Bio
Sarka Buchl Stephenson
Printmaker, painter, and lifelong student of curved lines.
I have been printmaking for the last twenty years. The first time I was exposed to printmaking was in Prague, Czech Republic. After graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design, I was accepted into a post-graduate illustration program at the Academy of Applied Arts in Prague - little did I know that the approach to illustration there is through printmaking.
On the first day of my studies I was led down to the basement of the academy, where all the old presses were stationed. The setting was archaic - I felt like I had stepped back in time. This is where it all started: my love affair with printmaking.
The practice has grown to include painting in oil, acrylic and watercolour, and a drypoint series alongside the printmaking archive. I am also an art instructor and arts educator at the Varley Art Gallery of Markham, and lead printmaking sessions in classrooms and workshops - the Education pages collect the work my students pull from the press.
