Looking at prints in an exhibition can be quite exhausting as one is always trying to concentrate and isolate the image in front of you without becoming distracted by the ones next to it. This was not a problem with Christopher’s work which held the eye, looking joyful and animated. As a printmaker, I know how easy it is to become obsessed with the technical demands of the work, but this print looked experimental and bold. For me it had the same kind of freedom of expression and abstracted energy that I associate with the second generation of abstract expressionists, artists like Sam Francis.

I had not realised that Christopher had already become a member of PMC but am delighted that he can now enjoy an extra year – free of charge. I look forward to meeting him and seeing his next prints.’

Venessa Pugh PMC Committee Member 2022

MA Fine Art graduate from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. 
BA (Hons) Art & Design graduate from the University of Leeds

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We are delighted to announce that Skyler Yiu is the recipient of a £200 prize and a complimentary membership of PMC.

Skyler is an artist and printmaker whose works explore identity, memory and trauma. She graduated with a Bachelor of Illustration and Visual Media from London College of Communication (UAL), before undertaking an MA Print at the Royal College of Art. Skyler works through various media, including printmaking, photography, animation, and drawings. She lives and works in London (UK).

www.bookplatesociety.org/2020competitionLondon.htm

submission deadline: 31st March 2020

No entry fee.

Congress dates: 12th to 16th August 2020.  Exhibition will be shown initially in the Congress venue, a hotel in Bloomsbury, near BM.

Each artist can submit up to three designs.

Size of paper: 21 x 15 cm. (A5)

The longest side of the image – not more than 14 cm

4 examples are required of each image.

One set of all images submitted will go to the National Gallery of Victoria, Australia.

Images will not be returned.

1st Prize: £1250.

Various other cash prizes including two for Students.

Selection panel:  Anne Desmet RE, RA; Wuon-Gean Ho; Andy English SWE; Peter Ford RE, RWA (chair) and Martin Baeyens (Belgium).