East London Printmakers presents
G o in g Underground a group summer show
~ 28/30 JUNE ~ Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street London EC1V 9LT
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Anna Alcock Jenni Allen Catherine Barrows Gary Batchelor Jacki Baxter Goetz Bayer Alison Bernal Alice Valentina Biga Anna Black Blakkbyrd Jenny Blanchard Ree Braithwaite Yann Brien Janet Brooke Rory Brooke Ann Cattrall Belinda Chen Niamh Clancy Liz Collini Fabio Coruzzi Martin Davidson Steve Edwards Ferha Farooqui Rhed Fawell Tina Fock Lydie Gallais Dawes Gray Pamela Hare Geoff Harris Eleanor Havsteen-Franklin Maggie Henton Emily Hopkins Claire Hynds Yoko Iwaya Katherine Jones Renata Kudlacek Yvonne McSherry Martin Mossop Louiz Nielsen Ann Norfield Joanna Pawlowska Sumi Perera Kate Poland Helen Powles Venessa Pugh Aiste Ramunaite Peter Rapp Daniela Rizzi Richard Roberts Eleanor Rogers Katja Rosenberg Italia Rossi Dolores de Sade Ian Scaife Linda Scott Euan Stewart Mirry Stolzenberg Nicola Styan Judith Symons Jasia Szerszynska Amanda Taylor Marcia Teusink Laura Tynan Raul Vazquez Torres Gini Wade Catherine Walsh Maggie Warwick Caroline Whitehead Rosalind Whitman Janet Wilson Sisetta Zappone
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East London Printmakers presents
Going Under gr o u n d An exhibition of new work
www.eastlondonprintmakers.co.uk
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A nna A lcock ~
Child’s Imagination - Cry Wolf screen print, charcoal, fabric and relief print collage 2011
Child’s Imagination screen print and charcoal 2011
~ These works are part of a series called ‘A Child’s Imagination’ in which my children have the starring roles. Each work starts as either an etching, relief print or screenprint and is then finished off with charcoal, watercolour or fabric. Many of the works are unique one-off pieces. www.annaalcock.com
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Je nni A llen ~
Peering 1 screen print 2013
~ An exploration of contemporary religious architecture.
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Ca the r ine Barr ow s ~
Untitled photo polymer and mono print 2012
~ Vulnerability, sensitivity and femininity are recurring themes in my work. Our relationship with the natural world and it’s reflection of our own inner landscape inspires me. I prefer to work on single editions and combine different printmaking techniques to add atmosphere and depth. This multi-layered approach is also symbolic of our depths as humans and the different layers we hide or reveal to the outside world. www.catherinebarrows.co.uk
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G a r y B a tchelor ~
Untitled screen print 2013
~ Since graduating from Winchester School of Art in 2007 within Fine Art Printmaking, Gary Batchelor’s new work explores the visual relationship between the use of colour and figurative suggestion to express movement. The combination of such techniques manipulates the outcome by aesthetically simplifying forms, allowing the mood to evolve both effortlessly and timelessly. The collaboration of colours embedded through the arrangement of layering develops the illusion between the subject and the viewer. www.gsbatchelor.net
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Ja c k i B axter ~
Enamel Spoon offset litho
~ The influence of the artist’s culinary background and her interest in the architecture of the domestic environment appears in her recurring subjects: kitchen utensils, cups, saucers and crockery. Baxter believes that the everyday domestic items connect with us on a subconscious yet powerful, level. Her work challenges the presentation of the ‘ordinary’, inviting the audience to reassess its reactions to everyday objects and notions of value.
www.printmakerscouncil.com
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G o etz Bayer ~
“Predella” with Jesus wood print, gold plated 2013
I Don’t wood print 2012
~ The print shows Jesus with Predella and 11 apostles. But who is Predella? - The girl with the high heels. Short story: well-rounded lady feels being asked, why she stopped smoking. - But she didn´t stop smoking and answers to herself: I don´t www.goetz-gallery.de
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Alison Bernal ~
Double-Pipes Double-Cranes relief/ emboss 2013
~ The work in this series is an exploration of depth and space using repeating motifs. The imagery is based on the construction work done on the 2012 Olympic site in East London. Drawings and photographs were developed, simplified and manipulated to the essential elements of the image and then transposed into the two parts of emboss and relief. www.alisonbernal.co.uk
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A lic e Va lentina B ig a ~
Hunger etching on zinc 2013
~ Alice Valentina Biga’s practice combines different fragmented etched drawings in a continuous attempt to comunicate with the past and the painful episodes of life. The fragility of these images invites the viewer, however, in some ways it scares the viewer too. The items entice consumption, they implore the viewer to look at them until the viewer becomes part of the sentiments the images represent. bigalicev.tumblr.com
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A nna B la ck ~
Pedro linocut 2013
Father and child woodcut 2013
~ Relatively new to printmaking, I am particularly drawn to portraits and exploring the territory of the face; with a background in drawing I enjoy mapping the sitter through the mark making. I am just as interested in what lies beneath as surface pattern and, depending on the subject, may emphasize one over the other. Although they are portraits firstly, I am looking to capture a connection with the viewer that transcends a likeness.
