Wichita State University is hosting artist Beauvais Lyons as part of the ShockPress Collaborative, a visiting artist program that invites contemporary printmakers to work with students at the School of Art, Design and Creative Industries (ADCI).

Lyons, a chancellor’s professor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will present “Mock Documentation” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24, at the Ulrich Museum of Art. The presentation, which explains his exhibition, is free and open to the public.

Lyons’ exhibition, “Envisioned Worlds: Lithographs from the Hokes Archives,” will be on display from Jan. 25-March 4 at the Clayton Staples Gallery, located on the second floor of the McKnight Art Center.

His work of academic parody lithographs are often regarded as a form of science fiction. The collection features 25 lithographs from “Reconstruction of an Aazudian Temple,” “Hokes Medical Arts” and “The Association for Creative Zoology.” Each of the collections are based on fictitious events, from an imaginary Mesopotamian civilization in modern-day Iraq to an early 20th century creationist organization.

The prints are inspired by literary and cinematic traditions of mock-documentation. Lyons has created elaborate works of academic and museum parody for over three decades. His past projects have included imaginary ancient cultures, invented anatomical prints and drawings and a fake collection of contemporary folk art.

Lyons has taught printmaking at UT-Knoxville since 1985. His prints are in numerous public collections including the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.