Listings and Opportunities
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OPPORTUNITIES AND LISTINGS - Summer 2019
Awards Prizes & Competitions
René Carcan International Prize for
Printmaking
www.award.renecarcan.be
Artists must submit between a minimum
of 4 and a maximum of 8 prints in jpeg format. The following printmaking
techniques will be accepted: etching, lithography, linocut, woodcut, silkscreen
and monotype. These works must have been created during the last 3 years.
Applications via the website only. Exhibition will be held in the Bibliotheca
Wittockiana in Brussels between 2–23 Feb 2020.
DEADLINE: 16 SEPT
www.re-printmakers.com
The Royal Society of
Painter-Printmakers (RE) is offering Associate Membership plus £1000 from the
Gwen May Trust to two recent printmaking graduates. Two-year membership of the
RE will commence in
January 2020 and is open to 2019 printmaking graduates. To apply please send:
• Six high-resolution jpegs of your
work
• Details of each including size,
titles and medium
• Brief CV – not more than one page
to: restudentaward@gmail.com
DEADLINE: 25 OCT
Sunny Art Prize
bit.ly/2S6H46K
A fine art award for emerging and
established artists working in a range of media. 1st Prize £3,000, a solo
exhibition at Sunny Art Centre in London, a one-month residency and a show at
our partners’ galleries. 2nd prize – £2,000, a group exhibition, a one-month
residency and a show at our partners’ galleries. 3rd prize – £1,000, a group
exhibition, a one-month residency and a show at our partners’ galleries. 30
shortlisted artists’ works will be exhibited at Sunny Art Centre, London. Out
of these 30, 10 artists will exhibit their artworks at our partners’ galleries.
Entry fees £25 for one, £32 for two, £40 for three and £45 for four artworks.
DEADLINE: 30 JUN
Exhibitions & Fairs
Awagami International Miniature Print
Exhibition
Hall of Awa Japanese Handmade Paper
Museum in Yoshinogawa City, Japan
www.miniprint.awagami.jp
The purpose of this event is to
introduce ‘washi’, Japan’s traditional handmade paper (and cultural treasure)
to international printmakers. Award-winning prints will be displayed from 5
Oct–10 Nov. All other prints will be displayed at the Inbe Art Space. Prints
must be created on Japanese washi paper A4 size (210 x 297 mm) with a maximum
print size of 180 x 270 mm. Up to two works may be submitted with an entry fee
of 3,500 yen (approx. £24 per work).
DEADLINE: 3 JUL
FISAE Open Ex-Libris Competition
https://bit.ly/2HtH3Bs
The international Ex-Libris competition
will be held in conjunction with the 38th FISAE Congress in London 12-16 Aug
2020. All multiples eligible, remember that an ex-libris is individually
designed with the book owner’s full name incorporated in the design. First
prize: £1,250 and two designated student prizes.
DEADLINE: 31 MAR
11th Hida-Takayama International
Contemporary Woodblock-prints Triennale 2020
www.bit.ly/1TWSYpl
Up to two woodblock prints created in 2018
or later, maximum size 90 x 90 cm. If combined with other techniques, the main
component must be woodblock. No digital printing. Free entry in the first
round, 2,000 yen per piece in the second round. First prize is 500,000 yen. The
exhibition will be held in the Takayama Cultural Hall in June 2020.
DEADLINE: 31 OCT
National Original Print Exhibition
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street,
London SE1 9JH
www.re-printmaker.com
Annual open submission printmaking
competition established by the RE. All forms of original printmaking eligible,
reproduction prints are not accepted. All artworks must have been made in the
last three years. Selected works will be displayed at Bankside Gallery between
18–29 Sept. Up to six entries, £15 per work, £8 for students.
DEADLINE: 27 JUN
Reclamation: Artists’ Books on the
Environment
San Francisco Center for the Book, 375
Rhode Island Street, San Francisco, CA, USA
https://sfcb.org
San Francisco Center for the Book is
pleased to announce that we are seeking submissions for Reclamation: Artists’
Books on the Environment. The exhibition will open at SFCB in Summer 2021 as
one of many worldwide actions in response to Extraction: Art on the Edge of the
Abyss, a manifesto issued by Peter Koch in 2018. Reclamation: Artists’ Books on
the Environment will subsequently travel, accompanied by an illustrated
catalogue with essays by the curator and jurors. Entries open on 1 Sept 2019.
