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Title
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Boat No. 3 - Rainbow
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Creator
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Stephen Hazel
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Artist ID
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28
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Description
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Circular imprint on white paper with multimedia shapes in black ink on bottom half of circle, and a rectangle with green to yellow to pink ombre in upper right of circle.
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Category of Media
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Print
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Media
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intaglio relief
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Accession Number
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1971.017
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Location
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storage
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Date Acquired
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1971
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Acquisition Method
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Purchase
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Dimensions of Work
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22.25"x15"
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Frame Dimensions
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27.25"x20.25"
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Frame Type
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Steel
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Artist Bio
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Stephen Hazel (1935-2012) was an American print artist and educator, who lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest.
Stephen was a major figure in the Northwest art community. Few artists contributed so much to the understanding and appreciation of works on paper, especially original prints. His artwork was exhibited internationally and collected by major museums including the Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.), The Brooklyn Museum, Philadelphia Museum and the Seattle Art Museum. Hazel’s special gift was a willingness to share his wealth of knowledge about the making and printing of original prints and the unique qualities of the handmade papers they involved. He was frequently invited to teach or to be an artist in residence. He thrived in collaborative situations with fellow artists. Perhaps Hazel’s crowning contribution was the experimental workshop devoted to art on paper, += studio blu =+, he established with his wife and fellow artist Kathleen Rabel. Through += studio blu += he mentored many artists and introduced them to the expressive possibilities of committing their image-making to paper. Sam Davidson, Owner & Director of Seattle’s Davidson Galleries, exhibited the artist’s work over a period spanning almost forty years. Stephen Hazel leaves a rich legacy of powerful mark-making forever impressed upon the print community.
Stephen Hazel
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Goshen, Indiana, Stephen Hazel began as a potter, sculptor, and print artist, and completed his studies with Japan’s great woodblock artist Hagiwara Hideo. Hazel taught extensively and served as visiting artist at the University of Iowa, the University of Washington, and Cranbrook Academy.
He was invited to be one of twenty-five artists representing the United States in an exhibition with the Contemporary Print Artists of Paris. He was artist-in-residence at the Abbey of San Vincenzo in southern Italy and a co-founder and artist-in residence of Seattle’s experimental workshop + = studio blu = + whose focus is art on paper.
International exhibitions include Japan, China, Portugal, Italy, Israel, France, Mexico, and Canada. National exhibitions include Museum of Modern Art, Brooklyn Museum, Walker Art Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Carnegie Institute, Seattle Art Museum, Tacoma Art Museum, and The Henry Gallery at the University of Washington.
Selected collections include The Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Collection of the Vatican, Abbazia di San Vincenzo al Volturno, The Brooklyn Museum, Library of Congress, Philadelphia Museum, Detroit Institute of the Arts, Seattle Art Museum, Microsoft, and the Cities of Seattle; Kobe, Japan; and Beersheba, Israel.
Artist Website: https://stephenhazel.com/
