The Pressers
Joseph Velasquez www.josephv.com
Joseph Velasquez, has an M.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and B.A. and B.F.A. from the University of Mary- Hardin Baylor. He is the co-founder of the Dirty Printmakers of America, curator of exhibitions at the SlingShot Gallery, Madison WI, and is published by Cannonball Press, Brooklyn NY.
He has shown at many galleries across the country and has participated in many group exhibitions and art exchanges.
Gregory Nanney
Gregory Nanney, received his M.F.A. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is the co-owner of The Slingshot Gallery as well Drive by Press which will tour this fall. He got his B.F.A. in printmaking and drawing from Washington University in St. Louis. He has been shown at The Des Lee Gallery, the Slingshot Gallery, Washington University Library, as well as the Overture center for the arts. He is in the private collections at, Montgomery Bell Academy, Washington University Library, the Nancy Spero book studio, as well as the Nashville public library.
Drew Iwaniw
Drew Iwaniw born and raised in the coastal forests of Oregon. He received his BFA with a concentration in Printmaking from Oregon State University in 2004
where he studied with Yuji Hiratsuka.
Drew attended graduate school at the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he received his MA in 2007 and his MFA in 2008.
During has assisted in the printing of fine art prints by many contemporary artists while working at Tandem Press including:
Judy Pfaff, Suzanne Caporael, and Benjamin Edwards. . Drew has participated in many print exchanges and has exhibited across the country.
View Drew’s Work
Katy Seals
Nicholas Alley
Nicholas Alley was born on the west side of Cincinnati, Ohio in 1980. He moved from a very old and mildly crappy house close to the city to the suburbs of Northern Kentucky with his parents and sister when he was 9 years old. When he finished high school he began to attend Murray State University in southwestern Kentucky with the intentions of getting a degree in poetry, but he wasn’t very good at writing poetry. He wasn’t very good at drawing, either, but one of his professors convinced him to stick with it despite his obvious shortcomings. And he did. In 2003, Nick graduated with a B.F.A. in drawing and printmaking, despite a rather slow progress in the skill department. In the fall of 2003 Nick began his graduate studies at the University of Kansas where he studied printmaking as well as all of the tangents requisite in any young artists’ graduate program. While in graduate school, Nick learned to sew, improved at drawing and making prints, dabbled awkwardly in the wood shop and worked in a bar. During occasional lapses in his studies, Nick frequented a comedy club in Kansas City where he tried his hand at stand up, with mixed results. In the spring of 2006, Nick graduated with an M.F.A. in printmaking. After graduation, Nick moved back to Kentucky where he is an adjunct professor teaching any class which he might be vaguely qualified to teach. He teaches at both Murray State University and recently became a temporary Assistant Professor of Art at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, TN. He continues to draw and make prints and lives with his girlfriend, Becky, their basset hound, Rose, and their cats, Penny and Marvin.
(seriously, we let this guy work for us and yadda yadda yadda, we’re calling it quits)
Thanks Nick