| Originally
trained in Drawing, Painting, and Printmaking at the Art Institute
in Chicago Illinois, she earned her B.F.A. with the nationally recognized
Printmaking teacher, Vera Berdich. At Northern Illinois University,
Mantor studied printmaking under David Driesbach, where she received
her M.A. and M.F.A. Degrees. Mantor was one of the few Post-Graduate
students to continue the complex, layered Viscosity method of printing
three colours at the same time on one plate using inks and heavy,
rubber rollers on a deeply etched zinc plate. The method taught
in class originated in the French Atelier of Stanley William Hayter. |
Justine
taught Printmaking, Drawing, and Colour Theory as an Associate Professor
at Loyola University of Chicago for 22 years. She developed spinal
injuries which forced her to stop the heavy, labor-intensive viscosity
printing and led her to seek other media that could present the
same layering effects. Moving to Arizona in 1989, Mantor was able
to pursue extensive experimentation with new methods for three years
while she was the Drawing and Painting Artist in Residence for the
City of Phoenix. She created workshops in collage, mixed media watercolour,
and extensive work in Clayboard in colour and textural effects. |
