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Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition
Federation Gallery
Dundarave Print Workshop Vancouver, BC
Tuktu Studio
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada
BIMPE IV 2006 Cover: Minara by David Curcio Catalogue design and layout Kelly Haydon
Introduction This year at The Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition (BIMPE) we were delighted to witness the exhibition’s continuing growth and evolution in size and quality. Prints began to trickle in as early as December of 2005, and as the deadline approached, our postman Wayne struggled daily with large stacks of “bimpes” from every continent - every day felt like Christmas. The number of entries doubled from the previous show and it became clear to us that BIMPE has established itself as a significant event in the printmaking world. The prints themselves were widely varied in technique, image and subject. Our jurors, Maria Anna Parolin, Torrie Groening and Rodney Konopaki, charged with creating a show from almost 800 prints, did an outstanding job, which became apparent when the show was hung. This year we were very fortunate to exhibit at the spacious Federation Gallery on Granville Island, Vancouver. The exhibition was subsequently shown at Dundarave Print Workshop (Vancouver) during July, and completed its tour at the Tuktu Studio, Whitehorse, Yukon in September. It was a pleasure to see so many exquisite and varied prints all together. The response to the show in all of its incarnations was extremely positive and sales hit a record high. There are many people who helped to make BIMPE IV an exceptional show, not least our sponsors and volunteers who are listed at the back of this catalogue. We are deeply grateful to our excellent website manager Chris Torgalson who created BIMPE’s presence on the internet. Thanks also to Rosalind Rorke from the Federation of Canadian Artists for all her advice and enthusiasm. But most of all we would like to thank the artists from near and far who entered and continue to enter BIMPE. We look forward to seeing your work again! Katie Dey Kelly Haydon Peter Braune September 2006
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Juror’s Statements Torrie Groening Torrie Groening has exhibited her work in group and solo shows since 1984 in Canada and the US. Her work is in several public gallery and museum collections. Torrie’s involvement in printmaking has included roles as a teacher, a master printer, collector and owner of a print gallery in Vancouver. Her recent work has incorporated traditional printmaking techniques, painting and new digital technology. www.TorrieGroening.com I love prints! When Katie Dey and Peter Braune asked me to be a juror for BIMPE IV, I eagerly juggled to make the date. Imagine! The opportunity to view so many treasures up close and without glass. The size alone necessitates a decisive working mode. What is possible in this small space? Of the many exceptional works, I will highlight two portraits in which the artists achieved a presence of person in two very different approaches and media. One of many prints that seem to be conceived and expertly executed for this miniature world, Jim Westergard’s, Janus and the Big Toque is an intricate wood engraving that draws you in for closer inspection. Westergard’s admirable technique is married to a sly sense of humour that out-lasts the one-liner. I was curious to see how the new prints, those digital, magical images would hold up to the elegant beauty of say, a drypoint. Lost in Tide #2, David Laing’s digital print is a haunting, evocative view of an elderly person, mouth agape, seemingly trying to communicate with the viewer. In this puny space, memory, deteriorating senses, and lost communication are evident. I can’t imagine a more appropriate medium for this image. It was encouraging to see this print show presented well and the works seen and celebrated by both Vancouverites and the many out of town visitors. To the artists: thank you for your work and all efforts to share it. To BIMPE: congratulations! You too, have ‘pulled it off’ with great success! Rodney Konopaki Rodney Konopaki worked for eleven years as a Master Printer at Tyler Graphics in New York where he collaborated with artists including Frank Stella, Helen Frankenthaler, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein and Nancy Graves. In Canada, he maintains an interest in collaborating with other artists. His work begins with images taken from mass media that collide and find changed meaning with new elements. It is included in the collections of the Canada Council Art Bank, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Saskatchewan Arts Board, University of Lethbridge, University of Saskatchewan and Edmonton Art Gallery. Konopaki teaches Print Media at the Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design in Vancouver In the fall of 2005, Peter Braune and Katie Dey asked me to sit on the jury for the Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition. I agreed, not realizing the full extent of this commitment. In May of this year, I met with my esteemed colleagues to jury the submitted work. There were almost 800 entries from over 300 artists representing 48 countries. It was an astonishing number of entries for this, the fourth biennial. The task at hand was formidable. 4
The jury did not set a theme for the decisions we had to make but simply moved towards selecting the strongest work at hand. One of the first noteworthy observations was the consistent high quality of the prints submitted. Most of the participants sent three prints for consideration and all of them would be outstanding. In some cases, we selected the best of the lot. But for a few this was impossible and we selected all three submissions for inclusion in the show. We worked as a jury all day and into the night to get our job done. The most difficult task came at the very end. Selecting the recipients for the awards took us past midnight. There were just too many great prints! At the opening of the show, I was pleased to see all mediums well represented and many people commented on the noticeable amount of colour work in this year’s biennial! There is one other remarkable aspect to this exhibition upon it receives minimal funding from outside agencies. It happens around the globe the making of prints it is a vital practice. I Workshop for its biennial effort as well as all the artists who
which I must comment. This is the fourth BIMPE exhibition organized and because Peter Braune is interested in printmaking and wants to prove that think he has proven his point and I salute New Leaf and Dundarave Print submitted work for consideration this year.
