Welcome to studio of Carrie Ann Plank.

Carrie Ann Plank is an San Francisco based artist working in the mediums of installation, printmaking, painting, and glass.

The major focus of my work deals with visual portrayals of information systems. The work considers reinterpreting and reorganizing visual information systems and how context shifts meaning. I've always been fascinated by how principal and equation can be visually rendered and how this translation impacts the comprehension of data - be it obfuscation or clarification. I work with many layers of data visualization, from charting to mathematical equations to scientific principles. Mapping, numerical sequences, fractals, wave patterns, sound sources, magnetic field variations and other systems of scientific observation, overlay one another to create a pastiche of information visualization. I'm interested in the resulting noise of these visual systems, be it organically or theoretically derived, and how they interact. Layers overlap and interfere while creating abstraction from the concrete.

Learn more about Carrie Ann.
https://carrieannplank.com/

In Private and Public Collections

• The Fine Art Archives of the Library of Congress
• Fine Art Museums of San Francisco
• Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts
• The Guanlan Print Art Museum in China
• The Iraq National Library in Baghdad

Art College Backround

• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from East Carolina University
• Masters of Fine Arts in Printmaking from the Pennsylvania State University
• The Director of the Printmaking MFA & BFA Programs at the Academy of Art University till 2018

Important Residencies

• Edition/Basel: Printed in Cuba at the Taller Experimental de Gráfica de La Habana in Havana, Cuba
• the Íslensk Grafík in Reykjavik, Iceland
• Edition/Basel: Printed in Basel at Druckwerk in Basel, Switzerland
• Mullowney Printing in San Francisco, CA
• Haystack Mountain School of Craft in Deer Isle, ME
• Bullseye Glass in Emeryville, CA