Events & Gatherings
Contemporary Printmaking Gathering 2024
Remai Modern is pleased to present a series of talks, panel discussions and workshops that highlight the collaborative nature of printmaking and the innovations taking place in the medium.
Innovate | Collaborate | Contemporary Printmaking Gathering 2024 takes place on September 28 and 29, 2024 at Remai Modern and the University of Saskatchewan.
Event/Exhibition meta autogenerated block.
When
September 28 at 9:00AM–5:30PM
Where
Remai Modern
Drawing inspiration from Remai Modern’s near-comprehensive holdings of Pablo Picasso’s linocuts, the program will highlight his work in printmaking, his innovations in the medium, and his collaborations with master printer Hildalgo Arnera. The gathering coincides with the exhibition Life in Print: Pablo Picasso and William Kentridge and, in the context of this exhibition, themes of William Kentridge’s work and his collaborations with master printer Jillian Ross will be also included.
Schedule of Events
Day 1: Saturday, September 28, 9 AM–4:30 PM
- 9 AM, Remai Modern Atrium – Welcome remarks by Aileen Burns and Johan Lundh, Co-Executive Director & CEO of Remai Modern
- 10-11:30 AM, Remai Modern Picasso Gallery, Curator tour of Life in Print exhibition with Michelle Jacques, Chief Curator and Head of Exhibitions & Collections at Remai Modern in conversation with Assistant Curator, Bevin Bradley and Jillian Cyca, Registrar (Collections)
- 1-2:00 PM, Remai Modern Theatre – Collaborative Printmaking with Jillian Ross and Steven Dixon moderated by Jenn Law
- 2-3:30 PM Remai Modern’s Cameco Learning Studio – Reductive Printmaking Session (Space Limited)
- 3:30-4:30 PM, Remai Modern SaskTel Theatre – Wally Dion: An Artist’s Perspective on Collaborative Printmaking
Day 2: Sunday, September 29, 9 AM–4 PM
- 9-10 AM – Gordon Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan – Welcome remarks by Andrew Denton, Director of the School of the Arts
- 10–11:30 AM Printmaking Department, Room 64 Murray Building, University of Saskatchewan – Printmaking Studio Tours and Demonstration with Patrick Bulas and Jacob Semko
- 12-1:30 PM Remai Modern Riverview foyer – Opening Reception for Céline Condorelli: Limits to Play
- 1:30-2:30 PM Remai Modern Riverview room – Picasso, Arnéra and Linocuts with Anne-Francoise Gavanon
- 3-4 PM – Join a guided tour of exhibitions taisha paggett: soliloquy for a horizon and Kaija Sanelma Harris: Warp & Weft
Gathering Tickets – $40 for non-members, $30 for members (discount codes for members will be delivered via email)
Also taking place on Sunday, September 29
- 6 PM – Mendel International Lecture with Fredrick Mulder, supported by Colliers | Tom and Keitha McClocklin
- 7:30 PM – Mendel International Lecture Dinner, supported by Colliers | Tom and Keitha McClocklin
Gathering tickets grant access to all event activities except the Mendel International Lecture and Dinner, which requires separate tickets. Purchase tickets to the Mendel International Lecture and Dinner here.
Please note that the open printmaking studio and demonstrations by Patrick Bulas and Jacob Semko are limited-capacity events. Ticket holders can register for this activity after purchasing their tickets, with spaces allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.
Tickets to Remai Modern events are non-refundable.
Speaker Bios
Michelle Jacques
Curator and writer Michelle Jacques was born in Toronto to parents of Caribbean origin who immigrated to Canada in the 1960s. She began working in art museums shortly after completing her graduate work at York University, where her research focused on thinking about Canadian Modernism through the lenses of feminism and critical race theory. Prior to joining Remai Modern as Head of Collections & Exhibitions/Chief Curator, Jacques held roles at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV); Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Art Tapes, Halifax.
