Jennifer Manzella
City River Sky 4
2024
Monoprint/Woodcut printed on Japanese paper
20 x 16"

Artist statement
This series of multiple woodblock prints are inspired by time spent on the Schuylkill River. The depiction of industrial structures and natural areas in these prints come together as a series of colorful inverted skylines that reveal both the present and the past of the waterway. This series is printed from an older set of carved blocks but are printed in different combinations and positions on Japanese paper and then mounted on cotton rag paper. Because each print in the series was printed in a different manner the prints are monoprints and therefore one-of-a-kind.

Artist Bio
Jennifer Manzella is an artist and printmaker whose print-work is mainly created through relief and etching processes. She's been an art educator for over 15 years and received an MFA in printmaking at The University of Georgia. Manzella has been in numerous juried national and international exhibitions including two with the International Print Center in New York City. She has been involved in several public art projects in New York City and Philadelphia, as well as a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant. Manzella has also participated in several artist residencies including the fully funded Haystack Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine and two artist residencies with the National Parks Service: one in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia and the other in Isle Royale National Park, Michigan. Born in Wilmington, Delaware but raised in Connecticut, she has lived in many different places on the east coast. In 2003, she hiked the entire Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine for six months and this has had a lasting effect on her life and artistic practice. Manzella relocated back to Philadelphia, her adopted home, in the summer of 2016 after living in Athens, GA for 12 years. She currently teaches printmaking courses at Arcadia University, is a member of BYO Print, a printmaking cooperative in Philadelphia.

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