Faculty

 

 

Christine Adams holds a BFA in printmaking from Arizona State University and Tamarind Master Printer Certificate. Her professional printing experience has included positions at the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies at Columbia University, Lower East Side Printshop, and Tamarind Institute. Christine is currently a collaborative printer at Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE) in Bay Shore, NY and a printmaking faculty at Parsons School of Design in New York City.

Evan Bellantone is a printmaker and artist working in New York City. Since 2011 he has worked as a printer at Jungle Press editions, working on projects with artists such as Ken Buhler, Ellen Gallagher and Nicole Eisenman. He has shown his work at the International Print Center New York and is currently an MFA candidate at Hunter College. evanbellantone.com

Julia Elsas work encompasses printmaking, photography, collage, textiles, sculpture, ceramics, papermaking, installation, and performance. Past exhibitions and performances include: Drawing Center, New York, NY; Ortega y Gasset, Brooklyn, NY; International Print Center, New York, NY; Art Merge Lab, Los Angeles, CA; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC; among others. This spring she was a resident fellow at Scuola Internazionale di Grafica di Venezia. She is the owner and designer of RE/PRESS Editions, and she teaches printmaking and bookbinding at Montclair State University. More information can be found on her website: juliaelsas.com

Karen Lederer is an accomplished New York artist and educator and a former Keyholder artist in residence. Exhibitions include Driscoll Babcock Gallery, IPCNY, RISD Museum, Field Projects and many others. karenlederer.com

Takuji Hamanaka is an artist and printmaker living in Brooklyn, New York. He was apprentice in traditional woodcut printmaking in Tokyo, Japan. His work has been exhibited at the IPCNY, EAB Fair, Art on Paper and Owen James Gallery, NY among others. He received two NYFA Fellowship, KALA Fellowship, CA and has been a resident at the MacDowell Colony, NH among others. takujihamanaka.com

Roni Henning is the director and master printer of Henning Screenprint Workshop, NY, and is the author of two books on waterbased screenprinting. She has taught printmaking at New York Institute of Technology, and workshops at Rutgers University, Parsons School of Design, and many other universities and institutes throughout the country. ronihenning.com

Erik Hougen, the Printshop’s Artistic Director & Master Printer is an accomplished artist, educator and printer. Since 2006, he has worked as a printer for the studios of Kathy Caraccio, Pace Prints, Howling Print Studio, Donald Baechler, and KaiKai Kiki Studio (Takashi Murakami). He has taught printmaking techniques at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and LaGuardia Community College, Queens, NY. erikhougen.com

Jeremy Ruiz, the printshops Studio manager, is an artist and printer.  Jeremy has worked as a printer at Durham Press before coming to the Lower East Side Printshop in 2016. He has printed for artists such as Derrick Adams, Latoya Ruby Fraizer, James Nares, and Hurvin Anderson. He holds a BFA from Purchase College. ruizjeremy.com

April Vollmer is a New York based artist and printmaker who specializes in mokuhanga, Japanese woodcut. With an MFA from Hunter College, she has exhibited her work internationally and has taught workshops across the U.S. She was on the board of the First and Second International Mokuhanga Conferences in Japan and her book Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop was released by Watson-Guptill in 2015. aprilvollmer.com