Natalie Tarnowski is a Chicago-born printmaker working in mixed media, embossing, screenprint and lithography. After receiving her BFA from Northern Illinois University in 2014, she has been creating printed sculptures that explore the idea of bodies in transit and how this simultaneously affects both identity and environment.
Bruno Suarez Bango is an artist, designer and life lover that comes from high up in the mountains in Quito, Ecuador. He recently received his BFA in Visual Communications and Printmedia from SAIC. Bruno enjoys Screenprinting, Letterpress and walks on the beach. He is currently working on posters and promotional material for bands and music festivals in Ecuador. This makes sense as Bruno is also a wannabe drummer.
Emily Culbert is a printmaker and arts administrator who works primarily in lithography, relief, and screen printing. With a printmaking background from Skidmore College, her print practice explores linkages between urban planning and the natural environment. She often incorporates her prints into book forms and three-dimensional objects.
Carla Fisher Schwartz is a visual artist and educator based in Chicago, IL. Her studio practice investigates the relationship between the mapped image and contemporary notions of exploration, virtuality, and the simulated environment through print media, sculpture and video installation. Her art has been exhibited across the United States, including the Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL), the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis, MO), the Hyde Park Art Center (Chicago, IL), the McKendree University Art Gallery (Lebanon, IL), and the Kala Art Institute (Berkeley, CA). Recent residencies include HATCH Projects (Chicago, IL) and The Hyde Park Art Center Program (Chicago, IL), and a studio fellowship with Spudnik Press Cooperative. Schwartz received her MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was awarded the Bell Cramer Award in Printmaking, and her BA in Studio Art with a minor in the History of Art and Visual Culture from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Art and Architecture at Harold Washington College.
A.J. Barks is the founder of Hippocamp Studio.
Hippocamp Studio produces original designs for print and includes the feminist print project Hippocamp Cards.
Hippocamp Cards was created to provide more authentic, more generous, less normative ways of sharing our lives with one another – of celebrating, supporting, and challenging each other. Established in 2012, it is an ongoing experiment in openness by means of ink on paper.
Hippocamp Studio is a larger effort to build collaborations with fellow designers and artists. It is also a place for freelance projects with friends and like-minded organizations and business.
Hellbrand is a celebration of the more colorful aspects of humanity. The venture began life several years ago as a personal project in which Hell was rebranded as a family-friendly tourist destination (www.helltravel.com). Over time, it evolved into a product brand in its own right, exploring western notions of morality with a decidedly misanthropic outlook. Good times.
Website: www.thehellbrand.com
Twitter: @hellbrand
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Vida Sačić is a Croatian-American artist, designer and educator. Her work in print media explores the relationship between printing and language. She prints and creates large-scale installations; assemblages of prints on paper, textiles and fiber using moveable type, letters that can be touched, and a printing press. Her works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions nationwide, including DeVos Art Museum (MI), Art Mora Gallery (New York City), Columbia College (Chicago) and The Center for Book Arts (New York City). Sačić has been recognized as an Artist-in-Residence at The Penland School of Art and Craft (North Carolina), The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum (Wisconsin), The Center for Book and Paper Arts (Chicago, Illinois) and Tiporenesansa Studio (Ljubljana, Slovenia) among others. She is an Associate Professor of Art at Northeastern Illinois University and works in her studio in the Ravenswood neighbourhood of Chicago.
Walker Kampf-Lassin is an illustrator and designer from Chicago,IL with a BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University. Having recently discovered the growing scene of poster artists, Walker is looking to bring his independent illustration business into the world of screen printing and contribute to the lineage of great artists who have given Chicago such a rich culture of silkscreened poster art.
Mikky Wright is a marketing and development professional with strong business ties to the Chicago community. He moved to Chicago via Seattle in 1997. Mikky holds a B.A in Liberal Arts from the Evergreen State College with a focus in Screenwriting and Sculpture. Over the years he’s volunteered for a number of neighborhood non-profits including Do Division, Chicago Bed & Breakfast Association and LEEP Beyond and has been employed by places as The National MS Society, Draftfcb, Upshot & Odwalla Juice Co. has two children, owns a cafe in West Town, enjoys being a Noble Charter substitute teacher and recently added a rescue cat to his family.
Mikky joined Spudnik in February, 2015 as the Development & Marketing Director. In this role, he will work directly with the Executive Director and Studio Manager to increase Spudnik’s membership base, produce donor events and increased media exposure.
Design by Angelika is a multi-service design and print shop based in Chicago led by Angelika Piwowarczyk (and her trusted sidekick, Flora the German Shepherd). The projects that come out of this little studio vary from custom stationery to small business branding to commissioned artwork, and anything in between!
Ryan Standfest is an artist and art educator who lives and works in Detroit. He is the publisher and editor of ROTLAND PRESS and founded the performance group Cabaret BLACK EYE. He holds an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa.
Hannah King received her MFA from Columbia College Chicago in Interdisciplinary Arts: Book and Paper Arts in 2013 and her BFA from Memphis College of Art in 2008. Her practice incorporates a wide range of mediums with an emphasis on alternative image making techniques in letterpress printing, hand papermaking, and bookbinding. She currently lives and works in Chicago.
