NEW RELEASE: Stephen Hayes

December 2024, View the Press Release

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce the publication of a new body of monotypes by Portland-based artist Stephen Hayes.

Created this past November in our Portland studio during Hayes’ Hallie Ford Fellows Residency. This third collaboration between Hayes and Mullowney Printing produced a body of variable landscape monotype prints based on locations in both Ukraine and Palestine.

New editions are available for purchase on our website.

SUpport Mullowney Printing

December 2024, Support Our Annual Fund

For the past five years we have worked with a diverse group of leading established and emerging visual artists, creating editions which challenge and push the boundaries of traditional printmaking and visual expression. Going into 2025, we remain dedicated to continuing this important work with the conviction that all art has the capacity to profoundly impact individuals and communities alike. Thank you for your continued support in our endeavors,

Learn more about our programs and consider making a tax-deductible contribution.

NEW RELEASE: MAZATL

November 2024, View the Press Release

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce the release of a much anticipated collection of relief prints by San Cristóbal, Chiapas based artist, Mazatl. For his first project with Mullowney Printing, Mazatl produced four multi-block relief prints titled Espíritu del
Sol I and Espíritu del Sol II. 

Mazatl is a contemporary artist whose relief prints, drawings, paintings, murals, and installations explore themes of unity, nature, introspection, healing, and liberation. He currently resides in Chiapas, Mexico. Mazatl is a member of Justseeds Artists' Cooperative and APC (Animal Power Crew).

New editions are available for purchase on our website.

Residency: Stephen Hayes

November 2024 | Learn more

We are pleased to welcome Stephen Hayes to Mullowney Printing for our final artist residency of 2024. Made possible by grant funding from the Ford Family Foundation, this is Hayes’ third time joining us at Mullowney Printing. We are looking forward collaborating with him over the few months! Learn more programs of our Undergrowth Print Fund (UEPF) - with the mission to support and nurture artists’ careers as printmakers and practicing studio artists.

New prints by Stephen Hayes will be available in early December. For more information, or interest in early viewing, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com.

EXHiBITION: A Democracy of Multiples: Recent Publications from Mullowney Printing

Oct 17 - Nov 22, 2024
Linfield Gallery, McMinnville, OR

A Democracy of Multiples features woodcuts, etchings, monotypes and letterpress broadsides published by Mullowney Printing over the past ten years, including work by Sandow Birk and Elyse Pignolet, Demian DinéYazhi', Stephen Hayes, Narsiso Martinez and Marie Watt.

An Opening Reception will be held on October 17th from 5-7 PM. Mullowney Printing Founder, Paul Mullowney, will make remarks at 4 PM.

Workshop: Private offerings

October 2024

This fall and winter, Mullowney Printing is offering full or half-day private workshops to small groups for holiday celebrations, corporate events, networking, team building and more. We have openings for private printing sessions with Master Printer, and Mullowney Printing founder, Paul Mullowney this fall from October to December.

Mullowney Printing is located in a spacious northwest Portland studio, filled with natural light. We can guide you through all aspects of our printing project, including etching, monotypes, intaglio, woodblock, lithography, letterpress, screen printing and more.

Learn more about private workshop offerings and contact us to discuss customizations.

EXHiBITION: Marie WatT, Telegraph

Until November 14, 2024
Catharine Clark Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Watt’s ambitious exhibition is her second solo presentation with the gallery and her first to encompass the fully expanded space. Her newest works incorporate an extensive material vocabulary—including neon, welded steel, tin jingles, and textile—as part of a deeper meditation on what it means to communicate across languages, geographies, and generations.

Click here for available prints by Marie Watt at Mullowney Printing.

EXHiBITION: Narsiso Martinez, Joyfully Grown

Until October 26, 2024
Charlie James Gallery, Los Angelos, CA

Working in charcoal and mixed media on found cardboard produce boxes, Martinez draws from personal experience and relationships to highlight the lives and dreams of farmworkers. Martinez spent three weeks at Mullowney Printing, creating a new body of works, as part of the Federico Sevilla Sierra artist residency.

Click here for available prints by Narsiso Martinez at Mullowney Printing.

EXHiBITION: Felipe Baeza, The Firekeepers

Until November 22, 2024
Veta Galeria, Madrid, Spain

The Fire Keepers a group show curated by Eduardo Sarabia and Lorena Peña Brito, invokes the power of ignition from the spiritual, the importance of the collective, of creative work and the inclusion of collective practices, to think about (re)production of the life.

Click here for available prints by Felipe Baeza at Mullowney Printing.

