Devon Stackonis
@devonstackonis.bsky.social
Printmaker and Book Artist
Currently based in Wrocław
University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA
US Fulbright Poland 2024/2025
www.devonstackonis.com
Currently based in Wrocław
University of Wisconsin-Madison MFA
US Fulbright Poland 2024/2025
www.devonstackonis.com
Delighted to share that I have been accepted into the Doctoral School at Akademia Sztuk Pięknych we Wrocławiu (ASP) where I will pursue my practice-based PhD over 3 years within the Printmaking and Book Art areas. All things considered, I am thrilled to stay in Poland. Excited for this next chapter.
July 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Delighted to share that I have been accepted into the Doctoral School at Akademia Sztuk Pięknych we Wrocławiu (ASP) where I will pursue my practice-based PhD over 3 years within the Printmaking and Book Art areas. All things considered, I am thrilled to stay in Poland. Excited for this next chapter.
Here’s a few images from my exhibition reception „Czas pod Ciśnieniem / Time under Pressure” at Galeria Miejska Pracownia. Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible! #fulbrightpoland #mezzotint #printmaker #time #pressure
June 30, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Here’s a few images from my exhibition reception „Czas pod Ciśnieniem / Time under Pressure” at Galeria Miejska Pracownia. Huge thanks to everyone who made it possible! #fulbrightpoland #mezzotint #printmaker #time #pressure
Two small interior mezzos to round out this first water tower series. Taken from the Gliwice Sobieskiego water tower, a gorgeous gothic revival structure from 1918. #mezzotint #spiralstairs #interior
June 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Two small interior mezzos to round out this first water tower series. Taken from the Gliwice Sobieskiego water tower, a gorgeous gothic revival structure from 1918. #mezzotint #spiralstairs #interior
You, Me, and the Moon (part II) Across a Great Distance and Increasingly Dire Circumstances. Follow up piece to a past print from 2020, You, Me, and the Moon. Revisiting a theme with new imagery. So great to finally see all three plates of this triptych printed on one sheet! #mezzotint #printmaking
June 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
You, Me, and the Moon (part II) Across a Great Distance and Increasingly Dire Circumstances. Follow up piece to a past print from 2020, You, Me, and the Moon. Revisiting a theme with new imagery. So great to finally see all three plates of this triptych printed on one sheet! #mezzotint #printmaking
Toner aquatint demo day with ASP experimental drawing studio students. Such a great group.. and quite pleased with results of our collaborative print! Fun morning
May 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Toner aquatint demo day with ASP experimental drawing studio students. Such a great group.. and quite pleased with results of our collaborative print! Fun morning
Tam, Gdzie, Miękko / On Dwelling and Yearning on view at the Concrete Gallery at ASP!
Works by Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska (visiting Wrocław on exchange from UTK! 😁) gorgeous lithos, etchings and relief prints. It’s great they are here this month!
Works by Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska (visiting Wrocław on exchange from UTK! 😁) gorgeous lithos, etchings and relief prints. It’s great they are here this month!
May 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Tam, Gdzie, Miękko / On Dwelling and Yearning on view at the Concrete Gallery at ASP!
Works by Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska (visiting Wrocław on exchange from UTK! 😁) gorgeous lithos, etchings and relief prints. It’s great they are here this month!
Works by Shannon Ferguson and Ivy Manska (visiting Wrocław on exchange from UTK! 😁) gorgeous lithos, etchings and relief prints. It’s great they are here this month!
Side panel mezzotint plate.. one more to complete this triptych! Can’t wait to see all three printed together on one sheet. #printmaking #mezzotint #intaglio #watertower #polska
May 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Side panel mezzotint plate.. one more to complete this triptych! Can’t wait to see all three printed together on one sheet. #printmaking #mezzotint #intaglio #watertower #polska
Międzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony - Muzeum Fortyfikacji i Nietoperzy, German WWII underground bunker system / military defense line, and now, Europe’s largest protected bat sanctuary! Very interesting place to explore.. so much mining technology employed during wartime construction of bunkers like these.
May 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Międzyrzecki Rejon Umocniony - Muzeum Fortyfikacji i Nietoperzy, German WWII underground bunker system / military defense line, and now, Europe’s largest protected bat sanctuary! Very interesting place to explore.. so much mining technology employed during wartime construction of bunkers like these.
