Celebrating 17 years of uniting international printmakers!

EXCHANGE #17

The International Print Exchange is an unjuried print exchange with no assigned theme, open to all, that celebrates fine art printmaking. We invite printmakers to submit towards our 17th exchange before 31st August to take part!

Call for submissions out now!

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Guidelines

Paper Size: 14cm x 14cm

Max Print Size: 10cm x 10cm

Edition Size: Ten (10)

Fee: £35 GBP

Deadline: Sun 31 August 2025

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Part of a Group?

Are you part of a group of printmakers that would like to take part in the exchange together?

Register your group with us so we can make sure you don't receive each other's prints in your exchange parcels, and nominate a communal postal address to receive your parcels back to.

How to take part

  1. Register your interest by signing up to our mailing list and follow us on instagram
  2. Complete your print edition by following our submission guidelines
  3. Fill in a submission form online
  4. Make payment of the submission fee
  5. Post your edition to us by 31st August 2025

Exhibition

The International Print Exchange exhibition is a unique opportunity to see work from printmakers all around the world, to explore various printmaking methodologies and practices and to purchase original quality prints at an affordable price.

Showing
Oct - Nov 2025

Open
11am - 3pm
Closed Tues

Location
Green Door Printmaking Studio
Banks Mill Studios
, 71 Bridge St
Derby, Derbyshire,  DE1 3LB

IPE 2016 Exhibition 3

"Exchanges are what printmaking is all about. Printmaking allows artists to create multiples, to print as many works as they wish or need. Prints are easy to pack and send. No other artform is as suited for exchanges as printmaking. I find group projects enriching; I discover the work of other artists and I get to see and own prints I would not have otherwise."

- Julianna Joos
Canada

How it Works

Each participating printmaker creates and submits a limited edition of ten prints specifically for the International Print Exchange. These prints are created using a recognised fine art printmaking technique with archival materials. Of the ten prints submitted, Green Door Printmaking Studio keeps two; the first for our archive and exhibition; the second for sale to fund future exchange projects (in return, if sold, this printmaker will receive free entry to the following year's exchange).

The remaining prints are randomised and sorted, and each printmaker receives eight random prints in return from all printmakers all over the world.

"I try to participate in the International Print Exchange every year. I have taken part in other exchanges but none are as well organised as Green Door's. I especially enjoy the little booklet showing all the prints that each contributor receives in the beautifully presented package."

-Myrtle Clark Bremer
United Kingdom