Printmaking with Nature – Festival of Original Prints

Roger Willey - Secretary

I joined Printopia to help champion a future where the arts lead social transformation.  Printmaking is a powerful democratic medium, and I’m dedicated to ensuring Printopia  remains a catalyst for new perspectives, courageous expression, and cultural evolution.

Karen Scott - Treasurer

Karen is an experienced senior leader who brings a thoughtful and people-centred approach to programme and portfolio management. With a background spanning the health, insurance, and energy sectors, she has led teams through large-scale change, established strong governance frameworks, and helped organisations align their work to strategic goals. Karen is passionate about supporting collaboration, creativity, and meaningful outcomes within the communities she serves.

Karina Simpson - Chairperson

As a printmaking graduate from the Quay School of the Arts and with years of retail management I am very excited to have joined the board for the Printopia Charitable Trust. I look forward to learning new skills in trust governance to ensure the continued growth and success of Printopia. Of bringing the experience of printmaking to all and highlight the wide-ranging work of printmaking artists already creating here in Aotearoa.

Prue MacDougall - Advisory Board

New Zealand born artist, Prue MacDougall studied printmaking at the Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts with distinction in 1985 and was awarded the Auckland University Annual Prize of Excellence in Fine Arts in the same year. Since then Prue has travelled extensively, developing her art practice through close examination of master works in galleries and museums in Europe, the UK and the USA and participating in postgraduate study at international art schools.

Instagram: pruemacdougall

Carole Shepheard - Advisory Board

Dr. Carole Shepheard (OMNZ) is an artist and educator, specialising in printmaking. She lectured in printmaking at the University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Art where she completed her doctoral thesis in 2004. In 2006 she took early retirement to focus on her studio practice. Moving to Kāwhia, Carole opened Te Puti Art Studio for teaching, community art activities and maintaining her own practice. Her work is held in national and international collections including the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki.

Instagram: shepheardcarole

Steve Lovett - Advisory Board

From 1994 – 2016 Steve developed the Interdisciplinary Print Research Section at Manuakau Institute of Technology. He is currently Senior Research Technician at Te Waka Tūhura Elam School do Fine Arts at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland.

Instagram: @stevelovettnz

An Wang – Web Developer

An Wang, who originally hails from China, lived and worked in several countries before settling in sunny Napier where he gained his degree in Information Technology.

As a freelance Web Developer, An has developed a passion for web development and design, helping many companies from all around the globe to create an outstanding and effective online presence. In his free time, An enjoys travel, fitness and outdoor activities.

An has recently launched his business Fairweb which provides affordable, reliable web solutions for businesses of all sizes.

www.fairweb.co.nz

Angela Lynsky – Graphic Designer

Angela Lynsky is a Graphic Designer and Illustrator based in Auckland. Previously, she has worked as the Senior Graphic Designer for Auckland Live – New Zealand’s premier performing arts organisation and as a Graphic Designer for the Lismore City Council in the Northern Rivers of New South Wales, Australia.

Angela’s work is informed by an ongoing interest in contemporary design of all disciplines, popular culture, performance, and the visual arts. In addition to her freelance work for Advertising and Graphic Design studios in New Zealand, Angela pursues her own art practice which includes illustration, collage, and printmaking.

www.angelalynskey.com

Susanne Williamson - Print Fair Coordinator

Susanne Williamson is a fabric artist with a lifetime of experience selling her work at markets. Starting out at the Cook Street Markets in the 1970s as a new migrant,she continued to participate in markets in Northland and has been part of the Nelson Markets as a permanent vendor for over twenty years.Susanne has recently started incorporating cyanotype and woodblock print processes into her fabric art practice and continues to explore how print and textiles intersect.

www.uniquethreads.co.nz

Toni Mosley - Print Talks Coordinator

Toni Mosley is an Auckland based printmaker and educator who tutors at several locations across the city with extensive knowledge of a range of printmaking techniques for different skill levels and abilities. She is a member of the Print Council of Aotearoa NZ, Handcraft Printers NZ Inc, and founder of Out of the Cupboard–a platform to share and promote artist’s books from Aotearoa. Originally from Colorado in the United States, she has a Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art and American Studies from the University of Wyoming and a Master’s Degree in Fine Arts from The State University of New York in Buffalo.
www.tonimosley.com

