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The largest international art platform celebrating contemporary print
Edition 9 | 21 - 24 Nov
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Contemporary Print Fair featuring some go the worlds most renowned printmakers and best emerging artist talent. Works of art, partner studios, food & drink, interior concept room, tours, talks & demonstrations.

21/01/2025

London Art Fair opens to the public tomorrow 🌟

A fantastic collection of WCPF galleries will be presenting booths: Blue Shop Gallery (), Eames Fine Art (), Jealous Gallery (), Julian Page (), Long and Ryle (), Oliver Projects (), Rabley Gallery (), and TAG Fine Arts (). LAF continues until 26 January 2025.

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19/01/2025

Did you catch at WCPF24?

At booth 4, Julian Page Gallery presented new works by Marcelle Hanselaar, Alexander Massouras, Kate McCrickard, Abigail Norris, Marcus Rees Roberts, James Rogers, and Bridget Riley.

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18/01/2025

✨ Prizewinning Artists ✨

Congratulations to WCPF team member Eden Gard who was awarded the East London Printmakers Award at WCPF24 for her work ‘Helium-3’ 💥

Eden Gard is a Multidisciplinary Artist whose work focuses on the intersections of science, magic and religious practice. She utilises ancient alchemical motifs to deconstruct and reimagine scientific formula, creating a commentary on how the ethos of the modern world affects and is affected by the mind, body and soul.

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17/01/2025

Pushing the boundaries of print 💫

Did you see Carol He’s installation ‘Catch a fleeting show’ at WCPF24?

RCA graduate Carol He’s work focuses on the digital landscape and the question: how can we reflect on human-technological relations?

Rapid changes in media create an environment where images and information are quickly produced and shared, leading to attention deficit disorder. What is the ‘overwhelm’ we experience when immersed in screens, and how does this increase our sense of loss and uncertainty? Can we interrupt the flow of media? Can intensive material engagement reshape our attention and slow down the acceleration?

16/01/2025

We loved having back at the Fair for 2024 💥

Founded by art critic and comedian Verity Babbs during the first lockdown, Art Laughs began as a series of interviews where comedians discussed an artwork of their choice. This unique initiative combines comedy with the arts, bringing laughter and fresh perspectives to arts and heritage spaces.

15/01/2025

WCPF artist Jake Garfield has a solo exhibition opening at this month ✨

The exhibition will consist of new pieces from Garfield’s ongoing series, ‘The Boxer’. Artworks range in scale from postcard-sized to near-cinematic, with the same composition often explored in both intimate and monumental formats.

Jake has shown at WCPF since 2018. He subsequently took part in the Brocket Residency in the Spring of 2023 and showed with the gallery at the Fair that autumn. For enquiries about available work by Jake Garfield, please contact [email protected] 💫

‘Man Holding A Snake’ will be on view from 31 January - 12 April 2025.

14/01/2025

Did you catch at WCPF24?

At booth 11, Jealous Gallery presented playful and inspiring artwork from the likes of Dave Buonaguidi (), Stanley Donwood (), Charming Baker (), David Shrigley (), and more.

Jealous Gallery also generously hosted a number of hugely popular screen printing sessions throughout our interactive programme.

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12/01/2025

Hot off the Press | A selection of press features for WCPF 2024 📰

Thank you to all the journalists and publications for featuring the Fair.

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11/01/2025

Pushing the boundaries of print 💫

Did you catch Zac Eastwood-Bloom’s installation ‘Simulacra’ (2023) at the Fair last month?

Zac studied ceramics at Edinburgh College of Art before going to study for a master’s degree at the Royal College of Art in London. Whilst studying at the RCA he began to explore the use of digital technologies in relation to a broad range of materials to begin to develop a way of using sculpture and drawing to understand the world.

The series was born from a research project exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning trained on 3D-Scan data of classical sculpture. The works were originally exhibited at Cambridge University’s Museum of Classical Archeology (.cambridge).

