonia Press
"Jan Serr: Survey", Rahr-West Museum
"Sky Over Land: A Monograph of Sixteen Monotypes", Charles A. Wustum Museum of
Fine Art