Biography

Liz Ingram is currently Distinguished University Professor at the University of Alberta. She has received print awards in Canada, Slovenia, Korea, Brazil, Estonia, India and Finland. In 2008 she received the J. Gordin Kaplan Award for Research Excellence, in 2009 was elected into the Royal Society of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture, in 2011 received the University Cup (highest university honour). Recent exhibitions include: The New World, MODEM Centre for Contemporary Art, Debrecen, Hungary, 2013; Perceptions of Promise, Glenbow Museum, Calgary / Chelsea Art Museum, New York, 2011; Beyond Printmaking, Jesuits Contemporary Art Gallery, Poznan, Poland, 2009.

Themed Panel 

Intimate Collaborations: Expanding Dialogues
Print artists are extremely well positioned and have unique opportunities to engage in various types of intimate collaborations that allow a deeper understanding of and empathy for ‘the other’. Working alongside fellow printmakers in community studios sharing ideas and materials, sometimes having works printed by master printers or at times, printing works for others, are common experiences for the print-artist and prepare one for working on truly collaborative projects. This panel will focus on a number of expanded dialogues about collaborative projects involving a number of artists from the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. The participants include Sean Caulfield, Bernd Hildebrandt and Liz Ingram, Daniela Schlueter, and Marc Siegner, a group of artists that have worked together for many years. These panelists are recently engaging in projects that involve substantial collaboration outside the discipline of traditional printmaking. These cross-disciplinary projects range from explorations that involve science, dance, sculpture and installation, poetry and social science. In each case, these artists worked jointly with collaborators who are specialized in other disciplines on new intellectual journeys, to explore new territories and produce works that extend beyond traditional printmaking boundaries. Outcomes include interactive installations, mixed media works, performance works, video documentary and sculptures, which have been interpreted and developed through a printmakers mind and methodology. 

In this panel, Sean Caulfield will introduce a project involving his collaborations with a number of visual artists and a dance company in Montreal, Liz Ingram and Bernd Hildebrandt will elaborate on their shared life and its relationship to their collaborative productions in installation, poetry, and print, Daniela Schlueter will discuss her collaboration with a Stem Cell scientist and the resulting art works, and Marc Siegner will elaborate on his ongoing investigations in China and the resulting collaborations with people from various walks of life. These short introductory presentations will act as examples to stimulate discussion about how collaborations across specializations can expand boundaries and encourage deeper and wider exploration.

Open Book

Out of the Frame
As a group, we have developed an exhibition that bridges tradition with the new, and highlights work currently being produced in Edmonton, a city in Northern Canada. 

Printmaking has traditionally been a medium that absorbs new technologies, and distributes image-based content to a broad audience. In the current world of image proliferation and new technologies, in terms of image potential and distribution possibilities, printmaking holds a unique and advantageous position of bridging history with the future. The renewed interest in the intimacy and tactile qualities of limited edition artist book-works and the hand-made limited edition paper print is occurring alongside the explosion of exciting image explorations in digital media, mixed media, and print-installation being explored and produced by artists with highly developed printmaking backgrounds.
This temporary exhibition will include works by Sean Caulfield, Steven Dixon, Liz Ingram and Bernd Hildebrandt, Walter Jule, Daniela Schlüter and Marc Siegner, and will present works that include a variety of new technical and conceptual approaches. Large woodcut and inkjet prints using unconventional display methods will be featured alongside mixed media works, artist bookworks and photogravures.