The Great Transcontinental Railroad

Art Reception

Exhibit runs from Sep 29 - Nov 8

ARTIST STATEMENT

2019 is the 150th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad. Regarded as one of the more monumental events in US history, the completion of the railroad happened at Promontory Point in Utah. There are the obvious benefits that came from linking east and west, but at what cost? Environmental destruction, exploitative labor, displacement of Indigenous populations, etc… I invited the participating artists to make a print on this topic to help our ongoing conversation surrounding the US history of westward expansion as well as Manifest Destiny.

ARTIST BIO

Andrew Rice has always called the Rocky Mountain West region his home. Born in Aspen, CO, he received his BFA in printmaking from the University of Colorado in Boulder and his MFA in Salt Lake City, UT at the University of Utah, where he currently teaches printmaking. Through a variety of print processes, oil stick drawings, and collage, Rice’s work investigates the use and occupation of space. How we have a need to carve out a space of our own, no matter our environment.

Rice has exhibited his work widely at national and international venues including the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, CUAC (Central Utah Art Center), the Holter Museum of Art in Helena, MT, 2nd Kaunas International Printmaking Biennial (Kaunas, Lithuania), IMPACT 9 China Academy of Art (Hangzhou, China), Krakow International Print Triennial – Falun, Sweden.

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