Artist Info: Jill Storthz
Bio
Born: Little Rock, Arkansas 1978
Statement
These prints are all woodcuts. They are each carved from a single block of shina, a Japanese basswood. The method I use to create these prints is reductive, also called "suicide method" because there is only one block of wood used and no "going back" in the event that a mistake is made. I like to experiment and play with different techniques and colors to create individual prints. These prints are often unique or run in a very small edition of two or three. When the print is finished, I am left with a hollowed out piece of wood so that the same image could never be reprinted.
Education
- 2000 BFA Printmaking, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- 1998-1999 course work, Slade School of Fine Art. London, England
Solo Exhibitions
- 2005 “Color Woodcuts and Small Drawings,” Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2005 “Woodcuts,” Drugstore Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2005 “One of One Like This…” Tinhorn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2003 “Color Woodcuts,” Tinhorn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Group Exhibitions
- 2005 “Printmakers Invitational 2005,” Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
- 2005 “Grand Opening Show,” Get This! Gallery, Atlanta, GA
- 2005 “Tinhorn Public Works,” Tinhorn Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2005 “Every Dog Has It’s Day,” Red Ink Studios, San Francisco, CA
- 2004 “Printmakers of the Golden State,” Claudia Chapline Gallery, Stinson Beach, CA
- 2004 “Freedom of Impression,” San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (City Hall) San Francisco, CA
- 2003 “Woodcuts,” City Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2002 “Proof(s) of Life,” Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA
- 2002 “On the Surface: a show of woodcuts,” Chicago Printmakers Collaborative Chicago, IL