10/01/2025

Allow us to reintroduce ourselves ✨

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair was founded by gallerists and while running their contemporary art gallery

Established in 2016 with a mission to educate collectors and novices alike on printmaking processes and techniques, give a platform to emerging artists, and share the joy of collecting original art with the masses, WCPF continues to be a pioneer in the world of contemporary print.

Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair | Art that leaves an imprint.

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Artwork credits:
Print by Tracey Emin
Limited edition frieze wallpaper by Eleanor May Watson

09/01/2025

Did you catch at the Fair last month?

At Booth 16, Eames Fine Art presented a magnificent lineup of big names like Tracey Emin, Antony Gormley, David Hockney alongside many other wonderful artists, making for an exciting hang.

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07/01/2025

We’re getting right back to work to bring you the best of contemporary print at WCPF25 💫

The dates of the 10th edition have been announced! Save the date for 13-16 November 2025 💥

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05/01/2025

The Young London Print Prize is a pioneering visual arts programme themed around the idea of climate art. All the work is created, judged and curated by young people, with no adult decision-making.

The beautiful, intricate winning entry by Pema Sherpa from Foxfield Primary School depicts the ocean floor and forest. Entitled ‘Fading Hope’, it suggests how humanity has devalued and eroded nature. Her artwork was made using a layered block printing technique.

Second prize went to Muiz Mustafa from Shepherds Bush for his bold campaigning artwork called ‘No Fly Zone’ that harks back to a tradition of radical political posters.

Third prize was awarded to Emma Tasnim from Whitechapel for her blue monoprint of a single bird, called ‘Mystic Blues, a Puffin’s Hues’, capturing the whimsical beauty of wildlife.

The winning artists were exhibited alongside some of Britain’s best contemporary artists at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in November 💫

04/01/2025

✨ Prizewinning Artists ✨

Karen Edwards was awarded the inaugural Sonsoles Print Studio Prize at WCPF 💥

Karen is a recent graduate from the Royal Drawing School’s Online Drawing Development Year (ODDY23). Her practice is primarily focussed on drawing en plein air, inspired by the beautiful East Sussex countryside, its ancient woodland and organic forms in gardens such as Great Dixter where she is a volunteer. When back in the studio, drawings may be developed into short limited editions of 8-12 prints, normally linocuts which are hand printed at home. She enjoys various types of printmaking, including etching, collagraph techniques and pushing the boundaries of relief-printmaking. Karen has recently returned from a print residency at Dumfries House in Ayrshire which was supported by the Royal Drawing School and the King’s Foundation.

Karen was thrilled to hear about receiving Sonsoles Print Studio’s first print prize: ;I’m truly honoured and thrilled to receive the award for ‘Sky over Skye’, following the inspiring and spectacular Woolwich show. It’s a timely opportunity in terms of where I’m at as an emerging artist and I’m excited about exploring the medium with the Sonsoles team in the new year.’

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03/01/2025

Did you catch at the Fair last month?

At booth 34, they presented artwork from around 40 of their artists in a vibrant and diverse display. East London Printmakers is a not-for-profit, artist run studio based in Mile End. Their aim is to provide professional and affordable printmaking facilities for artists and designers and to create opportunities for them to discuss and exhibit their work.

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02/01/2025

Pushing the boundaries of print 💫

Natalia Mustafá presented a solo booth at WCPF24 as part of the inaugural Woolwich Contemporary Artist Award, which is presented to an RCA MA Printmaking student.

Natalia’s practice explores contemporary perspectives on the tactile, color, sound, and scale, often reflecting on the complex relationship between the body and the machine. With a particular focus on binaries, language, and materiality, Natalia seeks to uncover new notions of time and space shaped by the overwhelming presence of technology in a post-internet context.

01/01/2025

Happy New Year from all of us here at WCPF 🎈 ⭐

Sarah Lorrimer-Riley
The Rhyme Of The Eternal Optimist
Edition of 100
50 x 40 cm | Digital

31/12/2024

Cheers to the New Year!

We hope everyone enjoys a glass of their favourite beverage (we prefer ) and time with loved ones. We’ll see you in 2025 💫

30/12/2024

A message from WCPF Directors Jack Bullen and Lizzie Glendinning 💫

It has been our absolute pleasure to welcome old friends and new faces to experience Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair, and our associated events and projects this past year.

