Past editions of the print fest
the print fest 2025
24 - 28/11/2025
The third edition of the print fest took place at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts Budapest over the course of five days, with over 40 participating students and staff from The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and The Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava.
In this edition we were discussing the topic of democracy.
Thank you to the organizing staff:
Bianka Dobó (HU)
Gergely Suplicz (HU)
Andrea Pézman (SVK)
Gábor Gyenes (SVK)
Renata Darabant (AT)
Lectures and artist talks
- Gábor Koós, visual artist
- Balázs Varga, founder and director of Drukker Pécs Graphic Workshop
- Renata Darabant, founder and director of Druckwerk Wien
- Tamás Patrovits, director of Festival & BABtér
- Anikó Bojtos, lecture about the library archive
- Student project presentations
Workshops
- Joint workshop
- Open workshop with external participants
Exhibition
28.11. 18:00 Exhibition opening: Anikó Bojtos, art historian
Location: MKE, first floor, Kondor Béla Gallery
Exhibition remains open until 31.1.2026. Find more here.
Images: Daniel Lebeda, Toldi Flóra, János Biró
the print fest 2024
08 - 10/05/2024
The second edition of the print fest took place at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna over the course of three days. We had the joy of collaborating with the Academy of Fine Arts Budapest and Kunstuni Linz.
This year we focused on the diversity of printmaking and new technologies, discussed topics such as the role of AI in art and the evolution of creativity in the age of Industrial Revolution 5.0.
Program
lectures
- From the Cylinder Seal to the PoGo Printer
talk by Erwin Pokorny, art historian at the Albertina Museum
- Analog Algorithmic Aesthetics
lecture by Daniela Kröhnert, die Angewandte
- Generative Art
Andreas Pirchner
- Computers and Machines as Artistic Tools
Liz Melchor
exhibition
students of the Academy of Fine Arts Budapest MKE
4D in print
selection of animated films using printmaking techniques curated by Ilya Kreines
artists shown: Lizzy Hobbs, Judith Poirier, Rachel Gutgarts, Klara Zahradkova, Lorella Paleni, Meejin Hong, Ye Zhao and Yang Huang
large format linoblocks
the 1x2m blocks carved by students during the print fest were printed by steamroller in July 2024 and exhibited at the MAERZ Künstlervereinigung Linz 03/07 - 26/07
Artists: Christoph Bisenberger, Lera Entmayr, Sara Farfeleder, Çagla Gillis, Ayala Shoshana Guy, Marieluisa Lenglachner, Emilia Lichtenwagner, