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Fremantle Print Award

August 23, 2025 by Ro Murray Leave a Comment

Sydney Printmakers was represented at the Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award by 

Studio 29B(Anthea Boesneberg, Anna Russell, Rhonda Nelson) Processes in Time, Rust on various supports, 270 x 300, 2025

Jacqui Driver, Dancing in the Thicket, Lithograph, 114 x 224cm, 2025
Angela Hayson, Looking Back Through the Window, carborundum, collagraph print and hand drawing, 97 x 140cm 2023


Lois Waters, Pleat 9, Etching Ink on Kozo, 48 x 34cm 2025

The exhibition runs until Sunday September 21 2025

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Filed Under: Art Prize, Exhibitions, Finalists, Of interest to members., SydneyPrintmakers, Uncategorized, Works on Paper Tagged With: #angelaheyson, #fremantleprintaward, #jacquidriver, #loiswaters, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Sydney Printmakers

Tainan International Print Exhibition

November 16, 2024 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment


New Horizons in Contemporary Printed Art, New Styles and Connections in the Asia-Pacific Region

Artists from Sydney Printmakers who were invited to participate in this show are Seong Cho, Anthea Boesenberg, Anna Russell and Andrew Totman

The Prints Kuroshio: 2024 Tainan International Print Exhibition is a significant international art event highlighting exceptional print art from the Asia-Pacific region. Artists from Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Thailand, the United States, Australia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, and other countries have been invited to Tainan for an exchange of ideas and cultures via the time-honored art form of printmaking. Taiwan, surrounded by important Pacific Ocean currents such as the Kuroshio, is a symbol of the powerful natural forces that transcend national borders, which themselves hint at the movements of the twin forces of ‘culture’ and ‘art.’ As a key route for these Pacific currents, Taiwan has long been a point of convergence bringing Eastern and Western cultures together. This exhibition draws on this symbolism, positioning Taiwan as a nexus for different kinds of Asian-Pacific art while celebrating the diversity and innovation of contemporary printmaking.

Making International Connections Through Printmaking

Printmaking, as a cross-cultural art form, combines technical precision with raw expressive power, allowing for diverse interpretations of contemporary society and personal emotions by artists. The Prints Kuroshio  exhibition aims to highlight the shared nature and connectivity of print art – a connectivity that is not limited to geography, but one which extends to artistic thought and creative spirit. By showcasing outstanding printed works from various countries in a single location – Tainan – this event brings together the fruits of artistic expression from several different cultures, allowing viewers to experience the vibrant growth and diverse perspectives of printed art from around the world.

As a medium, printed art transcends borders, languages, and cultural barriers, serving as an important bridge for international exchange. Each artist carries with them their home nation’s unique history and cultural background, and uses printmaking to create works that reflect societal realities and life experiences. This exhibition represents not only a dialogue between print artists from different countries, but a grand cultural event connecting Taiwan with the wider Asian-Pacific art community.

The works featured in this exhibition delve deeply into major contemporary issues, with meditations on such themes as environmental changes, social concerns, life, and identity. Through printmaking, artists express their awareness and contemplation of the modern world, their pieces capturing individual emotions while simultaneously responding to global issues. In viewing them, we see how contemporary artists use printmaking to explore our evolving world and the future direction of humankind.

The Cultural Value and Significance in the Asia-Pacific Region of the Tainan International Printmaking Exhibition

The Prints Kuroshio: 2024 Tainan International Print Exhibition underscores Taiwan’s significant role in the Asian-Pacific art and cultural spheres, as well as highlighting the charm and vibrancy of Tainan as Taiwan’s cultural capital. As the former capital city, Tainan boasts a prime geographic location and a rich cultural heritage, making it an ideal nexus for Asian-Pacific printmaking art. This year, the exhibition coincides with the grand finale of Tainan 400,which celebrates Tainan’s deep-rooted cultural assets and diverse historical legacy. Hosting the international print exhibition here pays homage to this historic city and reinforces Tainan’s standing as a unique cultural stronghold.

With the ocean currents as its symbol, this exhibition also emphasizes Taiwan’s importance within the Asia-Pacific region’s geopolitics, culture, and artistic exchange. By bringing together artistic forces from across nations, it aims to create a powerful artistic current that demonstrates Taiwan’s place on the global cultural map through artistic expression, while also injecting new creative energy and cultural value into both Taiwan and the Asia-Pacific region.

Supervisor︱Tainan City Government

Organizer︱Tainan Art Museum

Co-organizer︱Evergreen Graphic Art Association

Filed Under: Exhibitions, International Exhibition Tagged With: Andrew Totman, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Seong Cho

Exhibitions coming up which include Sydney Printmakers

August 28, 2024 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Tiliqua Tiliqua’s annual celebration of all things print is back for its second year with works from over thirty artists, from emerging to experienced

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger is showing in this exhibition.

15 August – 1 September 2024
Tiliqua Tiliqua, 257 Enmore Rd, Enmore NSW 2042

Carolyn Craig is a finalist in the Hornsby Art Prize.

Andrew Totman, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Gary Shinfield, Ben Rak, Rafael Butron and Seong Cho are all showing prints in the IPC International Mini Print Exhibition at the National Taiwan Normal University Gallery.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrew Totman, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Ben Rak, Carolyn Craig, Exhibiting Members, Gary Shinfield, Hornsby Art Prize, Lea Kannar Lichtenberger, Rafael Butron, Seong Cho, Tiliqua Tiliqua

Northern Beaches Environmental Art and Design Award

July 9, 2024 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Anna Russell and Gary Shinfield have been selected as finalists for this award.

The finalists will exhibit their work from Fri 2 to Sun 25 August across the Northern Beaches at the following locations from Tue-Sun, 10am-5pm:

  • Manly Art Gallery & Museum, West Esplanade Reserve, Manly
  • Curl Curl Creative Space, 105 Abbott Road, North Curl Curl
  • Mona Vale Creative Space Gallery, Level 1, Civic Centre, 1 Park Street, Mona Vale
     

Exhibition Opening and Prizes Announced

Thu 1 August, 6 – 8pm

Manly Art Gallery & Museum 

Collective Action: CEAD panel discussion

Thu 15 August, 6 – 7:30pm

Manly Art Gallery & Museum 

You are invited to join MAG&M’s Collective for Environmental Art & Design (CEAD) at the first panel discussion of this new initiative. We’re bringing together industry-leading creative thinkers to discuss the power of collective action, and to learn what is possible when we work together to envision environmental solutions. Working at the intersection of art, design, and the environment, our panellists will discuss the ways in which they are working towards a sustainable future, the solutions they are exploring, and how you can be part of it. Through sharing the successes and learnings from their own experiences, the speakers invite us to be part of an ambitious and vital ongoing conversation. The speakers include; Dr Jenny Newell, Curator for Climate Change at the Australian Museum’s Climate Solutions Centre, Dr Lucas Ihlein, artist and Senior Lecturer in the School of Arts, English and Media, University of Wollongong, and member of the Kandos School of Cultural Adaptation (KSCA), and Floria Tosca, multi-disciplinary practitioner drawing on her experience growing up in a rural environment and her years working as a medical doctor, and a member of The Dirt Witches Scrub Collective.

Filed Under: Art Prize Tagged With: Anna Russell, Environmental Art and Design Award, Gary Shinfield, Manly Art Gallery and Museum

Anna Russell and others at The Shop Gallery, Glebe: Another Language

September 25, 2023 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Another Language is an exhibition by former TAFE teachers working in language and literacy, which opens on Thursday 28th September 2023 at The Shop Gallery, Glebe.
Seven colleagues have moved from the classroom to the studio and produced a stunning range of works in ceramics, collage, paint, resin, mixed media and prints.
Colour, line, shape and texture feature in their beautiful works ranging from the realistic to the abstract by Anna Russell, Genevieve Bessell-Browne, Jackie Cipollone, Jan Spencer, Janene Porter, Pam Smith and Ursula Burgoyne.
Open Thursday 28th September to Wednesday 4th October 11 am to 6pm daily, with drinks Saturday 30th September 2pm, The Shop Gallery, 112 Glebe Point Road Glebe

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Anna Russell, Another Language, TAFE, The Shop Gallery

Sydney Printmakers at Sydney Contemporary – please visit us

August 21, 2023 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Sydney Printmakers members representing us at the Art Fair this time are Anthea Boesenberg, Angela Hayson, Anna Russell, Andrew Totman and Thea Weiss. Visit us at Bo4, Paper.

