ARTBOUND 2011
Exhibition of Artists’ Books from the Juried Student Book Arts Competition at the University of Florida Libraries
September 19 – November 18, 2011
Smathers Library 2nd floor gallery, Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
A companion online exhibit is available for viewing at http://ufdc.ufl.edu/exhibits/artbound2011
This year’s juror, Bea Nettles, offered her gracious response to the submissions. “It was a pleasure to select these books from emerging book artists. I was impressed by the high quality and sophistication of the work that was submitted to ARTBOUND. I chose a wide range of styles, from the codex, the accordion, to more complex presentations, paying attention to the craft of the books while looking for fresh combinations of form and content. The judging was done from submitted digital images, and not the actual books. This is always a challenge for book artists, as the entire content, especially the text and sequencing of images, cannot be revealed. The three prize winners submitted consistently powerful work that was apparent even in the digital form. It seemed that in addition to the top prize winners, there should be several honorable mentions. This is an exciting group of new books that will become part of the University of Florida’s emerging artists’ book collection.”
The ARTBOUND 2011 Exhibition features contemporary works by students making books in book arts and/or fine arts programs across the United States. The exhibited works have been selected by renowned book artist, photographer, and an alumnus of the University of Florida, Bea Nettles. These artists’ books will become part of the permanent collection at The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries. Twenty-five handmade artists’ books were selected for the exhibition from 60+ submissions. The books were created using a variety of media such as letterpress printing, lithography, inkjet, screen printing, and handmade paper. The books are all high quality, original works made by up-and-coming book artists.
The ARTBOUND 2011 exhibition and collection is sponsored in part by the Marjorie S. Coffey Endowment.
The artists and works included in the ARTBOUND Competition Exhibition and Collection are as follows:
David Abraham
Memphis College of Art
Brothers
Amelia Bird
University of Iowa
Of Orange (2nd Place Winner), A Diary of Days (Honorable Mention), Holes
Nikkila Carroll
Memphis College of Art
Burrowing, Reaching
Sarah Joanne Bromley
Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
Are You Afraid of the Moon? (Honorable Mention)
Emily Dyer
University of Utah
Sanctification
Lauren Faulkenberry
University of Alabama
Elegy for the Wild at Heart (Honorable Mention), Migration: A Field Guide to Love That Was and Might Have Been, Galvanize
Kyle Holland
Memphis College of Art
Coupled Voices (Honorable Mention), Substructure
Jill Kambs
University of Iowa
Cord
Hannah Evan Leggoe
Memphis College of Art
Romantic
Marie Provence
Memphis College of Art
Cameo (3rd Place Winner), Silhouette
Sonja Greentree Rossow
University of Alabama
Milagros
Elizabeth Sheehan
Memphis College of Art
Ties
Tatiana Shukhin
Corcoran College of Art and Design
Translucent Air, Murmurs
Jana Sim
Columbia College, Chicago
Language Mobius (1st Place Winner), Meter (Honorable Mention), Konglish
Emma Swales
Memphis College of Art
Vacant
Jana Sim, Columbia College, Chicago Language Mobius (1st Place Winner). The three mobius strips were letterpress printed using polymer plates on Somerset, and the box is made in Jacob’s Ladder structure/10x5x3,” edition of 25.
Amelia Bird, University of Iowa, Of Orange (2nd Place Winner). Ink paintings on found vintage lithographs bound in a stiff-leaf structure on conservation board with cloth hardcover/3.5x9x2.75,” edition of 1.
Marie Provence, Memphis College of Art, Cameo (3rd Place Winner). Digital printing, letterpress, & pressure printing/5x5,” edition of 5.