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Marie Kelzer Chronological Resume


    PUBLICATIONS (selected)

    2010-2012

  • Beginnings Endings. An artist book represented by painted paste paper of ocean waves overlaid with poetic verse. Limited edition of 3.  Hand bound concertina binding with cover-pleat spine.  6 ¼”H x 9 ¼”W x ¾”D closed. ©2012.
  • Beyond Apps.  Artist book looking beyond 100’s of Apps available in the shape of a smart phone. Limited edition of 3.  5 ¼”H x 3 ½”W x ¾”D.  ©2012.
  • Perhaps Another Day. Artist book hand lettering on black paper declares in these times ”When Will We Ever Learn War Is Not Peaceful Perhaps Another Day”. A flutter book with a case binding.  Paste Papers laced through accordion folded pages.  Limited edition of 12.  48 pages. 5 1/4” x 3 ½”  1”. ©2011.
  • It Is What It Is!  Is It What It Is? Artist book on the meaning of the phrase “it is what it is”.  “French Doors” structure. Limited edition of 10. 48 pages.  6 1/8” x 9 ½” ½”.  ©2011.
  • Paste Paper Patterns Volume VI. Signed and numbered edition #1-18.  A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2010.
  • THE DJIA in Numbers and Emotions 1900-2009.  Artist book exploring how market forces are determined by emotions not just raw data. Fold out graph and emotions chart. Limited edition of 5.  ©2010.

         2000-2009

  • Between the Lines.  Commissioned Artist Book of 13 sets of monoprint-like paste papers representing lines revealed beneath the surface.  Artist Book.  Limited edition of 2.  13.5” x 21.25” x  ¾”.   ©2009.
  • Paste Paper Creations ~ By the Ocean. Commissioned Artist Book of Paste Papers.  Artist Book. Limited edition of 4.  10.5” x 12.5”.  ©2009.
  • Seven Deadly Sins ± Seven Heavenley Virtues.  Lessons from the Financial Crisis of 2008.  Artist Book.    Limited edition of 7.  ©2009
  • Collaboration with George Ritchie.  Bound manuscripts photo postcard books with original paste papers on cover by Marie Kelzer.  2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.
  • 6th And Howard - The Hugo Hotel. Artist Book by Marie Kelzer. Limited edition of 5.  Featuring pictures and text chronicling the artist Brian Goggin’s project (Defenestration) in San Francisco at the Hugo Hotel. Consists of pieces of furniture attached to the outside of the hotel.  26 pages in a flutter book design.  8.5” x 6/75”. $85.00.  ©2008.
  • Artist book “Year 2000 Mass Media Mania” ©1999 by Marie Kelzer included on page 361 in the publication “500 Handmade Books” by Lark Books, 2008.
  • Paste Paper Patterns Volume V. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs. ©2008.
  • Paste Paper Patterns Volume IV. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. A compilation of 50 original paste papers with a list of primary tools used in creating designs.  ©2007.
  • Questionable Privilege – A Ticker Tape Treatise. Artist Book by Marie Kelzer. Limited edition of 3.  Questionable Authority/Executive Privilege text throughout in ticker taper fashion representing signs of these times. 96 pages.  8.5x6.75. Original Paste Papers. ©2007.
  • Paste Paper Stripes. Artist Book by Marie Kelzer. Limited edition of 2.  76 stripes of original paste paper adhered between folded pages and at foredges to form stripes. 2 ⅝” x 2 ⅝” ©2007
  • Featured in The Crafts Report Book Art/Paper: Artist to Artist Insight section.  “One Thing Leads to Another”. Paste Paper design #4/19. April 2007.
  • Paste Paper Patterns Volume III. Signed and numbered edition #1-18. 50 original Paste Papers.  ©2005.
  • Featured in The Crafts Report Book Art: Artist to Artist Insight section.  “Decorated Paste Paper Design #4/21”, September 2005.
  • Paste Paper Patterns Volume II.  Signed and numbered edition #1-28.  Copies #1-17 (50 original Paste Papers). Copies #18-28 (50 Scanned and Printed Papers). ©2003.
  • Featured in The Crafts Report Book Art: Artist to Artist Insight section. “Keepsake Shell Book”, February 2003 issue.
  • Paste Papers article by Marie Kelzer with Original Paste Paper tipped in. PCBA publication The Ampersand resource guide Vol. 20 Nos. 1&2.  2002
  • Paste Paper Patterns Volume I.  Signed, lettered and numbered edition A-C (50 original Paste Papers). Copies #1-25 (50 Scanned and Printed Papers).  ©2002.
  • Journal with ties (design 51) and Keepsake book with inlaid leaf are displayed in the "Blank Books" gallery section, pg. 13, of the book "Making Journals By Hand" by Jason Thompson, Rockport Publishers, Inc., 2000.

