Abbey Blake
abbeyblakeart@gmail.com, www.abbeyblakeart.com
Art Instructor and Department Head at Itasca Community College (Minnesota State Colleges), Grand Rapids, MN
EDUCATION
2019 University of Iowa, MFA Printmaking, Minors in Sculpture and Ceramics
2014 Cleveland Institute of Art, BFA Printmaking, Emphasis in Biomedical Art
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 Undermine, Gallery Baird, Online (Covid19)
2019 Slake, Good Sport Gallery, London, Ontario
Futile, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
Needle in the Meadow, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2018 This Land, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Field Guide to a Border Town I, Drewelowe Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2017 Por Las Montañas, Universidad de la Finis Terrae, Santiago, Chile
2016 Paper and Pages, Annex Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2015 In The Woods, The Shaker Historical Society, Shaker Heights, OH
System Failure, Ohio City Masonic Arts Center, Ohio City, OH
2014 Idle Hours, The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
System-Cut, Art Spot Gallery, Cleveland, OH
TWO-THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Artists in Residency Showcase, Macrostie Art Center, Grand Rapids, MN
2018 From What to Where? The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
2017 Embedded Light: Encaustics, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2015 Unreliable Systems, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, OH
Nature Ordered, Forum Art Space, Cleveland, OH
Time Lapse, Tri-C Community College West, Parma, OH
2014 Systems & Language, Juma Gallery, Shaker Heights, OH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 Community, Centry College, White Bear lake, MN
2021 Macrostie Art Center Potter’s Showcase, Grand Rapids, MN
Common Threads, Luxe Art Center, Lincoln, NE
2020 Rural, Gallery 1010, Knoxville, TN
2019 Nuances, Peters Valley School of the Craft, Layton, NJ
NAHBS, Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, CA
2019 Homeward Bound, Good Year Arts, Charlotte, NC
2018 Facing the Wall, Overpass Press, Providence, RI
2017 Tallgrass Artist Residency Showcase 2017, The Bank, Matfield Green, KS
Mother’s Terrariums, What the Festival 2017, Dufur, OR
UIOWA Printmakers, Inky Editions, Hudson, NY
Nasty Women, PSOne Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2016 Ghost Prints, Iowa City, IA
Protean, University at Buffalo Art Galleries, Buffalo, NY
Musings, Cain Park Gallery, Cleveland Heights, OH
Paper & Glass, Fava Gallery, Oberlin, OH
Inked Images: Seven Printmakers, BCC Gallery, Beachwood, OH
2015 EMERGENT 2015, Heights Arts, Cleveland Heights, OH
Bottled Water, Waterloo Arts, Cleveland, OH
Six in Studio, Cleveland West Art League, Cleveland, OH
Top Picks, Harris Stanton Gallery, Akron, OH
2014 43rd annual Valley Arts Center Juried Exhibition, Chagrin Falls, OH
Transformation, The Morgan Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
AWARDS AND HONORS
2016 Eve Drewlowe Award, University of Iowa
Research Assistantship in the Iowa Print Group Archives, University of Iowa
Full Scholarship/ Tuition Waver, University of Iowa
2014 Excellence in Innovation Phyllis Memorial Award, Valley Arts Center
First Place, Exploring the Senses, Indigo Perfumery
Grand/Purchase Prize, Dealer Tire
Emerging Artist in Residency Award, Zygote Press
Grand/Purchase Prize, Cleveland Institute of Art Board of Trustees
2014 John Paul Miller Scholarship, Private- Cleveland Institute of Art
2012 Honorary Scholarship, The Cleveland Institute of Art
2010-2014 Provost Scholarship, The Cleveland Institute of Art
COLLECTIONS
University of Iowa Special Collections
University of Iowa Print Group Archive
Aguafuerte Grabado y Taller Archive
Cleveland Institute of Art’s Permanent Collection
Cleveland Art Association
Dealer Tire Art Collection
Mid-American Print Conference
Southern Graphics Print Archive
Zygote Press Print Archive
Kent State University Art Collection
RELATED PROFESSIONAL WORK
Itasca Community College- Full time Art Instructor and Department Head, 2020- Present
Vermilion Community College- Temporary Full time Art Instructor, 2019/2020
The University of Iowa- Teaching Assistant/ Instructor of Record, 2017-2019
Courses: Introduction to Printmaking, Elements of Printmaking, and Elements of Drawing
Waterstem Fired and Printed, Waterstem.weebly.com, Owner, Established 2014
The University of Iowa, Iowa Print Group Archivist, 2016-2017
American Greetings World Headquarters, Creative Specialist- Prototyping, 2015- 2016
Hotcards, Customer Service and Print Production, 2014-2015
Juma Gallery, Gallery Assistant, 2012-2014
The Morgan Conservatory, Intern and Teaching Assistant 2012-2013
RESIDENCIES, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Praxis Fiber Workshop, Cleveland, OH, Artist in Residence, winter 2018
Public Space One, Iowa City, IA, Printmaking Workshop Instructor, Fall 2017
Tallgrass Artist Residency, Matfield Green, KS, Artist in Residence, Summer 2017
Aguafuerte Taller y Grabado, Santiago, Chile, Artist in Residence, Summer 2017
Universidad de la Finis Terrae, Visiting Artist, Santiago, Chile, Summer 2017
The Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, Artist in Residence, Spring 2016
The Cleveland Institute of Art hosted at Cleveland Metroparks, Spring 2015, Western papermaking demonstrations and artist lecture
Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH, Emerging Artist in Residence, Fall 2014
ADDITIONAL EDUCATION
The Morgan Conservatory of Paper and Book Arts, Papermaking with Melissa Jay Craig, 2013
Haystack Mountain School of the Crafts, Papermaking with Paul Wong, 2014
Southern Graphics Print Conference, Milwaukee, WI 2012, Las Vegas, NV 2017
Mid-American Print conference, Louisville, KY 2016
Friends of Dard Hunter Conference, Cleveland, OH, 2013, Iowa City, IA, 2018
SKILLS/ TOOLS
- Printmaking- Intaglio, Silkscreen, Lithography, Relief Processes, Photographic Transfer and New Media
- Wood Working- Tools Include: Router, Table Saw, Band saw, Sanding Belts, Miter Saw, Planer, Joiner and Pneumatic Nail and Staple Guns
- Metal working- TIG welding, MIG welding, Plasma Cutting, Metal Lathe, Hole Saw, Drill Press, Band Saw, Grinders, Belts and Curving Tools
- Simple Electronics (motors and sensors powered by Arduino, etc.)
- Bike Building
- Casting- Plaster, Rubber, Wax and Plastics
- Traditional Eastern and Western Styles of Papermaking
- Universal and Epilogue Laser Cutters (Artistic and Production)
- Graphtec Plotter Cutters (Artistic and Production)
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Some 3D Printing
- Some CNC Routing
- Intermediate Spanish as second language
