28th Annual International Small Print Exhibition

The Gallery at Chicago Printmakers Collaborative is pleased to present

28th Annual International Small Print Exhibition
1 December  2017 to 27 January 2018

Preview Friday 1 December from 12 to 8pm
Grand Opening Party Saturday and Sunday 2 and 3 December from 11 to 7pm


Artists include: Grazvyda Andrijauskaite (Lithuania), Hiroshi Ariyama, Colleen Aufderheide, Michael Barnes, Victoria Marie Barquin, John Bergmeier, Alexandra Blom, Matt Bodett, George Bodmer, Eric Bremer, Margaret Buchen, Corinna Button (UK), Nit Chaingeawkham (Thailand), Jill Chittenden, Jeanine Coupe-Ryding, Nicole Del Rio, Glenn Doherty, David Driesbach, Bryan Gallardo (Mexico), Christine Gendre-Bergere (France), Karinna Gomez, Dan Grzeca, Susan Hall, Anna Hasseltine, Susannah Hera, Megan Hinds, Eric Hoffman, Mirka Hokkanen, Janet Imerman, Teresa James, Eric Johnson, Raeleen Kao, Ryan Kapp, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr., Scott Kiefer, Sohee Kim (Korea), Damon Kowarsky (Australia), Jill Kramer, Ammarin Kuntawong (Thailand), Deborah Maris Lader, Kim Laurel, Carrie Lingscheit, Bart Longacre, Dan MacAdam, Amornthep Mahamaet (Thailand), Brenda Malkinson (Canada), Michelle McCoy, Bert Menco, Maria Mungai, Novak Nastasic, Jillian Nickell, Ali Norman, Duffy O'Connor, Dennis O’Malley, Mary O'Shaughnessy, Painted Tongue Press, Sage Perrott, Kathryn Polk, Jaco Putker (Netherlands), Debra Riffe, Artemio Rodriguez (Mexico), Jay Ryan, Justin Santora, Bob Scheffler, Jeff Sippel, Yuttana Sittikat (Thailand), Sarah Smelser, Starshaped Press, Megan Sterling, Jerawit Surtsit (Thailand), Kitikong Tilokwattanotai (Thailand), Kouki Tsuritani (Japan), Melody Vaughan, Nicola Villa (Italy), Sudtipong Vongsorn (Thailand), Carl Voss, Scott Westgard, Cleo Wilkinson (Australia), Catherine Winings, and Nele Zirnite (Latvia).

Chicago Printmakers Collaborative
4912 N. Western
Chicago, IL 60625

'All Aboard' at Solander Gallery Wellington

 

Please join the Solander team for their last exhibition for 2017

ALL ABOARD
a festive cash and carry group exhibition

Wednesday 29 November 5 to 7pm
Exhibition continues until 23 December

Featuring Basia Smolnicki - Belinda Griffiths - Ben Reid - Catherine Macdonald - Damon Kowarsky - Denise Copland - Dick Frizzell - Duncan Pepe Long - FLOX - Inge Doesburg - Jacqui Colley - Jacqueline Aust - Jo Ogier - John Pusateri - Jonathan Brough - Kyoko Imazu - Lynn Taylor - Margaret Elliot - Marci Tackett - Margaret Silverwood - Matt Palmer - Michele Bryant - Milarky - Richard Adams - Rona Green - Sam Broad - Simon Kaan and Sheyne Tuffery

Solander Works on Paper
218c Willis St
Te Aro, Wellington
New Zealand

Small Works 17 at Tussock Upstairs

You are invited to the opening of 'Small Works' an exhibition of nationally and internationally renowned Australian artists.

Saturday 4 November 3 to 5pm
Exhibition Dates November 4 to December 3
Weekends including Fridays and Mondays

This is a great opportunity to see diverse works by thirteen well-known artists. The exhibition includes work by painters and printmakers including Thornton Walker, Martin King, Ros Atkins, Jim Pavlidis, Graeme Drendel, Sonja Hodge, Terry Denton, Erica Wagner, Libby Letcher, Janet Goldman, Damon Kowarsky, Rod Gray and Anne Spudvilas.

There will also be a book launch and signing for Swan Lake, a fully illustrated re-imagining of the classic ballet story, retold in drawings and monoprints by Anne Spudvilas and published by Allen & Unwin.

