Preserving memories of spaces and surfaces that one day may be lost is the essence of my practice. My work documents the surfaces, textures, marks and fragments of overlooked and forgotten relics of the urban landscape. I aim to draw out the details of the mundane and the everyday; to bring to the observer details and aspects they would not have previously acknowledged due to an automated familiarity. My works aims to evoke curiosity from the viewer by urging them slow down from their everyday lives, in order to think about things they otherwise do not engage with or think about their familiar in a new way. Rather than describing spaces, l challenge their perception by presenting them in an unfamiliar way, explored through my three main areas of focus - printmaking, casting and object making.

Our panel of experts reviewing this year’s international artist Open Call submissions for Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair have given their top tips on applying.

A useful guide of tips, do’s and don'ts to understand what our panel are looking for when it comes to reviewing applications!

To keep the hang completely democratic and fresh each year, we have an annually-changing panel of industry experts with varying taste and expertise who carefully review each application individually & anonymously on a piece-by-piece basis.

Jack Bullen & Lizzie Glendinning, Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Founder-Directors, have given their top tips on applying to our international artist Open Call. Jack & Lizzie are part of the panel of experts reviewing this year’s Open Call submissions.

We welcome applications from living artists at any stage of their career, based anywhere in the world.

The Centre For Print Research (CFPR) launched its Cabinet of Curiosities at this year’s Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. The bespoke wooden cabinet showcases a range of original prints made using cutting edge techniques, from a wearable book and an unfolding almanac to etchings of mycelial growth from the most recent Artist in Residence programme. Whilst at the fair Tracy Hill and Chuck Elliott joined Carinna Parraman, Laura Clarke Oaten and Michael White from CFPR for an informal discussion about their experience of working collaboratively with the Centre.

My practice explores ideas that are centred on looking at the body as an archive of trauma, displacement, identity, and how they are stored in our bodies. I'm really interested in finding alternative ways of communication through gestures, the body, and movement. I'm interested in archiving those types of language, such as how to communicate a traumatic experience? How does the body store that? For me, it's about actively using the body to communicate these experiences and memories.

Natasha Michaels is an artist living and working in London. In 2022, she was awarded the Ushaw Residency & Acquisition Prize at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Her artwork is held in private and public collections. Over the years, her illustration has been commissioned by the likes of Penguin Books, Vintage, Random House, The Guardian, and Blue Source

Our WCPF panel of experts have given their top tips for applying to our international artist open call.

Our curated hang is made up of work by successful applications from the WCPF annual international open call. To keep the hang completely democratic and fresh each year, we have an annually changing panel of industry experts with varying taste and expertise who carefully review each application individually & anonymously on a piece-by-piece basis.

Jack Bullen, WCPF Director & Co-founder, has given his top tips on applying to our international artist Open Call. Jack is part of WCPF’s panel of experts reviewing this year’s Open Call submissions.

We welcome applications from living artists at any stage of their career, based anywhere in the world.

Katherine Allen is an artist living and working in West Sussex. She exhibited at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair 2022 was shortlisted for the Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize. Learn more about her inspiration, practice and process in our interview.

Chris Roantree and Akarsh Kummattummal were awarded the Woolwich Contemporary Printmaking Prize 2021 at WCPF. Learn more about their collaborative process and the artworks they have been creating for the Fair in our interview.

Jake Garfield was awarded the Boodle Hatfield Printmaking Prize 2021 at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Learn more about the artwork he is creating for the Fair in our interview.

Maite Cascón was awarded the Ushaw Residency and Acquisition Prize 2021 at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Learn more about the artwork she is creating as part of the residency in our interview.

We spoke to Dr Mark Golder, who since 2001 has worked closely with Pallant House Gallery to create a donated collection of over 500 prints, which grows every year with his generosity.

Learn about the wonderful versatility of intaglio printmaking, from crisp etchings and beautiful aquatints to velvety drypoint and embossed carborundum.

Learn why printmaking is so instrumental to the democratisation of fine art, and what the future of an even playing field holds.