TL Solien

T.L Solien, born in Fargo North Dakota in 1949, received a BA degree in Art from Moorhead State University in 1973, and an MFA in Painting and Sculpture from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1977. Since the late 1970s, TL Solien’s work has been linked to the continuing evolution of figural painting, and has been grouped within the concerns of Neo-Expressionism, Neo- Surrealism, and New Image histories. Inspired by Mellville’s Moby Dick, Solien created a series of monotypes that combined intaglio, collagraph, and collage during his residency with Island Press in 2005.

Editions from this project

Print of a boat in blue water with collaged rock-shapes

Image of a figure on a circular island surrounded by objects such as a pocket, a shield, and a flower in a blue-brown background

Image of a figure with a pink and white skirt in front of a reclining figure dreaming with a dream bubble above their head on a dark blue background

Image of a black ship masthead in front of a blue background with figures in dresses located above and below the masthead