Point Lonsdale and Queenscliff have become a destination for art lovers. Tussock Upstairs is participating in the Melbourne Cup weekend Bellarine Arts Trail 2017. Brochures and information are available from the gallery.

For more information or to preview works prior to opening
Contact:  gallery@tussockupstairs.com.au
Phone:  0418 392 485

Artists' Talks at Lucknow College of Art

'Namaste' at Kala Srot Lucknow

Chill Print Trade II

The Chill Print Trade II print exchange coordinated by Daniel Chiaccio will be on display at Zea Mays Printmaking until the end of October. Hope you can make it along.

Zea Mays Printmaking

320 Riverside Drive
Florence, MA 01062

+ 1 413 584 1783

Art4All at Fairfield Primary School

Fairfield Primary School is pleased to present

Art4All 2017

8 to 10 September 2017

Fairfield Primary School
5 Langridge Street
Fairfield VIC 3078

Installation at Aesop Newtown

Installation at Aesop Newtown, 134A King Street, Newtown.

Thank you to Adam and all the staff for your help.

Installation at Aesop Head Office Collingwood

Installation at Aesop Head Office, Oxford Street Collingwood. Thank you to Jen Smyth and Angela Sistanis for all your help. You can see more collaborative projects with Aesop online here.

'Dark Contrasts' in the Stonnington Leader

From the Stonnington Leader 25 July 2017

SmartArts on RRR

Paul Compton and I were recently interviewed on RRR SmartArts about Dark Contrasts at Town Hall Gallery Hawthorn.

You can listen to the interview here

'The Forest' at Printmaker Gallery

Printmaker Gallery is proud to present

The Forest
Thursday 13 July 6 to 8pm

Opening night features a short presentation by Greg Foyster, Communications Manager for Environment Victoria. Greg is a widely published journalist and an alumnus of the Centre for Sustainability Leadership.

Artists include Anna Curtis, Angela Coombs Matthews, Christine Lawry, Callum Jackson, Di Colk, Damon Kowarsky, Elizabeth Banfield, Georgia Thorpe, Gwen Scott, Hyun Ju Kim, Jeff Gardner, Jennifer Rogers, Jessica Irvin, Jessica Parker, Julie Mia Holmes, Juliet Wilson, Justin McShane, Kareen Anchen, Kasia Fabijańska, Kati Thamo, Kevin Foley, Kyla Cresswell, Kylie Blackley, Marisa Corral, Mark Graver, Mark Rowden, Pamela Griffith, Priscilla Ambrosini, Rachel Moodie, Robyn Rayner, Rosemary Eagle, Suzanne Hutton, Tanja Riese,  and Tony Ameneiro.

PG Printmaker Gallery
227 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy VIC 3065

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'Dark Contrasts' at Town Hall Gallery

Town Hall Gallery warmly invites you to celebrate the launch of

Dark Contrasts
Saturday 8 July 2 to 4pm

Featuring artists: Paul Compton, Kate Derum, Mathew Greentree, Damon Kowarsky,  David Rosetzky,  Jacqui Stockdale, and Irene Wellm.

Dark Contrasts explores the principles of collage in new and exciting ways. From artists who collaboratively ‘collage’ their work to others who use collage as a form of image making for other works – Dark Contrasts shows a breadth of where collage can go.

Visitors will see textiles, photography and printmaking along with more traditional forms of cut and paste paper collage. An often overlooked creative practice, this exhibition will celebrate the ways artists are using collage now.

RSVP acceptances to townhallgallery@boroondara.vic.gov.au before 1 July.

Walk and Talk

Join us for a free tour of Dark Contrasts. Led by the curatorial team, these tours are a fantastic way to hear from the artists and gain a deeper understanding of the exhibition.

Saturday 8 July 1 to 2pm
Book here

Town Hall Gallery
360 Burwood Road
Hawthorn VIC 3122

Tuesday to Friday 10 to 5pm
Saturday and Sunday 11 to 4pm

'Les Contemplations' at Odd One Out Gallery

ODD ONE OUT is pleased to present

Les Contemplations
Prints and drawings inspired by France

Starting as sketches while undertaking a residency in the historical French village of Léhon as part of a 2016 Maryland Institute College of Art Alfred and Trafford Klots International Program for Artists, Les Contemplations was inspired by long walks through the countryside, thinking about nature and forgotten structures.

