The Print Council of Australia promotes all forms of contemporary printmaking through exhibitions, publications, and limited edition print commissions.
Established in 1966, the Print Council of Australia promotes all forms of contemporary printmaking through exhibitions, publications, and limited edition print commissions. IMPRINT, our flagship publication, is Australia's only contemporary printmaking journal. Published quarterly, it is packed with information, news and reviews about current issues and artists from all around Australia. It is ess
Established in 1966, the Print Council of Australia promotes all forms of contemporary printmaking through exhibitions, publications, and limited edition print commissions. IMPRINT, our flagship publication, is Australia's only contemporary printmaking journal. Published quarterly, it is packed with information, news and reviews about current issues and artists from all around Australia. It is ess
Operating as usual
Curator Jenny Petersen examines selected prints from the permanent collection of the Latrobe Regional Gallery, forming the new exhibition, 'Fellow Travellers', open now and on until February 12 next year. Read about it on the blog at printcouncil.org.au
Image: Kate Zizys, 'Dog Town' [detail], 2021, mixed media, 45 x 35 cm, unique print from boxed set
Hot off the press! đ„
IMPRINT (Summer / Vol. 57 No. 4) will be landing in letterboxes any minute, featuring a screenprint by Mandy Martin âGallery 1â 1977 on the cover.
Become a Print Council of Australia member to get yours in the post (link in bio)
Come Together â The Art of Juli Haas is in its final weekend at Gippsland Art Gallery !
Donât miss the first retrospective exhibition of the work of Juli Haas (1952â2014), who was one of Gippslandâs most admired and loved artists, known for her darkly fantastical prints and paintings.
Come in and view the Print Exchange 2022 exhibition at the PCA - Studio 2 Guild, 152 Sturt St, Southbank Vic.
We are open 10am - 4pm Weds-Thurs, 11am-4pm Fri.
The Print Exchange auction continues until 5pm Monday ⊠click on the Facebook album to make your bid đ
SILENT AUCTION BEGINS 5PM (EST) Friday 11 November, FINISHES 5PM (EST) Monday 14 November.
Starting bid is $100, place your bids in the comments. $15 postage charged on top of final bid.
Print paper size is 20 x 26cm. We will endeavour to post out sold prints by 1 December 2022.
ARTIST: Cecilia Jacobs
TITLE: Drift
TYPE: Woodblock and drypoint
ARTIST STATEMENT: My multi-layered print 'Drift' is an abstract interpretation of nature, which creates echoes of wood, water and clouds. The colours I used are reminiscent of Melbourne's winter months and reflect my thoughts of the sea and my longing for nature as a whole during this time.
ARTIST: Susan Morris
TITLE: Bella's Petal
TYPE: Solar print
STATEMENT: The central focus of my art is investigation through personal experiences. These experiences are
expressed through pattern and symbols seeking to expand the range of possible interpretations of the decorative, the personal and the feminine surrounding memories, experiences, and connections
in time
Starting tonight! Print Exchange Auction & Exhibition đ - https://mailchi.mp/printcouncil/starting-tonight-print-exchange-auction-exhibition
Facebook Auction of the Print Exchange starts tonight at 5pm!
SILENT AUCTION BEGINS 5PM (EST) Friday 11 November, FINISHES 5PM (EST) Monday 14 November.
Starting bid is $100, place your bids in the comments. $15 postage charged on top of final bid.
Print paper size is 20 x 26cm. We will endeavour to post out sold prints by 1 December 2022.
ARTIST: Marie Farr
TITLE: Crossing the Nullarbor
TYPE: Plate lithography, graphic chemical litho black #1796 BFK RIVES 280gsm
ARTIST: Indira Fernandes
TITLE: Poetry in Motion
TYPE: Linocut
ARTIST: Dorothy Freeman
TITLE: The Last Water Hole
TYPE: Archival pigment print
ARTIST: Winsome Jobling
TITLE: Lunar Glow
TYPE: Drypoint on handmade papers with fluorescent pigment
STATEMENT: Darwin-based artist Winsome Jobling works primarily with handmade papers and experimental printmaking. The images incorporated during wet sheet-forming are meant to complement and complicate the ground for the print. Solvents, a dremel and sand blasting are some of the tools used to create a range of marks in plastic plates.
WEBSITE: winsomejobling.net
ARTIST: Priscilla Ambrosini
TITLE: Relical Heart
TYPE: Etching, sugarlift, aquatint, drypoint and plate tone on paper
STATEMENT: Radical love takes flight.