Maria Anna Parolin Maria Anna Parolin is a visual artist who is currently teaching at Emily Carr Institute and UBC in Vancouver. In 2003, she was awarded a Research Fellowship at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan and was invited as a Visiting Artist at Emily Carr Institute in 2003/2004. She has participated in numerous solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally including the Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 2000, Gallery Pirka in Tokyo, and Galleria del Tintoretto in Venice, Italy, and was invited to the following artist residencies: Gros Morne National Park (Newfoundland), the Banff Centre, and Art Studio Itsukaichi (Tokyo, Japan). “Where to start?” A question I asked myself when I walked into New Leaf Editions where I saw every square inch of wall and tabletop-like surface covered in an overwhelming amount of mini-prints from all over the world. It was incredible to witness the sheer quantity, quality and interest in this young print biennial. I thank both Katie Dey and Peter Braune for giving me the honour and pleasure of working together with Torrie Groening and Rodney Konopaki. Through the many hours of the day (and night) we discussed, debated, and examined the many superior prints submitted. It was an overwhelming experience – especially when it came to deciding the top prizes. The prints ranged from being exceptionally challenging technically, to remarkably witty and effortless. I look forward to experiencing future BIMPE Biennials. It gives Vancouverites an opportunity to appreciate creative prints from all over the world, and recognize the value of a traditional art practice that is getting stronger every year. 5
first place
mikolaj smolinski roped boar etching, chine colle canada 6
second place
ikuhiro kugo trace - 6 woodcut japan 7
third place
min ho kim big coexistence tree etching korea 8
honourable mention
james ehlers saint metal engraving usa
kitty blandy double happiness linocut canada
shannon collis untitled ii digital, collagraph, relief, wax canada
lari gibbons dwellings iv mezzotint usa
catherine gillet nids affables 2 (affable nests) burin engraving france
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honourable mention
claude-alain giroud without burin, mezzotint sweden
agathe piroir suspens iii etching, drypoint canada
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arnold shives firesnaq i linocut canada
david laing lost in tide #2 digital canada
jim westergard janus & the big toque wood engraving canada
selected artists
serkan adin bosnian girl 3 linocut turkey
jeanne allen the raven monotype canada
mariko ando spencer rabbit and time etching, chine colle and hand colouring japan
mirella aprahamian sortilege collagraph canada
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georgina arce maria intaglio mexico
andi arnovitz fragments i photo intaglio, aquatint, chine colle israel
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gillian armitage aphrodite anadyomene ii intaglio, chine colle canada
emma arnold stop climate change woodcut canada
corrina askin penguin canonball serigraph, drypoint ireland
martin r. baeyens something to talk about 7 cgd belgium
pat beaton appaloosa linocut canada
hannah bennett eggs etching canada
janet biagioni accumulations aquatint, drypoint, chine colle canada
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ana bondzic graffiti xii serigraph serbia
marcin bialas listener etching poland
marisa boullosa olivia aquatint, etching, chine colle mexico
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mark bovey colossus photo intaglio, collagraph canada
cecile boucher big bang digital canada
jim brodie the formalist digital canada
deborah bryan queen anne’s lace intaglio, chine colle usa
antonio canau hare woman drypoint, chine colle portugal
kathryn burmon cypress collagraph usa
gracicla buratti el cerco 2 photo intaglio argentina
vlatko ceric etude no. 1 in c major digital croatia
natalija cernetsova oscar wilde “the happy prince� etching latvia
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ciprian chirileanu knots 3 linocut romania
christina cordero dolce etching, aquatint, intaglio australia
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gene chu the dark cells no 5 lithograph canada
ila crawford caress arrest photo intaglio canada
tai fu chung sense of the nature ii etching canada
kyla cresswell pet mezzotint new zealand
david curcio minara drypoint, chine colle usa
viviane de kosinsky hare piece etching usa
sigita dackeviciute the journey digital lithuania
lukasz cywicki space of time linocut poland
judith debaste 52002 woodcut, monotype belgium
