Genna Kusch is a print artist, specializing in relief printing. Her current work is concerned with story-telling, illustration, and the natural world. She lives in Prince Edward County and works with organizations like the Baxter Arts Centre, Spark Box Studio and the Department of Illumination to create art and arts education programming.
RELIEF PRINTMAKING
A relief print is one where the image is printed from a design raised on the surface of a block. The plate is made by cutting away those areas of the block which you do not want to appear in the design, and rolling ink onto the top surface. In this type of print the ink lies on the top of the block and is transferred to the paper under light pressure.
After creating a design, the image is transferred to birch woodblocks and then carve in relief using handtools, knives and gouges. Relief printing presses typically have a bed on which the block is placed face up, a dry sheet of paper placed on top and an upper surface is brought down to press the paper onto the block. Hand burnishing tools can also be used to transfer the ink to the paper.
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EDUCATION
2011 Postgraduate Diploma in Education, University of Glasgow, Glasgow UK
2009 Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours, Queen’s University, Kingston ON
GRANTS and AWARDS
2009 Artist Residency, Spark Box Studio, Picton ON
2009 Andre Bieler Prize, Queen’s University, Kingston ON
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2010 Flight, The Modern Fuel, Kingston ON
2009 Songs and Stories I Remember, The Grad Club, Kingston ON
GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND COLLABORATIONS
2020 Ice Box: Migration, Macaulay Heritage Park, Picton ON
2019 2020 Print Calendar, Blizzmax Gallery, Prince Edward County ON
2019 Ice Box, Macaulay Heritage Park, Picton ON
2018 Remixing Environments, Blizzmax Gallery, Prince Edward County ON
2018 mini MEGA Print Auction & Reception, Critical Mass, Port Hope ON
2016 Ex Libris, Artspace, Peterborough ON
2017 Artist Interview, Gathered Gallery
2017 County Contemporary II, Lipson Room, Picton ON
2016 Ex Libris, Blizzmax Gallery, Prince Edward County ON
2011 The Printmakers from Queen’s, Durham Art Gallery, Durham ON
2009 We Made A Deal With The Devil, Kingston & Ottawa ON
2009 BFAH Graduating Exhibition, Ontario Hall, Queen’s University Kingston ON
2009 BFA Select: Playground, Agnes Etherington Art Center, Kingston ON
2009 Profane Illuminations, The Union Gallery, Kingston ON
2008 Paintings on Wood, 4 Colour 8 Bit, Kingston ON
2007 Queen’s on Queen Street, Propeller Gallery, Toronto ON
2006 24/7, Queen’s University BFA Class, Union Gallery, Queen’s University, Kingston ON
PERFORMANCES
2008 ARTHappens8, Union Gallery, Kingston ON
RESIDENCIES
2011 Spark Box Studio, Picton ON
2009 Spark Box Studio, Picton ON
2008 Gravity Press Experimental Print Shop, North Adams, MASS