While the Fair was initially established as an exhibition to champion the best in original contemporary print, it has evolved to become an immersive and experiential central platform to showcase and celebrate our wider year-round organisational projects and partnerships with incredible creatives, collaborators, clients and communities, and deliver much needed social and cultural impact through arts education programmes and our charity arm.

It continues to push the boundaries of print, encourage ambitious and experimental contemporary art exploration, and redefine what print is and what it can do, while nurturing all levels of collectors. And it wouldn’t be possible without all of our Friends, visitors and champions.

Thank you so much for your continued support.

Together with our wonderful team, we wish you a fantastic festive break and a very happy new year!

Jack & Lizzie x

29/12/2024

✨ Prizewinning Artists ✨

Did you catch Hugh Hamshaw Thomas’ work at the Fair this year? Hugh’s diptych ‘The Sacred and the Secular. The Measure of Things’ was made in response to his residency at Ushaw House this year as part the Ushaw Residency and Acquisition Prize which he won at WCPF23 alongside fellow printmaker Ade Adesina.

‘Hugh Hamshaw Thomas’ work acknowledges the potential that Christian objects have to embody meaning, and enjoys their poetry, but it also liberates them from their confinement to a traditional context, enabling them to resonate with other such objects on more suggestive grounds.’ - Andrew Spira

28/12/2024

Did you catch at the Fair last month?

This year, CFPR presented their Cabinet of Curiosities at booth 38, featuring innovative artwork from .l.clarke .uk .elliott.studio .parraman

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26/12/2024

Happy Boxing Day ✨

Jake Garfield
Man Holding A Snake (From ‘The Boxer’ series)
Woodcut
56 x 70.7 cm
(2024)

25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from the WCPF team 🎄

We wish you a restful and joyful holiday season with your loved ones 💫

Martha Zmpounou
Mother and Child (Madonna)
Unique Work
40 x 50 cm | Monoprint

24/12/2024

This holiday season, we are grateful for the people that make WCPF so special 💫

To every visitor, artist, gallery, and partner that contributed to the 9th edition of the Fair, we want to say a massive ‘Thank You’. We can’t wait to do it all again with you next year.

23/12/2024

Carolina Laia Jozami, a WCPF24 Panelist and Curator for Whitechapel Gallery and various independent galleries, wrote an amazing piece for Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair on the printmaking experiences from the Global South. The essay can be read on our blog now ✨

Carolina Laia Jozami is an Argentinean curator who works in the Whitechapel Gallery, and as an independent curator. She researches the reconstruction of ephemeral artworks and its relevance. She is interested in researching the role of geographical and time displacements in relation to the making of artworks and their display.

The Potential of Collective Creation | Printmaking Experiences From The Global South on our website 🔗

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Take a sneak peek at this lithograph by @amywigginart, which will be showcased on the Art School Prints' booth this year at WCPF 💫 See Amy's work at the Fair from 21-24 November. Tickets to WCPF24 are live at the link in bio 🎟️🔗 #WoolwichContemporaryPrintFair #OriginalPrint #printmaking

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Top Picks | Jack Trodd Former marketing & new business specialist Jack Trodd founded Brushes With Greatness in March 2021. Inspired by a lifelong love of art he sought to apply his expertise to supporting artists who mirrored his ethics, passion, commitment, and enthusiasm. In so doing Jack has quickly connected a dedicated community of artists and an international base of collectors and art advisory clients. BWG Gallery & Agency were established with the dual intent of offering private and commercial opportunities to emerging artists whilst advising on their practice growth, levelling issues around art world accessibility and creating equal opportunities around the acquisition of contemporary art. Jack opened BWG Gallery’s first permanent space on Soho Square July 2023 which now hosts the BWG Gallery programme and offers opportunities to other curators and art collectives via their Curating Curators programme. He also manages the Colstoun Artist Residency in Scotland. Jacks’s highlights include: ✨ Johanna Zhang, Clouds ✨ Jane Ward, Highland Rainbow ✨ Rebecca Holmes, Walk the Path II ✨ Susan Andreae, Hidden Way ✨ Rômulo Avi, The Ghost of a Flea (After Blake) ✨ Alexandra Babenko, Abandoned ✨ Raquel Izquierdo, Left and Right: Reflections and Repetitions II ✨ Suzanne Moxhay, Waiting Room ✨ Susanne Klein, Leucothea ✨ Marco Poma, Cataclysm Catch all these works and MORE at WCPF this October �� _____ 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 This year we’ve partnered with ARTSVP (@artsvp_app) to make ticketing easier than ever! 👉 tickets available via link in bio of @woolwichcontemporaryprintfair 🎟️

