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Collaborative Printing Since 1976

Lorraine Shemesh

Lorraine Shemesh is an artist living and working in New York City. Shemesh's works in paint, paper, and clay investigate and abstract the human form in which she has developed a unique type of cotemporary realism marrying figure-based painting with abstract expressionist concerns.

Background

MFA in painting, Tyler School of Art; Philadelphia, PA (1973)

Studied: Tyler School of Art in Rome; Rome, Italy (1971-72)

BFA in painting, Boston University; Boston, MA (1971)

National Endowment for the Arts Regional Fellowship (1996)

Teaching: Amherst College; Amherst, MA (1980-81) and Rhode Island School of Design; Providence, RI (1973-80)

Normal Editions Projects

Shemesh participated in a collaborative print project at Normal Editions Workshop during a short term residency with public lecture in the School of Art at Illinois State University in 2015.

Artist Lorraine Shemesh drawing at the 2015 Normal Editions Workshop.

Artist Lorraine Shemesh trimming a mylar at Normal Editions Workshop in 2015

Resources

Artist Website

Gallery Representation

Prints from Normal Editions

Tethered

Tethered

Lorraine Shemesh
two-color lithograph
20" x 22 1/2"
edition size: 20 numbered impressions
and 15 roman numeral impressions
signed by the artist
copyright 2016
N.E.W. work #15-101

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Collaboration with Lorraine Shemesh

talking with students

talking with students

Lorraine Shemesh talking with print students about the collaborative project

drawing on mylars

drawing on mylars

Lorraine Shemesh drawing on the mylars at the light table

printing run #1

printing run #1

Morgan Price sponges the lithographic plate while Veda Rives prepares the ink on the roller during the printing of the first color run.

IMG_6254

IMG_6254

printing run #2

printing run #2

Samantha Buchanan, Graduate Assistant, sponges the lithographic plate during the printing of the second color run.

printing run #2

printing run #2

Samantha Buchanan and Veda Rives pulling a fresh newsprint proof while bringing the lithographic plate for the second color run up to full printing quality

subtractive methods on mylar

subtractive methods on mylar

Christopher Hagen observing Lorraine Shemesh's use of subtractive methods in the drawing on mylar

rolling black ink on the photo-lithographic plate

rolling black ink on the photo-lithographic plate

Veda Rives rolling black ink on the photo-lithographic plate with Lorraine Shemesh, Morgan Price and Chris Hagen

reviewing printed proofs

reviewing printed proofs

Chris Hagen, Morgan Price, Lorraine Shemesh and Veda Rives reviewing printed proofs

working together with a large roller

working together with a large roller

Lorraine Shemesh watches Veda Rives and Micah Zavacky working together with a large roller

trying out the large roller

trying out the large roller

Lorraine Shemesh trying out the large roller with Veda Rives and Micah Zavacky

preparing the large roller with black ink

preparing the large roller with black ink

Veda Rives preparing the large roller with black ink with Micah Zavacky and Lorraine Shemesh

large black roller

large black roller

Veda Rives with the large black roller

N.E.W. Team in action

N.E.W. Team in action

Lorraine Shemesh watches the NEW Team in action: Micah Zavacky, Morgan Price, and Veda Rives

Pulling a proof from a test plate

Pulling a proof from a test plate

NEW Team pulling a proof from a test plate

at the press during the color trial proofing

at the press during the color trial proofing

Morgan Price and Lorraine Shemesh at the press during the color trial proofing

comparing impressions

comparing impressions

Comparing impressions: Lorraine Shemesh, Micah Zavacky, Veda Rives, and Morgan Price review progress

contemplating changes

contemplating changes

Dylan Welch and Lorraine Shemesh compare ink samples and trial proofs

mixing ink

mixing ink

Dylan Welch mixing ink for the Lorraine Shemesh project

working on a proof

working on a proof

Lorraine Shemesh working on a trial proof

IACA Acknowledgement and Copyright

Normal Editions Workshop acknowledges support from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

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