Resources
Welcome to our archive of educational resources showcasing and celebrating our print community. These are some of the demos, talks and workshops they have given at Printopia Festival. Please watch and share with other print enthusiasts, artists, educators,and students.
There is a summary of each video with links to the artist’s website and social media so you can follow them and learn more about their practice.
Fatu Feu’u ONZM | Relief Prints
Fatu Feu’u has a visual arts practice that encompasses painting, sculpture, printmaking, and ceramics which spans several decades. He is an Honorary Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the arts and in 2022, he received the Icon Award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation for his outstanding contribution to art and his role as a leader within the Pacific arts community.
Instagram: @fatufeuu
Alexis Neal | Chine Collé
Alexis Neal is an Auckland based artist. The backbone of her art practice is the medium of print, incorporating Māori weaving to explore cultural identity, the value of history and the complexities of human connection. In her work, the Māori story is rendered with contemporary materials. It is a simple, effective weave that is simultaneously, social, personal, cultural and human. Read More
Tim Li | Gyotaku Fish Prints – Full Utilization of What we Harvest
Tim Li is a printmaker and graphite pencil artist based on the Kapiti Coast. He produces work aimed at celebrating the beauty and diversity of the aquatic flora and fauna in New Zealand. Read More
Toni Mosley | Pastel Drawing Screen-printing
Toni Mosley is an artist based in Auckland (originally Colorado / Wyoming) who loves ink on paper. She works in printmaking, drawing and artist books. Her work is inspired by the people she meets and the stories they tell. She has a love for working within the community whether this is with pop-up print workshops or the art classes she teaches to those ages 5 to 65+. Read More
John Pusateri | Paper Marbling
John Pusateri is an Auckland based artist and master printmaker with over two decades of studio experience. John founded Auckland Print Studio to provide a collaborative space where artists with any level of familiarity with the print medium can access his technical expertise to realise ambitious projects and produce exciting editioned work. Since then he has worked on editions with prominent New Zealand and international artists. Read More
ACMA – Abstract Contemporary Maori Art | Paora Tiatoa
Paora Tiatoa is a printmaker based on Matakana Island. Formerly an abstract shape formation painter, he switched to contemporary Māori art in his third year of study at art school. His current art practice combines the two art forms creating what he calls ACMA – Abstract Contemporary Māori Art. Read More
Anita Mudaliar | Intaglio printmaking with Tetrapak Cartons
Anita Mudaliar is a printmaker inspired by the natural world, fantasy and mythology. The use of the tetrapak print matrix is a recurring component of her print work alongside hand stitching and colouring. Anita has an MA in Textiles from Goldsmiths University of London and has been attending printmaking classes under Alexis Neal at the Browne School of Art for the last four years. She lives and works in Auckland. Read More
Mark Alister Raymer | Pronto Plate
Mark Alister Raymer was born in Ōtautahi | Christchurch and raised in Texas where he earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in 2009. After receiving a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Kansas 2016 he has been teaching art at tertiary level, and is currently at Western Institute of Technology, Taranaki. Read More
Stacey Hildreth | Wax Collagraphs
Stacey Hildreth is an artist and educator form Whanganui. After completing her degree in Visual Communications Design at Victoria University, and briefly working in the design industry, she went on to study and receive her Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching. She has spent over 16 years as an Art and Design educator at Primary and Secondary level in New Zealand and Thailand, alongside being a practising artist. Read More
Brie Rate | Approaches to Contemporary Papermaking
Brie is an Auckland based multi-media artist specialising in drawing, printmaking, papermaking, and writing. Her work takes inspiration from the natural world, employing found and foraged materials coupled with close observation. Her work often explores green spaces in urban environments, investigating mental health, feelings of connection and questions of ecological stability. Read More
Celia Walker | Printing with Carborundum
Celia is a printmaker from Devonport, Auckland. Her printmaking practice is informed by ideas around altered landscapes and environmental change, and the physical ways of experiencing place. With a PhD in Art History about colonial landscapes, maps, and travel, this research background also tends to influence her work. Read More