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B la k k by rd ~
Crow II intaglio drypoint 2012
~ From Sydney, Australia; currently living and working in London. Founder and Director of Print Australia, the first international internet portal for printmaking (1999). Graduate of the University of Wollongong and Southern Cross University. Founded the Bellebyrd and Blakkbyrd arts blogs whilst living in Amsterdam (2004). Blakkbyrd is an arts writer and curator who works in a variety of mediums including photography, painting and printmedia. Represented in the Australian Print Collection and in public collections worldwide. www.printaustralia.blogspot.com
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Je nny B lanchard ~
Stack 4 carborundum, monotype and hand painting 2013
Tidemark 5 carborundum and mixed media 2013
~ The four prints are resonant of barnacled rocks and drifting weed . However the starting points were collograph prints which I overprinted and from which I then made paintings. I was interested in how I could manipulate what was for me a new medium. In this case : carborundum. My intention as always to reach a point that was a complete surprise to me. jennyblanchard.co.uk
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Re e B r a ithwaite ~
Living Language screen print 2013
~ I h a ve b e e n ex p l o r i n g c o l l a b o ra t i ve d a n c e choreography that bridges classical and contemporary dance, investigating movement which can be viewed as underground. I have been fascinated with the methods that dance choreographers use to create innovative dance styles and one approach is creating hundreds of sketches of dance. This abstract print has been created from five different dance moves sketched at ballet and hip-hop theatre dance and performances.
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Ya nn B r ien ~
Cross sections screen print 2013
~ Yann Brien is a french printmaker living and working in London. His recent work documents visually an ongoing research based on an investigation of the decision-making process, a reflection on the way one communicates with one another, and is inscribed in the continuity of a research linking visual content, language and psychology. The resulting print work is based on figurative imagesymbols and abstract geometrical constructions in which the usual points of reference such as distance and volume shift and dissolve to create an unique experience based on the active participation of the viewer. www.yannbrien.com
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Ja ne t B r ooke ~
Christ Church Spitalfields linocut 2008
St. Mary Somerset linocut 2007
St. Nicholas Cole Abbey linocut 2008
St. Michael Paternoster Royal linocut 2008
~ My subject matter is the urban environment in its many forms, from graffitied streets to the latest skyscrapers. These prints are part of a larger series of linocuts inspired by the Wren and Hawksmoor churches of the City of London. www.janetbrooke.com
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Ro r y B r ooke ~
Hemerocallis screen print 2012
~ rory.brooke@virgin.net
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A nn C a t tr all ~
Lazy Dog in Athens collagraph with drypoint 2013
~ I like dogs. I also like collagraphs. This is a picture of a lazy dog I saw sleeping in the sun in Athens. I took a photograph of it, then worked on making a collagraph plate based on that, using card, glue, paste and scratched in drypoint lines. At the ELP studio I made two decent prints from it. I’ll keep one, the other one is for sale to anyone who like collagraphs and dogs. www.blueskyinapuddle.weebly.com
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B e linda C hen ~
City in the Fox screen print 2013
Forest in the Owl screen print 2013
~ Her passion for drawing and art began from a very early age. Growing up in a small family run ceramic factory in Taiwan. Belinda imagined the factory as a giant playground. It has inspired her to create from childhood striving to create dream-like utopia to be enjoyed by both children and adults of all ages. www.belsartworld.com
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N iam h Clancy ~
Bee Mai etching 2013
~ Clancy’s work incorporates contemporary news stories, classic fairytales and fictional narratives based on research and site-specific observation. Bee Mai was inspired by a working trip to Thailand, the Thai people’s beliefs and folklore. www.niamhclancy.com
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Liz C o llini ~
Afterwards screen print and gouache 2013
~ ‘Afterwards’ is a reconstruction of a text found in Ely Cathedral ‘POST TEMPESTATEM TRANQUILLITAS’ and offers an inverted form of comfort, the calm coming after the storm, not before. It is what we all probably wish for. www.lizcollini.com
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Fa b io C o ruzzi ~
La Societe screen print, mixed media on canvas 2013
