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 a particularly effective working relationship with Sturt Gallery, Mittagong, NSW.

We currently have 23 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 Centres 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.

In 2009, for  the SHP initiated an international print exchange with print groups in Queensland, Wales and Hawaii. The portfolio of prints was exhibited in the UK and Hawaii and venues in Australia. Full sets are in the collections of the Australian National Gallery, Canberra, the National Museum of Wales and Rockhampton Regional Gallery in Queensland.

The group’s 21st anniversary was celebrated with ‘Exchange’ an exhibition and print portfolio between 26 member artists of the Southern Highlands Printmakers. An anniversary catalogue accompanied the exhibition which was first exhibited at Sturt Gallery, Mittagong NSW followed by the Megalo Gallery, Canberra ACT.