Weekend in Bremen to visit my friend Jen. Very cool city. Haven’t been to Germany since last summer, despite being so close now. Got some really excellent park sits in, and a little sketch session!
April 28, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Weekend in Bremen to visit my friend Jen. Very cool city. Haven’t been to Germany since last summer, despite being so close now. Got some really excellent park sits in, and a little sketch session!
Recreating water tower structures from archive images of the industrial plants they used to serve in Śląskie (Silesia) a postindustrial region I have been focusing on during my time in Poland. Based on Huta Zabrze at the former Zabrze steelworks, and Chorzów at the Zakłady Azotowe nitrogen plant.
April 24, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Recreating water tower structures from archive images of the industrial plants they used to serve in Śląskie (Silesia) a postindustrial region I have been focusing on during my time in Poland. Based on Huta Zabrze at the former Zabrze steelworks, and Chorzów at the Zakłady Azotowe nitrogen plant.
It is finally spring in Poland 🌸
April 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
It is finally spring in Poland 🌸
Also met the cat of Užupis, some phenomenal figurative sculptures and spent time with an excellent guy. Too many photos to choose four, but these are a few of my favorites. I am the first Stackonis (Stockunas) in 4 generations to return to Lithuania! It meant so much to visit 🇱🇹
April 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Also met the cat of Užupis, some phenomenal figurative sculptures and spent time with an excellent guy. Too many photos to choose four, but these are a few of my favorites. I am the first Stackonis (Stockunas) in 4 generations to return to Lithuania! It meant so much to visit 🇱🇹
Very lucky to meet artists I’ve long admired from this side of the world, Roman Sustov and Nastassia Pazniak
My printmaking heart is so full! 🖤🖤🖤
My printmaking heart is so full! 🖤🖤🖤
April 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Very lucky to meet artists I’ve long admired from this side of the world, Roman Sustov and Nastassia Pazniak
My printmaking heart is so full! 🖤🖤🖤
My printmaking heart is so full! 🖤🖤🖤
Rasų (Rasos) Cemetery is the oldest in Vilnius, and is very beautiful (especially with these blue flowers coming up everywhere). Many famous Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian writers and cultural figures are buried here. I’ve never experienced a cemetery like this before.
#rasų #cemetery #vilnius
#rasų #cemetery #vilnius
April 14, 2025 at 12:13 PM
A load of Lithuania content incoming…. Incredible first visit to Vilnius, including a tour of the printmaking department of the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts! Gorgeous presses from the Netherlands and some older Soviet equipment. It was great to meet professor Rimvydas Kepežinskas and see the studios
April 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
A load of Lithuania content incoming…. Incredible first visit to Vilnius, including a tour of the printmaking department of the Vilnius Academy of Fine Arts! Gorgeous presses from the Netherlands and some older Soviet equipment. It was great to meet professor Rimvydas Kepežinskas and see the studios
Szymanowicz Krzysztof
LINORYTY exhibition opening at ASP.. My relief printmaking brain is shattered looking at these. Krzysztof is a visiting artist from Lublin, Poland. Very surreal works.
#aspwro #linocut #relief #printmaking #detail
LINORYTY exhibition opening at ASP.. My relief printmaking brain is shattered looking at these. Krzysztof is a visiting artist from Lublin, Poland. Very surreal works.
#aspwro #linocut #relief #printmaking #detail
April 9, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Szymanowicz Krzysztof
LINORYTY exhibition opening at ASP.. My relief printmaking brain is shattered looking at these. Krzysztof is a visiting artist from Lublin, Poland. Very surreal works.
#aspwro #linocut #relief #printmaking #detail
LINORYTY exhibition opening at ASP.. My relief printmaking brain is shattered looking at these. Krzysztof is a visiting artist from Lublin, Poland. Very surreal works.
