Lori Stanziola

 

Pressed into Memory

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June 5 - August 28, 2026

Opie Gallery 

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This collection of work brings together images that celebrate big vistas and small details of life. Through the act of gathering images – flora, fauna, ordinary objects, and abstract motifs – it embodies the way we preserve memories through objects.  Each print becomes a memento, a fragment of experience carefully shaped, inked and pressed into permanence. Relief printmaking, with its repeatable impressions and layered possibilities, feels like an especially rich way to capture these ideas.

 

At the heart of this exhibition is the universal experience of curating what we hold dear, and the human desire to preserve life’s moments – through both imagery and craft.

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Artist Statement:

 

All my life, I’ve been collecting images to preserve experiences and feelings, and to feel them anew. From an early age, I have created scrapbooks and sketchbooks full of memories and responses to the world around me. There has always been a camera in my hands or nearby.

 

Embarking on my own art practice has been a way to revisit these memories and places and to highlight them or to knit them together in a new way. One metaphor I like is a charcuterie board – where I gather up the “good stuff” and serve it up in an artful way. While my images may be personal, I hope there is also a bit of the universal in what I offer and a confirmation that there is “good stuff” to be found all around us.

 

The craft of printmaking in multiple layers and colors provides an opportunity to study images and determine how to make them come to life in a way I find fascinating and rewarding. Details emerge and recede in the carving process; colors play off each other in surprising ways as layers are inked and transposed. There is always more to learn as I study the rich traditions of Japanese printmaking or the innovations of modern practitioners. I’m also informed by comparing notes and collaborating with fellow printmakers and (of course) the trials and triumphs of my own studio practice.

 

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Artist Bio:

 

Lori Stanziola (she/her) is a Kansas City based artist specializing in fine art printmaking. Drawing on her experience as a designer, Lori uses graphic shapes and patterns to create richly layered works from hand carved blocks. 

 

Lori’s work is hand printed in single or small-numbered editions, primarily using the techniques of relief printing and monotype. She studied art and design at the Kansas City Art Institute and St. Olaf College in Northfield Minnesota. Lori’s prints have been exhibited nationwide, most recently in juried exhibitions in Colorado, Virginia, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Missouri. Her work has been published in The Hand magazine; a periodical dedicated to the reproduction arts and she was the featured artist for Lawrence Art in the Park in 2021 and chosen as the featured print artist for Smoky Hill River Fest in 2024.

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You can find images of Lori’s work, and learn more about her work process, at www.lskccreative.com