Top Picks | Jeany Cronk Jeany Cronk, co-founder of @maisonmirabeau, is a patron of the arts and a long-term friend of WCPF. Jeany has chosen her personal favourites from this year’s Curated Hang which will be exhibited in their own dedicated Le Studio Mirabeau booth at this year’s Fair. One artwork will be acquired by Jeany to form part of the Le Studio Mirabeau Collection in Provence. The Mirabeau Collection grows bigger every year as it nurtures WCPF emerging talent, supporting them through the early stages of their careers. Jeany’s highlights include: ✨ Lorraine Botbol, Tumbling 2 ✨ Danielle Anna Selma, It's all good (Rose Joyeux) ✨ Charlotte Farmer, Mocking Magpies and Leaping Leopards ✨ Annabel Crowther, Nude Lines, Figured Shadows ✨ Aubrey Laret, Interior with chairs ✨ Zelga Miller, Letting in the Light ✨ Charlotte Farmer, Sunny Sunbirds ✨ Sarah Lorrimer-Riley, Last Stand Of The Eternal Optimist ✨ Claire Gladstone, EnTrances ✨ Emma Studd, Ebb & Flow Catch all these works and MORE at WCPF this October �� _____ 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 This year we’ve partnered with ARTSVP (@artsvp_app) to make ticketing easier than ever! 👉 tickets available via link in bio of @woolwichcontemporaryprintfair 🎟️

This October, join us at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair – the largest fair entirely devoted to contemporary print – returns for its eighth edition! Bigger and better than ever before, WCPF brings together an incredible line-up of 1000 original artworks in a unique hybrid exhibition of emerging artists, famous names and specialist galleries. The Fair is now easily reachable from Central London via the Elizabeth line. Explore, discover, and collect the very best in international contemporary original print from over 500 artists, including David Shrigley, Sir Michael Craig Martin, Bridget Riley, Cornelia Parker, Harland Miller and Gavin Turk. “From major names (think Tracey Emin, Grayson Perry, David Shrigley, Paula Rego, and the Chapman Brothers) to rising stars, there are a host of inspiring prints to peruse and purchase – many at accessible price points for budding art enthusiasts” – Tatler _____ Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Woolwich Works No.1 Street Royal Arsenal London, SE18 6HD 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 Thursday 26 - Sunday 29 October | 12 - 6pm #WCPF23 #FindArtThatFits #woolwichcontemporaryprintfair

This October, join us for WCPF’s New Collectors’ Evening for a night of art and fun ✨ Sip on your complimentary glass of Maison Mirabeau, enjoy the live DJ set, have-a-go print demos by Jealous, Ironbridge Fine Arts and St Barnabas Press, performances by Art Laughs, and of course hundreds of artworks showcasing the very best of international contemporary print! _____ New Collectors’ Evening 2023 Thursday 26 October, 18:00 - 21:00 Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair Woolwich Works No.1 Street Royal Arsenal London, SE18 6HD 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 #WCPF23 #FindArtThatFits #woolwichcontemporaryprintfair

Introducing ..... The Framing Room - The official framing partners of WCPF The Framing Room is a picture framing studio specialising in contemporary, hand-finished frames. Based in Brockley, South London, the small but specialist team has over 25 years’ combined experience, working with private and commercial clients, galleries and artists. Visitors to WCPF receive an exclusive 10% discount on all framing at the Fair through The Framing Room, making it easier than ever to beautifully frame your new artwork purchases. Discount redeemable in person only. Patrons of Print receive 15% off with The Framing Room all year round Get your free framing consultation at the Fair with Jacob and his team at WCPF this October.