DEADLINE: 1 SEPT 2020
4th New York International Miniature
Print Exhibition
Manhattan Graphics Center, 250 West 40
Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10018
https://www.manhattangraphicscenter.org/nyimpe-2019
The Call for Entry is now open on our
website.
DEADLINE: 15 Jul
The RE Masters: Relief
Bankside Gallery, 48 Hopton Street,
London SE1 9JH
www.re-printmaker.com
The Masters is a series of
technique-specific open submission exhibitions held annually in the first two
weeks of November at Bankside Gallery. The exhibition will be curated by Sandy
Sykes RE, a recognised master of the technique in focus. The Masters 2019
exhibition will be dedicated to relief prints. Entries will open on 3 Jun
DEADLINE: 23 SEPT
Society of Women Artists 158th Annual
Exhibition in London
Mall Galleries, The Mall, St James’s, London
SW1
www.society-women-artists.org.uk
The SWA invites submissions of fine art
works including engravings, lithographs and other printing techniques.
Exhibition will be held at the Mall Galleries between 24–29 Sept. Prizes, including
£2000 Special Fine Art Award. Enter online. Hand in day: 27 July.
DEADLINE: 20 JUN
Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair
Building 17, Cartridge Place, Royal
Arsenal, Woolwich SE18 6ST
www.woolwichprintfair.com
Open to all forms of original
printmaking. Reproduction prints are not accepted and all work must be for
sale. The entry fee is non-refundable. You can submit up to 4 works. If you
initially choose to enter only 1 work, it won’t be possible to add further
works at a later date. The selection will be made by a panel of industry
experts from the digital images of artworks you attach in the form. Each image
is judged individually. If successful, you will be notified by email and asked
to deliver your artwork on 30 & 31 Oct.
DEADLINE: 30 JUN
Conferences, Talks & Symposia
Rethinking Repetition in the Digital
Age Symposium
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/28053
Véronique Chance and Duncan Ganley,
editors of RE:PRINT, will present at a one day symposium at Cambridge
University from 12-7pm on iteration in digital media technologies and the
internet.
12 JUN
Residencies
Beisinghoff Printmaking Residency
bit.ly/2RwxRzf
A four-week residency for two artists
in a printmaking studio in Diemelstadt-Rhoden, Germany. Accommodation is
included. The resident pays for travel costs, food, and materials. Atelierhaus
Beisinghoff facilities include letterpress, intaglio and relief. Residency in
July or August following application.
DEADLINE: 30 Jun
Chhaap Baroda Printmaking Workshop,
India
bit.ly/2RA86hM
Printmakers from anywhere who would like
to spend quiet time to concentrate on their work and who are also willing to share
their knowledge and experience with local artists can apply, 6 months prior to
their visit. Application on plain paper with a few photographs of work.
DEADLINE: ONGOING
Stiwdio Maelor
www.stiwdiomaelor.wordpress.com
Stiwdio Maelor is now accepting
applications from artists of any discipline for visiting artist opportunities
in Corris, Machynlleth, North Wales in the beautiful surroundings of the Snowdonia
National Park. The programme offers selected artists time and space out of
their normal life to focus on the development of their work of up to eight
weeks.
DEADLINE: 15TH EACH MONTH
Courses
Bild-Werk Frauenau
www.bildwerkfrauenau.de
The International Summer Art Academy in
Eastern Bavaria offers printmaking courses:
Robin MacKenzie: Wood Engraving and
Linocut: Print and Letterpress
8–15 JUN
Catrin Große: Wood Cut: Positive and
Negative
12–19 JUL
Gerhard Ribka: Monotype and
Vitreography
9–16 AUG
City & Guilds of London Art School
www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk/etching-fundamentals/
Etching Fundamentals short course with
Laura Clarke. Learn the fundamentals of etching. Course runs over 5 days.
Enquiries: summerschool@cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk
22–26 JUL
Leeds Print Workshop
www.leedsprintworkshop.com
Leicester Print Workshop
www.leicesterprintworkshop.com
Ochre Print Studios
www.ochreprintstudio.co.uk
Spike Print Studio
www.spikeprintstudio.org
Press Play is a one-year course led by Emma
Gregory designed to develop your working practice and research strategies to
aid your professional development. The course meets on Saturdays once a month. In
addition, Spike Print Studio offer a range of one-year portfolio courses.
