Taryn McMahon is an artist exploring the entanglements between the human and nonhuman through the waterways of Northeast Ohio. She grew up in New Jersey and received her BFA from the Pennsylvania State University. She then attended the University of Iowa, where she received an MA and MFA in Printmaking. McMahon has received numerous awards for her work, including an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, a John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Arts Challenge, a Puffin Foundation grant, and Denbo Fellowship. Her work has been shown at The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA, the International Print Center, New York, NY, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Brooklyn, NY, and the McDonough Museum, Youngstown, OH, among many other venues. She has been awarded residencies at Arrowmont School of Art and Craft (2025), Center for Contemporary Printmaking (2024), Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (2018), Vermont Studio Center (2017), Anderson Ranch Arts Center (2012), Anchor Graphics (2011), Women’s Studio Workshop (2008), and the Lawrence Arts Center (2006-2007). She is a Professor of Studio Art at Kent State University, Kent, OH, where she oversees the Print Media & Photography concentration area and specializes in teaching printmaking courses. She currently also serves as the Studio Art Division Coordinator in the School of Art.

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