During the Kolaj Institute’s Collage & Illustration Residency – Frankenstein, artists worked to visually interpret Mary Shelley’s 1818 proto-science fiction novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. Artists created illustrations that connected Shelley’s text to contemporary issues. Participants explored the role of science and artificial intelligence, queerness, intersectional identities, narcissism, and modern relationships.

Kolaj Institute published Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus featuring illustrations made during the residency as a way of bringing this important, historical book and its themes to 21st century readers. A selection of artwork was later exhibited at Kolaj Institute in New Orleans.

 In this limited curation of artwork from the residency, I will be sharing a significant amount of my solo work— but also select pieces created in collaboration with my ever talented peers.

Artist Illustrators
Claire Dannenbaum (Eugene, Oregon), Emily Denlinger (Cape Girardeau, Missouri), Suzanne Greenberg (New York, New York), Marta Janik (Warsaw, Poland), David Edward Johnson (Skaneateles, New York), Anthony D Kelly (Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland), Maureen Letton (San Francisco, California), Rosie Lewis (York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom), Anissa Malady (San Francisco, California), Anthony Naimo (Spruce Pine, North Carolina), Veronica Schwaller (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Rebecca Steiner (Lyme, Connecticut), Jessica TranVo (Boston, Massachusetts), and Elzbieta Zdunek (Berlin, Germany)

Collage & Illustration is a series of residencies, publications, discussions, and exhibitions that takes vintage, public domain stories and recontextualizes them for a 21st century audience with collaborative collage illustrations. Learn more at kolajinstitute.org/collage-illustration.

ABOUT THE BOOK
Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, illustrated & interpreted by contemporary collage artists
Art Direction by Christopher Kurts & Nancy Bernardo
Layout by Ric Kasini Kadour
238 pages; 9″x6″x.75″; paperback
ISBN 978-1-927587-7-20
$35.00 USD/$50.00 CAD
Published by Maison Kasini Canada & Kolaj Institute, Montreal, Quebec; 2024

Purchase the book in US dollars HERE.
Purchase the book in Canadian dollars HERE.