Sydney Printmakers
23 July - 9 August
Opening Event: 30 July 6pm - 8pm
Visible but Intangible:
a print exchange portfolio
Visible but Intangible explores the interplay between what we can see and what remains beyond the reach of our perception. Artists often find themselves grappling with ideas, emotions and phenomena that are not easily defined. Yet, these intangible elements shape our experiences and our understanding of the world. Through this collaborative portfolio, 38 members of Sydney Printmakers have approached this theme with diverse techniques and interpretations. Each bringing their own perspective to this idea.
Unique State: a contemporary
approach to printmedia
Unique State celebrates the freedom and innovation of contemporary printmaking. Moving beyond traditional editioning, Sydney Printmakers present singular uneditioned prints created as one-of-a-kind artworks through experimental techniques that resist replication. This exhibition highlights the dynamic possibilities of printmedia today, where process, spontaneity, and individuality are at the heart of each unique piece.
Who are Sydney Printmakers?
The group Sydney Printmakers was established in 1961 with an aim to promote printmaking in Australia and provide opportunities for members to exhibit prints on a regular basis. This objective articulated 64 years ago has guided the group ever since expanding to include regional, national and international exhibitions. Sydney Printmakers explore all traditional and contemporary forms of printmaking. A reputation for excellence in printmaking is a testament to the collective abilities of the members.
Altered Landscapes
Co-curated by Kathie Najar and Rhonda Pryor
Artists: Suzanne Davey, Charlotte Fetherston, Ariella Friend, Liron Gilmore, Jane Guthleben, Fiona Macpherson, Kathie Najar, Rhonda Pryor, Dionisia Salas
9 October to 1 November
Opening Event: Wed 15 October, 6pm-8pm
Co-curated by Kathie Najar and Rhonda Pryor, Altered Landscapes is a group exhibition that offers a unique look into the artistic process and the power of collaborative critique. Featuring nine artists and participants of the 2023 Bushwick South Salon Series, a professional peer review program, the exhibition presents a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the creative process, sharing not only final works, but also the sketches, missteps and moments of experimentation that shaped them.
Facilitated by Dr. Amber Boardman and Lisa Woolfe, the salon series built upon the impactful Sunday Salons that for over 30 years the influential Louise Bourgeois held every Sunday. Altered Landscapes explores how critique can empower intuition through shared conversations and candid reflections, unlocking new creative directions and reinforcing artistic autonomy.
As Dionisia Salas notes, the sessions helped her to “develop a firmer footing, trust in [her] work and a deeper understanding that intuition is a honed skill.” Altered Landscapes makes visible the invisible labour of dialogue, support and risk-taking that fuels creative growth. Accompanied by public programs and artist talks, this exhibition invites audiences into a community-led creative journey.
About the Curators
Kathie Najar
Kathie is an artist and curator living and working on Cammeraygal Land in Sydney, NSW. She holds a BFA and Masters of Arts Administration from UNSW.
For the past five years her focus has been on art making, research, and exhibiting. She has won art awards and residencies nationally and internationally for her hand painted tile, sculptural and watercolour artworks. She was selected to exhibit in Hazelhust Art on Paper Award in Gymea, Glamfest Residency and Laneway Festival in Broken Hill NSW, Hidden at Rookwood, and Eden Unearthed North Ryde. Most recently Kathie exhibited at SWELL Sculpture Festival, Currumbin Beach
Rhonda Pryor
Rhonda Pryor is a contemporary artist practicing across the disciplines of photography, textiles and painting. Her evocative, often highly personal work draws on memory, place and the senses, as a means of expressing an understanding of being human. Thoughts and feelings coalesce into works that seek to subtly reflect emotional responses to experience.
Pryor lives and works in Sydney and holds a Master of Fine Art degree from Sydney College of the Arts. She has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions, and been a finalist in awards and prizes nationally, most recently The Alice Prize and the Lane Cove Art Award. In 2014 she was the winner of the City of Ryde’s 2014 International Women’s Day Art Prize, and she has been awarded various grants and residencies over her career, including an Australia Council grant for a textile dyeing residency in Japan.
Maximilian Gosling, Meeting a Lunafripella, etching and lithograph, 28x38cm, 2024
Jenny Robinson, No Obvious Monuments, unique state,125x150cm, 2024
Dionisia Salas, Skin Thinned, 2024, oil on canvas, 102 x 102 cm
