Joan Hausrath is committed to non-toxic alternatives to traditional printmaking processes and has received several grants to support her research. She has participated in residencies at the Edinburgh Printmakers Studio in Scotland, Studio Camnitzer, in Valdottavo, Italy, and New Grounds Workshop in Albuquerque, NM. Her prints are widely exhibited in the US, internationally by invitation, and are in numerous private and public collections.

Hausrath holds an MFA in Printmaking. She is Professor Emeritus from Bridgewater State University in Massachusetts where she taught printmaking, design and art history. She has conducted Art History Study Tours to London, Amsterdam and Paris and curated numerous exhibitions for Bridgewater State University’s Anderson Gallery, Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, MA, and Gallery 175, in Pawtucket, RI. She gives demos and teaches workshops in non-toxic printmaking.

Statement: Natural forms, textures and patterns often inspire my work.  My goal in creating the prints in my Sticks and Stones series was to achieve a reverence of nature through an intimate view of the weightiness of the stones contrasted with the linear, angular, and  brittleness of the sticks, thus expressing both the permanent and fragile aspects of our natural world. My series, Stone Architecture, references the basic building structures that have been repeatedly used over time, some dating back to the Stone Age.

Contact: joanhausrath@gmail.com