Anoushka Shankar - Digital Marketing Manager

Anoushka has recently completed her Master of Management in Marketing from the University of Auckland. Coming from a family of musical performers, creativity and self-expression have always been a natural part of her life. With experience working on brands across seven countries including the UK, UAE, Singapore, and India – Anoushka brings a global perspective to every project she takes on. Outside of work, Anoushka is a fan of sip-and-paint evenings, textiles, and finding common ground with people through humour, music, and art, the universal languages that continue to inspire her creative approach to marketing.

Ina Arraoui – Festival Director

The concept for this festival is the brainchild of Ina Arraoui, a print artist and curator based in Auckland. After study printmaking at Il Bisonte Foundation for Art and Printmaking in Florence, Italy, she returned home and started researching the local printmaking community, publishing interviews with artists and print studios on her website to create an online resource and open archive.

Through her interviews she found that there was a lack of understanding and gallery representation of print media which gave birth to the idea of Printopia, which will provide a physical space to educate the wider community, including art students, educators, galleries, and museums about contemporary printmaking in Aotearoa.
www.inaarraoui.com

Nicolette Winiata – Project Manager

Nicolette is a dynamic Events Manager and creative project lead with a passion for crafting unforgettable experiences. As the Project Manager for Printopia 2026, she brings together innovation, collaboration, and storytelling to deliver an event that celebrates creativity in all its forms. Known for her eye for detail and ability to bring ambitious visions to life, Nicolette thrives at the intersection of chaotic fun, long hours at a desk or on her feet and within a team. With a background in event management, she combines strategic planning with artistic flair to ensure every project runs seamlessly from concept to completion.

Phoebe Lee – Volunteer Manager

Phoebe is originally from Hong Kong and relocated to Auckland in 2018. She graduated from Auckland University of Technology (AUT) with a Business degree majoring in Accounting and a Graduate Certificate in Event Management. In addition to her studies in event management, she has experience assisting with various events operations with Auckland Live and more. She also has an interest in the arts; she participates in different art workshops to enhance her creativity. Her experiences and interest in arts equip her for the Printopia Festival.

AIM Publishing

I like making zines and artist books. Using various printmaking methods, combined with letterpress, each project takes as long as it takes. The shape of the ideas change and grow as each page unfolds. I often find the company of other printmakers inspirational. I’m currently working on a combined zine and artist book Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird, a poem by Wallace Stevens.

Website: https://kiwiconnexion.nz/view/view.php?id=184

IWIN ART GROUP

IWIN (Iranian Women in NZ) Charitable Art Group are a group of nine artists, with different skills and background in art, working together to combine various print techniques to tell Iranian stories.

For Printopia 2024 the group has chosen to depict the famous Persian romance between the Sasanian king Khosrow II and Armenian princess Shirin, who becomes queen of Persia (Persian: خسرو و شیرین) as told by the Persian poet Nizami Ganjavi (1141–1209).

Scenes from this historic love story, along with classic motifs from the Sasanic era, have been created through digital illustrations, silkscreen and woodcuts, printed onto paper, fabric and wood.

Istagram:@iwin.charity.artists

Website: https://iwin.org.nz/

Kakano Youth Arts Collective

Kākano Youth Arts Collective developed from a pilot programme in 2013 as a response to recognising the needs of some of the most vulnerable young people in West Auckland; all of whom have struggled with mainstream education. Kākano runs 3 studio sessions a week covering a variety of visual art forms, and currently has approximately 20 rangatahi in the Collective.

In March 2023 we were excited to open The Kākano Gallery in Henderson with the support of te Puni Kōkiri and the Henderson Massey Local Board– a space run by our young people, where they can display and sell their work.

Instagram @kakanoyoutharts

www.facebook.com/kakanoyouth

www.kakanoyouthartscollective.com

Mark Phobos

Based in Northland and working out of Te Kowhai Print Trust in Whangarei, my prints draw inspiration from tattoo culture, infusing symbolism like skulls, snakes, and unique motifs into the medium.