#aspwro #linocut #relief #printmaking #detail
First proof of this new mezzotint plate! There’s a few things I may brighten up, but I’m pleased with how it printed overall. This is the center panel, so the side plates are in the works 😉
#printmaking #mezzotint #aspwro #fulbrightpoland #printmaker #moon
#printmaking #mezzotint #aspwro #fulbrightpoland #printmaker #moon
April 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
First proof of this new mezzotint plate! There’s a few things I may brighten up, but I’m pleased with how it printed overall. This is the center panel, so the side plates are in the works 😉
#printmaking #mezzotint #aspwro #fulbrightpoland #printmaker #moon
#printmaking #mezzotint #aspwro #fulbrightpoland #printmaker #moon
It’s spring in Poland! Visited Wieża Ciśnień Na Grobli today and Hydropolis museum at the site of the former waterworks. I would love to get permission to see the interior of this tower. It has the largest castiron spiral staircase in Europe and very ornate fly wheels, currently closed to the public
April 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It’s spring in Poland! Visited Wieża Ciśnień Na Grobli today and Hydropolis museum at the site of the former waterworks. I would love to get permission to see the interior of this tower. It has the largest castiron spiral staircase in Europe and very ornate fly wheels, currently closed to the public
Results are in! Hahnemühle # 10105729 300 gram soft and smooth copperplate paper performed best out of the 5 that I tested with mezzotint. This paper gave the clarity and subtle tonal transitions I was looking for in the darks, like I am able to achieve with Zerkall copperplate. Soaked 20+ mins.
April 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Results are in! Hahnemühle # 10105729 300 gram soft and smooth copperplate paper performed best out of the 5 that I tested with mezzotint. This paper gave the clarity and subtle tonal transitions I was looking for in the darks, like I am able to achieve with Zerkall copperplate. Soaked 20+ mins.
Small mezzotint test plate to print several kinds of Hahnemühle copperplate printing paper. I’ve been burning through my reserves of Zerkall (the best mezzotint paper imo) but since the mill flooded in 2021 and there is no more.. it’s time to find a new go to printing paper. I’ll share my results!
April 4, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Small mezzotint test plate to print several kinds of Hahnemühle copperplate printing paper. I’ve been burning through my reserves of Zerkall (the best mezzotint paper imo) but since the mill flooded in 2021 and there is no more.. it’s time to find a new go to printing paper. I’ll share my results!
Double feature tonight - Lisa Maria Baier exhibition opening! Lisa uses Al to generate images inspired by postwar testimonies and inherited stories, considering the historical relationship between Poland and Germany. She then transfers them to paper with anastatic printing. #printmaking #animation
April 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Double feature tonight - Lisa Maria Baier exhibition opening! Lisa uses Al to generate images inspired by postwar testimonies and inherited stories, considering the historical relationship between Poland and Germany. She then transfers them to paper with anastatic printing. #printmaking #animation
Mikael Kihlman exhibition at Oficyna Graficzna Tyszkiewicz - almost entirely drypoints inspired by Wrocław from 1990 on. So incredible to see these in person! #printmaking #drypoint #intaglio #wrocław
April 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Mikael Kihlman exhibition at Oficyna Graficzna Tyszkiewicz - almost entirely drypoints inspired by Wrocław from 1990 on. So incredible to see these in person! #printmaking #drypoint #intaglio #wrocław
ASP Printmaking department retreat in Luboradów this weekend. It was a great experience, and I’m happy to have come along. Faculty presentations, interesting conversations, and yes, wódka. Also, check this wood fire ceramic kiln out!!!
March 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
ASP Printmaking department retreat in Luboradów this weekend. It was a great experience, and I’m happy to have come along. Faculty presentations, interesting conversations, and yes, wódka. Also, check this wood fire ceramic kiln out!!!
First time to Amsterdam. Such a great weekend trip with Claire. Biig Piig concert Saturday night at MelkWeg, Rembrandt house, canal tour, and some excellent meals. Could easily spend a week here.. will return sooner than later!
March 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
First time to Amsterdam. Such a great weekend trip with Claire. Biig Piig concert Saturday night at MelkWeg, Rembrandt house, canal tour, and some excellent meals. Could easily spend a week here.. will return sooner than later!
Fulbright Poland mid-year meeting in Gdańsk. Finally made it to the Muzeum II Wojny Światowej here (WWII museum). It was expansive and incredibly thorough, and would take at least 8 hours to engage with all exhibitions. Great to reunite with my cohort who are based in cities across Poland.
#gdańsk
#gdańsk
February 22, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Fulbright Poland mid-year meeting in Gdańsk. Finally made it to the Muzeum II Wojny Światowej here (WWII museum). It was expansive and incredibly thorough, and would take at least 8 hours to engage with all exhibitions. Great to reunite with my cohort who are based in cities across Poland.
#gdańsk
#gdańsk