Jennifer Manzella
Color Landscape: Brooklyn, 2014
Color reduction print
30 x 24" (framed)
1/1

Artist Statement

Color Landscapes: The original goal of this series of large color reduction linocut prints was to distill landscape into a color gradient while still rendering characteristics that represented a particular place. The blended color rolls are a nod to traditional Japanese woodblock prints even though I'm not working in the traditional Japanese relief method. These are color reduction block prints, which means that all the colors in the image are created from the same carved linoleum block. Each color is printed and then carved away from the block after printing; this is a method that leaves little room for error, and the prints cannot be printed beyond the original edition. The places all have some personal meaning to me but what I wanted to focus on were visually striking yet exaggerated color relationships.

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 about 20 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 NY. She has also exhibited with the Manhattan Graphic Center, Atlanta Printmakers Studio and had a solo exhibition at Arcadia University in 2019. Manzella has been involved in several public art projects in New York City and Philadelphia, has been a recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Grant, and has done several artist residencies including the fully funded Haystack Open Studio Residency at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine along with two National Park Service Residencies. She served as an Art-in-Resident for the National Park Service at Shenandoah National Park in 2020 and Isle Royale National Park in the summer of 2024.

Born in Wilmington, Delaware but raised in Connecticut, she has lived in many different places on the east coast. Manzella relocated back to Philadelphia 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 and is an active participant in the Philadelphia Print Consortium.

jlmanzella.net

InLiquid Member Page