Going beyond convention, I explore the dynamic possibilities of printmaking, pushing boundaries of visual expression. Each
meticulously crafted piece fuses influences from contemporary and historical printmaking masters with the captivating world of tattoos.

With a dedication to creating unique compositions, I challenge norms to produce prints that captivate and push artistic boundaries.

Instagram: @mark.phobos

Nineteen99

Nineteen99 is a fusion of Afro-futurism and DIY creativity, built on storytelling, cultural worldbuilding, and representation. It’s about pushing heritage forward through bold visuals and intricate details, creating space for identities often unseen. Each piece is an exploration—of history, empowerment, and self-expression—translating complex ideas into something tangible, wearable, and alive.

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RATA Printmakers

We are a group of diverse artists who have come together to share our joy of printmaking. From our well-equipped print studio at the Lake House Art Centre Takapuna, we meet to share ideas and skills, collaborate on works, hold workshops and regularly exhibit together. New members are welcome.

Instagram: @rataprintmakers

Waikato Society of Arts

The mission of the Waikato Society of Arts is to support and promote the visual arts in the Waikato region by providing opportunities for artists to exhibit their work, fostering artistic development, and enhancing the appreciation of art in the community while respecting Te Tiriti o Waitangi.

Instagram: @artwaikato

Nanky Noodle

Natalie Carpenter creates her varied linoprints, monotypes, cyanotypes and drypoints from her home studio in Kakanui, North Otago. Her work is inspired by the beautiful Otago landscapes, mountains, and love of the sea. Focusing on art and nature, she has studied Horticulture at the Dunedin Botanic gardens, which has had a significant influence on her creative life.

“I co-facilitate a local art group with a focus on Mental Wellbeing, which has been running for the last 3.5 years. I strongly believe art improves wellbeing and I talk about my life experiences and share skills to uplift and connect people. Art has profoundly helped my Anxieties and is a hyper focus for my Adhd”.

Instagram: nankynoodle

Tim Li Art

I am a printmaker and graphite pencil artist based on the Kapiti Coast. I produce work aimed at celebrating the beauty and diversity of our aquatic flora and fauna in New Zealand.

Website: www.timliart.com
Instagram & Facebook: @timliart

Sue Cooke

Sue Cooke is passionate about landscape and sustainability. An established artist with 40 years experience. Cooke believes in pursuing excellence, exploring ideas on many levels & using the best quality tools and materials. A recipient of major awards including Tylee Cottage Artist in Residence and a Pollack Krasner Foundation Award.

Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100009862666120
Instagram Link: https://www.instagram.com/suecooke67/?hl=en
Website: www.suecooke.co.nz

Xiloblanconegro

Miguel Villanueva (Andy), a Chilean visual artist based in Australia since 2018, has spent the last sixteen years developing printmaking techniques, mainly those made in wood and linoleum on paper and textiles. Since the beginning of his career, Miguel has participated in different creative projects, standing out for his critical thinking on political and social issues, and reflecting on topics such as poverty, folklore, and indigenous culture, among others.
The artist has published five books, all of them based on his outstanding engraving technique, through which he intends to maintain the current discipline as a graphic record over the years.

instagram: @xiloblanconegro

Virginia Guy

Virginia Guy is a photographer and printmaker based in Hikurangi. Her desire to work with Solarplates stemmed from a sense of ownership and control that the medium gave her when hand-printing her photographic images. She enjoys pushing the boundaries of the printed image by incorporating different techniques into the finished image such as gold leaf, embossing, chine collè, hand stitching and hand colouring. Seeing herself as a storyteller, her images are imbued with personal symbolism. She works from her print studio at home where she teaches printmaking classes and is a member of Te Kowhai Print Trust.

Instagram: @virginiaprintmaker

Global Print Explosion!

Ryan O’Malley is an artist based in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has spent his career traveling to print communities across vast geographical and cultural landscapes with intention to connect, educate, and inspire.

