The Lab was founded by Eric Recktenwald in 2006. It has gone through many transformations until finally becoming the digital imaging print studio it currently is.  Originally called Gray Matter, it was a studio/residence in New York and then an artist studio in the Thorp Building here in Minneapolis. The Lab took up 3 small studios next to each other on the 2^nd floor until there was no room left.  To keep things simple The Lab moved to a 1700 sq ft studio on the 1^st floor of the building this past March.

Eric Recktenwald Bio

Eric Recktenwald has been photographing and working in the photographic community for 15 years.  He has a background in digital imaging and an extensive education in Art and Photography.  Eric holds a BFA from Bowling Green State University as well as an MFA from Yale University.  In 2006 he started The Lab to facilitate his desire to be able to control every aspect of the digital imaging and printing process from start to finish.  In 2008 he started Workprint studios to make the facilities available to working artists who are on tight budgets.