Jason Urban & Leslie Mutchler Virtual Art Lecture

The Department of Visual & Dramatic Arts has scheduled a lecture by guest artists Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler, collaborating as JULMstudios. The lecture will be presented virtually on Thursday, February 10, 4:00 p.m. at https://art.ysu.edu/. JULMstudios is a collaboration between Jason Urban and Leslie Mutchler. Working in Brooklyn, their work is project-based and research-intensive. They employ an art practice of pseudo-bibliology through the study of books, printing and publishing. Their projects investigate the evolving meaning of printed matter and the sacred spaces print occupies, always aware of the dialogue between analog and digital technologies in our day to day. The pair has had solo exhibitions at the Center for Book Arts (New York, NY), Monaco (St. Louis, MO), Delaware Contemporary (Wilmington, DE), NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY), Grizzly Grizzly (Philadelphia, PA), The Print Center (Philadelphia, PA), Centre for Fine Print Research (Bristol, UK), Atelier Circulaire (Montreal, Canada), among others. They have been awarded numerous residencies including Edition/Basel in Basel, Switzerland, Cork Printmakers International Visiting Artist Residency in Cork, Ireland and currently in residence at the yearlong Dieu Donne Papermaking Workspace Residency in Brooklyn. Both are affiliated with Pratt Institute where Mutchler is Chair of the Foundation Program and Urban teaches publishing courses in the Communication Design program. Mutchler received her BFA from Kent State University and MFA from the Tyler School of Art. Urban holds a BFA from Kutztown University (Kutztown, PA) and an MA/MFA from the University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA).