Miniprint Exhibition | SouthbankPrintmakers

Southbank Printmakers Mini Print Exhibition 2024

1 October 2024 to 5 January 2025

Now in its 5th year, this ever-popular independent gallery-led show will again be home to a range of exciting mini prints from across the UK and beyond, giving both professional and amateur printmakers the chance to exhibit, sell and become known in 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 and John Purcell Paper.

The exhibition will run at our gallery in Gabriel’s Wharf on the Southbank from Tuesday 1 October to Sunday 1 December 2024. There will be 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 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025.

Submission Guidelines

Print Submission Requirements

Submissions were 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 made with an inkjet or laser printer are not accepted. However, digital processes can be used to enhance prints that are traditionally printed.
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.
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 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 our past 4 exhibitions was £60.
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 prints will be made by Southbank Printmakers Gallery to the artist after the end of the exhibition.

Inclusion in the online shop

All works selected for hanging will be included in the SBP online shop unless we receive specific instructions from the artist not to do so. Works selected for the browser will not be in the online shop. The online Mini Print Shop will remain open for a further 5 weeks and close on Sunday 5 January 2025.

Eligibility

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

Submission Timetable

For 2024, submission took take place in two stages:

Digital submission – Closed Sunday 7th July 2024.
Selected prints to be delivered to the gallery – By Sunday 15 September 2024

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 from 15 July but no later than 31 July 2024. Instructions for the physical delivery of your prints will be outlined in the selection email. Selected works must be delivered to the SBP Gallery (see address below). Those selected for wall display will be included in the SBP Mini Print Exhibition Tuesday 1 October to Sunday 1 December 2024 and in the SBP online shop for selected prints from 1 October 2024 to Sunday 5 January 2025. Works selected for the browser will be on display in the gallery only and not the online shop.

Return of Prints and Postage

All unsold prints can be collected from the SBP gallery from Saturday 18 January 2025 to 28 February 2025 or by including a stamped addressed envelope with a minimum of £4 postage stamps. There will be an additional postage charge for overseas entries. If you do not instruct us about how to return your prints by 31 March 2025, 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 print selected for hanging to put in 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. 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 and John Purcell Paper.

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 Competition Team

June Corpuz

Diane McLellan

Tim Mitchell (SBP online shop)

Summary of dates SBP Mini Print Competition 2024

Entries open - Monday 20 May 2024

Closing date for entries - Sunday 30 June 2024

Artist informed of Selection - From Monday 15 July to 31 July 2024