Printmakers’ Printmaker
Over the Printfest weekend each year, we ask the exhibiting artists to nominate their favourite printmaker. That artist becomes our Printmakers’ Printmaker, an accolade which is particularly meaningful to artists as it reflects recognition by their peers. They are awarded a free stand for the following year.
A new tradition began in 2024 to work with the Printfest in Schools programme; the Printmakers’ Printmaker is invited to help prepare the schools brief for the start of the next academic year, and to be the judge of the schools entries to select the two new YOUNG Printmakers of the Year. Winners are on the Printfest in Schools webpage
Printmakers’ Printmakers:
2025 – Aga Kubish
2024 – Jemma Gunning
2023 – Sally Adkins
2022 – Gail Mason
2021 – pandemic II
2020 – pandemic I
2019 – Helen Murgatroyd
2018 – Flora McLachlan
2017 – Georgina Bown
2016 – interregnum
2015 – Fouzia Zafar
2014 – Joanna Bourne
2013 – Rosemary Vanns
2012 – Ross Loveday
2011 – Angela Harding
2010 – Henrietta Corbett
2009 – Julia Manning
2008 – Raymond Higgs
2007 – Simon Ripley
2004 – Shelley Burgoyne
Printmakers’ Printmaker 2025 ~ Aga Kubish
Aga Kubish is an awards-winning fine artist and printmaker based in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK. Known for her intricate, botanical-inspired linocut prints, Aga has developed a highly detailed and instantly recognizable style influenced by traditional engraving techniques. Her process combines pointillism, hatching, and the meticulous use of lines and dots, reminiscent of Albrecht Dürer’s engravings and the graphic precision of Hokusai Katsushika. Elected as an Associate Member of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers in 2022, her work is celebrated internationally, with her linocut “Green House” housed in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. In 2024, Aga opened her own gallery and studio, solidifying her place in the art world. She draws inspiration from nature, old architecture, and the decorative elegance of Alphonse Mucha, creating pieces that merge historical artistic traditions with a contemporary vision.