ALICE AUSTIN ARTIST

Alice Austin is a Philadelphia printmaker, painter, sculptor and book artist.

Her work is held in museums, private, public and special collections worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Tate Gallery, London.

Coming soon...

ReMAP

Cindi Ettinger and Alice Austin

May 4 - May 30, 2024

Opening Reception May 4, 3-5pm Other hours by appointment

Vintage Philadelphia maps, headed for a dumpster, were intercepted by Alice Austin, who shared the treasure trove withfellow artist Cindi Ettinger. For several years, the two artists have independently used the damaged maps as a material element in their artwork. Alice prints her linoleum cuts of plants, birds, bugs and turtles on the maps. Cindi uses the maps as a graphic element for her small collages. Both artists create diverse artworks, reimagining and reconstructing the city plans.

Cindi Ettinger is a master printer and proprietor of the C.R. Ettinger Studio, founded in 1982, printing editions for many diverse artists. In her own artwork, Cindi uses her knowledge and skill of the print medium, creating unique and unusual plaster-cast etchings. Her paper collages combine a variety of graphic elements and letterforms, sometimes with her densely printed etchings.

Alice Austin is a printmaker, book artist and painter living and working in Philadelphia. Inspired by the natural world, she creates linoleum prints from her drawings, using these graphic images in sculptural artist books that often function without words.

Alice will be an exhibitor at the CODEX IX International Biennial Book Fair February 4-7, 2024 at the HJK Convention Center, Oakland California.

See a video of Alice's 2015 presentation at the Library of Congress.

Her art work is also featured in the books 500 Handmade Books, Magic Books and Paper Toys, 1000 Artists' Books and Making Handmade Books. Her artist books have been reviewed in Fine Books magazine and in the New Yorker magazine's Book Bench blog.