jose antonio diaz pedreira s/t relief engraving spain
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cynthia dinan-mitchell petit dejeuner serigraph canada
pierre durette souvenir #1 lithograph canada
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tancha dirickson eros & agape iii drypoint, monoprint brazil
victoria edgarr small tokens: antique chamber music etching, chine colle canada
manfred egger nude woodblock austria
robin eliovson money coral photo intaglio australia
michael evan sepulchre intaglio usa
mikaela etter & pudy tong april etching, serigraph canada
glae eva o clips etching, aquatint brazil
angelo evelyn 6 head aches lithograph canada
marisa fava circadiem - the egg etching brazil
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joseph j. field the evening and the morning drypoint britain
trina ganson a root etching canada
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peter ford the great debate etching, aquatint britain
gianni gamba silence etching, aquatint canada
joscelyn gardner half-cocked lithograph canada
blanka gawlikova-adensamova butterfly etching czech republic
huey peckerhead (w. greider) eat the young mezzotint usa
colin gillespie city life linocut england
eric goldberg american stonehenge etching, aquatint usa
michael griffiths move on serigraph britain
louise grose what now, hong kong digital britain
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alicja habisiak-matczak the manufacture drypoint poland
madelyn hamilton a great ethic scarcely perceived collagraph, drypoint britain
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pirkko hacklin mother digital finland
pekka hannula spoils etching finland
vanessa hall-patch veiled serigraph, digital, thread canada
kelly haydon life source etching canada
victor manuel hernandez castillo soledades etching, aquatint mexico
yuka higashiura au-dessous de etching, aquatint, chine colle, drypoint japan
richard heywood (katie dey) aeroplane graveyard ii photo intaglio canada
pekka hokkanen reflection mezzotint finland
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jessica hollywood a’t’andan’x’ digital ireland
anita s hunt ivy shadows mezzotint usa
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clare humphries clare embroidered #4 woodcut australia
william howard untitled 1 etching usa
tomoyo ihaya bridge etching, chine colle canada
kaloyan iliev chat noir 1 lithograph bulgaria
ahmet sinasi isler tales from my grandmother ii etching turkey
song ji-xin cat no--2 woodcut china
hanamari jalovaara ab initio ii chine colle, intaglio, monoprint finland
frederick jones icelandic stones etching britain
claude jones neo-nates(e) intaglio, digital, wax new zealand, australia
milos jones a sensation lithograph canada
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rosanna jurisevic zmaj (dragon) photo intaglio australia
ingeborg jurgensen hiscox the blue dress linocut canada
mariko kakiuchi wild wisdom mezzotint japan
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marwan karout portrait drypoint lebanon
hudesa kaganow mollette etching, aquatint brazil
mohsen khalili study after the human body no. 3 digital canada
kathleen king italian still life intaglio, chine colle usa
maho kino twin peanuts etching, spit bite japan
carol lynn kirchner without men etching usa
judith klugerman synchronism (study v) collagraph canada
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laina koskela healing water ii etching, aquatint finland
hye-jung kwon a monologue etching, aquatint korea
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deborah lader comfort pillow, poet tree & elilicious etching, chine colle usa
kari kristensen flight linocut canada
janne laine the first dawn i heliogravure finland
bill laing saints peres #2 serigraph canada
fungyin lee ah miao ii etching china
s. sunder lal curiosity linocut india
ho-yeun lee no.2 - i etching, chine colle korea
tim laurin toy soldier intaglio, chine colle canada
helene lefebre interplay 2 photo intaglio canada
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victor lipkin purim 1 linocut israel
kristina lehtonen one december evening etching, aquatint finland
lisa malkamo winter images, mushotoku etching, aquatint finland
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isabelle masse luz digital canada
susan litsios aftermath i mezzotint usa
anna-maija mattila a princess etching, aquatint, gold paint finland
ruth maxwell cheyne hill digital print scotland
lily may animals march linocut canada
ann mccall arborescence collagraph canada
meghann mcconechy squirm v intaglio, chine colle canada
norman mcbeath charcoal photogravure britain
