Inkers - Responses
Responses was a retrospective exhibition by Inkers, who are a group of independent contemporary printmakers based in Yorkshire. Working together since 2000, Inkers' members pursue successful independent practices as exhibiting artists, educators & writers, and come together to collaborate, exhibit and share practice.
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A particular focus of their collaborative work involves working with museums and galleries, researching and responding to them and to their collections creatively through the medium of print. This exhibition brought together work from four collaborative projects undertaken between 2014 and 2023. The first two creative collaborations were with Bradford Museums and Galleries; at Bradford Industrial Museum (2014-15) and then Cliffe Castle (2016-17). In 2019-20 Inkers had an excursion to the Ropewalk Gallery in Barton-on-Humber and then, most recently, back to Bradford, for an Arts Council funded project working with the Bradford Textile Archive, at Bradford College in 2023.
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June Russell, spokesperson for the group says, "In our response work, we’ve been inspired to push the boundaries of printmaking; you’ll see woven prints, layered prints, 3D constructions, artist’s books and more, on a vast range of topics: landscapes, machines, mills, looms, ropes, working men and women, birds, bees, mummies …. all inspired by the museums, galleries and collections of our city, district and region.”
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June continues, “All of us are Fine Art Printmakers, and make work that is original in both concept and construction. Between us we use a wide range of printmaking techniques, both traditional and contemporary, often in combination, and sometimes embracing non-print techniques during development and experimentation. We have members who specialize in screen printing, collagraph, etching, drypoint, lino & relief printing, monoprint and monotype, photographic methods… and innovative mixtures of all of these."
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Dates:
22nd February to 15th March 2025
External Links:
Trapezium Gallery presents new exhibition 'Responses', 11th February 2025, Telegraph and Argus
Empty shops art group opens gallery in new home, 11th February 2025, BBC Website
Artists:
Cath Brooke
Shelley Burgoyne
Tony Carlton
Julia Clegg
Janine Denby
Ruth Fettis
Annie Fforde
Lucy Hainsworth
Emily Harvey
Paul Hudson
Sammy Palfrey
June Russell
Ian Wrench
Susan Wright