Ryan will be curating a booth of prints by artists in the US that he has worked with and alongside over the past decades. This collection will showcase the vast spectrum of contemporary printmaking in the US today.

O’Malley’s commitment to education includes serving as Professor of Art and Graduate Coordinator at Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi.

Instagram: @ryanomalleyart
Website: www.ryanomalleyart.com

Blue Bathtub Press presents PAY & DISPLAY

Blue Bathtub is a studio/ residency program/ community project/ education space and a passion project for artist Toni Mosley.

PAY & DISPLAY was inspired by other vending machine projects only with a twist.
First: it dispenses mini prints making art affordable —only each print is wrapped up, so it is a Lucky Dip which art you will receive.
Second: it builds community as each piece comes with an artist Bio to allow the collector to connect to the artist.
Third: 100% proceeds goes to the charity Kindness Collective.– https://www.kindness.org.nz

To participate each print requires 2 – $1 coins

Instagram: @bluebathtubpress

Wikipedia

Dr Mike Dickison, Aotearoa Wikipedian at Large, is at Printopia to improve Wikipedia’s coverage of the New Zealand print community. He’ll be taking portrait photos of printmakers for Wikipedia and Wikidata, and creating or correcting articles about our print heritage and key printmakers. If you have photos of people or events you’d like to share, have suggestions or corrections for Wikipedia articles, or just want a headshot, stop by and chat with him.

Joanna Fieldes

Coming from a background as a painter, I have developed a strong love of printmaking. My print work can be categorised, as monotype (often multilayered) or monoprint. I also like to hand colour ‘ghost prints’, which are usually a faded second impression of the initial print that I have put through the printing press.

Vessels dominate my artwork as unique containers that bear links to my forebears’ colonial culture and that of the Indigenous within our shared environment and habitat. My work articulates narratives that bring to life Aotearoa New Zealand’s past and present. Through my art I take history for a ‘walk’.

Website: www.joannafieldes.co.nz/
Instagram: @joannafieldes
Facebook: @artistjoannafieldes

Studio Ciclo

Studio ciclo is an artist-run printmaking studio based in Wellington/Manila. Filipina printmaker, Fara Manuel, specialises in relief, serigraphy, collagraph, drypoint, and expanded printmaking techniques. Through a dynamic interplay of colour and contour, incorporating both objective and non-objective imagery, Fara explores themes of transience, domestic/city space, and visual acoustics.

Instagram: @studiocicloph

Contemporary Printmaking Philippines

The contemporary seems to be located at art market centres in the world of the Global North. Yet, contemporary takes several different utterances from the archipelago. The contemporary is positioned to the now with sights on the future, but archipelagic contemporary shares many shores from different waves. This is evident from Contemporary Printmaking Philippines. From the islands, we bring to you tidal contemporariness where mark-making is tethered to our vast legacies amidst the many possibilities of the now and tomorrow. – JSPA

Awagami Factory

Awagami is a brand of Japanese washi papers made for fine art and digital inkjet printmaking. Awagami is run on the knowledge and skill gained through 300 years (8 generations) of family papermaking in Tokushima, Japan.

www.awagami.com
www.facebook.com/awagamifactory/
www.instagram.com/awagami_factory/

Rachel Hussey

Rachel is an artist and gardener based in Titirangi. Her ongoing project, Flora Reveries, is inspired by her flower garden and examines themes of productivity vs perceived value, slow living and mindfulness through various printmaking techniques including linocut, gelli plate and eco printing.

Instagram @flora.reveries
https://florareveries.substack.com/

Composted and Cannibalised

A variety of prints from Taranaki based artists, Sophie Barron and Renee RC. Monotype, relief, handmade paper, sketchbooks and some neat collaborative work from the pair. The pair share a similar construction based process focused on the consumption of previous work and the rebirth of new material informed by the past. Renee composts and Sophie cannibalises.

Instagram: @r_c_r_c_r_c_ @sophiee.png

Bean Sprout NZ

Bean Sprout NZ is a small business that focuses on fun and allows me to follow my passions! While I explore many mediums, lino is one of my favourite art forms to explore. my main muse is squids; I love depicting them as strange and wonderful creatures they are!

