Passerby, 2021, screen-print on paper, 10 x 21 in
Commute, 2021, screen-print on paper, 6 x 10 in
Office Space, 2021, screen-print on paper, 7 x 7 in
Artist Statement
As an undergraduate student in my 4th year working primarily through print, I focus on themes of human emotion and interaction, and what relationships our feelings and thoughts create with the spaces around us. Throughout my work I utilize ambiguous figures, surreal imagery, and scenes of mundane everyday life in a more dreamlike setting. This body of work utilizes the processes of screen print, drawing and digital stencils to display a monochromatic color scheme experimenting with the values of warm and cool grey tones. These prints depict personifications of everyday emotions and experiences placed into familiar environments such as a person getting ready in their home, people on a crowded street or a conversation between figures. However, although there are similarities in scenes to normal life, there are surreal details that aim to make the ordinary uncomfortable. The absence of bodily elements such as heads and facial expressions force us to focus on the emotional responses of the figure itself, and how feelings and personal connections can manifest themselves in other ways. Through this we can focus on how these environments reflect on our daily lives, making personal feeling and identity seem much more universal.
Artist Biography
Madison Clark is a print artist from Omaha, Nebraska, settling in Kansas to pursue her bachelor’s in fine arts with an emphasis in printmaking. Clark is a senior at the University of Kansas and works with numerous print mediums such as screen printing, mokuhanga, lithography and various types of relief print. Through these mediums she explores the relationship between human emotion and interaction, and what relationships our feelings and thoughts create with the spaces around us. Madison looks forward to graduating in the spring of 2021 and continuing on to study archival work at the University of Wisconsin in the fall, with which she hopes to aid in helping preserve prints and other works for future research
Madison Clark
Email: maddi.jclark@gmail.com Instagram:@maddi_joan
Education
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas Graduation-May 2021
- 3.8 GPA
- Major in Visual Art with an emphasis in Printmaking, Minor in Art History
Research Objectives
Working in various printmaking and painting techniques in conversation with themes of human emotion, sense of self and their relationships with the environment around us.
Shows
2021 Seedco Gallery, Solo exhibition, Lawrence, KS
2019 University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library, group exhibition, Lawrence, KS
Chalmers Hall, glass display, group exhibition, Lawrence, KS
Chalmers Hall, Scholar Exhibition, group exhibition, Lawrence, KS
2018 KU Libraries, Watson Library, group exhibition, Lawrence, KS
Chalmers Hall, Scholar Exhibition, group exhibition, Lawrence, KS
Relevant Experiences
Artist Partners, Wichita, Kansas
Marketing Coordinator, March 2021-Present
Aim Language Learning, Canada
Children’s Illustrator February 2021-Present
Awards
2020-2021 KU Opportunity grant, Brainerd Art Scholarship, Bushong Art Scholarship, Rubin Art Scholarship
2019-2020 Brainerd Art Scholarship, KU Arts Grant, KU Opportunity Grant
2018-2019 FAS Art Scholarship, Dorris Carey Scholarship, Talbot Memorial Arts Scholarship, KU Opportunity Grant
2017-2018 Nancy B Altvater Scholarship, FAS Scholarship, KU Opportunity Grant
Skills
Printmaking
- Serigraphy- 3 years
- Lithography-2 years
- Mokuhanga-1 year
- Relief Print- 5 years
