Printmaking Students do'in good & still slinging ink.
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Crystal McCallie / BFA 2021 & MFA 2025
For 40 years, McCallie called the Texas Panhandle home where she grew up on a dryland farm. McCallie attended Amarillo College and West Texas A&M University. After moving to Missoula she enrolled at UM and received her BFA in printmaking/drawing and is currently pursuing her MFA in Printmaking at UM. Artist Statement: Life is made up of an infinite number of intricate stories that coalesce to form our existence. Often the most impactful stories are the rare, quiet moments that are as fleeting as vapor. I seek to capture these intricacies into a visual representation that portrays shared emotional experiences of the human soul - our sorrows, our celebrations, our family impressions, our regrets, our hopes, our fears… In my drawings, I enjoy the challenge of rendering subjects in stylized realism where I attempt to capture both the tension and tranquility of the subjects. I have a love for the tactically stimulating process of silky, smooth graphite gliding across creamy, textured paper where fingerprints make evident the hand of the artist. I depict subjects of my family (past and present), nature, and objects of curiosity that evoke a sense of familiar nostalgia. |
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Dagny Walton / MFA 2023
Dagny Walton is an illustrator and printmaker. Originally from Colorado, she received her BA in Classical Studies from the University of British Columbia and her MFA in Fine Art from the University of Montana in 2023. She is currently the Laura Grace Barrett artist in residence at the Zootown Arts Community Center in Missoula, MT. Dagny applies her background in Classical Studies to a literal interpretation of the myth of the American West and incorporates themes and visuals from Greco-Roman mythology in her work. Her work explores the inheritance of stolen land, the industrial exploitation of the landscape, and the deification of the cowboy archetype. She also examines the interplay between human ambition and natural entropy: the permanent consequences our actions have on the land, and the chaotic nature of the environment that threatens our own existence. |
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Stella Nall / BFA 2020
Stella Nall Bisháakinnesh (Rode Buffalo) is a multimedia artist and poet from Bozeman, Montana. A first descendant of the Crow tribe, her work is informed by her experiences navigating the world and often centers current issues pertaining to Indigenous identity, visibility and representation. She graduated from the University of Montana in 2020 with a BFA in Printmaking, a BA in Psychology and a minor in Art History and Criticism. She now lives in Missoula, where she is represented by Radius Gallery. She currently serves as a member of the Western Montana Creative Initiative’s Indigenous Art Advisory Committee, VonCommon Art Studio’s board of directors, and the COHESION Art Collective Advisory Committee. Publications featuring her work include Scribendi, Cutbank, Denver Quarterly, McClain’s Printmaking Catalog, Montana Quarterly, The Thalweg, Stray, and Poetry Northwest. Her work may be viewed as murals across Montana, as well as in national public collections, including The Montana Museum of Art and Culture, The Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, and The IAIA Museum of Contemporary Native Arts. https://stellanall.com |
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Max Mahn / BFA 2015
Max is a full-time printmaker creating GIG posters under the press name TWIN HOME PRINTS for bands such as Wilco, The Melvins, WEEN, PHISH, Primus and The LIL SMOKIES to name but a few. He has also been selected to create four labels for Dogfish Head Seasonal Beers. Max has been a visiting artist to several of my print classes over the last several years and continues to be an inspiring artist. Twin Home Prints |
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Jason Clark / BFA 2000 & MFA 2004
Jason Clark grew up in a rural town at the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and has lived and worked many places throughout the United States. He was raised near the Tule River Indian Reservation in central California, but with his family’s Algonquin traditions and legends from the eastern part of the country. He entered college in Hawaii and studied with a Maori artist schooled in Northwest Coast Native art. He resides in Missoula, Montana as a printmaker, Adjunct Professor and the 2-D Technician in the School of Art at the University of Montana. From 2006 -2012 he taught and ran the printmaking studio first at the University of Louisiana in Monroe and then at Bemidji State University in Minnesota. His prints have been exhibited nationally and internationally, including exhibitions at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, The Missoula Art Museum, Missoula, Montana, The Turner Art