Jillian Ross
Jillian Ross is a collaborative Master Printer based in Saskatoon, Canada. Ross began working at the David Krut Workshop (Johannesburg, South Africa) in 2003 where she became one of William Kentridge’s primary print collaborators, completing some of Kentridge’s most ambitious print projects including: The Universal Archive, the Triumphs and Laments woodcut series, and most recently the Studio Life photogravures.
Steven Dixon
Steven Dixon has a Masters of Fine Arts degree from Arizona State University and has worked at the University of Alberta since 1986, where he specializes in intaglio and relief printing techniques and photographic printmaking processes. He has extensively researched the traditional copperplate photogravure process and investigated how contemporary approaches and new technology can assist the process. Since 2020, Dixon has been collaborating with Master Printer Jillian Ross and David Krut Publishing to produce photogravure plates for South African artist William Kentridge.
Wally Dion
Wally Dion, b.1976 Saskatoon Saskatchewan, is a visual artist living and working in Binghamton, New York. A member of Yellow Quill First Nation (Salteaux), Dion holds a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. Throughout much of his career, Dion’s work has contributed to a broad conversation in the art world about identity and power, and can be interpreted as part of a much larger pan-American struggle by Indigenous peoples to be recognized: culturally, economically, and politically, by settler societies.
Patrick Bulas
Patrick Bulas is an artist who has lived in Saskatoon for over 20 years. Born in Edmonton, he has received both his BFA and MFA from the University of Alberta. He has had solo exhibitions in Edmonton and Saskatoon and has participated in group exhibitions in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Hamilton. In addition to his studio practice, he works at the University of Saskatchewan as the printmaking studio technician and a sessional instructor in Department of Art & Art History. Currently, he is a board member of SK Printmakers.
Jacob Semko
Jacob Semko is an artist, author, and printmaker. He has a BFA from the University of Saskatchewan and an MFA from the University of Cincinnati. He has been on faculty at the University of Cincinnati, (USA), Queens University (Ontario) Haliburton School of the Arts (Ontario), SERC in Bangor (Northern Ireland), St. Peters College (Saskatchewan), and the University of Saskatchewan. Semko has taught workshops, given lectures, and been a visiting artist in residence in China, Northern Ireland, and the Republic of Ireland. He has participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions and has his artwork in permanent collections across the globe. Semko lives in Saskatoon.
Anne-Francoise Gavanon
Anne-Françoise is a Director of Frederick Mulder Ltd, one of the foremost private dealers in the world of works on paper by Modern Masters. Based in London, clients include major museums such as MoMA and the British Museum, as well as private collectors. She is listed as an éminence grise in Spear’s 500. Anne-Françoise has worked as an independent art historian since 2015. Gavanon studied Art History at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London, and graduated with an MA in Modern Art with Merit in 2004.
Fred Mulder
Frederick Mulder, who grew up in Eston, Saskatchewan was educated at the University of Saskatchewan (BA Honours English), Brown University (M.A., Ph.D Philosophy), and Oxford University. Since leaving Oxford, Mulder has been an art dealer, specializing in European printmaking 1470-1970, with a further specialty in prints by Pablo Picasso. His clients include many of the world’s major museums, and private collectors. He is the Chair of Trustees of Frederick Mulder Foundation, funded from the profits of his business, which particularly supports projects to address the climate emergency. He was also the founder and first Chair of The Funding Network, an organization that does live crowdfunding for social change projects active in the UK and in 21 other countries.
Jenn Law
Jenn Law is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and editor based in Toronto. Working across print-based media, Law’s practice explores cultural ecologies and processes of material storytelling. She holds a PhD in Anthropology from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, UK, a BA in Anthropology from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, and a BFA from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Her doctoral research focused on the impact of the truth and reconciliation process on art and civil society in early post-Apartheid South Africa. Law has exhibited her work internationally and has published widely on contemporary art and print culture, working as a lecturer, curator, and editor in Canada, the UK, and South Africa.