Terry Emmrich
medium: graphic art
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 Germination 2010 Graphic art |
 Inception 2010 Graphic art |
 Emergence 2010 Graphic art |
 Outbreak 2010 Graphic art |
 Virus 2010 Graphic art |
 Infestation I 2014 Graphic art |
 Infestation II 2014 Graphic art |
 Infestation III 2015 Graphic art |
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Contact information
5310 Fairway Drive
Madison, WI 54711
Email Address: temmrich@wisc.edu
Artist statement
My recent work is an exploration of the chaos and instability that lies beneath the facade of tranquility and order in nature. I examine the natural forces at work in our world, which can be as violent as an explosion or as subtle and unobtrusive as the growth of a virus. My work addresses in a subtle way our illusion of control over these forces. I utilize natural forms (branches, rocks, roots, insects) as metaphorical imagery and I've tried to evoke in the subject of my prints the randomness and unpredictability of the natural interactions they represent.
Biography
Terry Emmrich was born in Madison, Wisconsin and grew up in Neenah after his family moved there in the late 1950's. He developed an affinity for art at an early age and pursued this interest through high school and college. After graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a BFA in drawing and printmaking, he moved back to Madison to work in the commercial printing industry. He continued with the linoleum block printing that had become his medium of choice in college and in 2008 was able to purchase a printing press for his home. This coincided with a shift in imagery away from figurative subject matter and towards the natural forms that comprise his recent work. Terry is the production manager at the University of Wisconsin Press and lives in Madison with his wife Karen.
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