Biennial 2026

The Boston Printmakers 2026 North American Print Biennial
Exhibition dates: September 2 – November 21, 2026

Press Materials

 

CATALOG OF THE EXHIBITION 

EVENTS

Juror’s Special Lecture: (free and open to the public)
Esther Adler, Curator, Museum of Modern Art, New York
CFA Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Ave., Saturday, September 26, 1 PM .
Public Reception: Saturday, September, 26 2-5pm, 808 Gallery

Gallery Talks: (free and open to the public)

• Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 PM: Christina Michelon, Pamela and Peter Voss Curator of Prints and Drawings, Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• Saturday, October 24 at 3:00 PM: A Talk with Biennial Artists, A dynamic series of short talks by exhibiting artists in the 2026 Biennial
• Tuesday, November 10 at 7:00 PM: Elizabeth Rudy, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints, Harvard Art Museums

Other Events: The 2026 Boston Printmakers North American Print Biennial is also being celebrated by many galleries and institutions which are presenting print-related exhibitions and events throughout the region, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Harvard Art Museums, and many galleries. Those with concurrent printmaking exhibitions include Brickbottom Gallery, Soprafina Gallery, Childs Gallery, Krakow Witkin Gallery, and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking.

Additional Information: Companion show at the Biennial
Throughlines: Contemporary Works in Print
808 Hall Gallery, 808 Commonwealth Ave., Boston
September 2 – November 21, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 26, 2 PM to 5 PM

Running alongside the North American Print Biennial, this exhibition celebrates both the extraordinary artists of the Boston Printmakers’ Board and their mission to encourage and support young artists working in print. Recent works from the Boston Printmakers Board and from the students of the BU Master of Fine Arts in Print Media and Photography are on view. This expansive exhibition extends from the elegant methods of traditional printmaking into new surfaces, new approaches, ambitious digital explorations, and transfers from photographic sources. The students’ work showcases BU’s unique interdisciplinary program and serves as a window into the visions of these young artists.

2026 Awards: Selection of the Juror unless otherwise noted

Purchase Prizes:

The Boston Printmakers Prize
Collection: The Boston Public Library, Boston, MA
Marianne Calenda, Jewel, monotype, acrylic with soft pastel
Disa Cuellar, Yellow eyed Junco, mezzotint, watercolor
Susan Denniston, Deluge, artist book: monotypes, monoprints

The Ture Bengtz Memorial Prize
Collection: The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA
Joanna Anos, Ground Plan, etching, collage
Miguel Aragon, Uno de los Cuerpos Encontrados la Tarde de Ayer, aquatint
Jessyca Broekman, Waste-Not-Want-Not Sample Book, 2, artist book with various printmaking media
James Mundie, Low Tide (Deer Isle ME), monotype

The Otis Philbrick Memorial Prize
Collection: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA
selected by Curators Edward Saywell and Christina Michelon
Renee Covalucci, Moon Over Water Series: In Sky, on Shore, monoprint with wood blocks, cyanotype, stencils, hand-inking
Rita MacDonald, Collection, woodcut

The Boston Athenaeum Purchase Prize
Collection: The Boston Athenaeum, Boston, MA, selected by Curator Reed Gochberg
Annie Silverman, Floribunda, woodcut, oil board relief, stencils

The Harvard Art Museums Purchase Prize
Collection: The Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA, selected by Curator Elizabeth Rudy
Alyssa Sakina Phoebus, The Eyes of Azrael, woodcut, stenciling, handmade Mitsumata paper

The Patrick Murphy Award
Special Recognition Cash Award, selected by Patrick Murphy
Rhoda Rosenberg, Dad’s Unveiling Cloth, etching, chine collé

Studio Awards

Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
Hannah Phelps, Channel Rocks, white line woodcut

Constellation Studios, Lincoln, NE
Christine Beneman, Scrapyard 2, monoprint

Full Tilt Printmaking Studio, Dedham, MA
Cascade Almond, The Guardians, Lego print

Mixit Print Studio, Somerville, MA
Leslie Adler, Pool 1, monoprint

Muskat Studios, Somerville, MA
Lois Harada, Cairn 62 “tilt”, intaglio monoprint

New Impressions Print Studio, Somerville, MA
Jane Banquer, Wabanaki Working Weave, etching, collagraph

Oehme Graphics, Steamboat Springs, CO
Andrea Kornbluth, The Road Not Advertised, etching, aquatint, chine collé

