Riso SF5450 printing a two-color gradient of Fluorescent Orange and Federal Blue.

We Are Risolana.

South Valley โ€ข Albuquerque โ€ข New Mexico

Risolana is a community risograph studio located in the South Valley.

Risolana operates within Partnership for Community Actionโ€™s Social Enterprise Center, located at 722 Isleta Blvd SW, Albuquerque, NM 87105.

Riso for Artists workshop led by co-founders Michael Lopez and Karl Orozco.

 

We see power in printmaking as a tool for community dialogue where personal and collective expression meet.

What is a Risograph?

A risograph is a printer invented by the Riso Kagaku Corporation in Japan in the 80โ€™s. The Risograph uses ink to produce vibrant digital prints with a uniquely handcrafted feel. Although originally marketed to corporations, schools, and churches for their efficiency and low cost, artists have recently used risographs to start small presses and DIY printmaking spaces. 

Artwork above by artist and musician Asenath Lizรกrraga.

Inspired by the New Mexican concept of la resolana*, our resolana is a two-page spread open to the sun.

*a south-facing wall where community members gather, share, and reflect

Risolanaโ€™s 2023 Annual Calendar, featuring artwork by artist Beedallo.

Our Mission

Risolana started in 2021 to fill the need for a publicly accessible risograph studio in the state of New Mexico. We prioritize empowering our community by teaching the process and uses of the risograph over simply providing printing services. We aim to:

  • Cultivate an artmaking space as accessible as the risograph itself

  • Establish a network of socially engaged artists and designers

  • Organize a printed archive of Albuquerqueโ€™s artistic and social movements

Looking to Print?

Artwork above by artist Carlos I. Gabaldon.

Color & Paper Options

PANTONE: BLACK U >>> HEX: #000000

PANTONE: 288 U >>> HEX: #3D5588

PANTONE: 1245 U >>> HEX: #BB8B41

PANTONE: 805 U >>> HEX: #FF7477

PANTONE: 806 U >>> HEX: #FF48B0

PANTONE: 116 U >>> HEX: #FFB511

PANTONE: RED 032 U >>> HEX: #F65058

PANTONE: 292 U >>> HEX: #62A8E5

PANTONE: 354 U >>> HEX: #00A95C

PANTONE: 7430 U >>> HEX: #E6B5C9

Risolana Artist-In-Residence 2023:

Join us for the book launch and exhibition of

Sublime Hallucinations

By Ray Kim

Date: November 15th, 2024

Time: 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Location: Casa Barelas - 1024 4th St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102

Self Tattooing Performance: 7:30 pm, 10-15 mins duration. *Mask required during performance.

Ray Kim is a working tattoo artist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. In โ€œSublime Hallucinationsโ€ Ray shares her experience with chronic pain and illness, exploring it through a split lens- academic and autobiographical. Ray posits that tattooing, a form of โ€œintentional painโ€ can act as a type of self-reclamation, or medicinal faith, that is capable of bridging the sensations of the body and the stroke of the needle to the transcendental. Ray breaks this barrier through her own dreamy analysis and extensive research, which bends the academic to the conventions of the diary, and the language of the essay to the rhythm of poetry.

Ray Kim

Ray Kim is a multidisciplinary artist, specializing in tattooing. With over 10 years of experience as a self-taught tattooer, she has traveled extensively throughout the US and abroad. Her artistic practice revolves around themes of identity and environment. She identifies as a Koreaรฑa, embodying the unique cultural blend of being a first-generation Korean American, who grew up in Albuquerque. Recently, Kimโ€™s work was showcased in Tattoo You: A New Generation of Artists, a publication by Phaidon Press.

Instagram: @venusofchillendorf

Our Services

  • Studio Access

    We invite community members to come to our space and get hands on experience with the risograph themselves.

  • In-person Consultation

    We provide one-on-one consultations with those who need design or printing support.

  • Workshops

    We host regular workshops for the community to introduce others to digital and analog processes.

Like our work?

Artwork above by artist Vicente Telles.

The Gallery