Untitled - School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2015 MFA
EXHIBITION
CATALOG
DEPARTMENT OF PRINTMEDIA
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
2015 MFA
EXHIBITION
CATALOG
DEPARTMENT OF PRINTMEDIA
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
ERIK BEEHN
NICHOLAS BUTCHER
TESSA DALLAROSA
TREVOR GOOSEN
LEAH MACKIN
CHRIS PARMELEE
JESSICA SIMMONS
AMANDA SUKENICK
ANNE YAFI
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Erik Beehn
Beehn received both his BFA (2005)
and MFA (2015) from SAIC. Trained
as a master printer at Gemini GEL,
Beehn employs photography, painting, and printmaking techniques to
create unique works
erikbeehn.com
ebeehn@gmail.com
Floral Study #2
28 in x 22 in
Acrylic and Solvents on Photo Paper
2014
My work explores mark making throughout the 20th
century, interested in the shift from landscape to abstraction. Utilizing the use of stock photography I navigate
through a JPEG culture that saturates our visual understanding of the world we live in, raising questions of
authorship, beauty, and representation. Employing process
as content, I hope to smudge the barriers between Photography, Painting, and Printmaking
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51.5 in x 41.5 in
Acrylic, Solvents and
Collage on Photo Paper
2015
Floral Study #3
28 in x 22 in
Acrylic and Solvents
on Photo Paper
2014
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NICHOLAS BUTCHER
Nick Butcher is an artist and
musician living in Chicago, IL. His
practice stretches across several fields including printmaking,
graphic design, fine art and music
production. In addition to his own
work, he has worked collaboratively
his wife, Nadine Nakanishi since
2006, as Sonnenzimmer, a graphic
arts studio specializing in screen
printed posters, publication design,
and gallery exhibitions.
www.sonnenzimmer.com
nick@sonnenzimmer.com
Ode to Oda 1
24 in x 36 in
Monoprint
2015
My work straddles the lines between formats, teeters on
the edge of obsolescence, test the boundaries of irrelevance, and is generally okay with being called art or design.
Whether working in a gallery context or as commercial
graphic artists, process is a cornerstone to my approach
to art making. Concept comes through doing and failure is
considered a step in the right direction
Pewter Image 2 detail
20 in x 16 in
Plastic-casted Monotype
2015
MFA Show installation view
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TESSA DALLAROSA
Tessa Dallarosa is from Denver by
way of Laramie, Wyoming.
She current lives and works in
Chicago
tessa.dallarosa@gmail.com
Boat
15 in x 9 in x 35 in
Beetlekill Pine, silver leaf, fabric
2015
I am a friend to formalism, one liners, slips of the tongue
and studio accidents, failed attempts, tools and bad jokes,
Goodwill piles, scrap materials, the color pink and “cuteness”, embodied knowing, intuition, attention to attention,
making and remaking things. I believe we make objects
like we make selves. We are shaped by the glut of things all
around, the material world we cull, collect, neglect, repair
and sort
Skin Like Paper, Paper Like Water
Dyed paper and toner on paper
15 ft x 18 in x 11 ft
2014
Scrapscration Scrapbook
Clamshell box and fabric
2014-15
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TREVOR GOOSEN
Born: 1986 Sacramento, CA
Lives and works in San Francisco, CA
trevorgoosen.com
trevor.z.goosen@gmail.com
Smooth Breeze
36 in X 54 in X 18 in
Plywood, Webbing, Acrylic, Nylon
2014
I create sculpture and images formed by various methods
of hand and digital fabrication. The work is a personal
response to designed functional objects and interior architecture utilizing repetition, line, and pattern. The work is
an exploration into cognitive perceptions and the functionality of materials and objects. I am an inquisitive observer
constantly searching for different ways to understand the
subtleties of things in the world. My work is driven by a
sense of curiosity, discovery, realization, and learning from
everyday life and ongoing studio practice
Pure Moods Vol. 1
36 in X 30 in X 30 in
Plywood
2015
Great America
36 in X 24 in X 80 in
Plywood, Mirror, Porcelain, Webbing
2015
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LEAH MACKIN
(b. 1985, Philadelphia, PA)
BFA / Printmaking and Book Arts,
The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA / Studio, School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Lives and works in Pittsburgh, PA
leahmackin.com
leahmackin@gmail.com
Untitled (Swipe I)
12 in x 17 in x 5 in
Toner on paper mounted to panel,
wallmounted steel shelf
2014
Through material studies and experimentation, I manipulate paper, metal and plastic to record my interactions. The
images that I create are ambiguous, formal investigations
that reference drawing, the history of photographic and
printmaking processes, and contemporary image-making
methodology. Like the ubiquitous oil slick fingerprint across
the screen of a mobile device, the act of dog-earing a book
page as a reference, or the nervous gesture of curling a
sheet of paper while, say, waiting in line, my works are poetic reminders of the sensuousness of the quotidian touch
Untitled
66 in x 16 in
inkjet print on wallmounted
steel shelf
2015
Untitled
installation dimensions: 26 in x
300 in x 8 in
print size: 24 in x 365.5 in
inkjet print on polyester film,
acrylic, steel, wood
2014
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CHRIS PARMELEE
Born in California
MS Physics, 2011
MFA 2015
Light cannot be nailed to a board. We cannot simultaneously know where it is and where it is going, which makes it
very difficult to question its motives
christopherparmelee.com
caparmelee@gmail.com
“So Light, what is your work about?”
