2023 winners

Winners of the 2023 Lohmann & Van Sinderen Prizes for Excellence in Undergraduate Printing and Design were announced at an April 27 awards ceremony in the Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library.

The entries this year included a diverse range of pieces made for personal, academic, and extracurricular purposes. All of this year’s participants are to be congratulated for the quality, craft, and creativity of their work.

Letterpress Category

First Prize

Kai Zhang (DC ’26)
For their broadside “Dinner at Home”

illustration of dinner at home

First Prize

Seojun Lee (PC ’26)
For their work “(ego) (geo) centrism”

example of letterpress illustration

Second Prize

Maggie Grether (ES ’26) for “Poem No.7”

Honorable Mention

Samuel Ostrove (TC ’25) for “An Art of Political Warfare”

Digital Design Category

First Prize

Kevin Chen (PC ’23)
For a body of work

illustration examples

Second Prize

Michelle Minzhi Li (ES ’23) for “Urban Botany — An Essay on Survival”

Honorable Mentions

Emily Cai (PM ’25) for a body of work
Matthew Nam (DC ’23) for a body of work
 

Letterpress and Digital Elements

First Prize

Cate Roser (BR ’25)
For a body of work that contained both letterpress and digital elements

example of letterpress

Honorable Mention

Gabby Uy (PC ’25) for a body of work

Judges for the 2023 competition

Bill Buccheri
Raleigh D’Adamo (SM ’53)
John Gambell (M.F.A. ’81)
Pamela Hovland (M.F.A. ’93)
Jessie Marsolais
Rebecca Martz
Wynne Patterson (M.F.A. ’88)
Jessica Pigza