Trials & Proofs: Prints selected by Jordan Eddy, Director

This special release of printer’s proofs from the private collection of Steven Campbell comes at a conspicuous moment in the master printer’s career. He’s in the process of migrating Black Rock Editions, the print workshop that he founded with his wife Christina Ziegler Campbell, to new headquarters. He recently took a teaching post at Santa Fe Community College where he’s setting up an educational lithography studio. And he’s ramping up his personal artistic practice in preparation for a solo exhibition at Zane Bennett Contemporary Art this fall.

If the printmaking field can teach us anything about life, perhaps it’s that with every trial comes a proof to examine with curiosity and care. The prints in this online exhibition span decades of creative output. They represent intense collaborative work between Campbell and the featured artists. Take a look back at six prints that helped bring Campbell to this transformative moment in his career, with words from the master printer himself.

-Jordan Eddy, Director