Printed in Australia and at Guanlan Original Printmaking Base in China, Damon’s latest exhibition further demonstrates his versatility while still being able to maintain his very distinct style.

This is his second solo exhibition at ODD ONE OUT, and ODD ONE OUT are excited to be hosting this exhibition.

Exhibition opens Friday 30 June from 7 to 9 pm with the artist in attendance. Hope to see you there!

ODD ONE OUT
G/F 14 St Francis Street
Wan Chai
Hong Kong
+852 2529 3955

Gallery hours Tuesday to Saturday 12 to 730 pm
Sunday and Bank Holiday 12 to 7 pm
For more information click here

On Sunday 2 July, Damon, Tin Wong, and Violet Shum will be hosting a collaborative drawing workshop at JCCAC  L7 Studio Fontaine from 1pm to 3pm. Click here for further details or to reserve a place.

'Crossing Borders' at Siddharta Art Gallery Nepal

 
Siddhartha Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to

CROSSING BORDERS

an exhibition featuring works by Hyun Ju Kim, South Korea, 
and printmakers from Australia, Nepal, and Pakistan

Exhibition will be inaugurated by
H.E. Park Young-Sik, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea
Sunday 28 May 2017 at 530 pm

Artists include: Aamir Habib, Abdul Jabbar Gull, Ang Tsherin Sherpa, Anita Bhattarai, Ayesha Naveed, Aziza Ahmed, Basta Gopal Vaidya, Bidhata KC, Damon Kowarsky, Emaan Mahmud, Farrukh Shahab, Indra Khatri, Kabi Ral Lama, Krishna Maya Suwal, Krishna Rout, Laxmi Prasad Khoteja, Manoj Shakya, Mathew Greentree, Meher Afroze, Moeen Faruqi, Muzzumil Ruheel, Naila Mahmood, Natasha Malik, Noreen Ali, Nurayah Sheikh, Prithivi Shrestha, Rabia Ali, Ragini Upadhya Grela, Rajaman Karmacharya, Ritu Thapa, Roohi Ahmed, Sara Mahmood, Saurganga Darshandhari, Dr. Seema Sharma Shah, Seher Naveed, Shankar Raj Singh Suwal, Shankar Son Shrestha, Sudarshan Rana, Surendra Maharjan, Sushma Shakya, Tikka Dutta Dahal, Uma Shanker Shah, Umesh Shah, and Zara Asghar.

Exhibition continues until 18 June 2017

Siddhartha Art Gallery, Baber Mahal Revisited

*Siddhartha Art Gallery will donate 40% of sale proceeds to the efforts of Kathmandu Triennale

Odd One Out at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong

Odd One Out at Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong!
 
18 to 21 May, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai

ODD ONE OUT are back for the Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong. See them at stand G08 from Thursday till Sunday with a selection of ODD ONE OUT's finest prints, including special new print releases from Andy Rementer, Damon Kowarsky x Mathew Greentree, Katharine LiBretto, Asahi Mio, Kyoko Imazu, Onion Peterman, Angee Chan, Justin Larkin, and 30 selected original artworks from Little Thunder's "The Blister Exists"!

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'Literary' at QGW

 

Queenscliff Gallery & Workshop is pleased to present the

Queenscliffe Literary Festival Exhibition & Great Authors Print Exchange

May 3 to June 12 (closed Tuesdays)

Print exchange artists: Riste Andrievski, Janine Bailey, Elizabeth Banfield, T J Bateson, Violeta Capovska, Leonie Connellan, Ann Cunningham, Helen Kocis Edwards, Sue Ernst, Amanda Firenze, Pauline Fraser, Julie Mia Holmes, Shirley Hurley, Anita Laurence, Marion Manifold, Soula Mantalvanos, Julia Newson, Tibor Jiri Novak, Leonie Oakes, Catherine Pilgrim, Andrea Radley, Bronwyn Rees, John Ryrie, Lisa Sewards, Lucinda Tanner, Kim Tarpey, Stephen Tester, Julia Wakefield, Andrew Weatherill, Sophie Westerman, Tin Wong, and Keren Zorn

Additional works by: Angela Cavalieri, Jazmina Cininas, Paul Compton, Philip Davey, Sai-Wai Foo, David Frazer, Damon Kowarsky, Deborah Klein, George Matoulas, Adam Nudelman, Jim Pavlidis, Spook, and Susan Wald

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Queenscliff Gallery and Workshop
81 Hesse Street
Queenscliff VIC 3225

'Drink' at Wishart Gallery Port Fairy

Wishart Gallery warmly invites you to attend the opening of

Drink
Saturday 15 April from 6pm

Drink presents a collection of antique drinking vessels and implements (from as far back as the 17th Century) together with responses by fourteen prominent Australian artists. The consumption of liquid, in all its guises, has served many functions across cultures. From rituals and ceremonies to the restorative powers of tea and coffee, from forcing down medicine to enjoying a beverage with friends, drinking is far more than a mere mechanism of survival.

