Sydney Printmakers members Roz Kean, Ro Murray, Andy Totman and Thea Weiss will be at Booth 05, and Nathalie Gautier-Hartog will be showing her books at a separate booth, and other extraordinary printmakers will be in the Paper Room.
discounted tickets available on this link ACT QUICKLY!!!!!
The Grace Cossington Smith Gallery Wahroonga, invites proposals for solo and group exhibitions from emerging and established artists and curators.
Applications close Sunday 30 August
APPLY HERE https://abbapi-gcsforms-appsvc01.azurewebsites.net/proposal/index.html
Annika Romeyn Old Mutawintji Gorge 1, 2023, watercolour monotype on paper, 168x228cm
PRINTMAKING EXHIBITION
curated by Andrew Totman
Dream and Reason: Paradoxes of the Sublime
18 August-11 September
at Gallery Lane Cove+ Creative Studios
Dream and Reason explores the Romantic notion of the sublime, a concept that is both catastrophic and transcendent, quiet and terrible. Standing in for that which lies beyond thought and language, the sublime is unbounded, paradoxical and polarising, with the power to provoke both awe and fear. The exhibition examines the interplay between human reason and nature’s overwhelming forces and the mind’s capacity to transcend its own limits in the search for infinite space, spiritual rhythms and elemental truths.
The show also celebrates printmaking’s long history in Australia, marking the 60thyear of the Australian Print Council and the 65th of the Sydney Printmakers, a tribute to the medium and the artists who take on its challenge.
RSVP to Opening Event https://www.gallerylanecove.com.au/dreamandreason 6-8pm Wed 26 August
Six Artists across three galleries: Andrew Totman, Wendy Sharp, Salvatore Gerardi, Juanita McLauchlan, Annika Romeyn, Bridget Hillebrand
Bridget Hildebrand Water Divide, Shift II and Shift III, washi
Monoprinting Workshop with Andrew Totman
10am -4pm Sunday 30 August
Print by Yolande Oakley.
The Print Council of Australia has an OPEN CALL for prints to join the Overwintering Project Print Portfolio for a major exhibition at La Trobe Regional Gallery 13 March-20 June 2027.
for more info https://www.theoverwinteringproject.com/
Willoughby Emerging Art Prize entries open CLOSES 30 AUGUST
for more T&CS, the definition of emerging VISIT
CLOSES SUNDAY 2 AUGUST 2026
ENTER NOW https://lanecoveartsociety.com.au/the-lane-cove-art-award/
Murray and Burgess PASSION (detail Grace Crowley and Sandy Edwards) 2026 charcoal, ink, conte 150x1600cm
PASSION is a 16m mural of 27 new charcoal portraits extending the project celebrating Australian elder women artists to 60 portraits. Amongst them are printmakers Bettina McMahon (1930 – 2024), Bea Maddock (1934-2016), Ethel Spowers (1890 – 1947), Margaret Woodward (1938-)Nyapanya Yunupinju (1945 – 2021). Murray and Burgess draw back and forth in their collaborative project.
group exhibition UNRuly
Ro Murray, Mandy Burgess, Catherine Anselmi, David Helmers
M16 Artspace 30 July -23 August 2026
21 Blaxland Cres Griffith, Canberra
Opening is 6-8pm Thursday 30 July
Ro is in attendance the first weekend.
Murray and Burgess “PASSION” (detail Margaret Woodward, Judith Wright, Nyapanya Yunupinju ) 2026charcoal, ink, conte 150x1600cm
2025 Winner Burnie Print Prize -Lois Waters Pleat 4 Etching ink on Kozo paper on board, 475x340x22mm
Artists from across the country are invited to submit work for this nationally significant acquisitive prize, which continues to champion excellence, innovation and technical skill in contemporary print practice. With a long history of attracting hundreds of entries each year, the Burnie Print Prize offers a highly regarded platform for both emerging and established artists to present their work to a broad audience.
Open to submissions across all printmaking techniques, from traditional processes such as etching, lithography and relief printing, to digital and expanded practices that push the boundaries of the medium.
An Acquistive Prize
Entries close 5pm 30 October 2026
Exhibition runs 20 March until 9 May 2027 Burnie Arts Tasmania
https://www.burniearts.net/Exhibitions/2027-Exhibits/Print-Prize-Entry-Form
Sydney Printmakers Anthea Boesenberg, Jacqui Driver & Gary Shinfield join Australian and NZ Printmakers in
AGGREGATE 9 July- 1 August 2026
Artspost 120 Victoria St Hamilton NZ
Anthea Boesenberg Orange 2026 relief collagraph, wax resist, ink Unique State on Korean handmade paper, 780x610cm
Jacqui Driver Sentinel II, 2026, Lithograph
Gary Shinfield Uncertain Sanctuary I, 2026, Unique State woodcut print on Korean handmade paper 94x64cm
Mosman Art Prize is an acquisitive award for painting. Entries close 5pm 13 July
Hornsby Art Prize closes 5pm 20 August
see definition of printmaking
Halloran Contemporary Art Prize closes 30 November. An acquisitive Prize that responds to
Jervis bay Maritime Museum and Galley. Theme: Between Light and Reason
https://www.artshub.com.au/opportunity/halloran-contemporary-arts-prize-2862275
Lane Cove Art Award closes 2 August
The NSW State Library has purchased Sandi Rigby’s box of 11 etchings of Powerful Owls. Sandi said the etchings were started in 2012, for a project to fight a development that was going to knock down part of a local Blue Gum Forest, the habitat for a pair of Powerful Owls. Sandi monitored the pair over a season, and was rewarded with sighting of their chicks. Powerful Owls are listed as “vulnerable”.
The box contained the story and a drawing of the area in habituated by the owls. The Library hopes to put them in an exhibition next year for recent acquisitions.
Gosford Art Prize Major Acquisitive Prize $25,000
closes 4pm Monday 20 July 2026
exhibition dates 26 September-15 November 2026
Terms and Conditions
The Fisher’s Ghost Art Award is an annual art award and exhibition inviting artists to submit works in a variety of artistic categories and mediums. Now in its 64th year, there is over $60,000 in prize money to be won across the categories. In 2026, the celebrated Open Award, which is acquisitive to the Campbelltown City Council Art Collection, is valued at $50,000.
Closing Date 4pm Monday 27 July
Exhibition dates 26 Spetember -4 December
https://events.humanitix.com/2026-fisher-s-ghost-art-award-entry-form
Basil Sellers National Acquisitive Biennial Art Prize, Moruya
entries close Friday 11 September 2026
must be 2D in the traditional category of painting, drawing or printmaking (unique state prints only, limited edition prints or copies will not be accepted)
exhibition dates 5 December 2026- 30 January 2027
Terms and Conditions
https://thebas.com.au/basil-sellers-art-prize/basil-sellers-art-prize-terms-and-conditions
