Derby Print Open

Derby Print Open An Open exhibition open to all showcasing contemporary printmaking from artists based in the UK.

Printmakers based in the United Kingdom are invited to submit work toward Green Door Printmaking Studio's first ever Derby Print Open.

Announcing the Young Printmaker Award winner:Reciprocal FragilityBoris Kwokother.boris"My life’s purpose is to declare w...
24/06/2026

Announcing the Young Printmaker Award winner:

Reciprocal Fragility
Boris Kwokother.boris

"My life’s purpose is to declare war on repression. It is an unbeatable foe and a lifelong obsession. In waging this fantastical and futile war, my only hope is to raise awareness of repression as the root of all evil. It is my belief that through fully understanding our own repression, we can achieve both inner peace and peace in the world."

This award is given to celebrate and encourage the development of young printmakers in their craft.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

Announcing the Monochrome Award winner:Lightning advances with the windRachael EdgarRachael Edgar"My work begins with th...
24/06/2026

Announcing the Monochrome Award winner:

Lightning advances with the wind
Rachael Edgar
Rachael Edgar

"My work begins with the experience of motherhood and opens out into broader questions of responsibility, fear, and hope. In my intaglio series In Responsibilities Begin Dreams, I reimagine children from found family photographs, lifting them from their original contexts and placing them in new, imagined worlds. Through this, I move between the intimate and the universal: moments from my own life become a way to think about the futures we collectively hope for—for other children as well as our own. The found images act as a bridge between personal memory and shared narratives, allowing the children depicted to become symbols of possibility, vulnerability, and the quiet bravery that childhood often requires."

This award is given to celebrate the use of black and white in printmaking.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

Announcing the Chroma Award winner:HomeJudith WestrupJudith WestrupJudith Westrup is a printmaker who works in the mediu...
24/06/2026

Announcing the Chroma Award winner:

Home
Judith Westrup
Judith Westrup

Judith Westrup is a printmaker who works in the medium of linocut. Judith’s life and art is deeply rooted in the chalk Downland, the rolling Wealden hills and the wide skies of the Thames estuary, where she explores the traces of these immensely historic landscapes. Judith works on each print intuitively, engrossed in the slow and repetitive physical processes that characterise the medium of linocut – deliberately carving the linoleum plates, carefully rolling ink and slowly winding her cast-iron press before lifting each print, layer by layer. She often overlays imperceptibly pale free-inked gradients to convey the deep stillness of ancient places, blurring the lines between ancient and present times.

This award is given to celebrate the use of colour in printmaking.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

22/06/2026

There are just seven days until the end of the Derby Print Open 2026. We will be showcasing UK based printmakers over four city centre based venues until 30th June.

Browse and puchase all of the work online via our website to support the printmakers.

There is now just over a week to go until the end of this year's Derby Print Open exhibition, showing across four venues...
19/06/2026

There is now just over a week to go until the end of this year's Derby Print Open exhibition, showing across four venues over Derby city centre; Banks Mill Studios
Tubo Gift Shop Chapel Street Arts Centre Derby LIVE and The Smallprint Co.

We hope you will have a chance to pop in and view over 300 original prints by 99 UK based printmakers, showing until 30th June.

Announcing the Surface Gallery Award winner:BeachcombingMolly Rogers"As with my medium, the subject of my work varies co...
11/06/2026

Announcing the Surface Gallery Award winner:

Beachcombing
Molly Rogers


"As with my medium, the subject of my work varies considerably, but this always links back to my own personal experiences: experiences of being a disabled woman, of being a part of the natural world, of being part of a community and a family or simply of having lived a life that is unique to me. My recent work has been engaged with the idea of memory; I have an archival urge, fuelled by my fear of forgetting, so I have been exploring the idea of preserving the ephemeral."

Surface Gallery Surface in Nottingham is an independent, non-profit, and volunteer-run contemporary art space based in the Creative Quarter on Southwell Road. Founded in 1999, it supports early and mid-career artists through exhibitions, studios, and events, offering affordable, experimental space for artistic development.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

Announcing the St Cuthberts Mill Award winner:House MartinsLouise EdwardsLOUISE EDWARDS PRINTMAKER"My work explores the ...
11/06/2026

Announcing the St Cuthberts Mill Award winner:

House Martins
Louise Edwards
LOUISE EDWARDS PRINTMAKER

"My work explores the beauty of the natural world through reduction linocut printmaking. Inspired by hedgerows, wildlife, and the changing seasons, I create images that reflect moments of connection — the pause before movement, the glance of an animal, the rhythm of nature observed closely and patiently."

St Cuthberts Mill St Cuthberts Mill based in Somerset, England specialises in the paper manufacturing of high quality artists papers. Our experienced papermakers carefully make professional mould made papers, using one of the few remaining cylinder mould machines left in the world.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

Announcing the Quinta del Sordo Gallery Award winner:Rock Star Tree no1: Cherry BlossomsKatherine OwenKatherine is a pri...
08/06/2026

Announcing the Quinta del Sordo Gallery Award winner:

Rock Star Tree no1: Cherry Blossoms
Katherine Owen


Katherine is a printmaker and graphic designer. With more than 30 years experience in publishing, Katherine wanted to reconnect with her creative art school roots. Taking a course at East London Printmakers, Katherine enjoyed getting ink on her hands again – reigniting her passion for all things print. She now views her creative work through a fresh lens and is excited about the possibilities. Drawing inspiration from her own photography, Katherine explores texture, colour and the layering of different screen effects, mixing mediums.

Quinta del Sordo Gallery in Cromford, Derbyshire, is a contemporary art gallery and working studio run by John McDonald located in a historic 18th-century market place building. The gallery specializes in statement pieces, including portraits, furniture, and ceramics.

View this print in person throughout June in our Chapel Street Arts Centre venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

Announcing the Quinta del Sordo Gallery Award winner:Country PhotographerMarie Theresa SouthMarie enjoys going from an i...
07/06/2026

Announcing the Quinta del Sordo Gallery Award winner:

Country Photographer
Marie Theresa South

Marie enjoys going from an initial idea, to sketches to compose a picture and then moving on to paint, felt, sew or print it. She finds it very satisfying to see an idea come to fruition in a frame! Her inspiration comes from in her surroundings, particularly the Derbyshire countryside and the small village which she lives in, near Ashby de la Zouch. A wide variety of countryside animals and plants influence her work. Marie is also a keen photographer and she finds that photography, printmaking, wet felt making, sewing and painting complement each other.

Quinta del Sordo Gallery in Cromford, Derbyshire, is a contemporary art gallery and working studio run by John McDonald located in a historic 18th-century market place building. The gallery specializes in statement pieces, including portraits, furniture, and ceramics.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

Announcing the Quinta del Sordo Gallery Award winner:Ullswater Landscape VaseSue CleggSue Clegg is a multidisciplinary a...
07/06/2026

Announcing the Quinta del Sordo Gallery Award winner:

Ullswater Landscape Vase
Sue Clegg


Sue Clegg is a multidisciplinary artist and educator whose practice is grounded in an exploration of place, memory, and lived experience. Working across a range of processes and materials, she investigates the dialogues that arise between them, generating both representational and more abstracted pieces.

Quinta del Sordo Gallery in Cromford, Derbyshire, is a contemporary art gallery and working studio run by John McDonald located in a historic 18th-century market place building. The gallery specializes in statement pieces, including portraits, furniture, and ceramics.

View this print in person throughout June in our Banks Mill Studios venue.

We are very grateful to our award givers for their overwhelming generosity in supporting the Derby Print Open 2026 (showing until 30 June).

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