Joanna Anos
Joanna Anos
At fifty, Joanna Anos turned from poetry writing to printmaking.
Earnineg her BA from Northwestern University in 1985 and subsequently teaching undergraduate poetry, writing courses as a part-time lecturer. Since 1992, Anos has been adjunct faculty in the Liberal Arts department at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where she earned an MFA in Writing in 2001. For many years, Joanna has administered the School's academic enrichment program, served as a faculty counselor in the admissions office, and taught foundational and other courses; currently, she teaches first year writing seminars in their BFA program.
Joanna is currently living Chicago, IL and is a member of the Chicago Printmakers Collaborative.
I am interested in the potential of elements that repeat and vary, in lines, pattern, and approximation of pattern. In my woodcut prints, I often layer images, reprinting the same block, with variation on orientation, exploring through process how shapes shift into new forms.
