Tim

Tim Sheesley is a printmaker who grew up in upstate New York, moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico then to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and returned to Otego, New York with his family in 1992. For over 37 years he has been owner and master printer of Corridor Press, a collaborative professional lithography print studio originally in Philadelphia and now in Otego.  For seventeen years he has was the gallery director at the State University of New York at Oneonta, Martin-Mullen Art Gallery. He completed his undergraduate degree from SUNY Oneonta, received the distinction of Tamarind Master Printer from the Tamarind Institute of Lithography at the University of New Mexico, and received his MFA in printmaking from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia. He is recently retired from SUNY Oneonta and now working on his own art work, printing for artists and focusing his attention to the new venture with his daughter Sarah creating OTSDAWA celebrating the original print.

His artwork has been shown nationally and internationally.  A partial list of exhibitions includes, The Roberson Museum and Science Center, Binghamton, NY; Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute, Utica,NY;  The Mansion: Regional UCCCA, Oneonta, NY; The Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY; Kirkland Art Center in Clinton, NY; Visions Gallery, Albany, NY; The Ink Shop, Ithaca, NY; The Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC; the George Mason Institute of Arts, Fairfax, Virginia; LaSalle University; University of Pennsylvania; The Hewlett Gallery at Carnegie-Mellon University; Glynn Vivian Museum and Art Gallery in Swansea, Wales;  Breda School of Art Gallery, Breda, Netherlands; The Woodmere Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA; The Banister Gallery, Rhode Island College of Art;  Tianjin Fine Arts College, Tianjin, China.

He has taught printmaking at Tyler School of Art, Temple University; The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Breda School of Art in the Netherlands, SUNY Oneonta, Colgate University, and Syracuse University. He has also performed numerous workshops, visiting artist positions and has curated and juried art exhibitions and competitions.  

Sarah

Sarah grew up immersed in the world of lithography, from doing homework in her dad’s studio after school, to a family pilgrimage to the litho stone quarry in Solnhoffen, Germany, to pursuing a visual arts degree and making her own prints at Corridor Press. She was raised believing that all forms of art-making and art-laden walls were a normal and essential part of life.

She has since has built a career in visual, written and digital communications that spans the worlds of art and design, higher education, hospitality and architecture. After moving from the east coast to New Mexico, she had the opportunity to help build the legacy of mid-century modern textile designer, Alexander Girard, working with corporations like Herman Miller, Maharam and Urban Outfitters to designers like House Industries, Anna Sui and Todd Oldham as well as institutions including the Museum of International Folk Art, SFMoMA and Vitra Design Museum.

Sarah holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of New Mexico, where she also taught creative writing and composition. Her literary pursuits have produced a growing list of quirky publications and led her to an artists' research residency in Ottawa, literary seminars in Lisbon and classrooms in Detroit. She is currently based in New Mexico’s Rio Grande Valley.

Most importantly, she is passionate about expanding the reach of handmade prints, celebrating working artists and encouraging everyone to own more art.