My first experience participating in a print portfolio was in 1983, while studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago I took my first printmaking class with David Holtzman. All class participants created a print to share with everyone else in the form of a portfolio.
In 1990 Tomas Bringas, an artist from Durango, Mexico suggested to a group of Chicago printmakers that they compile a print portfolio.
Mi primera experiencia como participante de una carpeta de grabados fue en 1983, mientras estudiaba en la Escuela del Instituto de Arte de Chicago y me inscribí en mi primera clase de grabado con el profesor David Holtzman. Todos los estudiantes de esa clase crearon un grabado para compartir con los demás, a manera de una mini carpeta.
En 1990, Tomas Bringas, un artista de duranguense sugirió a un grupo de grabadores en Chicago que compiláramos una carpeta de grabados.
Hand-carved and hand-printed woodblocks and linocuts. Archival paper is used for all prints. All prints are part of limited editions as indicated by a number on each print.
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Tidalectics Portfolio
In 2020, Kolijn curated and produced a boxed print portfolio entitled, Tidalectics, which incorporates the work of 11 printmaking artists who collaborated with marine biologists to create artwork related to the ocean. She selected the title – which had been used by Stephanie Hessler in her own book by the same name and referred to a new worldview of the ocean that merges the arts, sciences, history, and environmental studies – to emphasize the cross-disciplinary nature of her project. With the assistance of Dr. Mark Vermeij, a leading figure in current marine biology research in the Caribbean, Kolijn recruited each of the artists and then matched them with marine biologists, based on the artists’ preferred area of interest.
After a number of virtual interactions, the artists created visual responses to the work of their collaborating scientists. Kolijn partnered with Dr. Forest Rohwer, Principal at Rohwer Lab in San Diego, California, whose research focuses on the role of microbes and viruses in coral reef health and disease. Her piece in the portfolio, Coral Phages: Guardians of the Host or mediators of Infection?, is a photopolymer and zinc intaglio print. She was quick to point out that the scientists involved in the project were delighted that the artists were interested in what they were doing and pleased that their work would reach audiences beyond their scientific disciplines.
After a number of virtual interactions, the artists created visual responses to the work of their collaborating scientists. Kolijn partnered with Dr. Forest Rohwer, Principal at Rohwer Lab in San Diego, California, whose research focuses on the role of microbes and viruses in coral reef health and disease. Her piece in the portfolio, Coral Phages: Guardians of the Host or mediators of Infection?, is a photopolymer and zinc intaglio print. She was quick to point out that the scientists involved in the project were delighted that the artists were interested in what they were doing and pleased that their work would reach audiences beyond their scientific disciplines.
