Biography
Ali Printz is a figurative painter and printmaker based out
of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where she currently does private commissions and is
preparing a larger body of work. Her work is historically based and deals with
media imagery and manipulation from the 19th and 20th
centuries. She works with various mediums including oil, acrylic, collage, and
printmaking techniques including screen printing and lithography. She has shown
her work most recently in New York City, The Philadelphia Fringe Festival, and
the Torpedo Factory in Alexandria Virginia, where she was awarded best in show.
Ali was born in West Virginia and considers herself an
Appalachian artist. She has lived and worked in Spain, Panama, and Washington,
D.C before moving to NYC for graduate school. She received her BFA in Painting and
Printmaking from West Virginia University in 2009 and an MA in Contemporary Art
from Sotheby’s Institute of Art in 2012.
Artist Statement
As an Appalachian born artist I feel inspired by the
personal histories of places and people and constantly strive to represent the
unspoken, whether it be in a historical or contemporary sense. My work explores
aspects of history that have been forgotten by previous generations
Through my historical studies, I gathered the inspiration to
tackle numerous topics, each ideally to provoke and reinvent new imagery and
hopefully to inspire further research.
I am inspired by the techniques and conceptions of Gerard
Richter, Alice Neel, and Otto Dix, yet feel a tie to contemporary artists like
Marion Peck, Kehinde Wiley, and Titus Kaphar when creating. Using oil and
acrylic paint, phosphorescent pigments, printmaking techniques and found objects,
the work(s) create visual stories for observers to interpret, be it unrest or
even comical. With the focused use of Color and composition, striking eye
contact with the personalities in my paintings give the viewer an interactive
experience.
I want to bring the touch of the” artists’ hand” back into
contemporary art, with the fine labored details and deep thought process that
can challenge both the viewer and art world alike.
More info on Ali at http://www.printzali.com/
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