United Marks - An invitational Print Exchange

Dec 1

Making voices come together about what is happening during these times of Change. This project hopes to bring to light what is happening with each of you as artists as human beings during this time and mark that experience with our work. This portfolio of work can be found in the following permanent collections: Special Collections, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO; Permanent Collections, Wichita Falls Museum of Art at Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, TX

I am super blessed to have been invited to participate in this print exchange organized by Melanie Yazzie. There are so many printmakers that I admire in the portfolio. Below is a short video of the prints that are in the portfolio.
Here are the printmakers involved:
1. Alanna Austin
2. Laura Bentz
3. Gino Castellanos
4. Catherine Chauvin
5. Todd Christensen
6. Candace Garlock
7. Nicole Hand
8.Richard Harding
9. Melissa Harshman
10.Anita Jung
11. Brian Kelly
12. Alicia McKim
13. Jaden Bleier & Heather McMordie (collaboration)
14. Kimiko Miyoshi
15. Sandra Murchison
16. Ashley Nason
17. Johnny Plastini
18. Andrew Polk
19. Kathryn Polk
20. Catherine Prose
21. Miguel Rivera
22. Masha Ryskin
23. Melissa Schulenberg
24. Sylvia Taylor
25. Tracy L. Templeton
26. Summer Ventis
27. Kirsten Woodward
28. Melanie Yazzie, Organizer

Candace Garlock

As an artist, Candace Nicol Garlock uses an array of mediums in her work. The coalescence of printmaking techniques, painting, photography (and sculpture, too!) overlap and converge with color, texture and line in a collaboration of mixed, experimental beauty. With her appreciation of the interconnectedness of everything, she elevates relationships: human and environment, human and animal, human and human. She writes, “my multilayered compositions posit engaging questions to viewers regarding relationships, social identities, and societal issues surrounding the female gaze.”

Garlock's mentorship in student advancement, both artistically and professionally, as well as her engagement and participation in community events makes her a true ambassador of art. She draws inspiration from the collaboration of those around her, through the interplay with students, and continually is organizing collaborative projects. A renown printmaker whose work has been shown nationally and internationally, she has received multiple awards including the Reno Tahoe Artist Best in Sculpture/3-D Artworks in 2022, Best of Show and Best in 2D Mixed Media in 2023 and Best in 2-D Artworks in 2024, the Nevada Regents’ Creative Activity Award in 2017, the Nevada Arts Council Artist Fellowship in 2009 and an honorable mention in Printmaking Today in 2008, a review of fine art printmaking in Abruzzo, Italy. Nicol’s work can also be seen in 100 Artists of the Male Figure by E.Gibbons. Her work is included in many prestigious collections including the Kinsey Institute, Zuckerman Museum of Art, Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper, Nevada Arts Council, and National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.

https://candacenicolgarlock.com