Professor
Printmaking

Area Coordinator
Printmaking

Office: 1221 Alexander Calder Fine Arts Center
Phone: (616) 331-3352
Email: henked@gvsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae (.pdf)
Personal Website

I began as a painter and remained studying painting until I finally recognized that the paintings were getting worse. In 1975 I discovered printmaking and eventually went on to study that at the University of Iowa. From there I moved to Rochester, NY where I set up a press, printed for other artists to pay rent and to learn the skills and from that studio I began making exhibition prints. It was also around that time that I began my association with Samuel Beckett and ultimately made three books of prints with his texts. By 1982 I began to teach at Grand Valley State College, (now University), in West Michigan, where I continue to teach and to make prints , drawings and photogravures.

MFA, Printmaking, The University of Iowa

MA, Printmaking, The University of Iowa

BS, Art, SUNY Brockport

• ART 265 - Introduction To Printmaking
• ART 366 - Intermediate Printmaking I
• ART 367 - Intermediate Printmaking II
• ART 380 - Alternative Photo Printing Processes
• ART 467 - Advanced Printmaking I
• ART 468 - Advanced Printmaking II
• ART 499 - Independent Study In Art
• ART 498 - Senior Project