Martha Chiplis – Curator

Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College’s 112th Annual Exhibition
Back to Front: Artists’ Books by Women

Back to Front: Artists’ Books by Women is curated by Martha Chiplis, in collaboration with artist Lyall Harris and Maier Museum of Art director, Martha Kjeseth Johnson.

Chiplis remarks, “Artists’ books contain just as many subjects as conventional books, but in addition they take on the very subject of ‘the book’ itself—questioning and deconstructing it, turning it ‘back to front,’ examining and utilizing unconventional navigation, puncturing and celebrating the very ‘bookness’ of books. Book artists are readers, and they like to play with paper and words.”

BIOGRAPHY

Chiplis holds an MFA from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She began teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2008 and co-authored For the Love of Letterpress: A Printing Handbook for Instructors and Students, published by Bloomsbury LLC, now in its second edition. She is also a creator and collector of artists’ books.