Instagram: @beansproutnz

Paora Tiatoa

Formerly an abstract shape formation painter, I switched to Contemporary Maori art in my third year of study at art school. The last 5 years I combined the two art forms creating what I call ACMA – Abstract Contemporary Maori Art.

My new 100 series of work reveals this process in finer detail, although my new prints look like one pass hand screen prints, the aesthetic process is not. My images are scattered on 13 screens, all of my images are from a book Taonga Maori in the British museum. Minus two images on two screens which are personal screens to me but have used in this series.

I then abstract, make stencils, assemble, construct and make multi-individual passes of ink to produce the final image. It’s labour intensive but the outcome is worth it.

Instagram: @paorasprints

AIM Publishing

AIM Publishing has been creating artist books and zines on theology for the last twenty years, mostly for resourcing the Methodist Church.

More recently, AIM Publishing has begun exploring how to create a new dialogue between the book and the reader. As the print comes down from the frame, the eye can explore more closely at different angles, allowing the words to take on a new life.

At the Print Fair, three artist books using poems from A E Housman, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost and Hermann Hesse will be on show along with some prints and zines for sale.

Website: https://kiwiconnexion.nz/view/view.php?id=184

Nineteen99

Nineteen99 brand is deeply rooted in the theme of identity. We create clothing that celebrates the nuances and complexities of Black culture and African heritage, allowing wearers to stand out and express themselves authentically. Through our focus on identity and representation, we strive to send a powerful message that resonates across cultures, especially for those who have experienced being ‘othered’ by society.

The majority of the artwork presented is a revitalization of old family photos from Burundi. these images are important because these people, places, and things have played a key role in the brand that is ‘Nineteen99’.

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RATA Printmakers

Rata Printmakers is a group of artists who share a love of printmaking. Since the original group in the 1980’s there have been many iterations, moving to it’s current residence in 2000, Te Whare Roto o Toi, Lake House Arts, Takapuna. Here there is a well-established studio where a variety of themes are explored through traditional etching and relief to more recent printmaking techniques.

At Lake House Arts, the group holds an annual exhibition with permanent rolling displays at the centre and at a local hotel. With workshops and open studio, Rata Printmakers help promote printmaking to the wider community.

Instagram: @rataprintmakers

https://lakehousearts.org.nz/webpages/rata-print-makers-rutherford-studio/

Waikato Society of Arts

WSA supports printmaking in the Waikato community and beyond. Our art school includes four tutored and untutored printmaking classes covering intaglio and relief techniques for beginners and experienced printmakers. Our annual members’ exhibition, WAIPRINT, showcases a guest Printmaker and workshops each year. WSA also sponsors and hosts the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Awards (NZPPA), a national competition with prizes worth $35,000.

Find out more at our Printopia stall and browse a variety of unframed work for sale, including woodcut, wood engraving, screenprint, etching, drypoint and collagraph.

Instagram @artwaikato

Facebook Waikato Society of Arts

Website wsa.org.nz

3four

A small art collective between friends, Lulu and Skye take joy in the unpredictability of printmaking. Although the subject matter of our original art prints do not explicitly showcase social issues it is embedded in our process and kaupapa of how we identify as an artist.

Instagram: @lulu_pdf

Toi Ora Live Art Trust

Toi Ora Live Art Trust is an art studio and gallery in Grey Lynn, Auckland for people experiencing mental distress to participate in the arts in a supportive and inclusive environment.

Toi Ora promotes creativity and personal growth to improve well-being by fostering community connections through visual and performing arts.

In our weekly printmaking classes, artists develop their own designs and images by exploring a range of techniques, such as wood and lino cuts, etching, and monoprints. At Printopia, a selection of prints by tutors and students will be on display.

Instagram: @toi_ora_live_art

Website: www.toiora.org.nz

Makyla Curtis

Makyla Curtis is a letterpress printer and poet. She combines letterpress and nature monoprinting techniques to produce her poetry and botanical prints. Makyla produces handbound limited run poetry booklets. She works with handmade botanical inks made from marigolds, gorse and tanekaha and prints onto handmade paper made with botanical waste such as onion skins and corn husks.

