About
Originally from East Amherst, New York, Alexandra is a book artist and letterpress printer living in Iowa City, Iowa.
Contact
akjanez@gmail.com
Available for bookbinding commissions and letterpress job printing.
For inquiries regarding artist editions: email to receive a prospectus, which lists pricing and availability.
Education
2015 Master of Fine Arts: Book Arts, University of Iowa
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts: Painting, Kansas State University
Exhibitions
2024 CODEX Book Fair, Berkeley, CA Forthcoming
2023 Faculty Show, RSVP, Iowa City, IA
2020 Solo Show, Domby, Iowa City, IA
2018 Office Work, Solo Exhibition, Filmscene Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2018 Friends of Dard Hunter/American Printing History Association Juried Members Exhibition, Levitt Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2018 The Dot Show, ICON Gallery, Fairfield, IA
2018 Text & Textile, Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library at Yale University, New Haven, CT
2018 Solo Exhibition, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, IA
2017 Handy Books, UI Center for the Book K.K. Merker Gallery/UI Special Collections, Iowa City, IA
2017 Indelicate Truths, Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory, Cleveland, OH
2016 Tallgrass Artist Residency Group Exhibition, The Bank, Matfield Green, KS
2016 Fresh Ink, Wonder Fair, Lawrence, KS
2016 A Library for Artist Books, Words | Matter, Chicago, IL
2016 The Art of the Book, Iowa City Senior Center, Iowa City, IA
2016 Printed Page II, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
2015 Typo, Kansas City Public Library curated by Plug Projects, Kansas City, MO
2015 MFA Thesis: Punctuated Weaving, K.K. Merker Gallery, Iowa City, IA
2014 Peripheral Shifts: A Book Arts Exhibit, Quad City Arts Center, Rock Island, IL
2013 One Good Hit: A Drawing Show, Public Space One, Iowa City, IA
2013 Solo Exhibition, The Paper Nest, Iowa City, IA
2012 Flat File Exhibition, H&R Block Art Space, Kansas City, MO
2012 XOXO, Spray Booth Gallery, Kansas City, MO
Residencies
2018 Visual Artist Residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Nebraska City, NE
2018 Penland Winter Residency, Penland, NC
2016 Morgan Conservatory Book Artist Residency, Cleveland, OH
2016 Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve Residency, Matfield Green, KS
2016 University of Iowa Center for the Book Alumni Residency, Iowa City, IA
Publication Design
2021 Firewatch, Fonograf Editions, 87 pages, Trade Publication
2021 LOVABILITY, Fonograf Editions, 155 pages, Trade Publication
2020 Prompt 8, PromptPress, Offset printed, Edition of 75
2017 One Hundred and Twenty-Five Dis/satisfied Women, Alexandra Janezic, Edition of 40
2015 Punctuated Weaving, Alexandra Janezic, Edition of 25
2014 Why Is There Matter? Alexandra Janezic, Offset printed, Edition of 20
Teaching
2023 Instructor, Archival Longstitch Binding, Public Space One, 1 day workshop
2023 Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Book Arts, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Spring Semester
2022 Adjunct Lecturer, Introduction to Book Arts, University of Iowa Center for the Book, Fall Semester
2021 Instructor, Bookbinding for the Independent Publisher, Penland School of Craft, 2-week Summer Session
Collections
University of Arizona
Brown University
California Polytechnic State University
University of California, Berkeley
University of California, Santa Barbara
University of California, Irvine
Columbia University Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Emory University
Letterform Archive
Library of Congress
The Newberry Library
Ohio University
Southwestern University
Texas A & M University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington University at St. Louis
Yale University
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