    • 1989-1999

  • The Paper Book 1999 The Electronic BOOK 2000, signed and numbered edition of 18, ©1999.  The book is a dos à dos binding to signify the transition from the hand written or machine printed text to the electronic readable text in the age of the Internet. THE PAPER BOOK 1999 is an essay, "Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge", is an adaptation of an essay written by R.J. Heathorn in 1962.
  • Paste Paper designs # 45 & 51 are featured in the chapter on "Paste Paper" in the book titled "Creative Paper Art" by Nancy Welch, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., 1999.
  • Article published in Archival Products News: "Judging a Book by Its Cover: Academic Institutions vs. Public Libraries - A Preservation Viewpoint by Marie Kelzer" (Fall, 1996).
  • Hand decorated paste paper cover and hand bound limited edition of 250 titled "My Alphabet Book" by Lila Wahrhaftig, 1993.
  • San Francisco Examiner, December 22, 1992. Featured in the article "The art that binds; Bookbinders keep pages turning".
  • Paste paper design used on the cover of Linda Dackman's book titled "Affirmations, Meditations, and Encouragements for Women Living with Breast Cancer", HarperCollins Publishers, 1992. 
  • Article published in The Abbey Newsletter:Bookbinding and Conservation: "Construction of Brass-Edged Press Boards" (vol. 13, No. 4, 1989).
     

    • CRAFT SHOWS AND GALLERY EXHIBITIONS  (selected)

  • The Arts Center, Corvallis, Oregon.  Group exhibit.  “UN-SPEAK-ABLE”.  March 4-April2, 2011. Exhibited: History Repeats: Word by Word ©2005 and Questionable Privilege – A Ticker Tape Treatise © 2007.
  • Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts. Group exhibit. The Book: A Contemporary View. Dec. 22, 2010-Apr. 17, 2011. Exhibited :From Paper Book to e Book, 2010.
  • Papergirl-SF Art Exhibition and mail-art and delivery system.  Paste Paper sheets and placemats rolled up and thrown from bicycles to passers-by on the streets. Oct. 3, 2010.
  • Exhibiting Member of San Francisco Women Artists Gallery.  3489 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94118. 2007+
  • BookWorks Gallery exhibition.  Asheville, North Carolina. “Marbled and Paste Papers in Action”. July1–August 31, 2010.  Exhibited Paste Paper Creations ~ By the Ocean and Paste Ppaer Patterns, Volume VI.
  • Minnesota Center for Book Art’s juried exhibition “Quantified Aesthetics”.  March 12-June 20, 2010.  Exhibited THE DJIA in Numbers and Emotions 1900-2009.
  • Thoreau Gallery in the Presidio of San Francisco.  Expressions of the Bay Area juried group SFWA show. “Wave Watching” and “In Flight” framed art works.   March 19-May 28, 2010.
  • Marin Society of Artists.  Ross, CA.  Third National Exhibition.  August 2-30, 2009.  Artwork Transcendental Meditation chosen for group show.
  • Hand Bookbinders of California.  Annual Exhibitions.
  • Book Arts Jam exhibiter sponsored by Bay Area Book Artists and Foothill College, in Los Altos Hills, California. 2009. 2010.
  • Celebration of Craftswomen in San Francisco (since 1990)
  • KPFA Crafts & Music Fair
  • Studio 333 in Sausalito, CA. Group Gallery Show.  Marie Kelzer “Art Works”. Acrylic painting on paper. March 1-Apr. 15, 2007.
  • San Francisco Open Studios.  2002, 2006-2008.
  • Invitational artist for The Line-Up: Up Against the Wall at ARCH, San Francisco.  Sponsored by Pacific Center for the Book Arts. Oct. 2-21, 2006
  • An altered book exhibited in the Reversing Vandalism show at the San Francisco Public Library. 2004.
  • The American Craft Council show in San Francisco
  • Pacific Center for the Book Arts: Book Arts & Printers’ Fair.  The Calendar Show.  San Francisco
  • San Francisco Center for the Book: Road Works Street Fair
  • The Society of Arts and Crafts.  Boston, MA  (1992-2003).
  • Art and Licensing shows. SURTEX (2004-2008).  PRINT SOURCE (2007) in New York City.
  • Roy Helm’s Contemporary Crafts Market in San Francisco and Santa Monica, California


    PROFESSIONAL WORK RECORD 
     
  • PAPER ARTS, San Francisco, CA , Sole Owner, 1988 to present
  • MARIE KELZER DESIGNS, San Francisco, CA, Sole Owner, 2004 to present
  • SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, San Francisco, CA  Preservation Department Head. 1995 to 2004
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY, Berkeley, CA Conservation Technician, 1987 to 1995 Bookbinder, 1983 to 1986 
  • ARTISAN BINDERY, Oakland, CA.  Bookbinder, 1982 to 1983.


    TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
     
  • CAPRICORNUS SCHOOL OF BOOKBINDING, Berkeley, CA, 1988-1990
  • COLLEGE OF ST. BENEDICT, St. Joseph,MN, Bachelor of Arts, Social Work 1976
  • Various workshops, seminars and conferences on bookbinding, decorative paper and paper related topics  

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