ABOUT US

The Southern Highlands Printmakers (SHP) is based in the Southern Highlands of NSW, Australia. The group was formed in 1993 to foster printmaking in the area, and since it’s inception has exhibited regularly developing particularly effective working relationships with many other printmaking groups such as the Fire Station Print group of Melbourne, the Open Bite Printmaking group of Sydney and currently exhibiting with Southern Printmakers also of Sydney. Our endeavours have also resulted in very close and harmonious working relationships with some outstanding galleries such as the Sturt Gallery, Bowral District Art Gallery and Ngununggula in the Southern Highlands and NERAM gallery in Armidale NSW, as well as the Basil Sellers Exhibition Centre in Moruya, NSW.

We currently have 25 exhibiting members. Over the years the SHP has built a reputation for quality and innovation with members exhibiting widely - locally, nationally and internationally. Many also teach printmaking in seminars and Arts Centre programmes.

Unlike other groups, the SHP does not have a physical base nor does it offer workshops on a regular basis. Rather the focus is on fostering opportunities for practicing artists for whom printmaking is an important part of their work. The emphasis is on mutual support for each other’s professional practice, organising exhibitions of members’ work and developing links to other printmaking groups both in Australia and further afield.

Our exhibitions have not been restricted to Australia. In 2009, SHP initiated an international print exchange with print groups in Queensland, Wales and Hawaii. The portfolio of prints was exhibited in the UK, Hawaii and venues around Australia. A full set is in the collection of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, the National Museum of Wales and Rockhampton Regional Gallery in Queensland.