PARALLEL PRINTS: recent acquisitions

Parallel Prints 2015 NZ/Australia, which includes my linocut, Ideopsis gaura (Dainty paperwing) Woman (pictured above) was recently accepted into the permanent collections of Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston, Tasmania and Burnie Regional Art Gallery, Burnie, Tas.

Coordinated by Mark Graver, Tania Booth and James Pasakos, the portfolio was launched at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, Victoria, and Art at Wharepuke, Kerikeri, New Zealand in October, 2015.

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KEEP THE DATE!

Further to my last post, here is some key information about my 30 year printmaking retrospective at Tacit Contemporary Art, scheduled for 29 November - 17 December, 2017. The idea for the exhibition grew from PRINTS 1987 - 2016, the mini-survey show that has just finished its run at Tacit. Not surprisingly, next year's survey is still very much in the early planning stages. Next time around the show will span 4 gallery spaces, which will enable a far wider overview of my printmaking practice, including the artist books and zines that have become an increasingly significant part of it over the past several years.

PRINTS 1987 - 2016: An ending and a beginning

The end of my solo exhibition, PRINTS 1987 - 2016 at Tacit Contemporary Art on Sunday afternoon, October 2, also marked something of a beginning. During the lead-up to the show, the date of the earliest work alerted Tacit's ever-vigilant Keith Lawrence to the fact that 2017 will mark a Significant Anniversary of my printmaking practice. Accordingly, a far larger exhibition, which will include several Moth Woman Press publications, is planned and already locked in for late next year. Watch for MWP's next post, when further details will be provided.

Meanwhile, warmest gratitude to exhibition curator, TJ Bateson and Tacit director, Keith Lawrence for their unwavering enthusiasm and support before, during and after the recent show, to the many people who came during its run, and to those who took the time and trouble send me their written responses.

The following installation views of PRINTS 1987 - 2016 were taken by Tim Gresham. Click on individual images for a clearer view.