This exhibition presents works completed both at the University of Tennessee - Knoxville and works made during this four-week residency by Anthony Huang and Chloe Wack. This two-person exhibition showcases each of the artist’s individual processes of mark-making, abstraction, and distinctive color palette through a shared conceptual exploration of travel and mapping as methods for finding peace and reflection. 

Huang’s practice is influenced by the daoist philosophy “Wu Wei” and the idea of “travel and observation” which is a reflection of his need to find mental balance as a city dweller. Wack’s process of tracing and stitching as methods for knowing and recording will be explored primarily through embroidered cyanotype prints. While both artists use different printmaking processes and methods of abstracting images, their shared interest in observation and recording through the experience of this residency will show their attention to placemaking and the process of making art as a way to better know different places and cultures.

We would like to thank everyone here at ASP who has been so welcoming to us, in particular

Dr. Zuzanna Dydra, Dr. Mariusz Gorzelak, Dr. Agata Gertchen, Majka Dokudowicz, Jan Kozlowski, Modesta Gorol, Vinicius Libardoni, and The International Relations and Promotion Department who offered us their time and guidance as they graciously welcomed us into their spaces this past week. 

We are truly grateful to have the opportunity for this residency and thank all those who continue to make this exchange possible between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts. As artists and printmakers, it is important to be reminded we are all part of a global network of printmakers and to be able to see how others create work and to learn from each other.