Center, Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, the William Wipple Gallery, Southwest Minnesota State University, Marshall, Minnesota, the Hillstrom Museum of Art, Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minnesota, Applestick Contemporary Art, Victoria, Australia, the Warepuke gallery, Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and The 15th International Print Biennial, Varna, Bulgaria. His prints have also been collected in various collections including the Boise Art Museum, the Spencer Museum of Art, Kansas University, West Virginia University, Morgantown, the Junt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, The Museum of Arts and Culture, The University of Montana, Missoula, and the Salish Kootenai College, Pablo, Montana. https://www.instagram.com/jasonkilllark/ |
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David Miles Lusk / BFA 2014
David Miles Lusk is an artist living and working out of Missoula, Montana. David received his Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in printmaking from the University of Montana in 2014. He is inspired by the intersection of science and mythology, and nature & humanity. He started Anomal Press in the fall of 2016. Anomal Press |
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Katie McChain / BA 2013
Meet Katie S. Machain, an artist who graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The University of Montana in 2013, with an emphasis in printmaking. Her images are inspired by actual places and photographs. Katie uses a printmaking process, known as reduction relief, which involves hand-carving and printing her images from a single block of wood. Her colorful, multi-layered wood block prints highlight the intriguing tones and patterns of animals, landscapes, and other natural manifestations. https://www.katiemachain.com |
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Tyler Krasowski / BFA 2009
Tyler Joseph Krasowski was born in Minneapolis in 1985, and grew up in Chicagoland. He received a BFA degree in Drawing at the University of Montana in 2009. Following graduation, Tyler travelled the country as part of Drive-By Press. He then took a job working for artist Tony Fitzpatrick until 2013 and is now a full time practicing artist in Chicago. Krasowski has exhibited nationally and internationally, with his work being included in museum collections. Commissions include a print for Pearl Jam’s 2010 world tour. He has served as a guest lecturer and visiting artist at a number of colleges and universities including The Art Academy in Tallinn, Estonia. Statement: When not creating images, Krasowski's so-called purpose is to locate obsolete neighborhood abstractions or antiquated rural myths. He also takes cartoon clouds very seriously. https://www.instagram.com/skinpancake/?hl=en |
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Jules Lucero / BFA 2020
Jules Lucero is a printmaker residing in Missoula, Montana. Lucero graduated from the University of Montana in 2020 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Painting and Drawing and a Minor in Art History and Criticism. After graduating Lucero worked on an OpenAIR residency in Philipsburg, Montana, where she continued to practice traditional printmaking techniques, during her time she began drawing her inspiration from the rich history of Montana, and printmaking. Lucero is inspired by Montana and its wonderful creatures and vegetation that offer an endless well of ideas for creating. Lucero's work serves as a reflection of everyday valuable moments, like gardening, cooking, and creating. Lucero Prints |
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Elizabeth Rose / BA 2003
Elizabeth Claire Rose earned her MFA in Printmaking from Tyler School of Art and Architecture at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and holds a BA in Fine Art with a minor in Wilderness Studies from the University of Montana. Rose works with patterns of species distribution, range maps, and glacial movements as a way to chart and re-access cross cultural connections in our mutually shared landscape and world. Rose's work was selected for publication in 25 Under 25: Up and Coming American Photographers Vol. 2, published by powerHouse Books and the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, NC. She has been an artist resident on Mount St. Helens National Monument, WA, USA, Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, and with the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness Foundation, MT, USA among others. Her work has been supported by the Southern Graphics Council International, the Mid America Print Council, and the Matthew Hansen Endowment from the University of Montana. Rose is currently based in Krakow, Poland, where she is a Fulbright Fellow for 2019-2020. In 2023 she was hired as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Hope College in Holland, Michigan. https://elizabethclairerose.com |
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