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Negative Press, Factory 8/102 Henkel Street, Brunswick (2025)

31/10/2025

ANNOUNCEMENT: Negative Press and Keeper Print Room are thrilled to present an exhibition of printmaking by acclaimed Australian artists Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley. Spanning nearly three decades of their collaborative practice, these works offer insight into key themes of the artists' oeuvres. Please join us on Saturday 15th November from 3–5 pm for the opening celebration.

For a catalogue of available works, please email [email protected] or [email protected]

Janet Burchill and Jennifer McCamley are represented by Neon Parc, Melbourne.

Poster design by .or.ents

09/10/2025

Please join us this Saturday 11th October from 3–5 pm for the launch of Darcey Bella Arnold's "A Measure of Disorder". Copies of the publication will be available to purchase.

A Measure of Disorder
Darcey Bella Arnold

Texts: Brooke Babington and Tim Riley Walsh
Design: Yanni Florence
Photographs: André Piguet
Image Post-production: Peter Hatzipavlis
30 x 30 cm, hardback, 120 pages, 56 plates
ISBN: 978-0-6456905-0-7
The cover is embossed with black foil printing, and
hand drawn lines in pencil by Darcey Bella Arnold
Limited edition (250)
Published 2025
Retail price $55

If you can't make it on the weekend, but would like to purchase a copy, please contact:
[email protected]

30/09/2025

Please join us on Saturday 11th October for the launch of Darcey Bella Arnold's 'A Measure of Disorder' from 3–5 pm.

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So excited to share with you a beautifully made book, featuring my recent drawings, designed by the exceptionally talented (and very patient) Yanni Florence.

Originally shown at ReadingRoom for ‘A Measure of Disorder, Part 2’, 2023, this publication maintains a focus on the material and formal qualities of the original material. The drawings, reproduced at scale and in colour, are presented with attention to their spatial and conceptual detail.

‘A Measure of Disorder’ is published in a limited edition of 250 hardback copies, comprising 56 plates across 120 pages. The volume features texts by Brooke Babington and Tim Riley Walsh, photography by André Piguet, and image post-production by Peter Hatzipavlis. Each copy bears an embossed cover individually hand-marked in pencil by myself, rendering each copy unique. Published in 2025.

Please join us to celebrate the book’s launch on Saturday October 11th at Negative Press from 3—5pm.

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24/09/2025

Massive congratulations to on being awarded the 2025 Bowness Prize
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On behalf of the MAPh Foundation, we are thrilled to announce artist Anna Higgins as the winner of the 2025 Bowness Photography Prize, for ‘Two horizons' (2025). This composite image demonstrates technical mastery of both analogue and digital processes, where Higgins works with light and landscape to create an otherworldly experience of Victorian Alpine country.

With this image, Higgins aims to ‘challenge conventions of how the landscape is depicted in photography, foregrounding the ephemeral, abstract and painterly qualities of film and light.’

The judging panel, consisting of artist and Bowness Photography Prize winner (2023) Anne Zahalka, Shaune Lakin ( Senior Curator Photography, NGA) and MAPh Director Anouska Phizacklea, selected one winner and two honourable mentions from the field of 50 finalists. As we celebrate 20 years of the Bowness Photography Prize, we reflect on the calibre and ingenuity of the artists who have submitted work over the years. They continue to shine a light on the possibilities of contemporary photography and its capacity for storytelling and revelation.

Anna Higgins wins $50,000 and her work will be acquired into MAPh’s collection. Please join us in congratulating Anna!

MAPh is grateful for the support of all our partners, sponsors and donors towards the Bowness Photography Prize. As we celebrate its 20th iteration in 2025, we are proud to acknowledge its longevity and reputation as one of the most prestigious photography prizes in Australia.

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Image:
Anna HIGGINS
Two horizons 2025
pigment ink-jet prints, screenprint, varnish
175.0 x 125.0 cm
collection of the artist
courtesy of the artist

09/09/2025

Sydney friends, my pals are presenting as part of Sydney Contemporary this week. Please stop by and see their fabulous editions.

I've had the good fortune to work with them on editions by (pics 1–3) and (pic 4).

The other works here are by Katherine Hattam (pic 5) and Melinda Harper (pic 6) printed by and

They also published a great work by Rob McHaffie not illustrated here.

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09/09/2025

I was thrilled to learn that Sandy Barnard of Sandy Prints is presenting at Sydney Contemporary later this week/end. Sandy is a great friend of Negative Press and a national treasure for her international contribution to photographic printing. Her Bellograms are stunning 😍

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Photo Sydney 2025 is launching at Sydney Contemporary, showcasing incredible works from 30+ talented photographers.

We spoke with curator Sandy Edwards about her advice for making the most of your visit, top tips for starting or growing a photography collection, must-see artworks, and more.

Read the conversation through the link in bio.

Photo Sydney is presented at Sydney Contemporary, Australasia’s largest art fair, taking place 11-14 September at Carriageworks. Tickets are on sale now at link in bio.

Pictured:

Sandra Bernard, Orchid Bellowgram, 2022. Sandyprints.

05/09/2025

Looking forward to talking with Darcey Bella Arnold and Simon McGlinn tomorrow 6th September from 2 pm Keeper Print Room.