24 SEPT 2019–7 JUL 2020
EXHIBITIONS AND LISTINGS
Exhibitions LONDON
ALAN CRISTEA GALLERY
43 Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5JG
www.alancristea.com
Georg Baselitz: Devotion. The first major exhibition of prints by German artist Georg Baselitz to be shown in the UK in over 25 years.
Until 22 Jun
AUSTIN/DESMOND FINE ART
Pied Bull Yard, 68/69 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3BN
www.austindesmond.com
Points of Contact: Printmaking in Britain 1949-2019. A survey of 70 years of printmaking curated by Julian Page: www.julianpage.co.uk
Until 15 Jun
BANKSIDE GALLERY
48 Hopton Street, London SE1 9JH
www.banksidegallery.com
Spotlight. Prints and watercolours.
19–30 Jun
Off the Wall. Summer exhibition of works by RE and RWS members.
14 Aug–15 Sept
BRITISH MUSEUM
Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG
www.britishmuseum.org
The World Exists To Be Put On A Postcard: artists’ postcards from 1960 to now.
Until 4 Aug
Edvard Munch: love and angst. The largest show of his prints in the UK to date.
Until 21 Jul
Manga. Enter a graphic world where art and storytelling collide in the largest exhibition of manga ever to take place outside of Japan.
Until 26 Aug
CLIFFORD CHANCE
10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ
Sixty Years: Women’s Art In The Clifford Chance Art Collection. By appointment only, please email: Nigel.Frank@CliffordChance.com
Until 7 Jun
EAMES FINE ART GALLERY
58 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UD
www.eamesfineart.com
Sophie Layton: Refracting Light. Using traditional Japanese printmaking techniques and inspired by blown glass, these works represent an exciting juncture in the artist’s career.
Until 9 Jun
GREENWICH PRINTMAKERS GALLERY
1a Greenwich Market, London SE10 9HZ
www.greenwich-printmakers.co.uk
Nikki Braunton. 3–23 Jun
Angela Brookes. 24 Jun–14 Jul
HOUSE OF ILLUSTRATION
2 Granary Square, King’s Cross, London N1C 4BH
www.houseofillustration.org.uk
House of Illustration Summer Fair. Held in the foyer of the Central St Martins building next to the House of Illustration. Free entry.
13 Jul
LANDMARK ARTS CENTRE
Ferry Road, Teddington, TW11 9NN
www.landmarkartscentre.org
South London Printmaking Exhibition. Featuring artists from four key printmaking groups: Greenwich Printmakers, Richmond Printmakers, Kew Studios, and Southbank Printmakers. Open as part of the Richmond Art House Open Studios.21–23 Jun
LONDON PRINT STUDIO
425 Harrow Rd, London W10 4RE
Summer Members Show 2019. Contemporary fine art prints produced by current londonprintstudio members. Private view: 25 Jul.
26 Jul–31 Aug
MALL GALLERIES
The Mall, St James’s, London SW1
www.society-women-artists.org.uk/exhibitions
Society of Women Artists 158th Annual Exhibition in London.
24–29 Sept
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD
www.royalacademy.org.uk
Félix Vallotton: Painter of Disquiet. See preview.
30 Jun–29 Sept
SOUTHBANK PRINTMAKERS GALLERY
Gabriel’s Wharf, 56 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PP
www.southbankprintmakers.com
Kevin Wright. Until 9 Jun
Federico Baca. 10–23 Jun
Libby Carreck. 22 Jul–4 Aug
Keith Copeland. 5–18 Aug
Mary Cossey. 19 Aug–1 Sept
WYLLIE’S OPEN STUDIO
407 Long Lane, East Finchley, London N2 8JN
www.wyllieohagan.com
Denise Wyllie new work ‘Fete de l’estampe 2019’. Part of the Festival of Printmaking 2019 French/European printmakers. 300 Open Ateliers printmaking events throughout France/Europe. Manifestampe – National Federation of Printmaking.
Until 23 June
Exhibitions: ENGLAND
BLACK SWAN ARTS
2 Bridge St, Frome BA11 1BB
www.blackswanarts.org.uk
All Things Being Equal. New work by Sandra Porter including some prints.
Until 30 Jun
BRISTOL MUSEUM & ART GALLERY
Queens Rd, Bristol BS8 1RL
https://www.bristolmuseums.org.uk
Masters of Japanese prints: Nature and seasons. Third exhibition in the series showcasing Bristol Museum and Art Gallery’s Japanese woodblock prints.
Until 8 Sept
THE CRAFT CENTRE LEEDS
City Art Gallery, Leeds LS1 3AB
www.craftcentreleeds.co.uk
Gail Kelly – Solo Print Exhibition. Timeless woodcut and linocut landscapes printed onto Irish linen.
Until 22 Jun
Remote – From Islay to Ireland; interpretations of wild shores and mysterious forests by Lesley Birch. New expressive pieces are inspired by the artist’s love of remote places.
29 Jun–26 Oct
DOWN HOUSE
Luxted Road, Downe, Orpington, Kent BR6 7JT
www.english-heritage.org.uk
Not Just a Darwin: the Engraved Art of Gwen Raverat. Wood engravings by Charles Darwin’s granddaughter Gwen Raverat at Down House in Orpington, where Darwin developed his theory of evolution.
Until 11 Sept
THE FRY ART GALLERY
Castle Street, Saffron Walden, Essex CB10 1BD
www.fryartgallery.org
Mr & Mrs Ravilious. An exhibition devoted to the work of Eric Ravilious and his wife Tirzah Garwood.
Until 27 Oct
INTERCESSION GALLERY
The Tower, 54 Kingswell Street, Northampton NN1 1PR
www.intercessiongallery.co.uk
Leah Stewart and Seb Thomas.
Until 28 Jul
KOBI AND TEAL
57 Catherine Street, Frome, Somerset BA11 1DA
www.kobiandteal.co.uk
Print & Editions. Invited artists including Bryan Angus.
Until 15 Jun
LEICESTER PRINT WORKSHOP
50 St George Street, Leicester LE1 1QG
www.leicesterprintworkshop.com
(Un)staged. Sumiko Eadon, Emma Gardner, Ilona Kiss, Rui Matsunaga, George Shaw, Ruby Tingle, Simon Woolham and Hannah Wooll.
Until 27 Jul
Out of the Woods. Nick Mobbs and Serena Smith. See preview.
10 Aug–2 Nov
MILLENNIUM GALLERY
Arundel Gate, Sheffield S1 2PP
John Ruskin: Art & Wonder. A collection of botanical and wildlife studies, spanning beautiful flora and fauna through to fantastical creatures from the deep, by Edward Donavan, Charlotte Murray and John Ruskin himself.
Until 15 Sept
THE OLD COASTGUARD
The Parade, Mousehole, Penzance TR19 6PR
www.oldcoastguardhotel.co.uk
Outlining the South West. The South West coastline through the eyes of painter and printmaker Anita Reynolds.
Until 30 Jun
PENWITH GALLERY
Back Road West, St Ives, Cornwall TR26 1NL
www.penwithgallery.com
Society of Wood Engravers – 81st Annual Exhibition.
19 Jun–20 Jul
PRINTROOM STUDIO
Yew Tree Farm, Sweffling, Saxmundham, Suffolk IP17 2BU
www.printroom.studio
Kate Giles: New prints and paintings.
7–24 Jun
RABLEY GALLERY
Mildenhall, Marlborough SN8 2LW
www.rableydrawingcentre.com
Sara Lee – Beckoning Lines. Pastel landscape drawings and some prints.
Until 20 Jun
RIVERHOUSE ARTS CENTRE
Manor Road, Walton on Thames, Surrey KT12 2PF
www.riverhousebarn.co.uk
Helen Locke. Open as part of Surrey Artists Open Studios ‘Thames Trail’.
5–9 and 12–16 Jun
ROYAL WEST OF ENGLAND ACADEMY
Queen’s Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1PX
www.rwa.org.uk
Peter Ford: Out of Order. Recent experiments with print, collage and papermaking in the Academician’s Gallery.
16 Jul–18 Aug
SEA PICTURES GALLERY
Well House, Well Lane, Clare, Suffolk CO10 8NH
www.seapicturesgallery.com
Society of Wood Engravers – 81st Annual Exhibition.
10 May–9 Jun
STUDIO+GALLERY
21 Church Street, Seaford, East Sussex BN25 1HD
www.studioplusgallery.com
Connemara – Immersed. Travelling with a relief press, Karen Potter spent three months on the rugged West Coast of Ireland.