WEBSITE: .ambrosini.art
ARTIST: Carolyn Pettigrew
TITLE: Bountiful Harvest
TYPE: Photopolymer gravure
WEBSITE: https://www.nebuliarts.com/f601444845
ARTIST: James Pasakos
TITLE: Metamorphsis 2
TYPE: Silk screen
WEBSITE: http://www.jamespasakos.com/
ARTIST: Julian Twigg
TITLE: Steelworks, Port Kembla 2022
TYPE: Linocut
Print Size 18 X 13 cm
WEBSITE: http://www.juliantwigg.com/
ARTIST: Vivienne McDermott
TITLE: Bulgin Landscape - Monsoonal Vine Thicket
TYPE: Reduction Linoprint on paper 2022
STATEMENT: Monsoon Vine Thickets are a highly fragmented rainforest ecosystem found on the coastal sand dunes of the Dampier Peninsula. These thickets contain a high density of bush medicine, bush tucker, artefact sources, burial grounds, middens, law grounds and sacred sites. They are a threatened ecological community.
WEBSITE: https://www.viviennemcdermott.com
https://www.instagram.com/viviennemcdermott/
ARTIST: Gina Grant
TITLE: 'Flight or Fight'
TYPE: Reduction lino print
STATEMENT: In my reduction print process, I concentrate on exploring the nuances of texture and how this creates possible narratives for the viewer.
WEBSITE: .g.73
THIS WEEKEND!! Our PCA Print Exchange 2022 will be up for auction right here on Facebook. Just put your bid in the comments, bidding starts at $100.
There are 111 participating artists and a huge array of different techniques and imagery so hop online and bid for your favourite. The PCA is a not-for-profit organisation and all proceeds enable us to improve and expand our services to PCA Members. The entire Print Exchange will be on display at the PCA's new premises in Southbank. Happy bidding!
SILENT AUCTION BEGINS 5PM (EST) Friday 11 November, FINISHES 5PM (EST) Monday 14 November.
Starting bid is $100, place your bids in the comments. $15 postage charged on top of final bid.
Print paper size is 20 x 26cm. We will endeavour to post out sold prints by 1 December 2022.
November Newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/printcouncil/november-newsletter-a8kh253noo
Tracing Gondwana is a collaboration between printmakers Monika Lukowska and Nikki Green and writer Renee Pettitt-Schipp in partnership with Gondwana Link. This exhibition builds awareness of the value of the biodiversity hotspot in the Great Southern, promoting its cultural and ecological significan...
Marcus O'Donnell visits two new exhibitions related to the much-celebrated George Baldessin - one at Australian Galleries, the other at the Baldessin Studio in St Andrews. Read about it on the blog at printcouncil.org.au
Image: George Baldessin, 'Personage, window and factory smoke No 2', 1972 (Courtesy Australian Galleries)
Print Exchange 2022 đAUCTION DATES! đ
The Facebook auction dates for bidding, will be open from 5pm 11th November and closing 5pm 14th November. We are currently uploading the images to the Facebook album so have a sneak peak and select your favourites.
ARTIST: Susan Morris
TITLE: Bella's Petal
TYPE: Solar print
STATEMENT: The central focus of my art is investigation through personal experiences. These experiences are expressed through pattern and symbols seeking to expand the range of possible interpretations of the decorative, the personal and the feminine surrounding memories, experiences, and connections in time.
ARTIST: Chris Lawry
TITLE: The Model
TYPE: linocut
STATEMENT: This work is partly an attempt to translate one of my quick life-drawings into linocut, and a style response to the kind of modernism popular in the Ethel Spowers and Evaline Syme era, though executed in my own way.
WEBSITE: https://www.instagram.com/chris_lawry_prints/?hl=en
ARTIST: Gisela ZĂŒchner-Mogall
TITLE: Encounter
TYPE: Digital print
STATEMENT: Spiky forms explore textured shapes, a limited âicyâ colour scheme; balance seems to
freeze movement. In Photoshop, investigating layering, distortions and extrusions - just to
name a few - afford unlimited possibilities. I find these creative processes and the use of a
variety of media most rewarding and inspiring.
WEBSITE: https://www.instagram.com/giszuchnermogall/?r=nametag&fbclid=IwAR28mngnZyBTAl7qPc31C2Wij_abVgjMdeFoF4WRwSSuKBERB8GaGvqvTqo
ARTIST: Seraphina Martin
TITLE: Gateway for Hope
TYPE: Solar plate and watercolour. Bleed print.
STATEMENT: I have focused on the symbol of a natural Gateway formed by the land. The light from the sun shines through this gateway and is seen as a source of energy for the germination of new growth forming on an isolated island. This is a likely connection to the fruitful beginning of life but also a natural microorganism offering hope and transformation to embody the many issues troubling our contemporary world. It is a metaphor for the promise of rejuvenation and evolution of humanity and our earthly existence.
WEBSITE:
ARTIST: Karen Kaese
TITLE: Above & Below
TYPE: Linocut
STATEMENT: For me the interest is in the coherence of new forms or hybrids examining consciousness, myths & the spaces between. I am interested in investigating the peripheries between dream, fantasy and memory and how this interacts with our conscious experience and the inherent conflict between illusion and reality, ethereality and permanence.
WEBSITE: www.karenkaeseartist.com
ARTIST: Julieanne Rasmussen
TITLE: Pathways
TYPE: Screenprint
STATEMENT: Living on acreage gives me the opportunity to
explore nature and be reminded of the delicate relationships that exist in that environment. The dancing twigs represent the trees I see on my daily walks and the endless possibilities for new
connections in our neural pathways.
