Sydney Printmakers at Sydney Contemporary

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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!!!!!

https://sydneycontemporary.flicket.io/events/98098063-7924-4112-8ef4-4ea38811256d/reservation?slug=40c95a39&code=SYDNEYPRINTMAKERS20

Dream and Reason: Paradoxes of the Sublime

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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

https://gallerylanecove.oncourse.cc/courses/adult+workshops

Opportunities For Members: Call for Prints & Prizes

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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

https://www.willoughby.nsw.gov.au/Community/Arts-and-culture/Visual-arts/Willoughby-Emerging-Art-Prize

CLOSES SUNDAY 2 AUGUST 2026

ENTER NOW https://lanecoveartsociety.com.au/the-lane-cove-art-award/

Oppportunities For Members: Closing Soon

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Hawkesbury Now 2026, EOI closes 2 August 2026

The program is organised via an EOI process open to emerging, mid-career and established artists who fit at least one of the following criteria:

  • live within the Hawkesbury Local Government Area (LGA),
  • maintain a studio practice within the Hawkesbury LGA, OR
  • demonstrate a strong connection to the Hawkesbury region through their creative practice, subject matter, or sustained community engagement.

more information: https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/gallery/events-and-programs/hawkesbury-now

BigCi Environmental Awards 2026 Call for Submissions,

Deadline Sunday 2 August

$5000 prize and a 4-week residency at Bilpin between the Wollemi and Blue Mountains National Parks More https://art-prizes.com/ArtPrize/BigCi-Environmental-Awards-2026

Korean Cultural Centre Australia ( KCCAU)

open call exhibition program.

Applications close Monday 3 August 2026

More: https://au.korean-culture.org/en/1969/board/1551/read/145836

M16 Artspace Drawing Prize 2026 Entries Open

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Surya Bajracharaya Margaret and Fraser Fair, 2025 charcoal 61x80cm. Winner 2025 M16 Drawing Prize

$10,000 drawing prize closes 4 October 2026

framed or mounted works are not acceptable

check T&C https://www.m16artspace.com.au/2026-drawing-prize

Can I submit a ‘painting’ to the M16 Artspace Drawing Prize? How do you define drawing?

Absolutely. The M16 Artspace Drawing Prize is open to a wide range of art forms, including both traditional drawing media and techniques, as well as innovative non-traditional works that push the boundaries of what drawing can be within contemporary art practice.

While the prize is named the ‘Drawing Prize,’ we encourage artists to interpret ‘drawing’ broadly. You can submit works that may be classified as paintings or other art forms if they align with your interpretation of drawing within contemporary art. We are interested in exploring the expansive and evolving definition of drawing.

Jenny Herbert Smith Through the quarries with a hop, skip and a jump 2024, steel. Finalist 2025

The 2026 judges are Michelle Cawthorn, Dean Cross, Terence Maloon

exhibition Saturday 21 November -13 December 2026

Ro Murray in UNRuly M16 Artspace Canberra

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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

Burnie Print Prize 2027- Entries Open

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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

Members News: Printmaking Exhibition in Hamilton NZ

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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