New Australian Printmaking

Featuring groundbreaking prints by Megan Cope, Shaun Gladwell, Tim Maguire and Patricia Piccinini, New Australian Printmaking launches the work created by these artists during the Australian Print Workshop Artist Fellowship program.

Established by the Australian Print Workshop (APW), this major fellowship program is the most significant of its kind in Australia and was awarded annually between 2017 and 2021. The Fellowship enabled these leading Australian artists to research, develop and create a new body of work in the print medium.

The exhibition presents 68 prints, which have been co-commissioned by the NGV and APW, and is the first to feature all works produced over the last four years. The Fellowship offered these four artists, renowned for their work in other mediums, the opportunity to expand their practice into new territory and to collaborate with APW’s master printers. The exhibition also provides audiences with a fascinating insight into the collaborative process of making prints through supplementary material, including printing plates, proofs and filmed documentary footage of the artists and printers in the studio.

This exhibition has been organised by the National Gallery of Victoria and the Australian Print Workshop.

The Australian Print Workshop Artist Fellowship Program was generously assisted by: a Bequest from the Estate of Beverley Shelton and her late husband Martin Schönthal; the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body; the National Gallery of Victoria; and The Ursula Hoff Institute.