MONOTYPE MODERN

SPRING | SUMMER 2020

In Monotype Modern, Pinkwater Gallery presents a survey of work created by three artists working with the technique known as monotype printmaking, which involves the transfer of ink from plate to paper. Employing a printing press, the artist is able to produce a unique print that includes a distinctive impression from the plate used to transfer the color and imprint the texture. The focus of this show is how these artists translate their expressions as modern works of art.

WENDY STEFANELLI

Wendy Stefanelli is a New York based mixed media artist. She attended Pratt Institute and received a BFA from The Academy Of Art University in California. Wendy incorporates printmaking, painting, as well as drawing in her work. She approaches a blank canvas and viscerally lets the piece guide her. Color, shape and texture serve as inspiration. Process is more important than a preconceived outcome, so risk-taking is key. She is drawn to a muted color palette influenced by her environment, rendering her images abstract. The artist's perspective is unique and open to the viewer's imagination. She shares her time between Brooklyn and the Catskills. 

SUSANNA RONNER

Susanna Ronner is a graphic designer and monotype artist residing in Woodstock. She earned her BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois. She credits the designer/artist Milton Glaser with her discovery of monotypes in 2017, finding a “new freedom in printmaking, which rekindled my early roots as an artist.” As a professional graphic designer, and having worked under several renowned designers while living in San Francisco, Susanna approaches her work with a cultivated eye informed by a lifetime of visual exploration.

JOAN FFOLLIOTT

Joan Ffolliott began her formal artistic training at the University of Washington in sculpture and printmaking. She went on to earn her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and was a recipient of a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant. Joan’s artwork has consistently focused on the exploration of materials, processes, and images and how all three influence and affect each other and the viewers’ perceptions. She usually begins a series with a formal or conceptual problem and then lets the give and take of working on the pieces inform the final outcomes. She resides in Malden-on-Hudson and is a member of the faculty at SUNY Ulster Community College, the Woodstock School of Art, and the owner of Ffolliott Design.