Other members represented at the Fair are Roslyn Kean and Seraphina Martin, who have a table, Michael Kempson (as Cicada Press) and Wendy Stokes (with Michelle Perry Fine Arts in the main section rather than Paper.)

Filed Under: Art Fair, Exhibitions Tagged With: Andy Totman, Angela Hayson, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Michael Kempson, Paper 2023, Roslyn Kean, Seraphina Martin, Sydney Contemporary, Thea Weiss, Wendy Stokes

Invincible Summer @ The Incinerator : Anthea Boesenberg, Rhonda Nelson and Anna Russell

March 14, 2023 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

This graffiti in an inner city street has inspired an exhibition of works celebrating hope, reconstruction and resilience.

There is an Opening Event on Sunday 26th March from 3 to 5pm and Artists Talks on Saturday 1st April at 3pm.

The exhibition will be closed on the Easter weekend. Please note the gallery is open Wednesday to Sunday, 10am to 4pm.

image: Rhonda Nelson, Desperately Happy, 2021 (detail)

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Invincible Summer, Rhonda Nelson, The Incinerator Art Space

Convergent: the Hybrid Print at Articulate Project Space.

January 31, 2023 by Anthea Boesenberg 2 Comments

Sydney Printmakers members Anthea Boesenberg, Angela Hayson, Anna Russell and Gary Shinfield have work in this exhibition of Hybrid Prints curated by Linda Swinfield.

The opening days are limited to Fri – Sun 10 -5 pm, February 11 -26, 2023

Please join us for artist talks 3-5 pm, 26th February (see invite)

   The Gallery can be opened at request

‘This exhibition is the 3rd of a pivotal set of exhibitions (Maitland Regional Gallery, Kandos Cementa Gallery, Articulate Project Space Leichhardt) focusing on the print as object and the notion of hybridity’ Linda Swinfield, curator

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Angela Hayson, Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Articulate Project Space, Convergent, Gary Shinfield, Hybrid Prints, Leichhardt

Anna Russell in a group show in Bowral

August 11, 2022 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

Filed Under: Exhibitions Tagged With: Anna Russell, Bowral, Bowral Art Gallery, HurryUp Please It's Time

Sydney Printmakers at the North Sydney Art Prize

May 12, 2022 by Anthea Boesenberg Leave a Comment

This year’s North Sydney Art Prize is open from the 14th May until the 29th May, every day from 10am to 4pm. The opening and announcement of prize winners is at noon on Saturday the 14th. The works are spread across the extraordinary site, including the chambers and the tunnels.

With five members of Sydney Printmakers accepted as finalists in the North Sydney Art Prize there’s a variety of approaches on offer.

Gary Shinfield has large works on paper, The Burnt Series, in one of the chambers.

Gary Shinfield, Burnt Series

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger has an installation, Suffocation of Avarice, in another of the chambers.

Lea Kannar Lichtenberger, Suffocation of Avarice 
Materials: builders’ plastic, hand stencilled builders plastic, ceramics, table, chairs, dinner setting, projection and sound
250 x 300 x 600 cm

Anthea Boesenberg, Anna Russell and non member Rhonda Nelson have a large collaborative work, Canaries in the Coal Mine, sited in the tunnel.

Anthea Boesenberg, Anna Russell, Rhonda Nelson, Canaries in the Coal Mine, 40 bamboo and timber cages, canaries, lighting, timber and metal support structure.

Laura Stark has a print work, Millstream Burning, in the Cottage.

Laura Stark, Millstream Burning Series, collagraph.

And Seong Cho also has her work, Windy Hill 11, in the Cottage.

Seong Cho, Windy Hill 11, woodcut

oare spread across the site, including the chambers and tunnels,

Filed Under: Finalists, Prizes Tagged With: Anna Russell, Anthea Boesenberg, Gary Shinfield, Laura Stark, Lea Kannar Lichtenberger, North Sydney Art prize, Seong Cho, Waverton Centre for Sustainability

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