Ian Cozzens [BArch 2005]
Ian Cozzens is a visual artist who makes prints, sculptures, quilts, zines, spaces, collections, & shelves, among other things. He works with analog & semi-obsolete methods of creating film positives for screenprinting: hand-drawing letterforms, cutting intricate Rubylith stencil films, and working with Rapidograph ink on mylar. His print work ranges from political posters to images of Providence’s urban landscape. In the past decade, he has been building installations incorporating silkscreened paper, wallpaper, and text, as well as shelves, boxes, and constructions, laid out by making perspectival projection drawings by hand. His interests in pattern, geometry, and history have led him to the craft of patchwork and quiltmaking, which he incorporates into his three-dimensional work.