She also produces letterpress prints with a typography focus to showcase the poetry of New Zealand writers. Makyla has master’s degrees in both fine arts and New Zealand poetry from AUT and the University of Auckland.

Instagram: @makylac

Newsletter: https://threefoldletter.substack.com/

Aotearoa Art Supplies

Aotearoa Art supplies supply quality printmaking presses and art supplies to printmakers, artists and educational services throughout Aotearoa. Based in Fielding, they have recently opened a second store in Whanganui.

They’ll be coming to the Print Fair with a a selection of Akua Inks, intaglio equipment and rare paper.

Instagram: @aotearoaartsupplies

https://aotearoaartsupplies.co.nz

Willow Whitham

I am from a rural North Auckland town called Warkworth and have just completed a Bachelors of Fine Arts at Elam with my final grad show focusing primarily on woodcut print processes. I work mostly with rats as a subject matter, taking themes and ideas from iconic religious artworks and re-working them into humorous caricatures through the art of woodcutting.

Instagram: @stupid.little.life_

Waitakere Printers Ink

Waitakere Printers Ink (WPI) is local print group who meet monthly at Corban Estate Arts Centre. The group welcomes new members who want to be part of a supportive, print community to share and grow their practice.

Inviting guest artists to run workshops, as well as working independently, the group also has an annual exhibition at the Barrel Store to share their work with the public.

Instagram: @waitakereprintersink

Trinity Landis

Flowers hold a lot of symbolism, and that is something that many cultures share, but for me, flowers are something that hold memory. This year I have been working with Intaglio to help depict those memories.

As a kid I grew up in an almost rural part of California where I spent the majority of my time hiding away outside and finding wonder in the smaller things around me, like flowers. As time went on, I started associating the people I grew up with certain flowers, for both things heavily influenced my childhood.

Instagram: @trinityezre_art

The French Art Shop

The French Art Shop, based in Morningside, Auckland proudly supports printmakers in Aotearoa. They will have a selection of printmaking equipment, inks and paper on display. Come and ask them a question.

Instagram: @thefrenchartshopauckland

Website: www.thefrenchartshop.co.nz

Te Kowhai Print Trust

Te Kowhai Print Trust is a community owned facility unique to Whangarei. It operates as a workshop and educational facility in fine art printmaking as well as keeping a nationally significant historical archive of fine art prints.

At Printopia they will have a selection of work by their members ranging from Stone Lithography, Screenprinting, Solar Etching, Dry Point, Collograph, Monoprinting, and Woodcut/Linocut to Letterpress.

Instagram: @tekowhaiprint

Website: www.tkpt.org

Sophia Jenny Artist

Sophia Jenny is an Auckland-based visual artist working with cyanotype. Her art reflects themes of natural and human beauty, and the spiritual condition. She aims to elicit positive emotional responses of happiness, joy, and freedom in people, and to help anchor them in a chaotic and unravelling world. She is highly motivated by capturing the generous present moment and the omnipresent beauty of life.

Website: www.sophiajenny.com

Instagram: www.instagram.com/sophiajennyartist

Facebook: www.facebook.com/sophiajennyartist

Sheyne Tuffery Visual Art

Sheyne Tuffery is a Wellington based multi-media visual artist; whose primary mediums are printmaking, mixed media painting, and animation . He is perhaps best known for the dynamic style of his prints and woodcuts,

Tuffery describes himself as a paper architect who uses his work to create and represent his own cultural context and sense of belonging. His recent work is a foray into mono and unique state prints using found objects to make compositions about our place in the cosmos.

www.sheynetuffery.com

Instagram @sheynetuffery

Facebook @TufferyVISUALART

Sean Thompson

Based in the smallish and ruralish town of Helensville, Sean spends most of his days ernestly attempting (and sometimes failing) to produce deeply unserious prints, mostly by squishing linoleum into paper. His works are inspired mostly by a deep and sincere lack of existential certainty, as well as a bunch of science study and his previous work in engineering, education, and environmental management.