17 Aug–1 Sept
TORRE ABBEY MUSEUM
The King’s Drive, Torquay TQ2 5JE
www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/exhibition/printed-line
The Printed Line. A new Arts Council Collection touring exhibition.
Until 2 Jun
WATTS GALLERY
Down Lane, Compton, Guildford GU3 1DQ
www.wattsgallery.org.uk
Greenwich Printmakers.
5 Jul–1 Sept
WEST YORKSHIRE PRINT WORKSHOP
75A Huddersfield Road, Mirfield WF14 8AT
www.wypw.org
Sumi Perera: Liminal Spaces III. WYPW welcomes back Sumi Perera winner of the Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking for a solo show.
18 May–22 Jun
ZILLAH BELL GALLERIES
15 Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 1PQ
www.zillahbellgallery.co.uk
Morna Rhys – From The Hills.
Until 22 Jun
Exhibitions: WALES, SCOTLAND & N. IRELAND
DICK INSTITUTE
Elmbank Ave, Kilmarnock KA1 3BT
www.artscouncilcollection.org.uk/exhibition/printed-line
The Printed Line. Touring exhibition of works in the Arts Council collection.
6 Jul–8 Sep
GLASGOW PRINT STUDIO
Trongate 103, Glasgow G1 5HD
www.glasgowprintstudio.co.uk
Alasdair Wallace.
7 Jun–28 Jul
Tom Hammick.
2 Aug–29 Sept
Exhibitions: EUROPE
BRITISH PAVILION
Viale Giardini Pubblici, 30122 Venezia VE, Italy
www.labiennale.org/en
Cathy Wilkes: British Pavilion artist 2019. An installation of interconnected sculpture, paintings and prints at the Venice Biennale.
Until 24 Nov
CENTER OF ENGRAVING
Rue des Amours 10, 7100 La Louvière, Belgium
www.centredelagravure.be/en
Metamorphoses and the Flow of Time. 50 self-portraits of the artist Roman Opałka alongside works by 36 artists including Agathe May and Christiane Baumgartner.
Until 8 Sept
HAUGESUND BILLEDGALLERI
Erling Skjalgssonsgt, 4. Postboks 147, 5501 Haugesund, Norway
www.hitfestival.no/english
Haugesund International Relief Print Festival (HIT festival). HIT is a juried exhibition celebrating tradition and innovation within relief print.
Until 4 Aug
MUSEUM DER MODERNE SALZBURG
Mönchsberg 32, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
www.museumdermoderne.at
Asger Jorn: The Printmaking Work. Including 500 works on paper, exhibited outside of Denmark for the first time.
Until 30 Jun
Exhibitions: NORTH & SOUTH AMERICA, CANADA & AFRICA
THE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY PRINTMAKING
Mathews Park, 299 West Avenue, Norwalk, CT 06850, USA
www.contemprints.org
12th Biennial International Miniature
Print Exhibition. Juried biennial print competition.
2 Jun–1 Sept
MINNEAPOLIS CENTER FOR BOOK ARTS
Main Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
www.mnbookarts.org
Playing With Words. An exhibition of broadsides.
Until 28 Jul
MUAC University Museum of Contemporary Art
Insurgentes Sur 3000, Centro Cultural Universitario, México City
muac.unam.mx
Jan Hendrix: Tierra firme. See preview.
Until 22 Sept
Arts Fairs, Conferences, Open Studios & Festivals
CHINA PRINTMAKING MUSEUM
125 Yuxin Road, Guanlan, Longhua District, Shenzhen, 518110, China
www.bit.ly/2WE20Qs
7th Guanlan International Print Biennial, China 2019.
Until mid Jul
DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND THE ARTS – UNIVERSITY OF QUEBEC AT TROIS-RIVIÈRES
3351, boul. des Forges, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, G8Z 4M3
www.biectr.ca
International Biennial of Contemporary Print of Trois-Rivières. The 11th BIECTR.
16 Jun–8 Sept
GALWAY MAYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Cluain Mhuire, Monivea Road, Wellpark, Galway, Ireland
www.impressionsbiennial.com
imPRESSions Open Printmaking Biennial 2019. The first national open print exhibition.
15–28 Jul
LEICESTER PRINT WORKSHOP
50 St George Street, Leicester LE1 1QG
www.leicesterprintworkshop.com
Leicester Print Fair. LPW’s first annual print fair from 11am-5pm.
13 Jul