About The Artist

Ralph Slatton is Professor in charge of Printmaking at ETSU, Department of Art and Design. He began his position in 1990 and presently teaches drawing fundamentals, intro to prints, intaglio, lithography, silkscreen, and relief. He has also held the position of Department Chair from 1999 to 2004. His degrees are BFA (1982) and MA (1986) degrees from Arkansas State University and the MFA (1990) from University of Iowa. A selected list of recent shows include: “Society of American Artists Exhibition,” Ormond Memorial Art Museum and Gardens, Ormond Beach, Florida (members exhibition)2008; “Naestved International Mini Print Exhibition,” Ronnebaeksholm Arts and Culture Centre Naestved, Denmark. (group exhibition)2008; “Mind Creatures,” Mabee Art Gallery, Culver Stockton College, Canton, MO. (solo)’2008. Lectures include: “Point of Intaglio,” Baum Gallery, University of Central Arkansas, Conway, AR; “Out of Whistler’s Window,” Slide lecture and presentation in conjunction with Whistler print exhibit, Hunter Museum of American Art, Chattanooga, TN. Selective collections include: Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi-shi, Japan, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., Taiwan Museum of Art, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C., The Print Consortium, Kansas City, MO. The Albany Print Club, Albany, NY. Some of his works were published in Best of Printmaking '97, Rockford Publishers. Ralph Slatton has served on the following university committees: Promotion and Tenure Committee (present), Chairs Council 2004, Faculty Council (chair), 1997, “AWriting Across the Curriculum,”(Steering Committee), 1995.