jill mckeown past the mill photo intaglio ireland
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susanne meterko across the lake monotype usa
wayne miyamoto kupu walu intaglio usa
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shannon milar at the fort photo intaglio usa
wendy morisoff smith still ii monotype canada
marcela alcira miranda pasos wood engraving argentina
isabel mouttet vital energy 2 engraving france
timea mucsi old house 1 photogravure, serigraph finland
danuta muszynska untitled etching, chine colle poland
nan mulder morning in milford sound mezzotint netherlands
vytas narusevicius (marijke nap) untitled photo intaglio canada
kae murakami sakura-azuma woodcut japan
kelly nelson girl 1 lithograph, collage usa
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geza nemeth burning tree linocut hungary
rosamond norbury vancouver story 6 photo intaglio, chine colle canada
thom o’connor sky v digital usa
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ji-hyen pak sweet life embossing korea
melinda pap oegleskabelig photogravure canada
marcio pannunzio lust of love wood engraving brazil
ken pattern along the inside passage lithograph canada
sumi perera shattering the glass ceiling intaglio, chine colle britain
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linde pieper jungle i aquatint, drypoint netherlands
celia pickles spring monoprint canada
nicolas poignon facade-city linocut france
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janet preston untitled photo intaglio northern ireland
agnieszka pyka bundle of 2 digital poland
stephanie rasmussen mineral spirits intaglio usa
simonida radonjic she-wolf mixed technique serbia
dominique-francois rochefort bon pied, bon oeil mezzotint canada
heather s. ross woman thinking about her future linocut canada
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lidia rozanski la sabiduria etching israel
catherine samworth past midnight mezzotint usa
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blanca saccomano identity etching, aquatint argentina
denise saint-onge engraver’s tools mezzotint canada
voicu satmarean description iii linocut romania
corinna schroeder-vontrihling two mourners drypoint germany
jo-ann sheen monument ii collagraph, chine colle canada
joan smith yo yo serigraph britain
julio cesar sosa trani elcirco i (corruption) linocut, newspaper mexico
barb snyder flutter photo intaglio canada
catherine stewart vertigo i v.2 photo intaglio canada opus local winner
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robert stone untitled lithograph usa
eniko szucs nest digital hungary
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fumiko sumi mayne garden 06 - 2 lithograph canada
yvette szakacs cutia pandorei intaglio romania
andrew taggart closer linocut canada
mary thompson truck stop wood engraving usa
andrea taylor we’re here linocut canada
mike tingle supermarket wars embossing britain
peri tobias devilish photo intaglio australia
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akira tokuda cosmic dust r powder print japan
kouki tsuritani a boy and a ball mezzotint japan
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maria tratt inside i linocut canada
veronique trimming moontide ii monotype france
lisa turner product warning relief, serigraph canada
masako ueda hanabi photo intaglio japan
terry vatrt grounded intaglio canada
rina vardy pathfinder aquatint, chine colle israel
helen vokaty african woman serigraph canada
suzana vuckovic visniiceva etching, aquatint serbia
patricia vega serie- red linocut canada
jenny waelti-walters the red hen ii monoprint canada
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kanko watanabe bridge of no return woodcut japan
sandra walmsley drifting drypoint, collagraph britain
gary wetzel 700r mezzotint usa
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cleo wilkinson fate mezzotint australia
laurent wilmet puisse-t-il ne pas viser juste ! linocut belgium
deborah wood untitled wood engraving canada
janice wong late last night monotype canada
taeko yamaguchi the flower of time mezzotint japan
marian yap veritas monoprint usa
michelle wood untitled 2 etching britain
tanya yordanova the beauty is coming i mixed technique bulgaria
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gerri york silk etching, digital, chine colle canada
rasa zmuidiene love mixed technique lithuania
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jade yumang remnants of an obsessed man etching canada
hassan zahreddine my adopted grandfather etching, drypoint, mezzotint lebanon
vladimir zuev horizon i etching russia
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