Alex Belardo Kostiw

Alex Belardo Kostiw is a graphic designer, artist, and educator whose work is rooted in storytelling. She has an MFA in visual communication design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and a BA in English literature from the University of Chicago. In her own projects, Alex deals in poetic, adapted, and iterative elements, visual structures of comics, and conceptually driven forms. Her work explores primordial and personal forms of knowledge, investigating the complex ways that the self and reality interact.

Image Credit: Collectivo Multipola

Website:

www.alexkostiw.com/

Residency Period:

Sep 2016–Dec 2016

Classes by this Artist:

Relief Printmaking: Book Projects
Risography Foundations (April 2022)
April 2 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
May 21 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
May 10 | Beyond the Folio: Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
June 28 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
June 17 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
June 24 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
October 24 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 7 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
November 9 | Intro to Relief Printing (4 Weeks)
November 18 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
December 17 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
January 14 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
January 24 | Intro to Relief Printing (4 Weeks)
February 29 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
February 28 | Risography: Analog Experiments (1-Day)
February 18 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
February 25 | 6-Week Printmaking Bootcamp (Sundays and Fridays)
March 11 | Intro to Relief Printing (4 Weeks)
April 7 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
September 25 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 10 | Relief Printing (1-Day)
October 2 | Basic Relief Printing (1-Day)
October 23 | Risography 101 (1 Day)
November 10 | Lino Block Printing (1-Day)
November 23-24 | WEEKEND INTENSIVE: Block Printing (2 Days)
December 11 | Lino Block Printing (4 Hours)
January 22 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
February 5 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
February 26 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
March 5 | Experimental Zinemaking (6 Weeks)
April 23 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
June 1 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
June 24 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
July 5 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
July 6 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
August 17 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
October 23 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)
February 18 | Bookbinding 101 (4 Hours)
Apiril 9 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
April 15 |Risography 101 (4 Hours)
July 9 | Risography Explorations (4 Weeks)
July 15 | Bookbinding 101 (4 Hours)
August 19 | Risography 101 (4 Hours)

Aya Nakamura

Aya Nakamura is a Chicago-based visual artist. Her work consists of pencil drawings on two- and three- dimensional paper surfaces that she casts out of natural fibers and recycled materials. She is currently interested in the notion of drawing as healing gesture, its slow accrual allowing for a negotiation though and reckoning of difficult issues and mind-states. Nakamura holds a BA in fine arts and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has shown at a diverse range of venues in the US and abroad.

Website:

aya-nakamura.com

Grace Makuch

Program Lead

Grace Makuch is an interdisciplinary artist from Chicago, Illinois. When she’s not working at Spudnik, Grace likes to make freaky shaped mirrors and write about finding community at the end of the world. She has recently participated in residencies and fellowships at the Chicago Artists Coalition and Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists’ Residency. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Print Media from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 2021. She is currently Program Lead at Spudnik Press Cooperative.

Fun fact: Grace is a 2017 graduate of Spudnik’s Fellowship program!

Yu Wei

Studio Fellow (2021)

Yu Wei tells stories through multiple visual approaches. She designs, draws, prints, photographs, writes, and edits. And most importantly, she makes books. Book is the connection between her inner self and the outside world. Now she is just a book artist based in Chicago and Beijing, floating in the cosmos.

Website:

byweiyu.com

Alex Fox

Studio Fellow (2021)

Alex Fox is a printmaking artist from Des Moines, Iowa via Bulgaria. He recently graduated with honors and distinction from the BFA printmaking program at the University of Iowa. His current area of focus is silkscreen printing on fabric, and he plans on combining this with sculptural elements moving forward. In April 2021, he showcased his first exhibition titled Façade, exploring themes of identity and encompassing a variety of mediums such as oil painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography and textiles. As a new graduate, he is looking for opportunities to develop his printmaking career.

Website:

afox80525.wixsite.com/mysite

Lily Cozzens

Studio Fellow (2021)

Through the lens of realism and observation, Lily Cozzens’ practice primarily utilizes the medium of drawing to explore and balance the ideas of banality, sincerity, and representation and to create an authentic experience for the viewer. Realism as a practice–and going beyond simple reproduction–embraces the instantaneous and fleeting subjectivity of daily goings-on. She explores and embraces memory and its subjectivity to create third-hand retellings of first-hand experiences. As an attempt at connection with others and with the world around her, she tells her own truth through her work.

Website:

www.lilycozzens.com

Cam Collins

Studio Fellow (2021)

Cam Collins is a fine artist born in Chicago, IL in 1999. His work conveys ambiguous narratives that revolve around colorful figures and sprawling objects, prompting the viewer to investigate, but also have fun doing so. Collins went from Chicago High School to the Arts and moved on to get his BFA in Printmaking at RISD while working as a studio technician in Benson Hall. He has done his own solo exhibition in Providence titled Colorstroll, and has won various awards from Scholastic and AIGA.

Website:

cargocollective.com/camcollinsart

Christen Whitehouse

Maison Blanche

I am a stationery designer and illustrator with a focus on color, pattern and texture. I work mostly in the wedding world creating fine art wedding stationery for couples who are interested in non-traditional pieces that reflect their unique personalities. I also create custom illustrations and prefer to work in a loose whimsical style.

Services Offered:

  • Graphic Design
  • Illustration

Website:

www.maisonblanchelettering.com