Prospectus for SGCI’s Annual Juried Printmaking Exhibition Call for Entry

SGCI 2025 Annual Printmaking Exhibition – (Impressiones del PuertoGrabando)

Overview: The Southern Graphics Council International (SGCI) is excited to announce the call for entries for its SGCI 2025 Annual Juried Printmaking Exhibition. This exhibition highlights contemporary printmaking and seeks to showcase the diverse talents of artists worldwide. SGCI encourages submissions from emerging and established printmakers who use traditional and innovative printmaking techniques.

Juror: The exhibition will be juried by Martin Garcia Rivera, a distinguished artist, printmaker, and professor known for his vast contributions to printmaking. Martín García Rivera is a renowned printmaker and painter from Puerto Rico. He earned a bachelor’s degree in arts from the University of Puerto Rico (UPR) in 1983 and a master’s degree from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn in 1988. Since 1993, he has been a professor at UPR, teaching wood printmaking, metal engraving, and drawing. Specializing in xylography (woodcut), García Rivera’s work has been recognized internationally, earning awards in Puerto Rico, Sweden, Russia, and Slovenia. His art often explores the human figure as a metaphor for themes such as racial, political, and religious identity and psychological states.

Eligibility:

• Open to all artists worldwide.
• Works must be created using printmaking techniques such as etching, lithography, relief, screen printing, monotype, woodcut, linocut, digital printmaking, or experimental methods.
• All works must have been created within the last two years (2022–2025).
• Only original print works will be accepted; no digital reproductions.
• SGCI members and non-members are welcome to apply, with a discounted entry fee for SGCI members.

If you’re a member, please be sure to login first to receive the member price of $35.