Art Department Faculty Quadrennial Exhibition 2016 January 2016

Jim Escalante 1981 Master of Fine Arts, UW–Madison 1977 École régionale des beaux-arts et des arts appliqués, Reims, France 1976 Bachelor of Fine Arts, North Texas State University Professor UW–Madison Department of Art, since 1989 Associate Dean, UW–Madison School of Education Book Arts, Papermaking Recent achievements 2015 Books on Display, solo show, Madison Public Library, Central Library, Madison, WI 2015 Stacked, group show, Madison Public Library, Central Library, Madison, WI Artist’s statement My attraction to books and the arts associated with book production are based on my desire to make art in a collaborative manner. The books that I make combine contemporary graphic technology and rich traditions in binding with vis X[\

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