Instructor
Education
M.F.A. Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, 1983
B.A. State University of New York, Brockport, 1980
Academic Experience
Visiting Instructor, Visual Communications, Department of Landscape
Architecture, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Fall 2004
Instructor in Drawing, Design and Printmaking at Parkland College,
Champaign, IL, 1999 - Present
Professional Experience
Master Printer and Sole Proprietor, Mad Dog Press, Champaign, IL, 1995 - Present
Freelance Master Printer, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD., 1994- 1995
Master Printer, Crown Point Press, San Francisco, CA., 1985-1994
Freelance printer, Mad Dog Press, Oakland, CA. , 1991 - 1995
Instructor in printmaking, Walnut Creek Civic Arts Program, Walnut Creek, CA., 1992
Crown Point Press summer workshops, San Francisco, CA., 1992-1994
Apprenticed in Lithography, Sandstone Graphics, Rochester, N.Y., 1977-1980
Publications
"Prints in Process" broadcast on PCTV. Educational video produced by Shaw/Dailey Productions in conjunction with "Prints in Process" Exhibit, 2003"Mad Dog Press" featured in "Heartland Highways" broadcast on WEIU Television., 2003 Instructional video on the process of intaglio printmaking.
Design Basics, Vol. 4. Prentice Hall Publishers, 2000
Ink, Paper, Metal, Wood: 35 years at Crown point Press, Kathan Brown, Chronicle books, 1995
Ink, Paper , Metal, Wood: 35 years at Crown Point Press.Video. Written and narrated by Kathan Brown, 1995
Vision and Revision: The prints of Wayne Thiebaud. Chronicle books, 1991
Reproduction of prints in the fifth anniversary edition of Zyzzyva, a journal of west coast fine art, literature and criticism. Vol. no.1, 1990
Exhibits
Southern Graphics Arts council show, Washington, D.C., 2005Bradley University 30th annual International drawing and print invitational, Bradley University, Peoria, IL., 2004
Faculty show, Parkland College, Champaign, IL., 2004
"Prints and Pots" two-person show at the Springer Cultural Center, Champaign, IL., 2004
One-man show of prints and drawings, David Erlanson Gallery, Decatur, IL., 2003
Faculty show, Parkland College, Champaign, IL., 2003
Art of the greater Champaign/Urbana show, Krannert Art Museum, Urbana, IL., 2003
"Bradley International Print and Drawing Invitational," Bradley University, IL., 2002
"Pushing Paper" Exhibit, prints and art books at Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale MD., 2002
New works, International Print Center of New York, New York, NY., 2002
Recent prints, Hand Workshop Art center, Richmond, VA., 2002
Framer's Gallery, group spring show, new drawings, Champaign, IL., 2002
Faculty show, Parkland College, Champaign, IL., 2002
St. Louis Print Fair, Washington University Museum, St. Louis, MO., 2001
Framer's Gallery, current prints and drawings, Champaign, IL., 2001
"Cross Currents" exhibit, University of Maryland, College Park MD., 2001
Faculty Show, Parkland College, Champaign, IL. , 1001 Selected works of 1999/2000
Miami Art Fair, Miami, FL., 2001 Faculty Show, Parkland College, Champaign, IL., 2000
"Recent Acquisitions," Center for the Advancement of Arts and Humanities, Washington, D.C.,
1999 "Views, Selected Glimpses," The Studio, Burlingame, CA., 1998
Selected works, Art Indices, Stanford, CA. , 1997
"Six By Six", selected monotypes, Art concepts gallery, San Jose, CA., 1996
Selected works on paper, Kismit Gallery, San Jose, CA., 1996
"Master Printers and Master Pieces," Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, 1996
Art Concepts Gallery inaugural group exhibition, San Jose, CA., 1996
Savoir Faire International works on Paper competition, San Francisco, CA. Second place prize recipient., 1996
"Italian Landscapes," Phoenix Corp. Center Gallery, Phoenix, AZ., 1995
"A selection of Prints," Baltimore Print Fair, Baltimore, MD., 1995
Watercolor monotypes with variations, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD., 1995
"Out of Print," group show, Takada Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA., 1992
"Studio Works," group exhibit, Filbert street gallery, Oakland, CA., 1991
"MFA Show," San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA., 1983
One man show of prints and prose, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA., 1982
Presentations and Lectures
Water based monotype workshop, Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD., 2002
Etching workshop instructor at Mad Dog Press Studio., 2002
Woodblock printmaking workshop, in collaboration with Japanese exchange scholar/artist, Mad Dog Press Studio., 2001
Guest Artist and teacher demonstrating watercolor monotypes and multiple plate printing in the advanced printmaking class, Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C., 1994-1995
Instructor in workshops for watercolor monotypes. Pyramid Atlantic, Riverdale, MD, 1995
Guest lecturer, Chabot College, for a course in the history of contemporary Art., 1991-1992
Professional and University Service
Curated "Prints in Process" for Parkland Art Gallery, Champaign, IL, 2003
Committee Member, Art in Professional Practice, College Art Association, 2002-2006
Organizer and founding contributor to Boneyard Art Festival, Champaign, IL., 2000- present
Independent instruction in etching at the Mad Dog Press studio in Champaign, IL., 2000- present
Participation in a weekly figure drawing group, working in a variety of media, 1988- present
Travel and independent study in Italy, July 1993- December 1993
Completed teaching degree program, offered through the University of California, Berkeley educational extension, 1984
Awards and Honors
Honorable mention Bradley University Print Invitational., 2004
Second Place, Savoir Faire International Works on Paper Competition, 1996
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