Lily Jarrell is a printmaker from Greenville, North Carolina. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Printmaking from East Carolina University, and is currently enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts in Printmaking program at Ohio University. Jarrell focuses on traditional printmaking techniques in her work, such as color reduction lithography, photo plate lithography, and color etching. These process-heavy techniques lend her a stronger connection to each piece, and as such her work is often very personal.

Artist Statement

My work uses personal memories from my upbringing related to my connections to the world around me that have helped develop me into who I am today. I am currently focusing on the understanding of the emotion guilt as something positive. Some of our most shameful and angry memories deal with guilt, but these also tend to be the events in our life that most affect our moral and ethical development. I hope that in being vulnerable with using my own memories viewers will feel safe to reflect on their own experiences, both comforting and upsetting, to create inner discussions of self reflection to better understand the person they are today and why they are who they are.