Dorothy Stites Alig
Lives and works in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Exhibitions
2010 Group show, "What You See", Wright Gallery, Northport, MI June-September, 2010.
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊGroup show, Edington Gallery North, Indianapolis, IN February-March, 2010.
2009 Group show, Edington Gallery, Indianapolis, IN December, 2009.
Digital Print Portfolio Project, One of six Indiana artists invited to participate in a portfolio of digitally generated prints. Ruschman Art Gallery, February
2008 Works on Paper--six artists, Ruschman Art Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN, May, 2008.
Hansel andGretel: Never eat a House, Group exhibit organized by the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Indianapolis Central Library,
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊOctober 2008-January 2009
2007 Group Show, Ruschman Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN, December 1-31.
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊTwo-person show, Wright Art Gallery, Northport, Michigan, July 13-27
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ27th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN, May 25-July 5. Juried group show.
2006 Works on Paper, Group show, Ruschman Art Gallery,
Indianapolis, IN, December 2006.
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊFalse Garden. Indianapolis Art Center, Indianapolis, IN, February 24-March 26, two person print show with additional 3d exhibitors.
ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ26th Annual National Print Exhibition, Artlink, Fort Wayne, IN, May 26-July 5. Juried group show.
Education
2008 Graduate Independent research in lithography, Herron School of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1990 M.A., Art History, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1981 B.A., History, Williams College, Williamstown, MA
2009 Crown Point Press, San Francisco,CA . Intensive Intaglio workshop. June 15-19.
2004--2006 Anderson Ranch Art Center, Snowmass. CO. Intensive Drawing and water-based media class. Shahzia Sikander (2004), Combining digital and hand printmaking; Patricia Olynik (2006) and Indianapolis Art Center, Independent printmaking, Patrick Flaherty, Instructor (2005-2006).
Related work Experience
1988-1990 Middeldorf Research Fellow, Indiana University Art Museum, Bloomington.
Statement
My recent fascination with Carl JungÕs recently published Red Book led me to the early work of Carl Jung and his effort to develop a system of describing personality types. He created a vocabulary for describing how we as individuals interact and get information from the world around us. This proved to be a useful system and his theories were later formalized and became the basis for the well-known Myers-Briggs personality profiles.
The personality profiles are based on eight attributes (four dichotomies). I made a plate that I felt represented each of the eight characteristics. The sixteen prints that resulted illustrate all the possible combinations of attributes possible in the Jungian model. Each image will be used to create a varied edition of 4 prints. Three of the series are shown at the Wright gallery during the Summer of 2010.
These images are created using a many traditional intaglio techniques along with a few new ones added to make things more interesting! Line etching, aquatint and spit bite are used to created the platesÑeach print has at least three different plates used to create the image. In addition, I have used an airbrush to tone a piece of hand-made Japanese paper, called gampi, which is added to the layers during printingÑa technique known as Chine Colle. The gampi paper, almost like a fine tissue paper, gives the final print the delicate satiny surface.