Instagram & tiktok: @stegoseanus

Website: www.seanart.nz

Sarah Lund

I’m a cut paper artist, zinemaker and print hobbyist from Christchurch! My practice tends to focus more on functional art that you can interact with -books, stamps, dimensional things you can hold- but also incredibly fiddly miniatures. I’m bringing a bit of everything to the market, so there should be something for everyone- look out for the bright colours!

Instagram: @plaidcushion

Sandra Waine Printmaker

Sandra Waine is a printmaker based in Tamaki Makaurau north of the Harbour Bridge. She creates prints using lino, hand-carved rubber stamps and hand-cut stencils. Working on paper, card, wood and textiles Sandra creates homewares that bring a bit of fun and colour to your day. They are practical items like tea towels and pillowcases, designed to be used, loved and enjoyed!

Instagram and Facebook: @sandrawaineprintmaker

Ruru Artisans

Ruru Artisans is a craft-based workshop situated in the Oruru Valley, inland from Doubtless Bay in the Far North that includes letterpress, art print, book making, and linen items. The works we produce are inspired by the natural environment that surrounds us.

We have been involved in the creative industries for over three decades and continue to find ways to produce quality pieces, exploring how materials and technologies can be put to work. For Printopia, we will have letterpress and screen prints on archival stock and cotton.

Instagram:@rururartisans

www.ruruartisans.co.nz

Print Council Aotearoa NZ

The printmaking displayed embodies the eclectic and rich tapestry that is wrapped around and supported by the Print Council Aotearoa NZ (PCANZ). The original and contemporary prints (postcard size and larger) comprise of a combination of many printmaking techniques such as mezzotint, intaglio, lithography, mono, woodblock reduction,screen-printing to name a few. The expression of subject matter is unique to the individual artists, ranging from the local environment, native flora, to abstract expressionism and realism.

Instagram: @printcouncilnz

Website: www.printcouncil.nz

Plateau Printmakers

Plateau Printmakers is a group of eight friends who meet regularly in Maggie Dawson’s Studio 92 to share ideas and inspire each other with printmaking techniques. We have all developed an individual style since we started getting together about 9 years ago. Individually we have attended workshops all over NZ, UK, Barcelona and an artist residency in Tuscany.

As a group we have facilitated events in the wider community to encourage an appreciation of print: such as drop in sessions at Taupo Winter Festival and Taupo Art Trail and the international Moth Migration Project.

Instagram @plateauprintmakers

Permaset

With over 60 years of manufacturing experience, Colormaker Industries is recognised globally by both the fine artist and professional printing trade as the premier manufacturer of textile screen printing inks.

As the art, craft, fashion and design worlds strive to tread more lightly on the Earth, practitioners are seeking more environmentally sustainable products, which are not only safer for the planet, but also safer for the artist to use.

Instagram: @permaset_aqua

www.permaset.com.au

Numa MacKenzie

Interdisciplinary artist Numangatini Mackenzie works in graf, tatau and mixed media installation. His practice centres on the exploration of urban space and the processes of building connections to his Pacific heritage and people. His research engages with literature on Oceanic art, museum collections as well as collaborations with living practitioners of art forms ranging from tatau, painting, and spoken word to voyaging/navigation and street art.

Instagram: @numanaturesgentleman

Website: https://numanaturesgentleman.com/

Ngāmotou Student Print Club

A range of printmaking work from current and recent graduates of the WITT Te Pūkenga art and design programme. Processes include; screenprint, relief, reductive relief, aquatint, multi-plate etching, and monotype.

Instagram: @witt_art_design

Instagram: @ngamotustudentprintclub

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/wittartanddesign

Website: https://www.witt.ac.nz/study/arts-and-design-creative/

Levon Parker

I am an artist printmaker living in West Auckland. My current practice consists of relief printmaking using linoleum and woodblock prints onto paper and t-shirts. Drawing and representational imagery forms the foundation of all my work with subject matter ranging floral forms and fauna from the natural world.

