Our Exhibition History
Sydney Printmaker’s portfolios are in the collections of:
National Gallery of Australia, Art Gallery of NSW, Geelong Regional Gallery and
Manly Art Gallery & Museum
Through regular artistic engagements and exhibitions in Australia, Asia and Europe, members of Sydney Printmakers have continued the creativity, innovation and professionalism of early members such as Margaret Preston, Earle Backen, John and Barbara Coburn, Frank Hinder, Eva Kubos and Elizabeth Rooney.Sydney Printmakers have exhibited widely in diverse locations, both nationally and internationally, including the following.
2026
Uncertain Sanctuary – Garden Gallery March 2026
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2025
Visible but intangible: a print exchange portfolio – Lane Cove Gallery July 2025
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Short ‘n’ Sweet – Tiliqua Tiliqua Gallery July 2025
Unique State – Lane Cove Gallery – July 2025
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Visible but intangible – a print exchange portfolio. Megalo Print Studio
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2024
Visible but intangible – a print exchange portfolio. PCA Gallery, VIC
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Origin. Hawkesbury Regional Gallery
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Divergent, Humble House Gallery, ACT
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2023
Sydney Printmakers 2023, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney
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Sydney Printmakers Stand, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney
Origin: The Place Where Something Begins, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
The exhibition opened on January 27 and was to close on 23 April. On February 3 the Gallery was damaged in a storm and closed. This exhibition was largely intact, but had to be demounted. Images of the hang are on our blog and social media. This work will be exhibited with additions from some new members at Hawkesbury Regional Gallery in 2024.
Catalogue
2022
Contemplating Grace, Grace Cossington Smith Gallery, Sydney
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Sydney Printmakers Stand, Sydney Contemporary, Sydney
2021
To The Edges: 60 Years of Sydney Printmakers, Manly Art Gallery & Museum, Sydney
Walk through
Opening address
Catalogue
2020
In the Shade II, Glasshouse Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
Walk through
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Catalogue essay
In the Shade II, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney
Walk through
Gallery view
Solidarity in Solitude, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney
3D Walk through
Integrated program
Sydney Printmakers 2020, May Space, Waterloo, Sydney
2019
Borderless – Sydney Printmakers, Megalo Print Studio + Gallery, Canberra, ACT
Selected artist’s work
A Poetry of Ideas, Art Space on The Concourse, Chatswood, Sydney
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2018
In the Shade – Sydney Printmakers, Umbrella Studio, Townsville, Queensland
Sydney Printmakers Stand, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Redfern, Sydney
Sydney Printmakers 2018, Artsite Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney
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2017
Sydney Printmakers Stand, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Redfern, Sydney
Sydney Printmakers, Gallery 43 + Rural Referral Hospital, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Partners in Print, Paddington for Spot 81, Sydney
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Sydney Printmakers, Printmaker Gallery, Melbourne
2016
Sydney Printmakers – Members’ Exhibition, Art Vault, Mildura, NSW
Sydney Printmaker’s Celebrating 55 Years, Artsite Gallery, Camperdown, Sydney
View artists’ work + Opening remarks by Professor Sasha Grishin
2015
Fun and Games, Gallery Lane Cove, Sydney
Sydney Printmakers Stand, Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Redfern, Sydney
Antipodes, Print exchange exhibition, UCOL, Whanganui, New Zealand
Boundless and Borderless, Print exchange exhibition
* Jinwen Art Centre, Jinwen University of Technology, Taiwan
* National Pingtung University of Education, Taiwan
* Providence University, Taiwan
* Tainan National University of the Arts, Taiwan (2014)
2014
Urban Animals, Manly Art Gallery, Manly, Sydney
Antipodes, Print exchange exhibition, Print Council of Aotearoa New Zealand, Pine Street Gallery & NorthArt Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
On the Same Page, Print collaboration with Hunter Island Press, Tasmania
* See Street Gallery, Meadowbank, Sydney
* Henry Jones IXL Hotel, Hobart, Tasmania
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2013
25 x 25 Contemporary Japanese and Australian Printmaking, Japan Foundation Gallery, Sydney
Boundless and Borderless, Print exchange exhibition with Open Studio
* Pine Street Gallery Sydney
* Open Studio Gallery Canada
* Impact 8 in Dundee Scotland
2012
Sydney Printmakers Touring Exhibition
* Maitland Regional Gallery, NSW
* Cowra Regional Art Gallery, Cowra, NSW
* NSW Wagga Wagga Regional Art Gallery, NSW
2011
Hot Off The Press, 50th Anniversary Exhibition
* Manly Art Gallery, Sydney
* Moree Plains Regional Gallery, Moree, NSW
2010
Sydney Printmakers, Atelier Skara, Norway
2009
Identity, Hardware Gallery, Enmore, Sydney
2008
Hot Off The Press, Atelier Skara, celebrating 20 years of Atelier Skara, Norway
Group Exhibition, Max Taylor Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2007
Urban Animals, a print exchange
* Impressions on Paper Gallery, Canberra, ACT
* Marianne Newman Gallery, Sydney
Group Exhibition, Max Taylor Gallery, Summer Hill, Sydney
2006
45 years, Sydney Printmakers
* S.H.Ervin Gallery, Sydney
* Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW
2005
Collaboration,
* Gosford Regional Gallery, NSW
* Tweed Heads Regional Gallery, NSW
* Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland
2004
Scratch, Pull, Grind and Scrape, Grafton Regional Gallery, NSW
2003
Scratch, Pull, Grind and Scrape, Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney
Collection of the National Gallery of Australia
2002
Beyond the Surface, UTS Gallery, Sydney
International Graphics, Atelier Skara, Norway
2001
Signs and Secrets, Hastings Regional Gallery, Port Macquarie, NSW
2000
Surface Tension, Hazelhurst Gallery, Gymea, Sydney
1999
Revelations, UTS Gallery, Sydney
Grabados, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chile
1998
Text, 37th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney
Sydney Printmakers Travelling North, Lake Russell Gallery, Coffs Harbour, NSW
1997
36th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
Expose, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney
1996
Cultural Identities, Guiyang City Art Gallery, China
Borderlines, Ewart Gallery, Workshop Arts Centre, Willoughby, Sydney
Sydney Printmakers, Burnie Regional Gallery, Tasmania
35th Annual Members’ Exhibition, Rex Irwin Gallery, Sydney
1995
Borderlines, Spiral Arm Gallery, Canberra, ACT
1994
Cultural Identities, Blaxland Gallery, Sydney
1993
Identity and the Environment, Sir Herman Black Gallery, Sydney