PRINT EXCHANGE 2022
Since its inception in 2015, the 9INHANDPRESS International Print Exchange has built on generations of printmakers and print artists in the democracy of printmaking as a means of putting more original artworks into more hands. To that end, the 9INHANDPRESS International Print Exchange has engaged nearly 600 printmakers in an international swap of some 8,880 pieces of printed art. Inviting student, novice, hobby, emerging and professional printmakers, this Exchange is the largest international print exchange not affiliated with an academic or art institution.
With print techniques spanning across the entirety of printing language – from relief and intaglio, screen print, lithography, letterpress, transfer processes…and many more—the Exchange showcases how artists work within the space of contemporary printmaking; each artist approaching the un-themed exchange from a perspective of sharing their work to a largely unknown audience.
Printmaking, for its many hundreds of years, has existed as a community that comes together around a press or in a printshop. Printshops have been a hub of sharing—not just space, but language, imagery, storytelling, technique and time—all of which is an invaluable part of printmaking. Shops and presses have existed as spaces for artists and printmakers to collaborate; for non-printmakers to dabble; for painters, sculptors, ceramicists, graphic designers and non-artists to meet with Master Printers, Collaborative Printers, and Teaching Printers to create print-based work. Any exchange is an extension of this hub of sharing and collaboration. The Exchange furthers the dialogue between and among printmakers. As the world still finds itself emerging from a global pandemic amid new -and renewed- local and global turmoil, how do printmakers create? What does our dialogue look like now?
The 2022 Exchange is the largest to date, with 174 artists participating from 28 states and 11 different countries; among them 40 past participants and 72 student entries. The prints featured are works of students as young as eighth grade, to prints made by makers many years their senior, each showcasing a unique approach to printmaking. The 9INHANDPRESS Annual International Print Exchange has built and strengthened connections across borders, language barriers and time, and will continue to provide printmakers the means to continue this dialogue for years to come.
With print techniques spanning across the entirety of printing language – from relief and intaglio, screen print, lithography, letterpress, transfer processes…and many more—the Exchange showcases how artists work within the space of contemporary printmaking; each artist approaching the un-themed exchange from a perspective of sharing their work to a largely unknown audience.
Printmaking, for its many hundreds of years, has existed as a community that comes together around a press or in a printshop. Printshops have been a hub of sharing—not just space, but language, imagery, storytelling, technique and time—all of which is an invaluable part of printmaking. Shops and presses have existed as spaces for artists and printmakers to collaborate; for non-printmakers to dabble; for painters, sculptors, ceramicists, graphic designers and non-artists to meet with Master Printers, Collaborative Printers, and Teaching Printers to create print-based work. Any exchange is an extension of this hub of sharing and collaboration. The Exchange furthers the dialogue between and among printmakers. As the world still finds itself emerging from a global pandemic amid new -and renewed- local and global turmoil, how do printmakers create? What does our dialogue look like now?
The 2022 Exchange is the largest to date, with 174 artists participating from 28 states and 11 different countries; among them 40 past participants and 72 student entries. The prints featured are works of students as young as eighth grade, to prints made by makers many years their senior, each showcasing a unique approach to printmaking. The 9INHANDPRESS Annual International Print Exchange has built and strengthened connections across borders, language barriers and time, and will continue to provide printmakers the means to continue this dialogue for years to come.
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Prints are listed alphabetically by artist's last name. Updates will continue to be made to this page throughout Summer 2022.
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Take a peek at last year's exchange prints here!