EDUCATION
The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
May 2006, Master of Fine Arts
Book Arts Program
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina
May 1992, Bachelor of Graphic Design, Minor: English (Creative writing concentration)COLLECTIONS
• Baylor University, Crouch Music Library
• Bienes Museum of the Modern Book, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
• Brown University, American Poetry collection
• CalPoly State University, King Library
• Duke University, Perkins Library
• Emory University, Decatur, Georgia
• Florida State University, Special Collections
• IUPUI, Herron Art Library, Indianapolis, Indiana
• James Madison University, Carrier Library, Special Collection
• Miami-Dade Public Library, Artists’ Book Collection
• Mills College, Olin Library, Oakland, California
• Minnesota Center for Book Arts
• Otis College of Art & Design Library, Artists’ Book Collection
• Ringling School of Art and Design, Kimbrough Library
• SCAD, Savannah Campus Library, Artist Book Collection
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Research Library
• Scripps College, Denison Library, Claremont, Ca.
• Shelburne Museum, Shelburne, Vermont
• Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
• UC Berkeley, Environmental Design Library
• UC Irvine, California
• UC San Bernadino, Davison Library
• UC San Diego, Giezel Library, Special Collections
• UC Santa Barbara, Davidson Library, Special Collections
• UC Santa Cruz, McHenry Library
• University of Alabama, Gorgas Library, Special Collections
• University of Connecticut, Dodd Research Center
• University of Iowa
• University of Miami, Richter Library
• University of Puget Sound
• UNC Greensboro, Jackson Library, Special Collections
• Univerity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of South Carolina, Library, Special Collections
• University of Texas at El Paso
• University of Utah, Marriott Library
• University of Vermont, Bailey/Howe Library, Special Collections.
• University of Washington Library, Special Collections
• Virginia Commonwealth University
• Weslyan University, Olin Library
• Wessel and Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, Washington
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
• various private collections
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
August 24, 2009 – present
University of Florida
Associate in Book Arts
Gainesville, FloridaAugust 14, 2008 – 2009
Mississippi State University assistant professor of graphic design
MSU Department of Art
Mississippi State, MississippiAugust 16 – December 16, 2007
The University of Alabama
Instructor
MFA in Book Arts ProgramSeptember 2002 – May 2003
Mississippi State University
Graphic design Instructor
MSU Department of Art
Mississippi State, MississippiSeptember 2000 – May 2002
Wayne State University
Graphic design Instructor
WSU Department of Art
Detroit, Michigan
WORKSHOPS
July 24 – August 9, 2011
Penland School of Crafts
Instructor
Penland, NC
Session 5, 2-1/2 Week, Letterpress
Letterpress Landscapes
July 11 – 22, 2010
Paper and Book Intensive
Instructor
PBI 2010: University of Maine, Machias
Pressure and Relief: Letterpress printing collagraphs and pressure prints.
February, March, & April 2010
Introduction to Letterpress Printing
Workshop instructor
School of Art + Art History
University of Florida
May 5 – 6, 2007
Atlanta Printmakers Studio instructor
Southeast Chapter, Guild of Bookworkers
Atlanta, Georgia
Two-day workshop teaching Gelatin Plate Printmaking.
September 17, 2006
San Francisco Center for the Book instructor
San Francisco, CA
Workshop teaching Stiff-Leaf Bindings
May 2005
Vandercook Maintenance and Letterpress 101 with Paul Moxon
Workshop assistant
University of Alabama Book Arts Program, Tuscaloosa, AL
Two-day workshop asst. for P. Moxon.
