About Savannah, the artist, illustrator, zine-folder, comic-book lover, papermaker, printmaker, designer, and community curator ...
Biography
Savannah Flores (she/they) is a working emerging artist who recently graduated from Cornell University in 2025 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a minor in Design Innovation & Strategy and is currently based in Dallas, Texas. She has held multiple roles in community-centered public art projects, including serving as a studio assistant and production manager for established artists at Cornell University’s Printmaking Facilities. She has garnered national and regional recognition in the fine arts and publication, having been featured in the Ithaca Book and Zine Fair and Printed Matter, and as a finalist in the New York Academy of Art’s 2024 AXA Prize. Currently, Savannah is the Fall Events Intern at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, TN. She will also be the Printmaking Fellow at Vermont Studio Center for January 2026.
Artist Statement
Savannah uses the body as a metaphor for intergenerational trauma in first-generation minority households through processes of printmaking and papermaking. Her visceral layering of handmade paper, silhouettes, and archival images expresses the enduring impact of settler colonialism and assimilation on the individual and the collective. To disrupt these colonial structures, Savannah represents bodies in migration, speaking to and colliding with colorful, abstract worlds that encompass a hereditary past/present space. Her work highlights the rawness of disrupted mother-child relationships resulting from these structures. Her work is a homage to mothers and grandmothers who attempt to heal their wounds through their daughters' experiences, often mirroring the same pain they've experienced. Savannah’s work aims to demonstrate that colonial structures and assimilation continue to impact millions of families today.
Curriculum Vitae (Fall 2025)
Contact: scf76@cornell.edu
Phone: 469-403-4152
Website: savannahcflores.art
Phone: 469-403-4152
Website: savannahcflores.art
Education
2025 B.F.A, Fine Art
Cornell University
College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
2025 B.F.A, Fine Art
Cornell University
College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
Professional Experience
2026 Vermont Studio Center, Printmaking Fellow, Johnson, VT
2025 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Fall Events Internship, Gatlinburg, TN
2025 Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Fall Events Internship, Gatlinburg, TN
2023-25 Lead Printmaking Monitor, Intaglio Expertise, Cornell University
2024 Cornell AAP Career Development Advisor, Ithaca, NY
2024 Studio Assistant, Paul Ramirez Jonas,
La Pulperia Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2023-2024 Teaching Assistant, Cornell University
(Advanced Print Media: To Publish is to Make Publics, SP24) Ithaca, NY
2023 Children’s Art and Design Intern, Simon & Schuster Publication, New York, NY
2024 Cornell AAP Career Development Advisor, Ithaca, NY
2024 Studio Assistant, Paul Ramirez Jonas,
La Pulperia Press, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
2023-2024 Teaching Assistant, Cornell University
(Advanced Print Media: To Publish is to Make Publics, SP24) Ithaca, NY
2023 Children’s Art and Design Intern, Simon & Schuster Publication, New York, NY
Selected Awards and Recognition
2025 Cornell Department of AAP, Faculty Medal of Art
2025 Cornell Department of AAP, Faculty Medal of Art
2025 Cornell Department of Art, Anderson Ranch Printmaking Scholarship
2024 AXA Art Prize US, Finalist, New York Academy of Art
2023- 2025 Kip Brady Prize Recipient for Outstanding Student Contribution in Printmaking
2023 & 2024 Creative Research Grant, Cornell University
2023 Ezra Colin Cornell Award in Digital Media
2024 AXA Art Prize US, Finalist, New York Academy of Art
2023- 2025 Kip Brady Prize Recipient for Outstanding Student Contribution in Printmaking
2023 & 2024 Creative Research Grant, Cornell University
2023 Ezra Colin Cornell Award in Digital Media
Exhibitions
2025 Two-Person Exhibition to woo, to wane, to bind, to bear, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, Homeward, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, I See You, The Ink Shop, and Olive Branch Press Show, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, Cornell Council for the Arts Exhibition
Dewey Decimal System, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, AXA Art Prize US 2024 Juried Exhibition
New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
2023 Curator/Group Exhibitor for I See You, The Ink Shop ,and Olive Branch Press Show,
Print Media, Ithaca, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, Material Spirituality, Ithaca, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, Familia Printshop: Member Exhibition, Dallas, TX
2023 Solo Exhibition, Salt: Reconnecting and Disconnecting, Solo Exhibition, Ithaca, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, THEN X NOW, An Alumni Show, Ithaca, NY
2022 Group Exhibition, Advanced Print Media: Social Works, Ithaca, NY
Publications & Facilitated Art Fairs
2024 Showpony Studios, Facilitated Community Print Sale & Vendor Fair, Ithaca, NY
2024 Labels, La Pulperia Press, Production Manager for Paul Ramirez Jonas
2023 & 2024 Multiple Paper Feed: An Alternative Art Fair, Ithaca, NY
2023 & 2024 Ithaca Book and Zine Fair, Vendor, Ithaca, NY
2021-2022 Positive Words for Painful Times: Triumph Through Divorce, Illustrator
2021-2022 Brielle and the Burbs: Hair I Come, Illustrator
2025 Two-Person Exhibition to woo, to wane, to bind, to bear, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, Homeward, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, I See You, The Ink Shop, and Olive Branch Press Show, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, Cornell Council for the Arts Exhibition
Dewey Decimal System, Ithaca, NY
2024 Group Exhibition, AXA Art Prize US 2024 Juried Exhibition
New York Academy of Art, New York City, NY
2023 Curator/Group Exhibitor for I See You, The Ink Shop ,and Olive Branch Press Show,
Print Media, Ithaca, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, Material Spirituality, Ithaca, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, Familia Printshop: Member Exhibition, Dallas, TX
2023 Solo Exhibition, Salt: Reconnecting and Disconnecting, Solo Exhibition, Ithaca, NY
2023 Group Exhibition, THEN X NOW, An Alumni Show, Ithaca, NY
2022 Group Exhibition, Advanced Print Media: Social Works, Ithaca, NY
Publications & Facilitated Art Fairs
2024 Showpony Studios, Facilitated Community Print Sale & Vendor Fair, Ithaca, NY
2024 Labels, La Pulperia Press, Production Manager for Paul Ramirez Jonas
2023 & 2024 Multiple Paper Feed: An Alternative Art Fair, Ithaca, NY
2023 & 2024 Ithaca Book and Zine Fair, Vendor, Ithaca, NY
2021-2022 Positive Words for Painful Times: Triumph Through Divorce, Illustrator
2021-2022 Brielle and the Burbs: Hair I Come, Illustrator
Workshops
2024 Lithography: Stone & Photolithography,
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Oil and Water: Collagraph, Stencils & Monoprint with Sue Oehme,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2024 SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) Various Workshops Participant,
Providence, RI
2023 Pace Prints Monotype Workshop by Sarah Carpenter, Ithaca, NY
Ox-Bow School of Art & Artist Residency, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Oil and Water: Collagraph, Stencils & Monoprint with Sue Oehme,
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass Village, CO
2024 SGCI (Southern Graphics Council International) Various Workshops Participant,
Providence, RI
2023 Pace Prints Monotype Workshop by Sarah Carpenter, Ithaca, NY