Northern Print Biennale - 26th June 2009 - 4th October 2009

• Home.
• About Biennale.
• Artists.
• Print City.
• Activities.
  
• Latest News.
• Planning Your Visit.
  
• Contact Us.
• Northern Print.

Print City Exhibitions

Northern Print | Passport to Print with Imi Maufe

Open your eyes to print around NewcastleGateshead by following Imi Maufe's specially commissioned map around 'Print City'. Download it from the website and use it to visit the main events, as well as finding hidden locations for print around the city. Some of the venues have a specially created rubber stamp that you can use to mark your map when you visit. Each one is a different symbol, so go ahead and collect them all! (Please note that now the Hatton Gallery's exhibition has finished, their stamp is available at Northern Print).

Imi's map will be printed as a limited edition screenprint and is available from Northern Print.

Download Imi's Map

Passport to Print, limited edition screenprint by Imi Maufe, 56 x 76 cm, £170; to purchase this, contact us

The Biscuit Factory | Printed

An exhibition celebrating contemporary printmaking.

Artists explore diverse subject matters and utilise a variety of techniques from silk screen to aquatint and monoprint on to ceramic. Exhibiting artists: Emiko Aida, Jane Bristowe, Joanne Campbell, Hester Cox, Veta Gorner, Gail Mason and Philomena Pretsell.

Artists talks 2nd July, 16th July, 13th August, please contact The Biscuit Factory for more information.

Shipley Art Gallery | A Century of Olympic Posters

This vibrant exhibition, on tour from the V&A Museum, London, will explore the representation of the Olympic Games through the intensely visual medium of the poster. Marking the Beijing Olympic Games of 2008 and the build-up to London 2012, exhibits will be drawn from the V&A's rich collections of posters and ephemera, including stunning recent acquisitions.

For more information and details of our programme of printmaking activities for families go to www.twmuseums.org.uk/shipley

Vane | Two exhibitions

'A room inside them'

An exhibition bringing together a diversity of artists' approaches to - and uses of - printmaking and its different techniques. Featured artists come from the UK, USA, Germany, and Denmark and include: Paul Becker, Claire Davies, Kerstin Drechsel, Jorn Ebner, Nadia Hebson, Andrew McDonald, Jock Mooney, Stephen Palmer, Josué Pellot, Morten Schelde, and Alison Unsworth.

'Kiss of a Lifetime'

Curated by Manchester-based artist and curator, Mike Chavez-Dawson, 'Kiss of a Lifetime' is a limited edition print exhibition featuring
the work of 100 artists, both internationally renowned and emerging, from the UK and
abroad. The exhibition examines what 'the kiss' signifies within contemporary culture - from the romantic to the lifesaving, from
the prosaic to the violent.

Waygood Art Boutique | Fresh Eyes

Three exhibitions of new work by four women artists who link space, public or private, architectural or domestic, with their personal practice.
Fresh Eyes is the final project at Waygood Art Boutique before it is included in the transformation into Waygood's spectacular new venue for contemporary visual art and artists.

An artist's discussion and a specially commissioned print will accompany each exhibition.

Laing Art Gallery | Thomas Bewick: Tale-Pieces

Free entry.

Byker Metro Station | Nexus commission

Nexus, which owns the Tyne and Wear Metro is taking print out of the gallery and into the city by launching this new commission prize.
As part of the 2009 Print Awards, Nexus will commission one artist from the Northern Print Biennale shortlist to produce a new 10 metre print for the art wall at Byker Metro Station. The winning artist will be announced on 3rd July.

Byker Metro is two stops from Monument station and 10 minutes walk from the Ouseburn Valley and Northern Print.

Gallagher and Turner | London Calling

In collaboration with Advanced Graphics London whose silkscreens we have exhibited for over a decade. Working for over forty years, the development of woodblocking techniques combined with heavily screenprinted layers have become a trademark of Advanced. Craigie Aitchison, Basil Beattie, Fred Cuming, Albert Irvin, Anita Klein and Ray Richardson show how diversely successful collaborative work with print technicians can be.