August – December 2004
University of Alabama
Book Arts Teaching assistant
UA Book Arts Program
Tuscaloosa, AL
September 24 – 25, 2004
University of Alabama
Workshop instructor
UA Book Arts Program
Two-day workshop teaching Gelatin Plate Printmaking.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCESeptember 2003 – present
Crooked Letter Press
Proprietor, Book Artist and designer
Gainesville, FloridaSeptember 1999 – September 2003
Letterspace Graphic Design
Owner and graphic designer
1999 – 2003 main client: Detroit Institute of ArtsJanuary 1998 – September 1999
The Art Institute of Chicago
Graphic designer
Chicago, Illinois
PRESENTATIONSAugust 4, 2011
Panel Member: Letterpress Printing Artists’ Books
Art & Industry: Ladies of Letterpress Conference
Asheville, North CarolinaFebruary 2009
How to Get Your Work Out Into the World
Presentation to the Graduate Symposium of The University of Alabama Book Arts Program. Tips on how to publish and promote your work as a book artist.
PUBLICATIONSJanuary 2013
Letterpress Now! by Jessica White. Invited by the author (Asheville, NC) for inclusion in the book.
Publication by Lark Crafts Books.
June 2012
1,000 Artists’ Books juried and edited by Peter and Donna Thomas.
Publication by Rockport Publishers / Quarry Books.
For Release: TBA
Adventures in Letterpress: invited by Blue Barnhouse (Wilmington, NC) for inclusion in the book. Publication by Mark Batty.February 2011
Cover for online magazine “LeCool London”
#187, February 17–23June 2008
500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form, Lark Books.
Three of Crooked Letter Press artists’ books are featured in this publication.
AWARDSMarch 2011
Juror Award
Un•SPEAK•able: Artists’ book exhibition
For the book ENVIRONMENT KeepingJanuary 2010
1st place winner
Wild Girls Redux: An Operator’s Manual
Florida Artist’s Book Prize for 2009
The Bienes Museum of the Modern Book and The Florida Center for the Book
Fort Lauderdale, FloridaFebruary 2009
2nd Place prize (monetary award)
Pressing South: A Juried Exhibition of Letterpress Printing from the Southeastern United States
University of N. Carolina at Wilmington
Wilmington, North CarolinaJanuary 2008
Purchase award from The Univ. of Texas at El Paso
Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence, Book Design
Books included in exhibition and purchased by UTEP Special Collections
JURIED EXHIBITIONSJanuary 5 – February 24, 2013
Southeast Guild of Bookworkers Juried Exhibition
Asheville BookWorks
Asheville, North CarolinaJanuary – February, 2012
Go South! Invitational Exhibition
of Southern Printmakers
Young Blood Gallery
Atlanta, GeorgiaApril – June, 2011
Artists Book Cornucopia
Denver, ColoradoJune – August, 2011
Southeastern Artists Book Association
Celebration of the Book
Columbia, South CarolinaSeptember – November 2011
BookOpolis 2011 and Capital Works Show
Book Works Gallery
Asheville, NCMarch 4 – April 11, 2011
Un•SPEAK•able: Artists’ book exhibit juried by Barbara Tetenbaum: Juror Award
Corvalis, OregonJanuary 2011
WordImageTextObject: Exhibition of Artists’ Books, College Book Art Association (CBAA)Fall 2010 / Spring 2011
East End Prints
London, England
Invitation for exhibition and and sales though the gallery in London.August – October, 2010
Novel Abstractions: Exhibition of Nine Invited Book Artists (Ellen Knudson, Ken Botnick, Enrique Chagoya, Kate Clark, Sue Johnson, Clifton Meador, Steve Miller, Johanna Mueller, Robbin Silverberg)
Reyes+Davis Gallery
Washington, DCJune 3 – 26, 2010
Book Power: A National Exhibition of Artists’ Books Addressing Our Social, Political, or Environmental World
23 Sandy Gallery
Portland, OregonMay–July 2010
San Diego Book Arts National Juried Exhibition, juried by Kitty Maryatt
University of California, San DiegoApril 1 – May 6, 2010
Artists’ Book Cornucopia: Juried Show of Artists’ Book Works
Abecedarian Gallery
