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Ultrices, 2016

Ultrices is a collaboration about place, systems, and chance by Marianne Dages and Leah Mackin. Conceived, drawn, printed, and bound by the artists at Huldra Press in Philadelphia.

8.5"h x 4.25"w 16 pp, double-sided Letterpress, drawing, and toner on various papers. Variable Edition of 40 books.

found penny intaglio with chine-collé on monotype, animated GIF

New Horizons: a Pluto Print exchange Presented by the Interdisciplinary Fine Arts Printmaking program at the University of the Arts. Exhibition: March 8 - April 7, 2016

Solo Exhibition at the Print Center (Philadelphia, PA)

May 6 - August 6, 2016

Monument.doc, 2015 manipulated steel, concrete base

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Over the summer, I was commissioned to make a new logo and portraits for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s e-merge journal, which launched its 2016 Beta issue yesterday. I appreciate the fluidity of the journal’s publication schedule and the platform it provides for an opportunity read about the unwieldy realm that is an academic approach to arts administration.

CMD+C, CMD+V, 2014

saddle-stitched bound laser prints with Risograph printed endsheets 10.5"h x 8.25"w, with fold-out 19"h x 13"w poster insert and 8.25"h x 5.5"w pamphlet 40 pp double-sided edition of 50

AVAILABLE HERE

Employing a variety of paper types and printing processes, the physical makeup of the book, C, V [CMD+C, CMD+V], 2014 mirrors the content. Abstracted monochromatic imagery, created using a variety of photo-reproductive methods, layer on top of each other. These collaged images create a fluid narrative to lead into the smaller, inset booklet of generative text collected by manipulation of Optical Character Recognition software.

three new works headed down to the Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair with Western Exhibitions next weekend!

Friday night in Philadelphia - Space 1026 Annual Art Auction

December 12th, 2014

doors open at 6pm, auction starts at 7pm 

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Untitled, 2014

photocopy mounted on acrylic