2025
Ukrainian Print Exchange #9
The UPE is an unjuried print exchange with no assigned theme, open to all professionals, students and beginners! The UPE is an annual event organized by NAPAPERI Printmaking Studio, Kyiv, Ukraine. This Exchange was founded in 2016 by Ira Gvozdyk with the hopes of supporting development printmaking in Ukraine.
HOW IT WORKS
The key point of the exchange is for each artist to provide 14 prints 23x23cm, created specifically for the event. Artists are allowed to work in any known classical techniques
of printmaking. The organizing studio of the exchange, NAPAPERI, keeps two prints- the first for the archive and exhibition in Gallery 83, the second for sale to fund future projects. The other prints are randomized and sorted. Thus, by the end of the exchange, every participant has a chance to collect 12 works of their colleagues. By taking part in such exchanges across the world, an artist has a unique opportunity to gather a personal collection of original prints at home.
In UPE #9 took part 55 artists.
Each print is available for purchase. The price of each is 20 USD + postal service
And the Wheel Still Turns. Linocut / sold
Breah Fyffe, Florida, United States
And the Wheel Still Turns. Linocut / sold
Breah Fyffe, Florida, United States
Some artists add explanations to their works:
JACKY EDWARDS
Freedom's Tears was inspired by conversations with our Ukrainian friends who have been living with us in the UK for the past two years.
The anguish about the safety of family and friends at home in the Ukraine, some in the army, the lack of control from being thrown into a war by the hand of Putin, and the realisation that freedom will be bought at a very high price for individuals, communities and the country, is very real - sometimes overwhelming, and yet the Ukrainian people gather themselves up, carry on and live hopefully. The cost of freedom is a high one.
Freedom's Tears was inspired by conversations with our Ukrainian friends who have been living with us in the UK for the past two years.
The anguish about the safety of family and friends at home in the Ukraine, some in the army, the lack of control from being thrown into a war by the hand of Putin, and the realisation that freedom will be bought at a very high price for individuals, communities and the country, is very real - sometimes overwhelming, and yet the Ukrainian people gather themselves up, carry on and live hopefully. The cost of freedom is a high one.
IRA GVOZDYK
Consequences of "great" russian culture
The motive for this work was a photo of the church door, destroyed by the russian troops in 2022. This is the Voznesenska Church of the early 20th century in one of the Chernihiv region village (North part of Ukraine). For some time, the church building served as a headquarters for russian army. I took a series of pictures during a photo tour in October 2024. The building was completely destroyed. Only part of the fresco inside and bullet-riddled walls and doors remained. Instead of bells, now only the sounds of metal parts swinging in the wind can be heard.
https://www.iragvozdyk.com/consequences
Consequences of "great" russian culture
The motive for this work was a photo of the church door, destroyed by the russian troops in 2022. This is the Voznesenska Church of the early 20th century in one of the Chernihiv region village (North part of Ukraine). For some time, the church building served as a headquarters for russian army. I took a series of pictures during a photo tour in October 2024. The building was completely destroyed. Only part of the fresco inside and bullet-riddled walls and doors remained. Instead of bells, now only the sounds of metal parts swinging in the wind can be heard.
https://www.iragvozdyk.com/consequences
YVETTE BARTLETTE
Janna
The Image Janna is a response to stories from my partners Ukrainian family. I feel like the women are laying down their lives on uncertain ground whilst the bombs are falling on your beautiful country. Women are being left whilst their husbands put their own lives at risk to defend their nation.
Ukrainian women in the UK are trying to subsist a temporary life with their children in an uncertain future.
Janna
The Image Janna is a response to stories from my partners Ukrainian family. I feel like the women are laying down their lives on uncertain ground whilst the bombs are falling on your beautiful country. Women are being left whilst their husbands put their own lives at risk to defend their nation.
Ukrainian women in the UK are trying to subsist a temporary life with their children in an uncertain future.
IRA GVOZDYK
Butterfly
On March 10, 2022, on the 15th day of the war, my daughter and I arrived at an art residency in Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany. A butterfly lived in our room. I watched on its motionless body and wondered if it would find the strength to wake up. It slept for several months until it felt warm enough to come to life. We spent six months in Dortmund. I took a photo of this butterfly in memory. At that time it looked a lot like me. I was also far from home, fell into suspended animation (anabiosis), and didn’t know if I would have the strength to “wake up” and live on.
Butterfly
On March 10, 2022, on the 15th day of the war, my daughter and I arrived at an art residency in Kuenstlerhaus Dortmund, Germany. A butterfly lived in our room. I watched on its motionless body and wondered if it would find the strength to wake up. It slept for several months until it felt warm enough to come to life. We spent six months in Dortmund. I took a photo of this butterfly in memory. At that time it looked a lot like me. I was also far from home, fell into suspended animation (anabiosis), and didn’t know if I would have the strength to “wake up” and live on.
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