Ted Braggins
PRINTED WORKS
About the Artist
Ted Braggins is a Rhinebeck artist and printmaker working at Pondside Press, a graphic arts workshop since 1985. In addition to his own work, he has provided a collaborative printmaking service with his wife Melissa for artists desiring to produce original graphic art. Through the years, they have worked with numerous artists, and conducted the Monotype Project at Art Omi international residency for 25 years.
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Braggins attended Rochester Institute of Technology, College of Fine and Applied Art, (BFA, MST) majoring in Printmaking with a minor in Painting, and a Masters in Art Education and a minor in Ceramics. He attended the Lake Placid School of Art studying with John Sparks, from the Maryland Institute College of Art, and Master Printer, Irwin Hollander. He later attended the Tamarind Institute’s printer training program at the University of New Mexico, studying with John Sommers, and later Garo Antreasian in the College of Fine Art. Additionally, Braggins was an art teacher, lacrosse coach, and department chair at Arlington H.S. in Lagrangeville, NY, retiring after 33 years of service.
“Making art is both a challenge and a privilege,” Braggins believes, “that can be used for the greater good - striving to be moving and thoughtful.”
Much of my work uses landscape as a source for expression on several levels. The breaking of the conventional picture plane into spaces that can function as pure form while working spatially is central to the image structure. I like to deconstruct space and then restructure it in a changed form using line, shape, color and texture. The landscape images are often used as metaphors for emotional qualities and are expressions of personal meaning. I believe in a psychological form of landscape that is able to represent aspects of sentiment. The use solitary images of forms in nature such as rocks, cliffs, waves, herons or trees can have qualities engendering perplexity and contemplation.
Describing a sense of place is an important aspect of my work. The Hudson Valley, central New York, the Catskills and Adirondacks, the Maine and Gulf coasts, and the Southwest are often depicted. In showing a long view, I will often select roads, distant mountains, valleys or other topographies that seemingly have something to say. Stands of trees in full bloom or in decline are also suggestive sources. I believe that the features within a view shed can show life’s progression and transformation while providing interpretations of the landscape.
Artist Statement
Reflecting on contemporary issues in culture, and politics are important in other works. Interpreting violence against people, the flag, the pandemic, and empty chairs collectively represent injustice, despair, deep loss, and hope. I believe drawing attention to agonizing issues offers a responsiveness to difficult themes.
Most of the work is produced on paper in a variety of media including monotypes, lithographs or in combination with other print media. I find that working in printmaking provides both a level of control and experimentation allowing for the use of strong color, layering and transparency. The works produced may seem to have a uniform surface with a sense of depth and richness achieved by the printer’s ink interacting with rag paper. I have been hand printing original graphic art since 1985 at Pondside Press in Rhinebeck, NY.
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Artist Printmaker, Pondside Press Graphics Workshop & Gallery, 1985-present
Art Teacher, Art Coordinator, Arlington HS, Lagrangeville, NY 1986- 2019
Lacrosse Coach, Arlington HS, Lagrangeville, NY 1998-2019
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BFA, MST, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY 1974, 1975
Printer Certification, Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1981
NYS School Administrative Certification, SUNY New Paltz, 2005
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Pondside Press Studio Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY 1985-Present
Art Studio Views Annual Tour 2009-Present
Our Only Planet, Group Show, Tivoli Artist Gallery, 2024
Surrealism and Abstraction Show, Tivoli Artists Galley, 2023
Farms and Fields, Going Places, Small Works, Group Shows, Tivoli Artists Galley, 2023
Art Studio Views Group Show, Betsy Jacaruso Gallery, Rhinebeck, NY 2023, 2022, 2018
Group Show, Ulster Savings Bank, Red Hook, NY 2023, 2022
Earth and Sky, Small Works Group Shows, Tivoli Artists Gallery, 2022
New Year New Work, Group Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, 2021
Members Best, Group Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, 2020
Freedom Show, Small Works, Group Shows, Tivoli Artists Gallery, 2019
New Year New Work, Group Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, 2018
Group Show, Rhinebeck Savings Bank, 2014,
Cheetah Conservation Fund Exhibit, The Millbrook School, 2013
Dutchess Community College, Group Show, 1991, 2009
Corridor Gallery, Oneonta, NY 1999 - 2009
Soundshore Gallery, Cross River, NY, 1997 - 2000
Hudson Valley Artists, SUNY New Paltz, 1996
Mid-Hudson Arts and Science Center, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1989
Wilderstein Arts Project, 1989
Hanover Gallery, Syracuse, NY 1979-1985
Colorado Grant Street Arts Center, Denver. CO, 1985
Pirate Contemporary Art Oasis, Denver, CO, 1984
Print Exhibit, Peacock Press, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK, 1983
B&K Lithographers, Fayetteville, NY, 1979-1980
Chittenango Printmaking, Chittenango, NY 1976-1979
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Closely Scene, Solo Show, Tivoli Artists Gallery, 2022
Featured Artist, Art Gallery 71, Rhinebeck NY 2022, 2020
Ink, Paper, & Ceramics, Solo Exhibit, Tivoli Artists Gallery, Tivoli, NY, 2019
From the Bike Ride, Pondside Press Studio Gallery, 2018
Printed One-of-a-Kind, Shahinian Fine Art, Rhinebeck, NY, 2019
14 Years of Collaborative Printmaking, Lorraine Kessler Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, 1999
Along the Viewshed, Solo Show, Starr Library, Rhinebeck, NY. 2014
Pond Views, Pondside Press Studio Gallery, 2013
AZ-NM Landscape Lithographs, Solo Show, Prescott College, Prescott, AZ 1983
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US Department of State, Washington D.C.
Pepsico, Purchase, NY
Natalie Solomon Foundation, Chicago, IL
Cheetah Conservation Fund HQ, Namibia
Numerous Private Collections
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Lightwood Press “Artists in Space, Pondside Press Studio Visit,” 2022
Poughkeepsie Journal, “Art Studio Views,” 2018
Poughkeepsie Journal, “Cauldrons of Creativity" by John Barry, 2012
“Do “Downtown Galleries Dynamic Displays” by Wayne Lempka, 1999
Chronogram, “Pressing Business”, Todd Paul 1999
ART/OMI International Workshop Catalogue, 1992-2017
Print Collector’s Newsletter, Ellen Lanyon, Pondside Press 1993
Northeast, “Dual Art Exhibit” 1999
Art Times, “Printmaking” Nancy Catandella, 1991
American Artist, “Hudson River Landscapes”, 1989
Poughkeepsie Journal, “It’s a Print!” Florence Penella 1988
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Collaborative Artist Projects, Pondside Press, 1985-Present
Monotype Workshop, Art/Omi International Residency, Ghent NY, 1992-2017
Chine Colle Lithography, SUNY New Paltz, 1995
Lithographic Processes, Grant Street Art Center, Denver CO, 1984
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