About
Bio
Arron Foster is an interdisciplinary artist working in printmaking, book arts, and installation. He holds a BFA in Printmaking and Art Education from East Carolina University and an MFA in Printmaking and Book Arts from the University of Georgia. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally in galleries, museums, and art centers, including solo exhibitions at George Fox University, the Dayton Society of the Arts, the Akron Soul Train Gallery, and Hiram University. Foster has participated in the International Youth Printmaking Invitational in Changsha, China, and the 11th Douro Biennial in Douro, Portugal. He has received competitive grants from the Ohio Arts Council, Kent State University, the University of Georgia, and Southern Graphics Council International.
Artist Statement
I maintain an interdisciplinary, research-based artistic practice grounded in the production of artists’ books, prints, photographs, drawings, animations, and installations. My work examines how physical landscapes are translated into cognitive and experiential ones, and how personal and public spaces converge within the narratives we construct about place. Central to this inquiry is a practice of experiential watchfulness: sustained acts of observing, documenting, and critically engaging specific sites to foster local awareness, stewardship, and care.
Media and process operate in my practice as both conceptual frameworks and formal strategies. I consider how the tools, materials, and techniques of my discipline actively shape meaning and perception. Working within an expanded definition of print media, I interrogate the intersections of printmaking, photography, film, and digital practices. Through this hybrid approach, my work foregrounds the tension between image and object while engaging the historical, material, and cultural legacies embedded in both printmaking and photography.
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