Designed and Made | Print & Architecture

The Designed & Made gallery are proud to present 'Print + Architecture'. The exhibition will reveal the creative process behind working with screen-printed architectural glass. Kathryn Hodgkinson will show glass samples and models from various large-scale projects. The work on display will include her most recent commissions for Newcastle city library and the RIBA award winning building in Sunniside.

Bridget Jones will exhibit some of the sketchbooks, prints and samples that are an integral part of her making process. This will include work from her large scale screen-printed glass commission for Saltwell Towers in Gateshead.

There will also be a range of new print based products for sale in the Designed & Made shop. The work featured will use print in various ways including Kathryn Hodgkinson's range of transfer printed china.

Great Hall in Discovery Museum | Julian Meredith

Discovery Museum's Great Hall will be taken over by print this summer as artist Julian Meredith invites visitors to help create a large-scale artwork. A shoal of printed fish will grow throughout the summer, reflecting the River Tyne and fishing industries of the region. The artist will also create a large image of a Blue Whale printed onto elm wood, and visitors can watch the entire printing process.

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art | Seripop

Seripop are two Canadian artists driven by an underground music scene. They create posters and artwork for their own band AIDS Wolf and other musicians, who experiment with surrealist and psychedelic imagery. They are some of the most well-known and influential artists and illustrators working in this scene.

On the evening of Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August BALTIC's performance space will be transformed by Seripop into an installation of screen prints, creating a unique environment for two performance nights featuring ten bands including Les Cox (sportifs) and Hamborghinni. The installation will be open to visitors to BALTIC on Saturday and Sunday.

Tickets for both nights available from BALTIC shop or www.wegottickets.com

Buy Tickets

Screenprinting Workshop

There will be a basic screen printing workshop held at Northern Print on Monday 3rd August 2009 from 10am - 4pm.

Price is £10 per person and it is suitable for age 16+

Artist Talk

Seripop will present a free talk at BALTIC on Tuesday 4 August 2009 from 6.15pm.

Pre-booking is essential for both events.

Please call BALTIC on 0191 478 1810 or e-mail events@balticmill.com to reserve places. www.balticmill.com/seripop

Pre-book your place now

Newcastle University | Print 09 Symposium

The symposium will be focused on a number of discussions by groups of professionals involved in different aspects of contemporary printmaking. These discussions will highlight the education of printmakers, artists working with editioning studios and open access workshops and the building of collections centered on contemporary printmaking.
Booking essential.

Book your place now

Mushroom Works | PRINT

PRINT brings together two exciting new shows by regional artists and print makers.

The main exhibition showcases printers’ proofs of collaborative projects by Lee Turner whilst holding the position of senior printer at Tamarind Institute and also publications from his own workshop, Hole Editions.

Artists featured include Jonathan Lasker, Julia Jacquette, Ruth Root, Ellen Birkenblit, Larry Brown, Jock Mooney, Alex Charrington, Jaune Quick-To-See Smith, John Morris and Mark Dion .

The second part of the exhibition features prints by artists who have been inspired by or incorporate unusual images of the North East within their work.

Artist credits:

Laing Art Gallery, Photographer: Keith Pattison, Thomas Bewick Tail-piece for the Long-legged Plover
Julian Meredith
Baltic, Seripop
Vane, Artist: Jorn Ebner (top image) Title: Cityscape 009. Artist: David Shrigley (bottom image) Title: 6 X’s
Shipley Art Gallery, Official poster for London Olympic Games, 1948. Walter Herz © Courtesy IOC /
Victoria and Albert Museum
Waygood Art Boutique, Maria Helena Magalhàes – Public/Private complexities. Installation detail
Gallagher and Turner, Anita Klein – The Red Shoes
Designed & Made, Kathryn Hodgkinson – detail
Biscuit Factory, Veta Gorner – Dark Waters
Front cover image: Artist: Katherine Jones, The Propagation of Sound
Welcome to Print City images: Elizabeth Klimek – Solid V, Ian Davenport – Etched Lines: Thirty Five,
Emma Stibborn – Abandoned Whaling Station Deception Island, Rachel Gross – Reign
Photographers; Dan Brady, Keith Pattison and Adam Lawrenson

• Find us on Facebook
• Find us on Twitter
• Find us on Flickr