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Bio
Kent Manske is a conceptual printmaker who processes thoughts and ideas
through the creation of fine art prints and books as art. He is a
Professor of Art at Foothill College where he has taught since 1990.
Manske has an MFA in Printmaking from the School of the Art Institute of
Chicago.
Artist's Statement
Introspection drives my need to create. Processing thoughts, ideas and
observations is the nature of my studio activity. Through the creation of
images and objects, I explore my being and belongingness. This
investigation helps me access my own truths and facilitates my
understanding of the world in a broader context.
I am an imagemaker who creates visual narratives and symbols as
instruments of understanding. The works function as conscious maps,
providing visual routes for interpreting ideas and making meaning. Each
mark metaphorically documents an experience, comments on a situation, or
reveals a process of thinking.
My artworks reflect the outcome of what I regard as serious play. I'm
inquisitive about things I don't understand and create picture narratives
to explore possibilities. This activity seems to be both therapy and
entertainment. I believe that most of my works are in and of themselves
questions. As I find questions are more interesting than answers, the
works seek not closure but further inquiry.
Printmaking processes (traditional and digital) serve the conceptual
development of my images and satisfy my passion for working with
materials. Completed works are realized as fine art prints and artists'
books. As form, the book provides order, structure and sequence for
communication and exchange. I use the efficiency of the codex for its
fixed sequence and boundedness, and the boxed portfolio for its
characteristics of containment and embodiment. Within these conceptual
spaces, relationships emerge, narrative evolves and meaning manifests.
Websites
PreNeo Press
Contact Information
Phone: 650.949.7409
eMail: manskekent at foothill.edu
Website: preneo.com
Affiliations
PreNeo Press, Foothill Printmakers, Bay Area Book Artists, American Print
Alliance, College Art Association, College Book Arts Association, Southern
Graphics Council
Exhibitions
Vino Locale Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, 2008 (solo exhibition)
Conceptually Bound 3, Community School of Music & Art, Mountain View, CA, 2008
Stanford Art Spaces, Stanford Univeristy, Palo Alto, CA, 2008 (solo exhibition)
Tortilla Curtain Project, Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Los Altos Hills, CA 2008
Meaning Matters, Humanities Center Gallery, CSU Chico, CA, 2008
Good & Evil, Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Los Altos Hills, CA 2007
Conceptually Bound 3, University Art Gallery, Chico State University, Chico, CA, 2007
Meaning Maker, Corporate Art Expo 07, The Lab, San Francisco, CA, 2007
Moving Cultures ( . . . all over the map), Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA, 2007
Launch: Projects by PreNeo Press, Krause Center for Innovation Gallery, Los Altos Hills, CA 2006
LaPlante, Manske, Rauh, San Martin, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA, 2006
The Art of the Book, 1212 Gallery, Burlingame, CA, 2006
Bound to Inspire, Olive Hyde Art Gallery, Fremont, CA, 2006
Vino Locale Gallery, Palo Alto, CA, 2005 (solo exhibition)
Touch my Book, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA, 2004
Publish or Perish, Open Space Resource Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, 2004
A Book in the Hand, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, 2004
Making Meaning: Banners & Icons, Humanities Center Gallery, CSU Chico, CA, 2000 (solo exhibition)
Radius 2000, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA. 2000 (solo exhibition)
Touch my Book, Art Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA, 2004
Publish or Perish, Open Space Resource Centre, Victoria, British Columbia, 2004
A Book in the Hand, Diablo Valley College Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA, 2004
The Archeology of Being, Works/San Jose, San Jose, CA, 1999
A Good Read: Selections from the Book Arts, Euphrat Museum of Art, Cupertino, CA, 1999
Artists Books, Art from Books, Artist's Sketchbooks, Sunnyvale Art Center, CA, 1999
Teaching & Workshops
I teach print arts and book arts courses at Foothill College.
Print & Book Arts
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