~ “…Provocative and ironic, Fabio Coruzzi’s language describes scenarios of social criticism, reflecting almost specularly the cultural reality of our metropolitan society, sandwiched, as he says, “between concrete and the asphalt”. Anonimous figures, chaotic spaces, urban life’s scenes,women and men in their working environment, athletes and hooligans at sport events, traffic of the city..Life flows incessantly within Fabio Coruzzi’s work and the author become a faithful witness of it…” Maria Vinella – art critic www.fabiocoruzzi.com
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M a r tin Da vidson ~
Plunge linocut 2013
Rock II woodcut 2013
~ My work explores the rhythms and forms of the natural world. The printmaking work is a distillation of drawings from observation and photographs, the final image, a result of reducing the complexities to a more abstract and expressive graphic equivalent. www.martin-davidson.co.uk
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Steve E dwards ~
Fontibus linocut 2012
~ I have many sources of inspiration, but currently my main preoccupations are the outer world of the cityscape and the inner world of some of its inhabitants. I love the rigour and hands-on nature of printmaking, especially etching and lino. When working the surface of the plate or block, I try to utilise methods that are partly out of my control. stevepedwards.blogspot.com
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Fe r ha F ar ooqui ~
Sublime duality linocut 2013
~ An image that captures the new professional ĂŠmigrĂŠ amongst the disappearing landmarks and shifting communities of East London. www.ferhafarooqui.weebly.com
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R he d F awell ~
Frankie’s 1st Flight screen print 2012
~ I use collage, drawing and finally screen printing to explore the deconstruction of images and a process of reassemblage to create a poetical narrative. I take inspiration from nature and from the human form, focusing on human fragility. The pictures create their own stories, as I work on them they take on a life of their own, forming narratives that are completed in the viewer’s imagination. What the viewer reads into each image is as important as what was in my own head as I construct them, they can be interpreted in different ways depending on who is looking at them. www.rhed.co.uk
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Tin a F ock ~ A long Winter unique 2011
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Lydie G a llais ~
Azur screen print 2013
~ Lydie is Frenc h and has studied at Camberwell College of Art. She has obtained a Masters Degree in Printmaking in 2003 and has since exhibited regularly in London. Her spontaneous abstract work hopes to awaken the senses through conveying feelings and emotions. She mixes colours, shapes and textures together to transport her audience into her world. lydiex@hotmail.com www.lydiex.tumblr.com
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Da wes Gr ay ~
Hackney Rebel series of 9 prints hand coloured etching and chine collé 2013
~ My prints are inspired by the life and work of the British painter and sculptor, Anthony Hancock. It has now been 50 years since the artist’s early career and subsequent rise to fame were first documented in the film, ‘The Rebel’. Although little has been written about Hancock in recent years, it is understood that whilst he remained convinced of his own true genius, many critics alleged that his “bland optimism” far exceeded any real artistic talent. www.dawesgray.co.uk
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Pam e la H are ~
Destination Station screen print and mixed media 2013
Thomas and Teddy etching 2012
Golden Tags screen print 2012
~ Pamela is an artist and printmaker from Islington who presents urban views, from Victorian to Post Modern. She is influenced by the richness of colours and patinas and by the contrasts of dark and light and atmospheres of iconic buildings. Recent prints include St Pancras, which illustrates its transformation back into a Gothic Victorian cathedral. This work continues Pamela’s theme of tracing architectural fabrics connecting past to present, from church spire to glass citadel. www.pamelahare.com
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G e of f H arris ~
Thigles (Subatomic Particles) etching 2012
Emptiness and Form etching 2012
~ These ideas have their roots in Dharma
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Ele a nor Ha v s teen-Fr anklin ~
Nebula II etching 2013
Satoris II etching 2013
~ Eleanor Havsteen-Franklin’s work makes reference to macro and micro forms. Each composition brings together layers, textures, surfaces and formations. Her etchings are formed through an interaction between intentional linear drawing and conditions that generate randomness that occur within the process itself. These complex and yet delicate works have deeply textured surfaces which Eleanor explores further with the use of stitched threads, echoing the drawn lines and extend from the print as if emerging from the image.