Artists include Robert J Williams, Carmel Wallace, Glenn Morgan, Katherine Hattam, Heather Shimmen, Jazmina Cininas, Harley Manifold, Geoffrey Ricardo, Glenistair Hancock, Kyoko Imazu, Damon Kowarsky, David Frazer, Madeleine Peters, and Vic Irving

Exhibition continues 13 April to 14 May

Wishart Gallery
19 Sackville Street
Port Fairy, Vic 3284
Australia

Exhibition at Twelve Gates Arts Philadelphia

Twelve Gates Arts is pleased to presents two sets of recent collaborative prints between three Australian artists: Mathew Greentree and Kathy Heyward with Damon Kowarsky.

New Collaborations in Printmaking

Opening reception Thursday 6 April from 630 to 830
First Friday Open House and Art Walk Friday 7 April from 5 to 9

Twelve Gates Arts
106 North 2nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19106

Gallery hours Wednesday to Saturday 11 to 5 and by appointment
Exhibition continues until 29 April 2017

For more information please click here

Fine Print and Returning a Stranger

IVS Gallery and VASL Artist's Collective are pleased to invite you to two exhibitions

Fine Print - Etching and Aquatint
Returning a Stranger by Ester Svensson-Ali

Friday 17 March from 5 to 8 pm

IVS Gallery, Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture, Karachi

Exhibition continues until 24 March

Fine Print - Etching and Aquatint includes prints by 20 artists coming from multi-disciplinary backgrounds. These works culminated from a two week workshop conducted by international printmakers Damon Kowarsky and Hyunju Kim.

Participating Artists: Aamir Habib, Abdul Jabbar Gull, Ayesha Naveed, Aziza Ahmad, Damon Kowarsky, Emaan Mahmud, Farrukh Shahab, Hyun Ju Kim, Meher Afroz, Moeen Faruqi, Muzzumil Ruheel, Naila Mahmood, Natasha Malik, Noreen Ali, Nurayah
Sheikh, Rabia Ali, Roohi Ahmed, Sara Mahmood, Seher Naveed, and Zara Asghar

Damon Kowarsky holds a BFA from the Victoria College of Arts and has participated in extensive artist residencies from Cairo, Oman, France and Pakistan. He is the recipient of the 2015 Mitchell Cox Residency Portland Bay Press and has taught Printmaking at the Beacon House National University and the National College of Art in Lahore, Pakistan.

Hyun Ju Kim studied at Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan, India and Dankook University, Korea. She has exhibited widely and has undertaken several residencies internationally. Hyun Ju Kim has taught at Lalit Kala Academy, Bhubaneswar, India, taken part in a Serigraphy Workshop at the Government College of Art and Craft, Kolkota and taught lithography at National College of Art, Lahore.

Returning a Stranger includes work made by resident artist Ester Svensson-Ali. For 2017 Gasworks has selected ceramic artist Ester for the VASL Fellowship as part of the Gasworks International Fellowship Programme.

Ester Svensson Ali is a ceramic artist, creating small-scale figurative sculptures and installations. Before developing an interest in ceramics, she studied illustration, and narratives and drawing continue to play a significant role in her practice.

In 1980, Svensson Ali’s parents moved from Sweden to Pakistan to work as missionaries. She was born a year later in Qalandarabad. Her childhood was split between the two countries. She has continued to travel and live in different places as an adult, and is currently based in London with her husband and young daughter.

This background has led her to take personal experiences as a starting point in her work, going on to deal with more universal aspects of the human condition such as home, travel and migration, identity and belonging, freedom and restlessness. The small scale and fine detail of the work invites the viewer to come close, to be drawn in and to engage with these themes.