Denver, ColoradoJanuary 5 – February 28, 2010
We and Stories: Artists’ Books and Personal Narrative, University of the Arts, Printmaking Gallery
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaSeptember 25 – November 2, 2009
The Fifth Annual BookOpolis 2009
Asheville BookWorks
Asheville, North CarolinaAugust 2009
Vandercook Centenary Print Exchange
Invited participantMay 2009 – June 2011
Guild of Book Workers National Exhibition: Marking Time — Two Year Travelling exhibitionMay 11 – July 24, 2009
Southeast Association for Book Arts
3rd Biennial SABA Juried Exhibition
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South CarolinaJanuary 8 – February 15, 2009
Art, Fact, and Artifact: The Book in Time and Place
College Book Arts Association Juried Exhibition, The University of Iowa Center for the Book
Iowa City, IowaFebruary 19 – March 27, 2009Univer
Pressing South: A Juried Exhibition of Letterpress Printing from the Southeastern United States
Department of Art and Art Hisory
University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Wilmington, North CarolinaNovember 10 – 25, 2008
Dogeared: Revealing the Content of Artists’ Books
Purdue University
Yue-Kong Pao Hall of Visual and Performing Arts
West Lafayette, IndianaOctober 10, 2008 – April 12, 2009
Alabama Bound: Contemporary Fine Press and Artists’ Books
Mobile Museum of Art
Mobile, AlabamaOctober 5–31, 2008
7th Annual Bright Hill Press Juried
Book Arts Exhibition
Word and Image Gallery, Bright Hill Center
Treadwell, New YorkJuly 25–September 12, 2008
5th International Book and Paper
Triennial, Columbia College Center
for Book and Paper Arts
Chicago, IllinoisMay 9–June 28, 2008
Multiples: An International Juried Show of Editioned Artists’ Books
East End Applied Arts
Aurora, ColoradoMarch 21–April 17, 2008
Artist’s Book Exhibition — International Juried Exhibit of Artist’s Books
Owl and Lion Gallery
15 Grassmarket
Edinburgh, ScotlandMarch 20–April 26, 2008
Secrets and Lies: A Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Artist’s Books
23 Sandy Gallery
Portland, OregonFebruary 14–March 7, 2008
I Love You Love Me: A National Juried Exhibition About Relationships
Northern Kentucky University, Fine Arts Center
Highland Heights, KentuckyJanuary 2008
Carl Hertzog Award for Excellence in Book Design: Exhibition
Special Collections Library
The University of Texas at El PasoAugust 1 – September 21, 2007
Personal Exhibit — Works from Crooked Letter Press
Fifth Floor Gallery
MFA in the Book Arts Program
The University of Alabama2007 – 2008
Two-year traveling exhibit
International Exhibition — Time
Book Art Museum of Lodz
Lodz, PolandSeptember 21 – December 1, 2007
On Its Feet: An Exhibition of Contemporary Letterpress Book Art
Northern Kentucky University
Fine Arts Center
Highland Heights, KentuckyMarch 17th – May 17th, 2007
The Savvy Grape
Two-person exhibit
Starkville, MississippiMay 12 – July 28, 2007
Southern Open Biennial
Acadiana Center for the Arts
Lafayette, LouisianaSeptember – October, 2006
Bright Hill Press Fifth North American Juried Book Arts Exhibit
Word and Image Gallery
Bright Hill Center
Treadwell, New YorkAugust 14 – September 8, 2006
San Diego Book Arts
First National Juried Exhibition
San Diego, CaliforniaAugust 27 – October 1, 2006
It Takes a Village to Make a Book: Alumni, student and faculty artists from the MFA in the Book Arts Program, University of Alabama School of Library Studies
Chattahoochee Valley Art Museum
LaGrange, GeorgiaSeptember 15 – October 1, 2005
Book + Art = ?
Core New Art Space
Denver, ColoradoOctober 2 – 29, 2005
Bright Hill Press Fourth North American Juried Book Arts Exhibit
Word and Image Gallery, Bright Hill Center
Treadwell, New YorkSpring 2005
The Intensive Spirit
Honorable Mention for the book Wild Girls
Steamboat Springs, ColoradoFall 2004
Hearts and Hands – A Juried Book Art Exhibition for Students
University of Nebraska