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M a ggie H enton ~
Some Lost Street Names of Shoreditch Installation: paper, acetate, pins, thread wall mounted installation, dimensions variable 2013
~ This installation charts my attempts to walk in Shoreditch follow an OS map dated 1872. A process of getting lost in a familiar place. Some of the streets have disappeared and some have been renamed. www.axisweb.org/artist/maggiehenton
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Em ily H o pkins ~ ink on paper 2012
~ emilyvhopkins@gmail.com
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Cla ir e H y nds ~
New Perspectives; Panorama screen print 2013
~ This piece explores the experience of walking around a planned, pedestrian town centre, namely Stevenage. The canopies that dominate this town become viewfinders in this panorama, forming framing devices that create a sequence of beginnings and endings. Up close, the constantly changing horizon imparts a sense of transition, eac h component part had corresponding counterpart. As you move along the concertina new images are revealed and the viewer is reminded of turning a corner in the town centre. www.clairehynds.co.uk
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Yo ko Iwa ya ~
Cat-trap etching 2013
Meow Meow Cats etching 2013
~ I presently work mostly in etching. In my drawings in preparation for making prints, I like to observe the sometimes comic and mysterious behaviour of dogs and cats in our lives. Often we seem to share the same feelings, but on the other hand, I also enjoy projecting my own stories onto them. tomekichiart.wordpress.com
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Ka ther ine Jones ~
Centrifuge collagraph and block-print on paper 2012
~ Contradictions between safe and unsafe, secure and insecure are a central focus of Katherine Jones’ work. In much of her previous work she has focused on a recurring greenhouse motif that simultaneously represents nurture, protection and suffocation. In recent pieces such as Quiet Town and Centrifuge she turns her sights on the playground as a vehicle for describing these contrasting themes, focusing on the places designed specifically for the process of childhood play and experiment. www.katherine-jones.co.uk
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Re na ta Kudlacek ~
Fairytale screen print 2012
~ “Fairytale” is a series of collage work, developed into screen-prints, reflecting the imaginary version of memories. The German romanticism burdened memory as a suffering of the present, calling it melancholy. Flowers an important element of the work, representing symbolism and mythology of meanings. The notion of plants having meanings is traditional, as seen in the play Hamlet for example, in the passage beginning “There’s rosemary, that’s for remembrance, .. www.renatakudlacek.com
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Yvonne McSherr y ~
Cedric mixed media 2013
~ Since graduating from Brighton in 1998 I have worked mainly with photography but always like to draw, paint and collage. These mixed media pieces include a little newsprint but are mostly my own work and not about found imagery or necessarily have a narrative. www.mcsherryimages.com
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M a r tin Mossop ~
SoftMachine # 4 screen print 2013
~ Martin Mossop is an artist printmaker based in North East London. His printmaking often originates from oil paintings. He works mainly with photopolymer gravure and screenprint. His work is influenced by film, photography, dreams and music. His prints are held in private collections worldwide. copperleafprint.com
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Louiz Nielsen ~
Criss-cross papercut screen print 2013
~ Between two points is a line. A storyline. A footpath, a desire path. A line of thought. A memory, a connection. An invitation, a friendship. Lines criss-cross the landscape and patterns happen. In this web of lines all things hold together. Some lines are fixed and strong, some are as fragile as paper. www.louiz-kirkebjerg-nielsen.com
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A nn N or field ~
Cutting out the dead wood 2 screen print 2013
~ annnorfield@blueyonder.co.uk
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Joanna Paw low ska ~
Black Tower, Panama City, Panama print on aluminium with mixed media 2013
~ Joanna Studied Fine Art at Central Saint Martins, where she graduated in 2010. She works in a variety of mediums including painting, silkscreen printing and photography.Travelling extensively, she often finds inspiration in far away places.Joanna’s subject matter is mostly connected with being ‘away’ from home and feeling of being ‘uprooted’. She lives and works in London. www.jpawlowska.co.uk
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Su m i Perer a ~
MIND THE GAP X Installation of artist books, prints & fragments open-bite acid etching, aquatint, drypoint, sugarlift, monoprint, laser, stitch 2007-2013
