Waking (I-IV) – Mariah Ziemer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Titles:  

Waking I

Waking II 

Waking III 

Waking IV

 

Materials:  

Linoleum print and pen

 

Description:

This series sought to express the moment when we finally ‘break’ into some relieving, long-anticipated reality. Each piece includes the print’s original orientation as well as its flipped orientation to represent this ‘break’.

 

 

Bio:

After completing her MLitt with ITIA in 2019, Mariah moved back to her hometown in Boise, Idaho to teach and continue her practice as a visual artist. She has since illustrated two children’s books with Hidden Shelf Publishing: Jiemba and Friends (2020, written by her dad) and The Loose Chronicles (coming 2021).

 

Mariahziemerart.com

 

Author

  • Karen is finishing a PhD program in the Institute for Theology, Imagination and the Arts after careers in corporate management, consulting, and pastoral and theatre ministry. She explores theological and theatrical contexts of ’empty space’ and general human disposition toward it, with emphasis on improvisation (specifically Playback Theatre) and Holy Saturday. Since 2017, Karen has led or advised ITIA’s Transept group, a postgraduate-led group of multidisciplinary practicing artists. Karen was an editor for Transpositions from 2017 to 2022. As Editor-in-Chief, she fostered a closer partnership between Transpositions and Transept, hosted the In/break exhibition on the Transpositions site, and introduced regular series into the publishing schedule.