Celebrating 16 years of uniting international printmakers!

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Exchange #16

The International Print Exchange is an unjuried print exchange with no assigned theme, open to all, that celebrates fine art printmaking.

The deadline for the IPE 2024 has now passed, but if you are interested in learning more and taking part next year, please register below!

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
19 Oct - 15 Nov 2024

Launch
Sat 19 Oct (11am - 5pm)

Open
11am - 3pm
Closed Tues

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

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"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