I incorporate symmetrical design, mandalas, celtic knot work and the flowing linear forms of art nouveau style into my prints. I have recently been inspired by the traditional tattoo style using bold line work to create a series of linocuts onto tie dyed T-shirts.

Instagram: levonparker_art

Website: www.levonparker.com

Kate Steiner

Kate Steiner is a printmaker from the Tāmaki Makaurau region. She describes herself as a watcher, dreamer, and a lover of nature and whimsy. Her work is influenced by emotion and intuition which she allows to guide her hand and speak in her imagery. She creates hand-carved, limited edition reduction linocuts inspired by Aotearoa NZ.

Instagram @katesteinerart

Jewelia Howard Art

Jewelia is a Pōneke based queer artist and printmaker focusing on themes of pop culture, nature and magic. Their print work is predominantly lino cuts and is handmade with love.

Instagram: @glaciars

https://jewelia.co

Gordon Harris Art Supplies

Gordon Harris is New Zealand’s leading art supplies specialist with stores in Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington and Christchurch, an online store at www.gordonharris.co.nz, and a dedicated schools division. We are excited to be supporting Printopia and will have on display and for sale a wide range of printmaking and screenprinting supplies for the beginner to the professional, including:

Permaset Screenprinting inks and kits

Block Printing kits, inks and tools

Gelli monoprinting kits and plates

Awagami Japanese printmaking papers

Hahnemuhle German printmaking papers

Fabriano Italian printmaking papers

www.gordonharris.co.nz

https://www.facebook.com/GordonHarrisArtSupplies/

https://www.instagram.com/gordonharrisartsupplies/

Emily Clemett

I am a Wellington based Ngai Tahu artist, working in and exploring many art forms from print making to music. Growing up in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, surrounded by vibrance, creativity and nature, I am endlessly inspired to push the boundaries of my artistic practice.

This series of work is created by painting directly onto my skin and then transferring this as a print. I like to work in large scale with bold and bright colours, exploring abstract shapes and forms.

Elam Artists

Current Elam School of Fine Arts students Jade, Emma, and Olivia (all from Tāmaki Makaurau) experiment with various printmaking processes, styles and themes.

Emma’s work with etching, lithography, and paper-making processes that think through time, materiality and the environment, Olivia’s etchings and CMYK screen-prints that use layering and photography to explore ideas of memory and the body, and Jade’s colourful woodblock patterns transformed into bags will all be for sale at our table.

@jadejadeperry

@artofemmastretch

@werryart.ofolivia

Courtney Bruce

My name is Courtney, and I am a printmaker based in Upper Hutt, Wellington. I have just recently graduated from Ara institute of Canterbury where I completed a Bachelor of design in applied visual arts. While in my last year of study I found a unique technique of printing where I can achieve clean prints of the rings in wood stumps. I have developed a love for this technique because not only does it look beautiful, but it preserves the unique stories of the life of these trees.

Instagram and TikTok: _cb.artist_

Brie Rate

Rooted in observation, Brie’s practice narrates connecting to the world through drawing, walking and repurposing found and foraged material. As a printmaker and paper maker, Brie is passionate about sharing creative skills which are sustainable, accessible, and consider our complex relationship with the Earth. Her visual work frequently explores natural phenomena of urban environments and is preoccupied with questions of belonging and ecological stability.

Brie holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts completed across Ilam School of Fine Art, University of Canterbury and Elam School of Fine Art, University of Auckland. She has been involved in a number of shows, including as a Parkin Drawing Prize finalist in 2023. She is currently a resident artist at Corban Estate Arts Centre.

@eirbeirb

https://ceac.org.nz/community/artists/brie-rate

Ara Art and Design

Ara Art and Design will have a selection of intaglio, woodblocks and screen prints on display at Printopia by their tutors, students and recent graduates specialising in print media.

Tutors include Sandra Thompson (woodblock), Carol King (woodblock and mixed media) and Kim Lowe (ghost prints/ emboss and intaglio).

Instagram: @ara_art_design

Facebook: @AraArtDesign

Makyla Curtis | Printmaking with Nature

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