~ An installation exploring the beauty of gaps, which exist within the underground spaces in London, and ‘gaps’ within cartography. Her work is exhibited internationally and won prizes: Birgit Skiold Award for excellence in Bookarts, Gold medal International Bookarts Competition, Seoul; 1st Prize at Shelter USA; etc. and has work in public collections: Tate Britain, V&A, Ashmolean, Oxford; Yale Centre for British Art etc. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of PainterPrintmakers and Designers Craftsmen. www.saatchionline.com/sumiperera
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Ka te Po land ~
Kensal Green 7 (Yellow) etching 2013
~ In my latest series of prints I buried etching plates in different parts of Kensal Green Cemetery for a month. The natural acids in the soil ate away at the zinc of the plates, so that when I print them, they produce images of the unseen corrosive subterranean life there – like CCTV for the soil. www.katepoland.com
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He len Pow les ~
Council Flats photo etchings 2012
~ The artist is interested in recording aspects of the built environment in her locality. These ‘council flats’ in Tower Hamlets show how important providing social housing once was. Each one is an icon of its particular era. b.powles@btinternet.com
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Ve nes s a Pugh ~
Long Way Home woodcut 2012
~ This print was made in response to reading about desertification and soil erosion in the Sahel. Aggravated by climate change, rain patterns are disrupted and the soil cracks in the dry season. High winds and a lack of vegetation makes mulching difficult and reduces the ability of the soil to retain water and to remain fertile. A child I support in Burkina Faso has had to move with her whole village. This records her journey.
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A is te Ra munaite ~
Teenager screen print, lino cut, monotype, collage, pencil 2013
~ Aiste Ramunaite graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts,exhibiting worldwide since 1983. ....Sometimes I say No to all the Rules of printmaking and use screen frame,presses as a painter to pursue excitement of Unique ... www.aistegraphic.com
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Peter Ra pp ~
The Kraken linocut 2013
~ From a series of prints inspired by “The Book of Imaginary Beings” by Jorge Luis Borges. www.peterrapp.com
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Da niela Rizzi ~
Every Day I - Crocs photopolymer etching 2013
~ This print forms past of a series of works inspired by everyday objects surrounding our daily lives which we depend on and use on a regular bases without giving a second thought to them. This series tries to draw our attention to the vital importance of the unglamorous and unexciting. www.galleria63.com
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R ic har d Rober ts ~
Arthur Toms: Meat Pies Live Eels screen print 2013
Tom’s Bakery screen print 2013
~ Ric hard Rober ts is a member of East London Printmakers and teaches printmaking at the London College of Communication. Although specialising in printmaking, Richard also uses photography, book arts and typography in his practice. Like his hero, photographer Eugène Atget, much of what Richard does is concerned with typological themes. Whether film endings, abandoned cinemas, shop fronts or old signage, Richard tries to capture the texture of history in his work. www.robertsprint.co.uk
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Ele a nor Roger s ~
Man bird sun hill 3 screen print 2013
~ Artists statement I make work in lino, screen print and etching. When I draw it is fast, simple and cut throat and I strive to hold on to this quality within my prints. I try to be honest in all I capture, and aim to create images that are inviting in their hope and strangeness. www.eleanorrogers.co.uk
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Ka tja Rosenber g ~
Becca’s Books linoprint 2013
~ A Londoner’s personal twist on his locality, depicting non-existing shops and infrastructure - is it the past, or is it the future? A collaborative piece, with the concept by filmmaker Simon Ross. www.artcatcher.co.uk www.rossfilm.co.uk
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Italia Rossi ~
Untitled screen print 2013
~ Italia Rossi‘s practice explores the space and the presence of the body, using subjects and imagery that derive from architecture, graphics, geometry, movement and identity. Her work deliberately mixes 3d and 2d aspects, combining drawings, etchings, photos and installations to create metaphors of processes, diagrams of things displaced in the space and maps of localised events in the time. Italia Rossi trained originally in Architecture. Her work has been awarded and supported by the British Council. http://italiarossi.tumblr.com/ itirome@hotmail.com
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Do lor es de Sade ~
Chorus and So On etching 2013
