Tonja Torgerson and Christa Carleton will present on their collaborative series ‘Body Politic’. Printmakers Carleton and Torgerson work together to highlight the tumultuous position of the body and gender roles. Using letterpress, screenprint, and woodcut, their prints reference broadsides, and the use of print-media to create and destabilize current ideas about our bodies.
Split between Indiana and Montana, the artists respond to one another and these topics layer by layer, building a dialogue across the country and within each print. Carleton and Torgerson will delve into the intricacies of their collaborative process, offering insights into their use of the figurative nude as a tool for critiquing the modern societal landscape while sharing about the creation of ‘Body Politic’ and its ongoing outcomes.
Christa Carleton received her BFA from Western Colorado University and MFA in Printmaking from Montana State University. She maintains her artistic practice on top of her full-time job as a screenprint technician at a textile printing business. She says, “My Dad was in the air force which meant that my family and I moved all over the nation and abroad throughout my childhood. I don’t identify with being from anywhere, but I have lived in Montana for the past 16 years now.” Her artwork is often exhibited nationally; some notable places include The Missoula Art Museum in Missoula Montana, The Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum in Two Rivers Wisconsin, The Janet Turner Print Museum in Chico California, The Blockfort Gallery in Columbus Ohio, and The Haley Gallery at Hatch Show Print in Nashville Tennessee.
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