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Jacquelyn Strycker  Artist Statement The nature of a print is such that the marks one scratches with a needle, bites with acid, or gouges with a chisel are never actually seen. Instead, the art is the evidence of these marks, the residue of the gesture. Thus, the print is an illustration of the ephemeral, the transient. This sense of the temporary extends to my subject matter: natural systems and light -- the flight of a hummingbird, the luminosity of a leaf at dawn, the swell of a wave. I try to capture each of these ephemerals on the page. Intrinsic to printmaking is repetition. As such, the matrix is created with the intent that it be printed multiple times. As I build layers on the plate and place print upon print, iterations begin to connect on all sides. By printing a plate over and over on a large sheet of paper, the bottom of one image blends into the top of another, recalling the melodic repetition of prayers or chants in which the end of one mantra becomes the beginning of the next and the myriad elements fuse to form a greater, boundless image. Curriculum Vitae Education Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA MFA, Printmaking, May 2007 Columbia University, New York, NY BA, Visual Arts, May 2003, Dean’s List, Honors Solo Exhibitions Gallery Icthus, San Francisco, CA 2006 Metaphors be with you Temple Gallery, Rome, Italy The Grace of the Descent Selected Group Exhibitions 2007 Lincoln University, Lincoln, England Works on Paper  2006 Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA Festa d’Roma Il Quadrato di Omega, Rome, Italy Porta Via 2005 Graphic Arts Workshop, San Francisco, CA New Works Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, CA Art and Spirituality 2004 International Print Center, New York, NY, NY IPCNY New Prints 2004/ Winter International Print Center, New York, NY, NY 2003 IPCNY New Prints 2003/ Autumn National Arts Club, NY, NY Student Exhibition Columbia University Gallery, NY, NY Thesis Show 2002 Neiman Gallery, NY, NY Myth and Hybrid: Artist books and prints Postcrypt Art Gallery NY, NY One Night Stand Honors and Residencies Spring 2007 Temple University Project Completion Grant, Tyler School of Art Technical Assistantship and Academic Internship Tyler School of Art Fall 2006 Teaching Assistantship and Academic Internship Tyler School of Art Spring 2006 Teaching Assistantship and Academic Internship Vermont Studio Center 2004 Artist Residency, Painting Fellowship Columbia University 1999-2003 Rosen Scholar
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