~ Dolores de Sade is a British artist who trained at Royal College of Art. She has exhibited across the UK and internationally. She was recently awarded the Royal Academy British Institution Award and the Birgit Skiold Book Award for excellence in book arts. Her work is held in the collections of the V&A Museum and the Government Art Collection, as well as in Thailand, China and Japan. www.doloresdesade.com
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Ian S c a ife ~
Parklines digital print 2013
~ In my work, I’m interested in exploring the interaction between shape and colour, and I’m often inspired by the synthetic colours and forms of manufactured objects, and by commercial processes. My digital prints are worked out on an Apple Mac using Adobe illustrator, which allows free experimentation with a variety of colour and shape combinations before output using a high end Epson Stylus Pro printer on archival quality art paper. ‘Parklines’ began as a series of sketches of the markings in a car park, which I’ve fragmented into a series of interrelated geometric shapes and colours. www.artimatic.co.uk/ianscaife
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Lin d a S cott ~
Untitled monoprint 2011
Sans Titre monoprint 2011
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Eu an S tewar t ~
Twelve Angry Men I-XII woodcuts 2012
~ Twelve Angry Men explores expression, identity and the feeling of being both a part of or apart from the crowd. The subjects are football fans, whose heightened aggression and elation constantly fluctuate throughout the course of games and seasons. By putting these contorted, semi photographic faces through the expressive filter of the woodcutting process and exhibiting them in a sequential format, I want to confront the viewer with an extreme display of human nature. www.euangstewart.com
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M ir r y S t olzenber g ~
Genya’s White Sauce aquatint etching 2013
~ Mirry’s ventures in 2d and 3d illustrations take on various forms ranging from artist books, large-scale time and sound based installations, printmaking and collage animations. She has a Fine Art Sculpture BA from Brighton University and an MA in Animated Theatre from London Central School of Speech and Drama. Her installations and performance art shows have showcased in London, Dijon, Paris and Brussels including the Arts Depot Gallery; London , The Tate Modern and Le Consortium; Dijon.” www.ticketyboocollective.com
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N ic ola Sty an ~
Hoxton Hall Exterior screen print 2013
Hoxton Hall Interior screen print 2013
~ Nicola Styan studied an MA in printmaking at the University of Brighton. The Hoxton Hall series of prints represents Styan’s presence through her fingerprint at the only surviving Salon style Victorian Music Hall in London. The fingerprint enters the hall in ‘Hoxton Hall Exterior’ and performs in ‘Hoxton Hall Interior’. Her book ‘Fingerprint Remembers London in 2012’ illustrates the fingerprint participating at the Olympics and other memorable events held in London in 2012.
~ www.ncabstracts.co.uk
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Judith S ymons ~ www.judithsymons.com Judith.jane@btinternet.com
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Ja s ia S zer szynska ~
Utensils IV lithograph 2013
~ Jasia Szerszynska’s work has been shown widely in exhibitions in London, Japan and New York. Her work is in public and private collections including Manchester City Art Gallery, British Council Japan, Courtaulds PLC, Curwen Studio Archive and Bank of England. The Utensils shown in this exhibition are part of series of six lithographs and follow on from her solo exhibition “ The Kitchen Utensils of a Spitalfields House “ at Box Gallery, Princelet Street, London. www.jasiaszerszynska.co.uk
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A m a nda Taylor ~
Headland monoprint 2012
In Between monoprint 2012
~ I studied printmaking at the London College of Communication in 2001, I am a member of East London Printmakers where I have been involved in a number of group shows and have annually taught collagraph printmaking at the ELP studio in Hackney and in Italy. As a printmaker my favourite processes are collagraphs, lino and etchings. My Hampshire roots have inspired me to create impressions of landscape and abstract forms. I generally produce small variable editions. www.amandataylor.weebly.com
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M a r c ia Teusink ~
Quotidian Traces 1 relief print 2013
Quotidian Traces 2 relief print 2013
~ My work explores presence and the passage of time, often using found objects. This old cutting board shows traces of chopping and cutting in preparation for hundreds of meals. Its accidental marks record daily actions over an arc of time in which multitudinous events might take place in a household (in this case mine), from celebrations to births and deaths窶馬ot to mention all the less remarkable days. www.marciateusink.com
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Lau r a Tynan ~
Snow screen print 2013
~ I previously studied history of art and completed a master’s in Medieval Art and Latin at University College Dublin, Ireland. I started printing in early 2012.