ARTIST: Craig Couzens
TITLE: 'In the Spotlight'
TYPE: Linocut
STATEMENT: Life is full of surprises and no more so than when observing the chemistry of those performing onstage.
ARTIST: Anita Laurence
TITLE: West of Here
TYPE: Linocut
STATEMENT: Inspired by my travels to the Western District of Victoria on a windy day.
WEBSITE: anitalaurence.com.au
instagram anitalaurenceart
ARTIST: Susan Buchanan
TITLE: Kangaroo Paw
TYPE: Photopolymer Photogravure
STATEMENT: Quiet, simple images based on my photography practice translate well to printmaking. This print is In memory of my kangaroo paws that have simply not survived the unrelenting rain.
WEBSITE: https://www.nebuliarts.com/f944149543
ARTIST: Mei Sheong Wong
TITLE: Cockerel
TYPE:
STATEMENT: Meiâs predominantly figurative work explores the absurdity and delight of the human condition, through the materiality of print media. It incorporates random mark-making, sketches, photographs, text snippets and
repurposed imagery, relying on an intuitive, unstructured process, towards an uncertain outcome.
WEBSITE:
ARTIST: Anne Langdon
TITLE: âThe Giftâ
TYPE: Screenprint
STATEMENT: The Gift is celebrating our environment and reminding us that even the clouds can be a source of tranquillity and inspiration. This silkscreen is
also exploring colour and how it works together to create a mood.
WEBSITE: [email protected]
Thereâs still time to order Print Commission 2022! Access exclusive PCA member discounts on these new works (one print $260, two prints $450) âŠ. but only until October 31st. Non-members can also purchase the works.
Help support the Print Council through this vital fundraising program, and snag a fantastic contemporary artwork at the same time!
View and purchase the works at
www.printcouncil.org.au
Image: Rona Green, Welig, Print Commission 2022
ARTIST: Rachel Dun
TITLE: Pulau Besar
TYPE: Etching and Aquatint Handcoloured
STATEMENT: Inspired by the numerous drawings I did while recently sitting on a beach in Malaysia. I would watch these boats depart at sunset to work through the night and return at sunrise. The fishermen were fascinated with my depiction of their colourful boats. On my return to Australia I transformed these drawings into etchings. "Pulau Besar" is one part of my Fishing Boat Series.
WEBSITE: https://www.racheldun.com/
Tony Ameneiro is the winner of the print section of the Swan Hill Print & Drawing Acquisitive Prize 2022. He reflects on his winning work on the blog at printcouncil.org.au
'Marble Run V' by Mindy Doré has found a wonderful home in Fitzroy!
It's always such a unique joy for artists, and indeed their galleries, to see where artworks find themselves once they've left the gallery.
Mindy Doré | Marble Run V | 2021 | pochoir and silver pigment linocut, unique state | 89 cm x 69 cm |
Van Dieman's Land Art Guide Australia Print Council of Australia
6PM OPENING TONIGHT // Join Umbrella and exhibiting artists to celebrate the launch of their new exhibitions tonight from 6pm Friday 7 October!
'A Coral Garden' by Tony Fitzsimmons focuses on his drawing experiences with the Museum of Underwater Art (MOUA) in the waters off Townsville, created during an artist-in-residence program with Umbrella in 2019-2020. Fitzsimmons has reinterpreted the MOUA sculptures, installations, sites and building process from documentation to his own paintings and drawings.
Umbrella will also be presenting âEncagedâ by Jan Hynes, the Print Commission 2022 from Print Council of Australia (PCA), and âJapurra Ngapa-jirraâ by artists from Maningrida Arts & Culture. Anne Cole will also be presenting âIsland Snippetsâ in our showcase cabinet and âElevator Dreamsâ by Wing Hong Leung in The Vault has been extended until Sunday 13 November.
SKULLDUGGERY will also be launching tonight from 5:30pm at Murky Waters Studio. We encourage you to visit Murky Waters first to make it to Umbrella in time for our artist speeches at 7pm.
Read more about our new exhibitions on our website: www.umbrella.org.au/coral-garden
Image: Tony Fitzsimmons, 'The Swim Through' (detail), 2022, Charcoal on paper, 70 x 52cm
ARTIST: Lorelei Medcalf
TITLE: Junk Head
TYPE: Etching and monoprint stencil
STATEMENT: The source material for much of my artwork is a colourful bundle of plastic rubbish collected from my local beach. I get caught up in drawing the detail of tangled twisted lines. Itâs a good way to unwind and clear the head.
WEBSITE: loreleimedcalf.com
ARTIST: Sandy Robinson
TITLE: Allure
TYPE: Drypoint on zinc plate
STATEMENT: A living thing, whichever form it takes, possesses a unique beauty. It constantly changes on a journey for survival. Even when the final destination is reached, those once full of life, now still and silent, continue to captivate and intrigue.
Studio 2 Guild, 152 Sturt Street
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