Touring exhibitions available to hire
in 2008 and onwards

Edinburgh Printmakers’ international exhibition touring programme contains a broad portfolio of exhibition packages of prints by emerging and established from Scotland and beyond commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers.

For availability of any of these exhibitions, please email gallery@edinburgh-printmakers.co.uk.

List of Exhibitions

Calum Colvin and Tom Leonard
Fragments

John Bellany and George Bruce
Woman of the North Sea

Alan Davie
New Suite of Etchings

INTERACTIONS
A portfolio of lithographs by twelve artists

New Commissions from Edinburgh Printmakers

40 Years of Original Prints from
Edinburgh Printmakers 1967 to 2007 

Inkubator II

An exhibition of a unique collaboration between artist Calum Colvin and writer Tom Leonard.

This portfolio of five large-scale etchings and complimentary screen printed texts is an extension of the Ossian series created by Colvin and further explores issues of nationalism and identity.

Leonard's words are responses to each of the Colvin images and employ bold composition, typography and use of colour to create powerful visual as well as literary statement.

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Hire Fee £200 per week

Size The portfolio holds ten images - 68 x 84 cm paper size

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Includes 25% commission given on prints sold, transportation is covered one-way and all works are framed.

Optional Artist’s Talk £100 plus travel expenses; artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.

An exhibition of a unique collaboration between artist John Bellany and writer George Bruce. Both born in the Scottish fishing village of Port Seton. These works explore the mysteries and mythologies of the East coast of Scotland.

Bellany and Bruce worked side by side – the bold draughtsmanship of the artist inspiring the texts. These texts in turn inspiring the artist to revisit and rework each print.

This portfolio of 6 etchings accompanied by 6 poems was published by Edinburgh Printmakers in a limited edition of 50 numbered folios, signed by John Bellany and George Bruce.

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Hire Fee £200 per week

Size The portfolio holds twelve images - 68 x 55.5 cm paper size

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Includes 25% commission given on prints sold, transportation is covered one-way and all works are framed.

Optional Artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.

Alan Davie New Suite of Etchings

This new series of etchings was commissioned and published by Edinburgh printmakers in signed limited editions of 12 prints.

These single plate copper etchings utilise the techniques of chine colle on Japanese paper or background colours carefully applied with a roller to convey the aesthetic and dynamic of Davie’s Japanese brush drawings, there is a subtle colour change with each print in the series.

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Hire Fee £200 per week

Size 12 images. 1-6 prints 57 x 67cm, paper size and 7-12 50 x 65cm, paper size

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Includes 25% commission given on prints sold, transportation is covered one-way, all works are framed, also includes 120 brochures.

Optional Artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.

INTERACTIONS - A portfolio of lithographs by twelve artists

This exhibition consists of 12 folio prints published by Edinburgh Printmakers, a stunning collection of diverse ideas and techniques, fully exploring the contemporary application of lithography in its purist form - a great exhibition for the un-initiated, an ideal educational tool.

List of artists
Jill Bennet, Anne Bevan, Alastair Clark, Robert Crozier, Kate Downie, David Faithfull, Hendrik Jonas, Brent Miller, Nicola Murray, Gayle Robinson, David Shearer and Gill Tyson

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Hire Fee £100 per week

Size 12 images - 38 x 57 cm paper size

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Includes 25% commission given on prints sold, transportation is covered one-way, all works are framed and copies of an educational CD-Rom for sale.

Optional Artist’s Talk £100 plus travel expenses; artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.

New Commissions from
Edinburgh Printmakers

This exhibition of prints by some of Scotland’s leading contemporary artists were commissioned and published by Edinburgh Printmakers and printed on-site in our studio.

List of artists
Gordon Robin Brown, Jessica Harrison, Kenny Hunter, Jane Hyslop, Chad McCail, Ellen Munroe, Toby Paterson, Andrew Restall and David Shrigley.

We invite artists into the studio to collaborate with our master printers on the production of limited edition prints in the areas of etching, lithography, screenprinting, relief and digital printmaking. We work with existing printmakers and also artists who have never worked in this medium and provide technical assistance and creative input to help them realise ideas or concepts.

The artworks created by the artist and facilitated by the master printer are original prints: not a reproduction of an existing artwork. A limited number of prints are printed by the master printer as an edition, and on completion the edition is split between the artist and Edinburgh Printmakers.

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Hire Fee £200 per week

Size 13 pieces, smallest paper size 28 x 32cm to largest 100 x 70cm

Available Contact gallery for availability

Includes 25% commission given on prints sold, transportation is covered one-way, all works are framed.

Optional Artist’s Talk £100 plus travel expenses; artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.

40 Years of Original Prints from Edinburgh Printmakers 1967 to 2007

An exhibition celebrating 40 years at Edinburgh Printmakers, this exhibition features groundbreaking works artists John Bellany, Peter Howson and William Johnstone and works by well established artists such as Barbara Rae, Calum Colvin and Moyna Flannigan, this exhibition is a celebration of the role of Edinburgh Printmakers, working at the pinnacle of excellence in contemporary printmaking in Scotland.

To accompany this exhibition is a film and book that are available for purchase:

Edinburgh Printmakers,
40 Years of Original Prints

Celebrating 40 years of publishing history at Edinburgh Printmakers, this is a stunning document of contemporary prints brought together for the first time in one publication. With written contributions from Daniel Herrmann, Duncan Macmillan and John Calcutt.

Edinburgh Printmakers, 40 Years On…

Edinburgh Printmakers has been established as an open-access printmaking studio and galleries for 40 years. In that time the organisation has built a reputation for supporting artists to make prints, for holding exciting exhibitions and for developing and teaching innovative printmaking processes. This documentary film, produced by Sarah Price, Director of Edinburgh Printmakers, looks at how it all began, gives an overview of how the organisation has developed and what it offers today to a diverse community of artists and visitors.

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Hire Fee £200 per week

Size Edinburgh Printmakers will work with you to select works to fit your space.

Available Contact gallery for availability

Includes 25% commission given on prints sold, transportation is covered one-way, all works are framed. Book and film available on sale or return for sale during the exhibition.

Optional Artist’s Talk £100 plus travel expenses; artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.

Inkubator II

Inkubator II is a unique touring exhibition, which supports a range of national and international artists, bookmakers and printmakers who realise their work in the form of artist books and multiples. The nature of the exhibition as an installation allows for an interactive and engaging experience for the audience.

The show consists of four themed areas, which are flexibility enough to exploit a variety of spaces and do not necessarily have to be shown in one area as a unit. Two of the themed areas will feature work by artist and curator David Faithfull and Nicola Murray, Frans Baake, Imi Maute, Otto Dettmer, Wiebke Loeper, Lyndsey Mann, Miranda Schofield and a further fifty artists. The remaining areas will continuously evolve and develop with each geographical location. The selected emerging artists, residing in the venue’s locale, will work in collaboration with David Faithfull to realise their work in the form of printmaking and/or installation works which will be included as a featured space in the final exhibition.

This exhibition features framed prints, hand printed wallpaper, podcasts, multiples, library and hand printed installation works.

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Hire fee Fee which will be specific to your gallery space interior, please contact Edinburgh Printmakers for details.

Size The curator will work with you to develop the exhibition to suit your venue.

Available Contact gallery for availability.

Includes 25% commission given on works sold; transportation covered one way; all works are that have to be framed, come framed; David Faithfull will collaborate with artists from your area to create works for inclusion in the show.

Optional Artist’s talk £100 plus travel expenses; artist led practical session £100 per half day, £200 full day plus travel expenses; exhibition talk/tour £50 plus travel expenses.