NEW RELEASE: Narsiso Martinez

September 2024

We are pleased to share two new large-scale linocut prints, the second release of works by Martinez developed during his three-week residency at Mullowney Printing in spring of 2024. These newly available works, Lady Injustice and Real Superhero, join two previously published prints titled Fearless Mode and Portrait of a Hero. During his time at Mullowney Printing, Narsiso Martinez explored his passion for traditional printmaking, honoring the long and rich tradition of resistance and revolution in graphic arts.

New editions are available for purchase on our website. For more information and pricing, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com

SALE: END OF SUMMER SALE

Date: September 4-30, 2024 | Presenter: Jon Barcan

End of Summer Sale! Celebrate the changing of seasons with Mullowney Printing Company. From September 4-30, 2024 we are opening up our print archive for discounts on select works, including prints by artists; Storm Tharp, Jeffry Mitchell, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Stephen Hayes, Jeremy Okai Davis, Unai San Martin, Willie Little, Jenny Schmid, Brian Paul, Alison Saar, and more.

This is a unique opportunity to purchase limited edition works at a discounted price.

Workshop: INNOVATIVE INTAGLIO

Date: September 14-15, 2024 | Presenter: Jon Barcan

In this workshop, join local artist Jon Barcan to learn how to incorporate digital imagery into traditional copper intaglio etching processes. Students will learn how to expose text, illustration, and photography to silkscreens, and screen print water-based ink to the surface of their metal substrate. This ink layer will act as the plate’s acid resist during the completion of darkly etched aquatint tones.

Ideal for artists looking to explore new mediums or expand their printmaking skills, this workshop offers a unique blend of modern and traditional methods, giving life to your artistic visions. Join us to push the boundaries of printmaking image making!

NEW RELEASE: STORM THARP

July 2024

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce new editions by Storm Tharp. In his most recent collaboration with Mullowney Printing, during which Tharp completed a series of five delicately rich drypoint etchings printed on Japanese gampi. This discreet and elegant suite of five floral drypoints is printed in velvety black ink on diaphanous handmade gampi and reflects Storm’s love of Japanese craft and visual aesthetics. The resulting compositions are understated and elegant in their simple presentation, with very narrow margins, stamped quietly in red within the picture frame with the artist’s traditional hanko, or personal stamp.

All new editions are available for purchase on our website or for more information, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com.  

NEW RELEASE: Narsiso Martinez

July 2024

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce new editions by Narsiso Martinez. During his three-week residency at Mullowney Printing, Narsiso Martinez explored his passion for traditional printmaking. He designed, carved, and completed two large scale linocut prints, scheduled to be published in late summer 2024, as well as a direct copperplate gravure etching and a variable edition monotype. Through his print work, Martinez honors the long and rich tradition of resistance and revolution in graphic arts, and pays homage to the print shops of his home state of Oaxaca. His work is a nod to the dynamic, decades-long impact of Chicano graphics in his adopted state of California.

All new editions are available for purchase on our website or for more information, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com.  

News: Seattle Art Fair

July 25 - 28, 202, Lumen Field Event Center

Mullowney Printing Company invites you to view new publications and selections from our print archive at the Seattle Art Fair, taking place at the Lumen Field Event Center on July 25-28. We are eager to debut new editions by Storm Tharp and Narsiso Martinez, as well as feature new work by Felipe Baeza, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Willie Little, Stephanie Syjuco and more.

Purchase tickets to the Seattle Art Fair and learn more about programming and events. Please do not hesitate to reach out and visit our booth!

Event: Publisher Spotlight Closing

Saturday, July 13, 2–5pm, Print Center New York

Join us for the closing of Mullowney Printing’s Publisher Spotlight partnership with with Print Center New York (PCNY)! In conjunction with West Side Fest, join transdisciplinary artist and activist Demian DinéYazhi' for a hands-on letterpress printing activation based on recent work created while in residence at Mullowney Printing Company in Portland, Oregon

Work by DinéYazhi´will continue to be available on our website. Protect the Sacred Voice series utilizes text statements and phrases liberated from the artist’s social media posts. New editions of Landing Of The Homophobes (Pilgrims) by DinéYazhi´ are available for purchase on our website. For more information and pricing, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com.

NEWS: Alison Saar x Olympic Games

June 2024, Read More

We are proud to share that our dear friend Alison Saar’s official sculpture of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was inaugurated last week in Paris, France. Titled Salon, the artwork features 6 chairs positioned in a circle around a young black woman with the Olympic rings on the ground.

