John Klosterman is a full-time instructor in Drawing, Foundations, and Printmaking. He is a native of Daphne, Alabama. He attended the University of South Alabama, where he earned a BFA in Printmaking. He then attended the University of Alabama as a graduate teaching assistant and earned his MFA.

 

Growing up, he developed a fondness for machines and all the tinkering that came along with them. His love of tinkering now takes on a two-dimensional form as he transfers ink to paper. Instead of the turn

of a wrench, it is now the carving of a block with a gouge. Layers of each print, much like parts to a car, are assembled in a manner that creates a functioning vehicle for the message of each piece.