A number of members of Sydney Printmakers have been selected as finalists in this years prize: Susan Baran, Danielle Creenaune, Salvatore Gerardi, Roslyn Kean, Ben Rak, Wendy Stokes and Andrew Totman. Congratulations to all!
The exhibition opens on the second of September.
Connecting with land and place, with histories, geologies and memories, helps these four artists, two Australian and two New Zealanders, deal with the dilemmas of change. Whether permanent or precarious, personal or political, poetic or polemic the artists solicit form and material to put a stake in the ground. At this moment, they say, “we stand with a view of a place, or this place, capturing the reverberations of ‘now’ as a record and perhaps as a way to step forward”. With an established practice in printmaking and working on paper, the artists develop their ideas in relation to processes of change over time, Accretion and Abrasion.
The works of New Zealand artist Jacqueline Aust chart her navigation of new environments. Each journey begins with marks inscribed in a matrix, a map. Accumulated layers refer to previous experience or notions of home … obscuring and revealing, tracing a path from past to future, with history as a residue to build on.
Sydney based artist Anthea Boesenberg’s works celebrate the age and endurance of an ancient landscape. Multi panelled rust prints, like the landscape they represent, continue to degrade over time.
Kathy Boyle is a New Zealand printmaker whose work examines accretion in geological terms of collision, and subduction. She uses a variety of materials, paper, plaster, metal to express her ideas.
Gary Shinfield is an artist based near Sydney. His works began as a series of woodcuts, and he uses printmaking and painting techniques to create images that become more abstracted and fragmented in response to living in a time of constant and accelerating change.
The artists in this exhibition trace a path through spaces affected by ever-present forces of accretion and abrasion, around us and within.
Artists Anthea Boesenberg and Gary Shinfield will be in the Gallery
SATURDAY 30 July 2-4 pm
The theme for the prize is ‘The Vessel: contained within and moving between’. In working with the theme, we invite artists to explore literal or lateral translations of the vessel, exploring the notions of, but not limited to the power to hold, containment, passage, memory as well as the vessel in relation to life, water and place.
The Lake Art Prize 2022 has a $25,000 acquisitive prize pool to acquire works for the MAC yapang collection. Finalist’s works will be on view at MAC yapang in the Lake Art Prize 2022 finalist exhibition from 24 September – 11 December 2022.
MAC yapang sits upon the Awabakal Country in which Awaba, the Lake, is contained. As water is an integral part of our direct landscape it is also an ongoing theme in the exhibition programming and collection strategy.
Applications are to be submitted in a two step process, outlined below. Please complete both steps prior to the application closing date to ensure the validity of your entry.
1. Complete the online application form
2. Pay your $35 entry fee. The online payment form will be available soon and artists who have completed their submission will be notified by email. You can also pay with cash or card at the MAC yapang front desk, 9am – 3pm Tuesday – Sunday. Remember to note down your Smartygrants submission number.
Calling for contemporary visual artwork – painting in any medium, drawing, printmaking, digital, photographic and video art, textile and fabric art, collage, multi-media and new media – no theme – emerging and established Australian artists.
Entry Fee: $30/entry, limit two – Commission: 25%
Key People:
Curator: Megan Monte, director, Ngununggula National Trust and State Gallery at Retford Park
Judges: Sophie O’Brien, curator, Bundanon Art Museum and Jane Watters, Director, SH Ervin Gallery
Special Advisor: Rex Irwin, international art dealer
ENTRIES NOW OPEN
Open 25 July
Close 19 August 5pm
Apply now!
Key Dates:
Entries open 25 July
Entries close 19 August 5pm
Finalists announced 5 September
Exhibition dates: 30 September – 3 October in Kangaroo Valley
Marta Romer and Laura Stark have work in this show. It runs from the first to the twenty first of July.
The Milk Factory Gallery
33 Station Street (rear)
Bowral NSW 2576
Following the success of the PCA Print Exchanges in 2016, 2018, and 2020, we are pleased to invite our printmaker members to participate once again in our third biennial Print Exchange and celebrate the depth and diversity of contemporary Australian Printmaking.
This is a PCA member only opportunity to create a new edition of prints to be swapped with other members. Your print will be accepted into the PCA Archive as a snapshot of contemporary printmaking in 2022, and included in an online exhibition and sale showcasing your work to the PCA audience of approximately 14,000.
Please note you must be a member of the Print Council of Australia to participate in the project. There are many benefits to being a member including a subscription to the quarterly Imprint magazine. To view membership options visit our membership page.
Go HERE for further information and for the entry form.
Umbrella Studio Contemporary Arts invites artists working in traditional and digital print media to participate in our 11th international print program. Compact Prints was first held in 2002, originally conceived and curated by Rebekah Butler. The exhibition welcomed international artists in 2004 and has continued as a biennial exhibition ever since, including national and international tours. The program is greatly appreciated and anticipated, and shared widely via printmaking organisations, artist participants’ networks and online. Many of the artists who have previously exchanged artworks now correspond all around the world. Compact Prints 2022 is a celebration of contemporary print practices, embracing traditional and technological methods. The program provides artists a forum to exchange artwork and ideas. It also provides an opportunity to exhibit in a contemporary art space while supporting Umbrella through its fundraising auction. Explore the previous years’ prints, exhibitions and details here.
Artwork restrictions and recommendations
Participating artists need to provide 3 prints from 1 artwork edition. The paper size of each print must measure 12 x 12cm however the print may be any size on that paper (including full-page bleeds). Prints that are oversized may be omitted or cropped. Prints can include other materials / methods (e.g. chine-collé, stitching) provided that a form of printing is the primary method, and that each of the 3 prints is identical. Umbrella encourages artists to print on high-quality acid-free paper. Digital prints cannot just be photographs – they must be manipulated. There is no set theme however Umbrella reserves the right to monitor or refuse work that may cause offence to the general public. The prints must be newly created (after 1 January 2021).
For Further Information and to Register, Go Here.