Shepherd & Maudsleigh Studio, West Newton, MA
Alison Judd, Shadow Figure, monoprint, chine collé

Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA
Don Dao, Core’s Testament, viscosity collagraph

Materials Awards

Blick Art Materials, Galesburg, IL
The People’s Choice Award
A generous gift certificate awarded at the conclusion of the Biennial

Cranfield Colors, Torfaen, Wales
Rachel Kamata, Texas Stack & Other Wildflowers: I-10, I-37, reduction linocut on Washi paper
Lilla Szekely, Byway, intaglio, monotype

Flexcut Tool Company, Erie, PA
Jeanne Amato, Solitude, woodcut

Hiromi Paper, Culver City, CA
Margaret Day, Little Visitor, intaglio
Susan Howe, Veggie Table No. 3, woodcut, drypoint, monoprint, gouache

Legion Paper, New York, NY
Peter Baczek, Composition in Gray, etching

McClain’s Printmaking Supplies, Tigard, OR
Sara Delaney, Home Delivery OEV #1, woodcut

Paper Connection, Providence, RI
Beth Sutherland, Mop and Bucket, reduction woodcut

Renaissance Graphic Arts, Warminster, PA
Amy McGregor-Radin, Alaska Range, white line woodcut

Speedball Art, Statesville, NC
Margaret E. Murray, Glacial Melt IV, etching, aquatint, chine collé

Takach Press, Albuquerque, NM
Meredith Setser, Entangled Ores, lithography, embossment

FULL LIST OF EXHIBITING ARTISTS FOR THE 2026 NORTH AMERICAN PRINT BIENNIAL

Barbara Ackerman
Rema Addrayie
Lauren Adelman
Leslie Adler
Karen Adrienne
Cascade Almond
Jeanne Amato
Joanna Anos
Miguel Aragon
Alanna Austin
Marcia Babler
Katherine Baca-Bielinis
Peter Baczek
Cameron Bailey
Morgan Bakaletz
Jane Banquer
Beverly Barber
Diana Behl
Christine Beneman
McKayla Bensheimer
David Berg
Elanna Bernstein
Holly Berry
Ben Bohnsack
Joshua Brennan
Kathy Brenner
Jessyca Broekman
Anne Burton
Keith Buswell
Karen Brussat Butler
Marianne Calenda
Sandra Cardillo
Marika Christofides
Sofia Coholan
Renee Covalucci
Cathie Crawford
Sarah Creighton
Jacob Crook
Disa Cuellar
Christopher Daniggelis
Don Dao
Margaret Day
Sara Delaney
Susan Denniston
L J Douglas
Leslie Eliet
Beth Fein
Ana Fernandez
Craig Fisher
Lee Ann Frame
Monica Garrett
Betsy Gould
Jean Gumpper
Lois Harada
Barbara Hashimoto
Melissa Haviland
William Hays
Samira Hemmat
Valeria Rachel Herrera
John Hitchcock
Mary-Helen Horne
Daryl Howard
Susan Howe
Gesine Janzen
Lynne Johnson
Alison Judd
Rachel Kamata
Gali Katz
Catherine Kernan
Kathy Kitz
Tate Klacsmann
Andrea Kornbluth
Nancy Langston
Jennifer Leach
Kate Leonard
Rebekah Lord Gardiner
Karleen Loughran
Lara Loutrel
Sasja Lucas
Julia Luteran
Carol MacDonald
Rita MacDonald
Amanda Maciuba
Linda Mahoney
Amy McGregor-Radin
Anette Millington
Mark Millstein
Nina Montejano
James Mundie
Margaret E. Murray
Ali Osborn
Kristina Paabus
Walt Padgett
Hannah Phelps
Alyssa Sakina Pheobus
Shelly Ramsay
Danielle Rante
Brian M. Reed
Gabriel Richardson
Rhoda Rosenberg
Catherine Rubin
Aric Russom
Judith Schneider
Esther Schwalb
Meredith Setser
Christopher Shore
Lila Shull
Annie Silverman
Mike Sonnichsen
Charles Spitzack
Andrew Stearns
Beth Sutherland
Lilla Szekely
Art Werger
Heath Wheeldon
Maryanna Williams
Ernie Wood
Stephen Yuen
Joyce Zavorskas
Jennifer Zwarich