Burnie Print Prize: Laura Stark

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Laura Stark, Pathways VI 6th State, collagraph, blind embossing, collage.

 

Pathways VI 6th State is the last image of this series of prints originally inspired by the markings left by larvae on scribbly gums. It refers to the ancient pathways or dreamtime tracks of the  aborigines across the continent, the breadth of our landscape as seen from the air, and also the internal and external pathways or meanderings which we follow in the path of life.

In this series my procedure was to change, manipulate or reduce the plate from which they were printed in a number of different ways. This last version, a collage of print remnants,  encompasses the original theme but the pathways have become more tenuous, even fractured, perhaps an indication of uncertain times.

Burnie Print Prize: Neilton Clarke

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Here’s the next Sydney Printmaker who is a finalist in the Burnie Print Prize.

Ring Reader: Hossawa to the Sea

(Unique-state woodblock & copperplate relief print, collage & embossing, 2020).

Hossawa is a Hinohara-area waterfall on the mountainous Tokyo-Yamanashi border, its waters feeding Akigawa River, in turn Tama River, Tokyo Bay, and finally the sea. The experience of the locale feeds into and informs my studio activity, having spent two-plus decades living there.
Countless hours spent exploring its cedar & pine-clad inclines on scooter and on foot make for indelible impressions, its maple, camelia, azalea & hydrangea groves amplifying the marked seasonal changes with bursts of colour.
The work’s bell-like ovoid forms have been hand-printed directly from prepared cedar log-end offcuts sourced from mountainside outposts. Their pronounced granular striations, carrying a record of the summer-winter growth alternations over many years, make for a kind of logbook in more senses than one.
Seismic-prone, being awoken by tremors & shakes in the early hours is part of the fabric of the everyday there. The collage-aesthetic employed here, with its capacity for fissure, juxtaposition, and also containment, lends itself well to addressing such kinds of dislocation.

Burnie Print Prize: Gary Shinfield

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In 2020 fires raged through the Blue Mountains of NSW. The triptych Fire, smoke and ash was made in response to these events. In this relief print, iconic landforms – plateau, escarpment and valley – are subsumed and transformed by the effects of fire.

 

Landforms were created using the woodcut medium. The atmospheric effects of fire, smoke and ash were overprinted using pieces of etched and cut lino. A series of three prints was made.

 

Title: Fire, smoke and ash triptych

Medium: Relief print on three sheets of Rives BFK paper, 1/3series

Size: 99 x 186 cm

Year: 2020

 

 

Burnie Print Prize: Anna Russell

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Most of us can’t get down to Burnie to see the works in the Print Prize this time. I will be publishing  as many of the successful Sydney Printmakers works as I can here, together with the artists statements where available.

                                                                                                                                                                                    Anna Russell, Voyagers, woodblock, stencil, collage, 55×58 USP 2019

Voyagers

This is a whale’s eye view of voyaging from the harshness of the Antarctic to the warmth of calm subtropical waters, the land appearing from time to time on the horizon.  The voyage depends on successful avoidance of the land in an ocean of distracting sounds.

Tensions in this work suggest navigation into the unknown, facing risk, bracing for the unexpected. Safe harbours are hard to find. We’ve made progress internationally in saving whales from slaughter but they still live with hazards we have created.

Meanwhile we have our own voyage into the unknown as the climate changes. Can our work with the whales show us how to act collectively, to make order and balance out of the chaos of our current consuming?

 

Swan Hill 2020 Print and Drawing Award

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Print and Drawing Acquisitive Awards

Celebrating printmaking and drawing, this long running prize will see some of the finest contemporary works entered from across Australia.

The mission of the Swan Hill Print and Drawing Awards is to promote excellence in Australian prints and drawings, present an exhibition of contemporary works and continue to build a high-quality collection for Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery.

How to enter

During the application process you will need to:

  • Upload a high resolution image of your artwork (file types accepted jpg, tiff. Max upload 5 MB)
  • Supply as statement about your artwork (max 50 words)
  • Pay a $45 non-refundable handling fee

Enter now!

Important dates

6 January 2020 Entry forms open online
Midnight 21 June 2020 Entries close
17 July 2020 Announcement of finalists
4 September 2020 Date of launch
4 September 2020 Announcement of winners

For more information contact the gallery on (03) 5036 2430.

On Paper 2020

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ON PAPER contest 2020
6th ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL PRINTMAKING CONTEST

1ST PRIZE 1000€
2ND PRIZE 300€
DEADLINE April 1st 2020
FEE 26€ (16€ early bird discount:
February 1st  2020)
The SHORTLISTED artists will exhibit in 
Tinta Invisible, (Barcelona, Spain) in July 2020

The contest is open to anyone. Application is online at www.onpapercontest.com

Rules available in ENGLISH, CATALAN and SPANISH

Geelong Print Awards

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36 works by 37 leading and emerging Australian artists have been shortlisted for the 2019 Geelong acquisitive print awards.
Showcasing diverse contemporary Australian printmaking practice, the acquisitive awards and biennial exhibition will feature works by:
Alison Alder, Rosalind Atkins, GW Bot, Susanna Castleden, Tony Coleing, Christine Courcier-Jones, Marian Crawford, Phil Day, Marieke Dench, Clive Dickson, Dianne Fogwell, Graham Fransella, David Frazer, Silvi Glattauer, Jackie Gorring, Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, Rew Hanks, Kyoko Imazu, Locust Jones, Martin King, Barbie Kjar, Steve Lopes, Tim Maguire, Marion Manifold, Jordan Marani, Laith McGregor, Glenn Morgan, Stieg Persson, Brian Robinson, Teho Ropeyarn, Jonas Ropponen, John Ryrie, Heather Shimmen, Ruth Stanton, Anne Starling, and Joel Wolter.
The exhibition of selected prints will be held at the Geelong Gallery from 20 September to 24 November 2019.