Leni Fried graduated from The Pratt Institute in 1980 where she specialized in both monoprint and collagraph printmaking techniques in classes with Clare Romano. During the 80s she worked at Bob Blackburn’s printmaking workshop—a breeding ground for emerging artists worldwide. At that time monoprints were an unaccepted printmaking technique, and were not even allowed in juried competitions. When people would ask Leni why she was so enamored of this technique—that produces only one print—she would reply, “I love monoprinting because the approach to color is very unrestricted—in that respect it’s much closer to painting than other printmaking techniques. In addition, as soon as I realized I could cut shapes out with a scissors and print from them, I was hooked.”
Leni’s work is in over 20 collections in the U.S., including The Library of Congress, The Museum of Modern Art, The National Institutes of Health, and The Walker Art Center. Numerous private commissions include a hand-painted bicycle for Connie Young—for the 1992 Olympics. Leni maintains her own studio in Cummington, MA.
You may want to visit Leni's Web site: titaniumarts.com.
Monoprinting with Cutouts: Exploring Mirror Images