Miniprint Exhibition | SouthbankPrintmakers

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Southbank Printmakers Mini Print Exhibition 2025

Guidelines

Printmakers are invited to submit work for the Southbank Printmakers Mini Print Exhibition 2025. Now in its 6th year with its ever-increasing popularity, this independent gallery-led show will again be home to a range of exciting mini prints from around the world, giving both professional and amateur printmakers the chance to exhibit, sell and get to know our gallery and online shop. Artists who are selected to exhibit also have the chance to win prizes offered by our sponsors Jackson’s Art, Ironbridge Fine Arts , John Purcell Paper and Cranfield.

The exhibition will run at our gallery in Gabriel’s Wharf on the Southbank from Tuesday 30 September to Sunday 30th November 2025 and have an opening private view and closing awards night. All works selected for hanging will also be included in the SBP online shop from Tuesday 1 October 2025 to Sunday 5 January 2026 unless otherwise notified by the artist.

Print Submission Requirements

Submissions are invited from artists working in any recognisable hand-produced printmaking technique, such as screen printing, lithography, etching, engraving, collagraph, monotype, block printing, woodcut etc.
Digital prints (prints made with an inkjet or laser printer) are not accepted. However, digital processes can be used to enhance prints that are traditionally printed.
Each artist may submit up to three entries. Entry costs £18 for the one image, £32 for two images and £45 for 3 images plus return postage if unsold prints are not collected from the SBP gallery see below.
The print image must be contained within a square area of 10cm x 10cm on a paper size measuring exactly 15cm x 15cm.

There is no specific theme, however, as Southbank Printmakers Gallery is open to the public, we reserve the right not to display anything we deem to be unsuitable.

All works will be prepared for exhibition by Southbank Printmakers in a white mount and hung in panels on the back walls of our gallery. Please do not send us mounted or framed prints.
All prints must be signed, numbered, and titled by the artist, in pencil, beneath the image.
All entries must be original and created within the last 3 years.

Sale of Work

The Southbank Printmakers Mini Print Exhibition is a selling exhibition and artists are advised that a total of 40% commission will be retained by Southbank Printmakers Gallery so please set your selling prices bearing this in mind.
The print price is at the artists’ discretion, but we advise you to consider customers’ preferences when pricing for sale. As a guide for the purposes of selling your work, the average price of prints sold in the last 5 years was between £50 and £59.
If selected the artist will be asked to send another of the same print for the browser, also on paper measuring 15x15cm, backed with a stiff card, wrapped in cellophane and with a label on the back with name, title, medium and price. If the print is a monotype then a similar themed monotype will be acceptable.
All payments for sales of pieces will be made by Southbank Printmakers Gallery to the artist after the end of the online exhibition.

Inclusion in the online shop

All works selected for hanging may be included in the SBP online shop unless the artist notifies us otherwise. Works selected for browser display will not be in the online gallery and shop. The online Mini Print Shop will remain open for a further 5 weeks and close on Sunday 4th January 2026.

Eligibility

All professional and amateur printmakers are invited to submit work for this exhibition.

Submission Timetable

For 2025, submission will take place in two stages:

Digital submission using Google forms – Deadline Monday 30 June 2025.
Selected prints to be delivered to the gallery – Deadline Monday 15th September 2025

The Digital Submission is through ONE of the 2 methods below

Please submit a completed entry form through the links below:

You are a google user if you have a gmail email account. As a google user you can upload your images directly onto the Mini Print Google drive by following the instructions on the form.

You are a non-Google user if you DO NOT have or DO NOT use a gmail account. If so, you CANNOT upload your images directly onto the Miniprint Google drive and you will need to send your images to our email address entry.southbankprintmakers@gmail.com.

Entry Fees

A minimum non-refundable entry fee is required of £18 for the first image, £32 for 2 images and £45 for 3 images. Each artist may submit up to 3 entries (for £45).

To pay please follow the payment links on the Submission forms. See links to forms above.

Entry fees:

Can be paid ahead of submission of the entry form and images. Payment will secure your entry but leave you time to complete your print and submit before the closing date of 30 June 2025.
Must be paid at the digital submission stage through the SBP website (see above for details) or your entry will not be valid for selection.

Selection and Delivery of Prints

After the digital submission, the selection process by the SBP Mini Print Team will take place and the artist will receive a notification by email of selection and instructions for the physical delivery of your prints from 1st July but no later than 15th September 2025. Selected works must be delivered to the SBP Gallery (see address below). These will be included in the SBP Mini Print Exhibition Tuesday 30th September to Sunday 30th November 2025 and in the SBP online shop for selected prints from 30th September 2025 to Sunday 4th January 2026.

Return of Prints and Postage

All unsold prints can be collected from the SBP gallery from Saturday 10th January 2026 to 31st March 2026 or by including a payment of postage and packing, £8 for UK P&P and £15 for overseas P&P. We will use your packaging where appropriate. If you do not instruct us about your returned prints by 21 February 2026, we will assume that you wish to donate your prints to the gallery, and we will dispose of them accordingly.

If you sell all your prints and have paid for your returns we will refund you the postage paid.

More details on this will be sent out when your prints are selected for exhibition.

Editions and Replacement Prints

Please send a second piece of each edition for the browser to enable sales. If the print on show is a monotype, then a similar monotype will be acceptable. In the event of a sale, you will be contacted by Southbank Printmakers Gallery to send a replacement print. Please do not send replacement prints until requested. Requests for replacement prints are limited to 2 prints per image per person.

Liability

All work is always the responsibility of the artist, so please ensure that your work is adequately insured.

Prizes

There will be several prizes including the Public Vote Prize and the SBP Printmakers Prize sponsored by Jackson’s Art, Ironbridge Fine Arts, John Purcell Paper and Cranfield.

Publicity & Copyright

All participating artists agree to their selected work being featured in on-line and off-line publicity and marketing materials promoting the exhibition. The copyright of all works remains vested in the artist, but the right is reserved for SBP Gallery and/or the sponsors of the exhibition to reproduce any of the prints in connection with the exhibition, and its publicity, free of charge.

Exhibition Venue and Contact Details

Address: Southbank Printmakers Gallery, 56 Upper Ground, Lambeth, London SE1 9PP

Website: www.southbankprintmakers.com

Enquiries

Any enquiries by email to entry.southbankprintmakers@gmail.com

The Mini Print Exhibition Team

June Corpuz

Diane McLellan

Paula Boyd-Barrett

Charlotte Staunton

Tim Mitchell (SBP online shop)

Summary of dates SBP Mini Print Exhibition 2025