Exhibition at McNally Robinson

I have another exhibition opening next week. I will do a small artist talk at the prairie ink restaurant Monday, June 3rd at 7:30pm in Winnipeg. The exhibition will be on display until July 8th and continue with part of the work from August 6th - September 15th. 

Nivaclé Printmaking Workshop

I am currently in Paraguay and it is wonderful to be home again. I'm staying with my parents in the house where I grew up and I'm enjoying all the sun and lovely weather after coming from the still snowy Minneapolis. Aside from the exhibition I am having in Asunción next week (see post below) I will also teach a woodblock printing workshop to a group of approximately 10 indigenous artists for one week (May 12 - 18). Since I want to document the whole workshop more thoroughly, I decided to start a new blog for that. Please click here to be redirected for more information about the workshop and images of the artists' work.

Exhibition in Paraguay

Encounters and Farewells is my first exhibition in my home country Paraguay. After all these years that this country and my life there (before North America) have inspired me to make much of my work, I finally have the chance to show my work at the Manzana de la Rivera, a beautiful gallery complex in downtown Asunción that is part of the city's cultural center. The opening reception is Thursday, May 2 at 7:30pm in the Espacio Miguel Acevedo and runs till May 19th. I am thrilled to have this opportunity, which I have dreamed of for years. In so many ways I still feel deeply Paraguayan and yet I feel quite the stranger in the Paraguayan art scene. Perhaps I will have the chance to make some connections through my exhibition and stay in closer touch with what is going on in the art world in Paraguay. 

23rd Parkside National Small Print Show

I'm a little late with this post, but I've been distracted with my travel plans to Paraguay (Yeay!!!...more about that later). One of my prints (Leaving Behind) was accepted to the 23rd Parkside National Small Print Exhibition in Kenosha, Wisconsin. The juror was John Hitchcock who teaches at the University of Madison. If you want more information about the show, check out the press release here or go to the exhibition website. 

Since I moved to the US, I've come across so many opportunities to apply to exhibitions and network with other printmakers. I must say, to me it seems there is a much stronger and closer knit printmaking community all over the country here than I experienced in Canada. Perhaps I was just unaware of more connections and opportunities back in Winnipeg? Well, for now I enjoy making more prints and trying to show my work more widely and when I move back to Winnipeg some day I'll see what I can do about the networking in Canada.

SGCI Conference 2013

I just came back from the Southern Graphics Council International Conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While being very overwhelmed with the crowds, all the panels, demonstrations, and exhibitions, I enjoyed seeing so many printmakers from around the world in one place, making new connections, looking at wonderful prints, and thinking about why we do what we do. 

A highlight for me was to briefly meet Warrington Colescott, a Wisconsin printmaker who's work I've admired since my university days and who's colour etching techniques have inspired me in many ways. 

From Paraguay to Winnipeg Radio Interview

Yesterday Bennie Peters, my exhibition partner for our current two person exhibition talked about our work on the radio (I was still travelling from Minneapolis and just arriving in Manitoba, so I wasn't part of the interview). If you missed the live interview yesterday, you can still listen to it online for the next six weeks I believe. Here is the link to CKUW 95.9FM  'Eat your Arts and Vegetables'. Simply go to the archives and click on the March 14th interview. Thanks for doing this Bennie!

Exhibition at the Mennonite Heritage Gallery

I have an upcoming exhibition at the Mennonite Heritage Gallery, (Canadian Mennonite University campus) in Winnipeg from March 15th till April 27th. The opening reception is Friday, March 15th at 7:30pm. I am showing work together with an old friend of mine, Bennie Peters. Bennie and I both grew up in Paraguay and moved to Winnipeg to study fine arts, so our backgrounds are somewhat similar but our artworks are very different in style. It was hugely encouraging for me that Bennie was at the University of Manitoba already when I came. This is the first time we are showing our work together and I'm really excited about it!