“Many, many things. As it should be – sufficiently complex,
both emotionally and intellectually, for myself and whoever
is watching. I make my own meaning, as we all do – yet in
the midst and scaffolding of others.”
MFA Show installation
168 in x 140 in
Screenprint on paper, oil on linen,
resin
2015
Pool
60 in x 48 in
Archival Inkjet Print
2013
Goat
20 in x 24 in
Oil on Canvas
2013
07
JESSICA SIMMONS
Jessica was born in Providence,
RI. She received a BA from Brown
University (2007), and an MFA from
The School of the Art Institute of
Chicago (2015). She lives and works
in Los Angeles, CA
jessicaesimmons.com
studio@jessicaesimmons.com
Installation view: Geometric Flush
(Recto /Verso A) and Geometric Flush
(Recto / Verso B)
2015
Employing methodologies of drawing, printmaking, and
photography, my work contemplates the phenomenological rupture that exists between surface as image, surface
as index, and surface as object. Marks function as both
investigative tools and discrete bodies of inquiry; material
becomes propositional
AN ACCUMULATION OF SUFFICIENT ABRASION TO REMOVE
ENOUGH OF AN OPAQUE SURFACE TO LET LIGHT THROUGH
WITH MORE INTENSITY
Lawrence Weiner, 1981
Untitled
67 in x 50 in
Powdered charcoal, powdered
graphite, and ink on sanded and
scored paper
2014
Untitled (from Vestiges)
30 in x 22 in
Photolithograph on paper
2014
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AMANDA SUKENICK
Amanda Sukenick, (Oldphan)
received a BFA & MFA from SAIC
in 2007 & 2015 respectively. She
started making Youtube videos In
2009, originally as a toy reviewer,
& now co-produces a public access,
philosophy variety show, Vloggerdome, and is now finishing her first
movie, The EFIList
Oldphan@Oldphan.com
https://www.youtube.com/user/
ForeverWolfFilms
https://www.youtube.com/user/
Vloggerdome
http://www.oldphan.com/
Frankenstien’s Laboratory
(Dr. Frankensteins Laboratory set, as it
appeared in the movie, The EFIList)
Cardboard, paint, props
2015
My work is a study of tension between the concepts of archive & extinction. Obsession and monstrosity are no longer
enough, now comes the question of responsibility. Through
projects in print, sculpture, archive building, performance,
music, video sharing & social media, my work revolves
around such topics as Antinatalism/Efilism, Extinction, and
The Right to Die. On Youtube, I have witnessed thousands
of examples of philosophical, intellectual, subcultural, and
activist pieces of art and communication be censored,
destroyed and forgotten. In an effort towards the preservation of memes, yet understanding the futility of chasing
after permanence, my life is dedicated none the less, to the
building, in a myriad of mediums, archives to the many
subjects I feel to be important to the future sentience. Lets
hold on to everything tightly, lets kiss it and tell it we love it,
lets create, archive and index, and then lets say goodbye
Dr. Frankenstien
(Portrait of Dr. Frankenstein from the
movie, The EFIList)
Photo, performance
2015
Slaughter House Pig #Unknown
(Portrait of The Slaughter House Pig
character from the movie, The EFIList)
Photo, performance
2015
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Anne Yafi
BFA, 2011: Northern Illinois University
MFA, 2015: The School of the Art
Institute Chicago
anneyafi.com
anneyafi@gmail.com
Super Trouper
40 in x 40 in x 132 in
Pipe cleaners, mixed media
2015
I experiment with found objects and craft materials as
alternatives and commentary on traditional paint mediums and formats which address consumer culture via an
orientation towards pleasure. My process is an imaginative
culture jamming between mainstream consumer objects,
with their material allure, and High Art Minimalism
No Title (diptych)
40.25 in x 55 in
Drinking straws, mixed media
2014
No Title (red)
28.25 in x 40.25 in
Drinking straws, mixed
media
2015
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Cover designed by Alex Valentine III