Print Artist & Curator
Marci Tackett is a printmaker based in the wider Wellington region whose practice combines new technology and traditional aspects of printmaking to play with visual perception through multiple layers of abstract shapes and colour fields
https://inaarraoui.com/marci-tackett/
Employing the digital hand-made to engage diverse communities in the art of letterpress, the team at Wai-te-ata Press are bringing the stories of these communities alive through multilingual projects and publications. https://inaarraoui.com/wai-te-ata-press/
Cultural icon John Perry has been active in the arts scene since he graduated from Elam in the 1960s, working as an artist, curator, educator, art dealer, consultant and valuer. A lifetime of collecting can be viewed at his shop Global Village Antiques & Collectables in Helensville, Auckland. https://inaarraoui.com/john-perry/
Wellington based print artist Kyla Cresswell utilizes intaglio and wood-based techniques to explore the sense of quiet and stillness embedded in the landscape. https://inaarraoui.com/kyla-cresswell/
Recently completing a Master of Visual Arts at AUT, Luca Nicholas received the New Zealand Painting and Printmaking Award for his delicately layered etching Hyper-ballad (2020) which can be seen as part of his first solo show Triple Axel. https://inaarraoui.com/luca-nicholas-triple-axel/
Graham Judd runs an award-winning specialist letterpress printing company, teaches and mentors young letterpress enthusiasts and has recently established a mobile print shop with the aim of sharing his love of letterpress across the country. https://inaarraoui.com/gto-printers-graham-judd/
Inspired by urban ecologies and walked landscapes, Celia Walker’s art practice embodies her commitment to engaging with her immediate environment to tackle global environmental issues. Her work includes curating collaborative print exchanges, installations and exhibitions. https://inaarraoui.com/celia-walker/
For this ambitious cultural exchange, exhibition, each artist has responded to multiple aspects of place, providing visual and conceptual representations of personal experiences or shared narratives of a specific physical environment. https://inaarraoui.com/exhibition-thinking-of-place-ii/
Although often referred to as ‘books’ artist’s books share little resemblance to the books on our bookshelves at home, instead opening up new worlds for the imagination to explore by incorporating different forms, folds, materials and imagery to challenge perceptions of what a book can be. https://inaarraoui.com/exhibition-out-of-the-cupboard/
