ALL: Master Collection List
Nationality
American
Title of Work
Preview
Medium
Intaglio
Edition #
8/30
Signature
Signed on back
Height
11"
Width
14"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection
Status
Stored: 234 Print Box G, S7B
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
Katelyn Bladel received her BFA in photography and printmaking in 2013 from Minnesota State University in Moorhead, then later received her MFA in printmaking in 2017 from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. Currently living in Eagle Mountain, Utah, Bladel focuses on creating art through photography and printmaking, exploring the “complexities of place” in her own words. She has also been known to create sculptures, although rarely.
Additional Information
Silhouette of an oil rig.
Artist Statement:
The oil boom is reframing the North Dakota landscape, Areas of Western North Dakota that have been purposely preserved for decades are now vulnerable targets for oil companies. The image inside the oil rig was taken at Theodore Roosevelt National Park in Medora North Dakota. The copper used to make the print was cut into the shape of an oil rig to limit the amount of landscape that could be printed, representing the loss of untouched land due to the drilling of oil.
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”