Curriculum Vitae

b. 1994 Miami, FL

based in Madison, WI

Education

2024 - 2027 MFA Printmaking, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN - MADISON, Madison, WI

2013 - 2017 BA, DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, Hanover, NH / Studio Art Major, Biology modified with Earth Sciences Major

Experience

2021-24 OEHME GRAPHICS PRINT MANAGER, Steamboat Springs, CO

2022-24 OHANA PRINT SHOP SCREEN PRINTER, Steamboat Springs, CO

2020-21 IS PROJECTS/NOCTURNAL PRESS STUDIO AND EDUCATION ASSISTANT, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2020 SPF’20 (SMALL PRESS FAIR) LIVE BROADCAST TEAM, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2019 IS PROJECTS INTERN, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2017-18 DARTMOUTH PRINTMAKING DEPT. STUDIO MONITOR, Hanover, NH

2015 THE STRETCH: Dartmouth Earth Sciences Dept. Field Program, various locations

Exhibitions

2025 THE ART OF PRINTMAKING: PROCESS AND PASSION, Steamboat Art Museum, Steamboat Springs, CO (upcoming)

2024 RETH(INKING) PROCESS, Art Lofts Front Space Gallery, Madison, WI

2024 INSIGHT: ART FOR CLIMATE ACTION, The Depot Art Center, Steamboat Springs, CO

2024 ALEXANDRA RIESCO: PRINTS AND WORKS ON PAPER, W Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO

2023 CHANCE ENCOUNTERS, Studio 18 Art Complex, Pembroke Pines, FL

2023 RUNOFF, The Depot Art Center, Steamboat Springs, CO

2022 ALEXANDRA RIESCO AND KRISTINA PETRASH, W Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO

2022 NEW WORKS: PETRASH, BENSON, RIESCO, W Gallery, Steamboat Springs, CO

2022 EMERALD PRINT EXCHANGE, Whiteaker Printmakers, Maude Kerns Art Center Gallery, Eugene, OR

2022 A DAY FOR UKRAINE EXHIBIT, Farm Projects, Wellfleet, MA

2021 FRESH PRINTS, IS Projects Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2021 EXPANDING PRINTMAKING: South Florida Artist-Run Presses, The Schmidt Gallery, Boca Raton, FL

2020 SMALL PRESS FAIR ONLINE EXHIBITION

2019 UNBOUND VOL. IX: Juried Artist Book Exhibition, Artistree Gallery, South Pomfret, VT

2018 GEOLOGIC TIME, Kresge Physical Sciences Library, Hanover, NH

2017 STUDIO ART MAJORS SENIOR EXHIBITION, Jaffe-Friede and Strauss Galleries, Hanover, NH

2017 BOOK ARTS PRIZE EXHIBITION, Baker Library, Hanover, NH

2017 FROM SKETCHBOOKS, Black Family Visual Arts Center, Hanover, NH

2017 B.R.U.S.H.E.D. PROJECT: Beauty Reclaimed, Upended, Shaken, Humanized, Expanded, and Darkened, Collis Atrium, Hanover, NH

Awards and residencies

2024 Graduate Research Scholars Fellowship, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

2020   Keyholder Residency, IS Projects, Fort Lauderdale, FL

2017 Class of 1960 and Office of Residential Life Purchase Award, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

2017 The Dartmouth Book Arts Studio Artist’s Book Prize, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

2017 Robert Read Prize for work in the graphic arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

Workshops and talks

2021 Nature Walk and Sketch Workshop, Moosilauke Ravine Lodge

2021 Drum Leaf Binding Workshop, IS Projects

2021 Ink-Making and Monotype with Natural Dyes Workshop, IS Projects

2021 Simple Bindings Workshop, IS Projects

2021 The Lodge at Large Artist Talk, Dartmouth Outdoor Programs

collections and publications

Artists’ Book Collection, Kohler Art Library, Madison, WI

Classes of 1960 and 2010/Office of Residential Life Collection, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

REI, Glenwood Springs, CO

Private Collections: Denver, CO / Glenwood Springs, CO / Steamboat Springs, CO / Washington, DC / Coral Gables, FL / Miami, FL / Potomac, MD / Santa Fe, NM

2023 Finding the Line, film directed and produced by Katie Hake, sponsored by NRS, premiered at 5Point Film Festival, Carbondale, CO

2023 My Daughter Terra, Plaintiff Press, London, UK

2022 The Lodge: Celebrating a Century of Dartmouth College on Mount Moosilauke, Hanover, NH

2022 Emerald Print Exchange Catalogue, Eugene, OR

2017 Senior Studio Art Majors Catalogue, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH