Artist: Ian J. Welch | Location: Hampton, SC
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Artist: Ian J. Welch | Location: Hampton, SC
Hampton, SC
Ian J. Welch (b.1987) is a artist, educator and printmaker living in Hampton, South Carolina. Welch received his Master of Fine Arts degree from Northern Illinois University with a focus in Printmaking in 2016, his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Bowling Green State University in 2011, as well as receiving his Associate of Arts degree from Owens Community College in 2008.
Welch has had work featured in multiple exhibitions throughout the US including The International Print Center of New York, Print Austin and Artfields SC, along with curating multiple exhibitions throughout Northwest Ohio and South Carolina.
Welch is currently an elementary school art teacher at Hampton Elementary School in Hampton, SC, having previously served as Assistant Professor of Art and Curator II of the FAB Gallery at SC State University. Welch is the owner/printer at Pegboard Press printmaking studio in Hampton, SC as well as a community arts advocate for rural communities in South Carolina.
Artist Website
https://www.ianjwelch.com/