Congratulations Alison Saar! We are looking forward to sharing new work by Saar published by Mullowney Studio in Fall 2024. View current works for sale by Saar through Mullowney Printing on our website.

NEW RELEASE: DEMIAN DINÉYAZHI'

June 2024, View the Press Release

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce a new lithograph by Demian DinéYazhi’. Landing of the Homophobes (Pilgrims), was produced during DinéYazhi ́’s ongoing residency at Mullowney Printing. DinéYazhi’ has been in residence since early February 2024 as part of the Hallie Ford Fellowship Residency Program, funded through our Undergrowth Educational Print Fund.

Landing of the Homophobes (Pilgrims) is currently on view at Print Center New York from June 6 - July 13, 2024 as part of a partnership through the Publisher Spotlight program. Within this body of work, DinéYazhi’ reflects on the revolutionary history of print as a tool for activism, drawing parallels between movements of resistance both past and present.

Protect the sacred voice: t-shirts by Demian DinéYazhi'

June 2024, Purchase

Screen-printed t-shirts and letter-press broadsides featuring designs by Demian DinéYazhi' are available for purchase! Made in residence at Mullowney Printing, DinéYazhi’s Protect the Sacred Voice series utilizes text statements and phrases liberated from the artists social media posts. They are printed using graphic, bold design and finished in vibrant ombré color palettes. DinéYazhi’ employs printmaking techniques that contemplate what it means to be a living, autonomous, and marginalized artist under the crushing weight of the art industrial complex. View our store.

PRINT CENTER NEW YORK: PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT x DEMIAN DINÉYAZHI’

June 6–July 13, 2024, Learn More

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce a partnership with Print Center New York (PCNY). This summer, Mullowney Printing will be featured in Print Center New York’s Publisher Spotlight program. This partnership will feature work by Demian DinéYazhi'. The artist reflects on the revolutionary history of print as a tool for activism, drawing parallels between movements of resistance both past and present.

The exhibition will be on view from June 6–July 13, 2024, with an Opening Reception & Artist Conversation on Saturday, June 15, 4–6pm. RSVP for Opening Reception

NEW RELEASE: FElipe Baeza

May 2024, View the Press Release

Portland, OR - Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce two new etchings by Felipe Baeza (b. 1987, Guanajuato, Mexico). Baeza fuses collage, painting, printmaking, and other techniques to create multilayered, textural works that explore notions of the body, immigrant, and queer experiences.

For his first project with Mullowney printing, Baeza collaborated with Harry Schneider, Master Printer Paul Mullowney and Alejandra Arias Sevilla. Together, they produced two elegant works on paper; Acoge al fantasma and Flesh and possibility. Both prints emerged during Baeza's 2023 Federico Sevilla Sierra Printmaking Residency.

All new editions are available for purchase on our website or for more information, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com.  

Open Call: 2024/2025 Studio Apprenticeship PrograM

April 2024

Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce an open call for our 2024/2025 Studio Apprenticeship Program! The Apprenticeship Program is an exciting opportunity for emerging artists working in traditional print media to expand their skills in professional studio practices, technical printing proficiency and historical & contemporary knowledge by working in a fine art print publishing studio. This year, we will select two individuals for two studio apprenticeship positions.

The deadline to apply is May 31, 2024. Learn more and apply!

SEVILLA SIERRA RESIDENCY: NARSISO MARTINEZ

April 2024

Please welcome Narsiso Martinez to Mullowney Printing to begin his two-week stay as our next Resident for the Federico Sevilla Sierra Printmaking Residency. Named in honor of Mexican printer Federico Sevilla Sierra, the program aims to preserve traditional printmaking practices by offering artists of Mexican heritage space and support to create work, while building connections between diverse communities in Portland and beyond. Former recipients include Felipe Baeza, Nuria Montiel, Arleene Correa Valencia, and Mazatl.

Key funding for the Federico Sevilla Sierra Printmaking Residency comes from the generosity of the Arias Sevilla Family Charitable Fund. Learn more.

News: summer workshop series

April 2024

Our Summer Workshop Series is now available for registration! In partnership with a handful of talented instructors, we are elated to offer a series of seven incredible learning opportunities to our print community. Visit the workshops page on our website for more details on each workshop and to register!

Please note that space is limited! In order to facilitate the best learning experience for our attendees, most workshops are capped at 8 people.

Please do not hesitate to reach out to the Mullowney Printing Team with questions.