The discussion will be centred on the artists' collaborative drawing practice.

RSVP appreciated via the eventbrite form

Open to all.

All image credits:
Darcey Bella Arnold & Simon McGlinn
Untitled, 2023
Biro, inkjet and Letraset; collage; on archival paper.
29.7 x 42.0 cm (sheet)

23/08/2025

As always, it was a pleasure to work with Stolon Press on a selection of relief printed works for their current, collaborative exhibition with Chui Lee Luk at 1301SW, Sydney. For the printed matter, Stolon Press also worked with Sydney-based printmaker Marcus Dyer-Harrison.

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Installation views and details of Stolon Press’ ‘Stainers’ (2025) in their current exhibition with Chui Lee Luk, ‘Live Feed’, which continues this week at 1301SW Sydney.

Open this week, Tuesday – Saturday, 11am - 5pm

Images: Stolon Press ‘Strainers’ (2025)
Etching ink on various Japanese papers
Dimensions variable

23/08/2025

A belated image of Jana Papantoniou's 'Two Figures Interwoven' which one the Young Emerging prize category at Fremantle Arts Centre's print award. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR YOUNG AND EMERGING PRIZE WINNER: Jana Papantoniou has won the Young Emerging Print Prize and has been awarded $5,000 for her artwork ‘Two Figures Interwoven’, 2023. This award is supported by

Legally blind emerging artist Jana Papantoniou’s ‘Two Figures Interwoven’ confronts conventional notions of vision by presenting blindness as a unique form of perception. Across nine adjoining panels, intense black-and-white contrasts and disjointed lines destabilise visual harmony, creating an intentionally overwhelming experience. Textural surfaces invite tactile engagement, shifting “seeing” beyond passive observation. The physically demanding process—working on the floor with tools from toothbrushes to fingertips—infuses the work with traces of intimate contact. By merging scale, texture, and embodied mark-making, Papantoniou challenges misconceptions of blindness, revealing it as a shifting, active encounter with the world rather than an absence of sight.

Two Figures Interwoven, 2023
Monotype
225 x 148 cm
Courtesy of the artist

Photo by

15/08/2025

It has been an honour to judge the Walyalup Fremantle Print Award this year alongside and Hannah Mathews. Thank you to all the artists who submitted work and congratulations to all the short-listed artists, you are all stars. Thank you to all the staff at Fremantle Arts Centre and all the sponsors.

Pictured here is Prita Tina Yeganeh, who was selected as the first prize recipient for her astounding work 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Mervyn Street was awarded the First Nations Prize (previous post) and Jana Papantaniou received the young emerging prize.

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER: Prita Tina Yeganeh has won the acquisitive Walyalup Fremantle Arts Centre Print Award 2025 and has been awarded $20,000 for her artwork ‘My Soil Farsh فرش (The Sacred Shared Labour)’, 2025. This award is supported by

See Prita tomorrow at Artist Talks (Edition 1)! All info at link in bio.

Prita Tina Yeganeh’s ‘My Soil Farsh’ transforms labour into connection. Over 145 hours, 17 women gathered on a Persian carpet—symbolic communal ground—to hand-grind 45 kilograms of red clay soil from Queensland, mirroring that of her Iranian homeland. The rhythmic, embodied ritual was mapped through 30 3D-printed motifs, hand-imprinted in symmetrical patterns to record the shared experience. Drawing on Iranian Indigenous knowledge, Yeganeh merges installation, print, and participatory practice to honour women’s collective labour traditions in Farsh-weaving. The work becomes both a vessel for memory and a placemaking tool, weaving migration, heritage, and ritual into a tactile language of connection. This is the first time the work has been acquired.

My Soil Farsh فرش (The Sacred Shared Labour), 2025
Soil hand printed with 3D-printed Farsh motifs
170 x 200 cm
Courtesy the artist and Onespace, Brisbane

Photo of Prita by

15/08/2025

Congratulations to Mervyn Street on winning the First Nations Award at the Fremantle Print Prize, announced last night. 💥💥💥

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Don’t miss ‘this is my 30 years’ – a stunning exhibition by esteemed Gooniyandi senior artist Mervyn Street, closing today at APW Gallery.

APW was thrilled to welcome Mervyn back to our Melbourne print studio earlier this year - to collaborate with APW printers to create a series of new original prints. These powerful works depict important stories of Mervyn's family, his time as a stockman, and life on a station.

Artist: Mervyn Street
Title: C**t Rider
Medium: Intaglio (lift-ground etching and aquatint with carborundum collagraph)
Edition size: 20 (plus proofs)
Image size: 90cm x 120cm
Paper size: 101cm x 128.5cm
Price: $2,200
Produced in collaboration with APW printers at Australian Print Workshop, Melbourne, 2025.

23/07/2025

Congratulations to the Mimili Wati showing at 8 Hele Gallery, Mparntwe, in 'Kililpi Tjukurpa: Star Story''. I wrote a short text that you can read in the online catalogue for the show. Thank you as always and well done Desmond, Mark, Shane, Richard and Arnold 💥💥💥 propel this work.

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Star Story opens tomorrow with our opening event next weekend!

The Mimili Maku Wati Group is a collective of Aṉangu men who are redefining what contemporary printmaking can look like - not in formal studios but out bush, on Country.

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