Top Picks | Lizzie Dixey ✨ Lizzie Dixey is the founder of The Art Register, an art advisory and sourcing service that introduces collectors to original pieces from galleries and artists across the UK and beyond, working with private collectors, retail and hospitality spaces and interior designers. With a professional background in fine art framing and the creative industries, Lizzie has developed an extensive personal network of the country’s most exciting artists and galleries. She has worked across arts consultancy, design and advertising, and in 2009 she organised her first show at the Haunch of Venison Gallery, featuring works by Damien Hirst, Polly Morgan and Miles Aldridge in aid of the housing charity Shelter. Lizzie's highlights include: ✨ Ximena Bianco, Inverted ✨ Lorraine Botbol, Tumbling 2 ✨ Mohammad Barrangi, I was friends with a swan ✨ Charlotte Cooper, Before Memory ✨ Martha Zmpounou, Play time ✨ Valeska Hykel, Chasing Beauty ✨ Katja Lang, If I stood still ✨ Yu Sun, Distance from us #2 ✨ Zinta Jauntis, Fallen Angel IV ✨ Tara Kelly, The Wrestlers Catch all these works and MORE at WCPF this October �� _____ 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 This year we’ve partnered with ARTSVP (@artsvp_app) to make ticketing easier than ever! 👉 tickets available via link in bio of @woolwichcontemporaryprintfair 🎟️

Catch this larger-than-life inflatable sculptural installation MAMA at the Fair this October - by @realhackneydave courtesy of @jealous_london Jealous is a contemporary gallery with spaces in both East London's creative hub of Shoreditch and Crouch End. Their exhibition and publishing programme is dedicated to supporting established and emerging artists alike, and they champions the work of established and arising talent, with ongoing projects which support and represent artists at various points in their careers. Jealous has become well known for their collaborative approach, producing the highest quality limited edition prints with leading artists, galleries and museums such as the Saatchi Gallery, the British Museum, the Imperial War Museum and The Victoria and Albert Museum. Dave Buonaguidi, AKA ‘Real Hackney Dave’ began his career working in advertising for over 30 years; founding St. Luke’s, the world’s first Co-operative ad agency and latterly Karmarama in 2000. Best known for his bold type and for printing onto vintage ephemera, Dave loves to make his own stamp on found objects. From vintage Ordance Survey maps to postcards and love letters from centuries past. He has an excellent sense of humour, and above all, loves to make work that stirs a reaction. _____ 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 This year we’ve partnered with ARTSVP (@artsvp_app) to make ticketing easier than ever! 👉 tickets available via link in bio of @woolwichcontemporaryprintfair 🎟️

Panellist Picks | Dr Mark Golder and Brian Thompson ✨ Dr. Mark Golder and Brian Thompson are major patrons of print and philanthropists who began their journey as teachers, sharing a fondness of education and allowing young minds to grow. A care for learning draws parallels with their long-founded penchant for collecting works on paper and they recently established the Golder–Thompson Gift to support the arts. Mark and Brian’s highlights include: ✨Kevin Kane, Felipe ✨Claire Hynds, Barbican no.5 ✨Scott Baxter, Untitled (Fairy Lights) ✨Deborah Hercun, Spire 1959 ✨Alistair Gow, Cathcart ✨Galina Davydtchenko Torvaldsson, The big stone ✨Radek Husak. TRIUMPH OF LIGHT II ✨David Robertson, Devil's Kitchen ✨Suzanne Moxhay, Palm ✨Matthew Lintott, Temple II Catch all these works and MORE at WCPF this October �� _____ 💥 TICKETS NOW LIVE 💥 This year we’ve partnered with ARTSVP (@artsvp_app) to make ticketing easier than ever! 👉 tickets available via link in bio of @woolwichcontemporaryprintfair 🎟️