Highpoint Presents: Jungle Press Editions
A partnership celebrating the breadth of work, techniques, and styles by
fifteen esteemed artists with Jungle Press Editions
Closing Event:
Join us on Saturday, May 6th at 12 PM in the Highpoint Galleries for the exhibition closing and a public walkthrough with Director and Master Printer, Andrew Mockler. Andrew will share behind-the-scenes stories about the printing processes, details about works in the show, and will lead guests through the exhibition on display at Highpoint.
The event is FREE to the public, but we ask that you RSVP here
Highpoint is thrilled to present a selection of works published by Jungle Press Editions of Brooklyn, NY. The exhibition features an array of vibrant and experimental prints by fifteen artists, including Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ellen Berkenblit, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Nicole Eisenman, Sam Messer, and others. Join us for a public opening reception on Friday, March 31st, 7 - 9 PM. Artwork will be on display through May 6th, 2023.
The artists have collaborated throughout Jungle Press’ history with Director and Master Printer, Andrew Mockler, to create new work utilizing their themes and mark making styles, transformed into print medium. This exhibition showcases the breadth of work created at Jungle Press Editions and the diverse and bold styles of printmaking by the artists.
“A major part of Highpoint’s founding mission is to increase the appreciation and understanding of the printmaking arts and to expand access to the many contemporary voices and perspectives it serves. Over the years, Highpoint has partnered with international printmaking studios from Japan, Cuba, Pakistan, South Africa, Northern Ireland, the Arctic Circle, among others to bring exhibitions to Highpoint’s galleries to share with Minnesota audiences. Highpoint has also been proud to feature quite a few printshops from Canada, Mexico, and the US whose work helps connect us with current artwork coming out of communities closer to home. These partnerships introduce new artists to Minnesota, elevate the artists’ work and help advance their perspectives - which is foundational to the notion of prints as vehicles for communicating images and ideas. This spring, we are thrilled to recognize the work being created at Jungle Press, and HP looks forward to presenting this exciting art in our galleries.” – Highpoint Artistic Director and Master Printer, Cole Rogers
Exhibition Highlights:
In 2022, Jungle Press worked with printmaker Jennifer Mack-Watkins to create two new lithographs continuing her exploration of themes of racial identity and history, injustice, and societal conformity related to gender roles. Space Boy and Space Girl will be featured in the exhibition alongside her earlier works with Jungle Press.
Painter Sam Messer's work from a 2020 collaboration with Jungle Press will also be included. These playful portraits of Olympia typewriters, an ongoing subject for Messer, using multiple techniques and handmade additions in these variable editioned works.
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Tunji Adeniyi-Jones’s paintings emerge from a perspective of what the artist describes as ‘cultural addition, combination and collaboration’. Born and educated in the UK and now living and working in the USA, his practice is inspired by the ancient history of West Africa and its attendant mythology, and by his Yoruba heritage.
Artists Include:
Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, Ellen Berkenblit, Elizabeth Cooper, Nicole Eisenman, Jane Fine, Jacqueline Humphries, Robert Kushner, Jennifer Mack-Watkins, Michael Mazur, Sam Messer, Andrew Mockler, Jill Moser, Katia Santibañez, Joan Snyder, Brian Wood
Andrew Mockler, Jungle Press Master Printer, visits Highpoint Center for Printmaking
Highpoint is dedicated to the mission of making printmaking accessible, creating educational opportunities, and continuing the practice of traditional printmaking techniques. Along with the exhibition, Highpoint has invited Jungle Press’ Master Printer, Andrew Mockler, to Minneapolis for the opening reception, and for a special members' event and printshop talk discussion between Cole Rogers, Highpoint Master Printer, and Andrew Mockler. An invitation will be sent to members by email and the recording of the discussion may be made available online.
About Jungle Press Editions
Jungle Press Editions, founded in 1995, is a publisher of fine art prints and multiples by internationally renowned contemporary artists. Collaborating with master printer Andrew Mockler in his Gowanus, Brooklyn workshop, each artist is encouraged to develop an experimental approach. Working together in lithography, etching, monoprint, and relief printing, the printer and artist bring the artist's work out of the studio into the realm of printmaking.