NEWS: welcome alyssa aviles

April 2024

We are pleased to announce Alyssa Aviles as the 2024 recipient of our annual Studio Apprenticeship Program! The Studio Scholarship program, funded through The Undergrowth Educational Print Fund (UEPF), is an exciting opportunity for young and emerging artists working in traditional print media to expand their skillsets in professional studio practices, technical printing proficiency, and historical and contemporary knowledge from a fine art print publishing studio. Former recipients include Alejandra Arias Sevilla, Lori Lynton, Sam Campanatico, and Erin Moore. Learn more.

Keep an eye out for a new round of applications to open next month!

NEW RELEASE: Jessica Jackson Hutchins

March 2024, View the Press Release

Portland, OR - Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce the release of ten new etchings by Jessica Jackson Hutchins. These works emerged from Hutchin’s residency in Fall of 2023, alongside collaborating Master Printer Paul Mullowney and Printers Harry Schneider, Cassie Ferguson and Erin Moore. Hutchins joined us as part of the Hallie Ford Fellows Residency Program. We are deeply grateful to The Ford Family Foundation for providing the funding to make these works possible!

All ten new editions are available for purchase on our website or for more information, please email Ella Marra-Ketelaar at ella@mullowneyprinting.com.  

Residency: Demian DinéYazhi

February 2024

We are pleased to welcome Demian DinéYazhi to Mullowney Printing for our first artist residency of 2024. Made possible by grant funding from the Ford Family Foundation, this is DinéYazhi’s first time joining us at Mullowney Printing. We are looking forward collaborating with them over the few months! Learn more.

We are also elated to share that Demian’s work will be featured in this year’s Whitney Biennial. Even Better Than the Real Thing, co-organized by Meg Onli and Chrissie Iles, opens to the public on March 20, 2024. DinéYazhi is among 69 artists and two collectives represented in the 81st edition of the Biennial.

NEWS: Gather:Make:Shelter Partnership

March 2024

Mullowney Printing is excited to announce an ongoing partnership with Gather:Make:Shelter, a Portland organization creating opportunities for people experiencing houselessness and poverty by engaging in collaborative, skill-building projects in creative fields. Over the next several months, we will host workshops in our studio. Ten unhoused artists will work on self-directed print projects with the assistance of Master and Assistant Printers from Mullowney Printing and Gather:Make:Shelter staff.

The workshops will result in a portfolio of prints and a traveling exhibition to begin in the fall of 2024. Learn more about the partnership.

EXHiBITION: STEPHANIE SYJUCO, DODGE + burn

March 9 - May 4
Catharine Clark Gallery, San Fransisco, CA

Dodge and Burn collapses together images and objects referencing American colonialist expansion in the Philippines during the early 1900s, as well as contemporary racial politics and historical amnesia.

Click here for available prints by Stephanie Syjuco at Mullowney Printing.

EXHIBITION: Storywork THe prints of marie watt at print center New york

January 25–May 18, 2023
Opening Reception: January 25, 6–8pm

Print Center New York presents Storywork: The Prints of Marie Watt, from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation, the artist’s first traveling retrospective and the first to reflect on the role of printmaking in her ambitious interdisciplinary work. On view in the Jordan Schnitzer Gallery, the exhibition considers Watt’s printmaking both as a process and a philosophy—a medium that has had a nuanced and enduring impact on her career since 1996. Featuring over 50 works, it presents Watt’s etchings, lithographs, and woodcuts alongside a selection of her monumentally-scaled sculptures and textile works.

NEW RELEASE: OTIS KWAME KYE QUAICOE

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Mullowney Printing is pleased to announce the release of a new etching by Portland-based artist Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe, in partnership with the Portland Art Museum. This is Otis’s first etching, a self portrait in direct copper plate gravure, with chine collé and a screenprint overlay in an edition of 50, signed and numbered by the artist, on Somerset cotton rag. 100% of the proceeds from the sale go to support the Portland Art Museum’s Endowment for Black Art and Experiences as part of their Connection Campaign.

Many thanks to John Goodwin and the PAM for making this print and fundraising opportunity happen and extended gratitude to Harry Schneider, Alejandra Arias Sevilla, Cassie Ferguson and Erin Moore for printing assistance.

EVENT: Marie Watt in Conversation (in conjunction with IFPDA Print Fair)

Friday, February 16, 2024, 2:00 - 3:00 PM

We are excited to share that Mullowney Printing founder and co-director, Paul Mullowney will join Watt and Master Printers Julia D'Amario (Sitka Center for Art & Ecology) and Marjorie Devon (Director Emerita of Tamarind Institute), in conversation on Friday, February 16 from 2:00- 3:00 PM. This conversation with Watt’s collaborating printers will illuminate Watt’s enduring engagement with print as a key element of her material, conceptual, and community practice.