Exhibition - Across the Land and the Water

ArtChowk Karachi is pleased to present

Across the Land and the Water
Prints and collaborations by Damon Kowarsky and Mathew Greentree

Opening reception 9 March from 5 to 8 pm
Exhibition continues until 23 March 2017

ArtChowk Gallery
Suite # 102, 1st floor Clifton Centre
Schon Circle, Clifton, Karachi, Pakistan

+ 92 21 35300481
+ 92 21 35300482
info@artchowk.com

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Editions [Redux]

Tacit Contemporary Art is pleased to present

Editions [Redux]
A group printmaking show

Artists include Peter Brown, Janet Goldman, Jodi Heffernan, Kate Hudson, Clare Humphries, Lana de Jager, Marita Kelly, Hyun-Ju Kim, Damon Kowarsky, Marte Newcombe, James Pasakos, Gwen Scott, Lisa Sewards, Jennifer Smyth and Joel Wolter.

1 to 12 March 2017

Opening Wednesday 1 March from 630 to 8pm

Tacit Contemporary Art
312 Johnston St
Abbotsford VIC 3067

'Come to Witness' at Taseer Art Gallery

Taseer Art Gallery is pleased to invite you to

Come to Witness
Recent prints by Damon Kowarsky and collaborations by Damon Kowarsky and Mathew Greentree

Official opening Monday 27 February from 5 to 730 pm

Exhibition continues until 10 March

Taseer Art Gallery
Arif Jan Road
Cantonment, Lahore

For a link to the Facebook event see here

Artists' Talks at Kala Srot Gallery Lucknow

Hyunju Kim and Damon Kowarsky will present artists' talks on Saturday 11 February at Kala Srot Gallery Lucknow from 330 to 5 pm. Thank you Anurag and Mansi Didwania for the invitation to talk in your gallery, and Sanjeev Gautam for helping organise the event. Please come along if you are in the area!

Kala Srot Gallery
A-1/9B near Post Office
Aliganj, Lucknow

Editions 2017

Tacit Contemporary Art is pleased to present

Editions 2017

Opening Wednesday 8 February 2017

Artists include Elizabeth Banfield, T J Bateson, Louise Blyton, Peter Brown, Craig Daniels, Kevin Foley, Peter Garnick, Janet Goldman, Jackie Gorring, Carolyn Hawkins, Jodi Heffernan, Kate Hudson, Clare Humphries, Hyun Ju Kim, Kyoko Imazu, Lana de Jager, Shane Jones, Myra Kaufman, Marita Kelly, Michele Kershaw, Deborah Klein, Damon Kowarsky, Marion Manifold, Jane Marriott, Marie Mason, Malini Maunsell, Paula McLoughlin, Karen Neal, Marte Newcombe, Sharron Okines, Helen Oliver-Skuse, Diana Orinda Burns, James Pasakos, Catherine Pilgrim, Stephanie Jane Rampton, Libby Schreiber, Gwen Scott, Lisa Sewards, Beata Slifierz, Jennifer Smyth, Jan Stickland, Anne-Maree Taylor, Steven Tester, Yvonne Torrico and Joel Wolter.

A total of 45 Victorian printmakers with more than 150 works

Tacit Contemporary Art
312 Johnston St
Abbotsford, Vic 3067

Wednesday to Friday 11 to 6
Saturday and Sunday 11 to 5

Q&A in IMPRINT Magazine

 

Read the article by Megan Hanrahan online here

Exposed at The Laird

 

The Laird is pleased to present

Exposed
Damon Kowarsky and Scott Thomas

Open Day Saturday 14 January 2 to 6pm. Gender inclusive. 18+ only

Exhibition continues  until 3 February. Normal bar hours. Men only*

Men on Men Art Competition 2016 winners Damon Kowarsky and Scott Thomas expose themselves (or their art anyway) as part of Midsumma 2017.

Grand Prize winner Damon had his winning image feature in Melbourne Community Voice and scored a $500 Deans Art voucher. Scott Thomas took out the 2016 People’s Choice Award and a $100 Deans Art Voucher.

The exhibition runs over the course of Midsumma, Victoria's premier gay and lesbian arts and culture festival. Exposed kicks off with the always-popular gender-inclusive open day where the community is invited to come and check it all out.

The Laird
149 Gipps Street, Abbotsford

Proudly supported by Midsumma and MCV

*Men only VCAT exemption VCAT H18/2018