Tomás Lasansky
Artist, Printmaker
Iowa City, IA
@lasansky_gallery_and_studio
“Coming from a family of printmakers, French Tool has consistently provided customized etching presses that have met each of our specific needs. I began printing on my father’s French Tool when I was a teenager, ordered my first press in 1979, and ordered a second smaller press in 2010. Over the years, more than 25 fellow printmakers have also ordered their own custom French Tool presses after using mine. Today, 7 of my family members, over 3 generations, are printing on French Tools because no other press can satisfy their unique demands within the intaglio medium. I personally feel French Tools are the best intaglio presses being made today and highly recommend them. “
– Tomas Lasansky,
Artist/ Printmaker
Lasansky Studios
Bio
-B.F.A. University of Iowa, 1979
-M.A. University of Iowa, 1983
-M.F.A. University of Iowa, 1984
Artist Statement
Tomás Lasansky has lived and worked in Iowa City, IA since he was born in 1957. He is the owner and director of the Lasansky Gallery & Studio where he shows his work and that of other Iowa artists, and runs an active print shop which includes 2 American French Tool etching presses.
Since 1980, Tomás Lasansky’s work has been included in more than 120 exhibitions, including 30 one-man shows and has been extensively collected both publically and privately. A catalogue raisonne of his work, Tomas Lasansky: Icons and Muses, was published in 2010.
His work can be seen by appointment at his Iowa City gallery or at his website LasanskyStudio.com.
Prints
“Portrait at 21”
– 1979
– 19″ x 24″
– Intaglio (3 plates)
– Printed on an American French Tool (30″ x 52″)
– Lasansky Studios in Iowa City, IA
“Carmen”
– 1987
– 24″ x 30″
– Intaglio (5 plates)
– Printed on an American French Tool (30″ x 52″)
– Lasansky Studios in Iowa City, IA
“Lincoln 1861-1865”
– 2006
– 24″ x 36″
– Intaglio (4 plates)
– Printed on an American French Tool (30″ x 52″)
– Lasansky Studios in Iowa City, IA
“Einstein”
– 2006
– 24″ x 36″
– Intaglio (4 plates)
– Printed on an American French Tool (30″ x 52″)
– Lasansky Studios in Iowa City, IA
“Venus”
– 2006
– 7″ x 9″
– Etching
– Printed on an American French Tool (30″ x 52″)
– Lasansky Studios in Iowa City, IA
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