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Ra u l Va zquez To r r es ~
The Employee And The Boss screen print 2006
Buy Love screen print 2012
Blind To The Corporations screen print 2012
~ Studying graphic design was the stepping stone to creating my own art. We live in a world crowded by objects that have come to us through merchandise and publicity. Through graphic design, I became aware of how objects are transformed into big personalities, often with a divine power. Corporations, globalization, advertising and mass production are subjects addressed by my artwork. I like to express the way corporations use and abuse advertising to seduce and manipulate the masses. matwork.co.uk
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G ini Wade ~
The Spirit of Carnival linoprint 2013
~ Gini Wade had a long career as an illustrator and writer of children’s books before taking a slight swerve into printmaking. She completed an MA with distinction at Aberystwyth School of Art , and is now the lithography tutor at the Sidney Nolan Trust. She exhibits her prints internationally, and her work is held in various collections, including the Wellcome Trust Library. Spirit of Carnival celebrates that magical time when the mundane becomes extraordinary, and the world is turned upside down. www.giniwade.com
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Ca the r ine Walsh ~
Yellow Lichen textile print on grey linen 2013
~ Catherine uses screenprints and block prints to create artwork inspired by patterns and colours found in natural forms. She uses low-tech printing processes to create artwork and textile prints at home and teaches these processes in community classes. www.kitchentableprintmaker.blogspot.co.uk
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M a ggie Warw ick ~
Boxed Set etching 2012
A Fine Balance etching 2012
~ Etching, the adding and taking away, the intricacy of the mark and the solidity of the etched plate create a kind of alchemy that, for me, is endlessly absorbing and exciting. My work looks at objects of beauty and sensuality, seemingly solid and timeless but embodying a vulnerability to the elements and erosion. It is about protection, preservation and fragility and, ultimately, about the inter-relationship and inter-dependence between regeneration and decay. www.maggiewarwick.wordpress.com
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Ca r oline Wh itehead ~
Blue Bird ‘Still lives’ series collagraph with relief print 2013
~ Recently I have been working on two series of prints, “Still lives” and “Gloom of night”, all of which originate in drawings made in natural history collections, primarily those of Harvard University, the University of Bergen and the Natural History Museum at Tring. I am interested not only in the specimens themselves, but also in the environments in which they are displayed. These displays often result in unintended juxtapositions, provoking actual and metaphorical reflections. www.carolinewhitehead.com
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Ro s alind W hitman ~
Expulsion from Paradise etching, hand coloured 2012
~ I am exploring the ‘feminine principle’ in traditional medieval imagery, much of which is associated with alchemy. In many European manuscripts, woodcuts and engravings, of this period, the Biblical representation of Eve exerted a powerful cultural influence: the effect of this is still with us today.
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Ja ne t W ilson ~
Nautilus Black & White collagraph 2013
~ Janet Wilson lives and works in London. Inspiration for her collagraphs comes from the sublime character of the natural world.
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Sisetta Zappone ~
Pescia Map etching, craquelee 2008
Nocturnals etched, pressed lead book containing 9 images hand printed in varied etching techniques 2008
~ Defined as a “Jungian neo-surrealist�, the work of Sisetta Zappone has been described as a unique style characterized by a solid arcane background. Subjects disclose a dense imagery of both the painful and the humorous, animals which seem ferocious are often revealed to be ultimately pathetic or impotent, a darkly funny view of our inner lives. Sisetta graduated with highest honours from the Fine Arts Academy in Florence. She then studied at Bisonte International School of Graphic Arts, earning her MA as a master printmaker. In 2010, she moved to London and worked in several schools and printmaking studios website
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East London Printmakers is an independent collective of artists based in Hackney. Established in 1998, ELP celebrates its 15th anniversary this year. The studio was set up with the aim of providing a printmaking resource to promote the creative potential of practising artists and individuals in the local community. The spacious studio provides open access facilities and courses. It also organises exhibitions and events for the benefit of its members.
VISIT WWW.EASTLONDONPRINTMAKERS.CO.UK TO FIND OUT DETAILS ON THE COURSES WE PROVIDE IN A WIDE VARIETY OF PRINT TECHNIQUES. WE HAVE COURSES TO SUIT YOUR NEEDS WHATEVER YOUR CURRENT SKILL LEVEL MAY BE.
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Invites you to an
OPEN STUDIO EAST LONDON PRINTMAKERS
2013
£1o prOOF
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TH E PR I N TI N G P RO C ESS 19 Warburton Road HACKNEY E8 3RT 6 till late.
11/07
THURS
JULY
visit
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