Printmaking as a medium is driven by process and is inherently community-orientated. Even within contemporary or experimental forms, the act of imprinting, reproducing, or transferring is inevitably collaborative; bound by clean and dirty hands, shared resources, and exchange. Much like artist-run-initiatives (ARI) and collectives, printmaking is often a team effort.

Bringing together 19 artists from across Australia, ED 6 celebrates contemporary approaches to printmaking with a focus on early-career artists in dialogue with more established printmakers. Presented at peer ARI, Our Neon Foe, the exhibition highlights the importance of collaboration and grassroots connections in not only printmaking but the broader arts community. Demonstrating the malleability of print in both focused and cross-disciplinary practices, ED 6 offers playful encounters with differing material and conceptual exploration, sharing recent work by artists previously featured as part of More Than Reproduction’s monthly artist profile program.

ED 6 marks the sixth iteration of the annual Edition program, an exhibition series which navigates the breadth and depth of contemporary print-practice, occuring in March each year to align with International Women’s Day and MTR’s establishment.

Featuring 5 Press, Angela Hayson, Annabelle McEwen, Annika Romeyn, Bea Buckland-Willis, Bridget Baskerville, Claire Fletcher, Emilee Robinson, Freyja Fristad, Isabella Kennedy, Jacqui Driver, Jenny Robinson, Juanita McLauchlan, Lucy Bird, Maria Thaddea, Mia van Dort-Gilmore, Niloufar Lovegrove, Nina Juniper and Vedika Rampal.

More Than Reproduction (MTR) is a Sydney-based artist-run initiative for female-identifying and gender diverse artists, co-founded by Jennifer Brady, Millie Mitchell and Sarah Rose. We are dedicated to strengthening printmaking practices across Australia by building a sense of creative community. Our platform aims to bolster artists in the early stages of their careers by increasing their visibility and facilitating unique opportunities through an artistic program grounded in network building, peer-support, professional development and the diversification of audiences with print-practice.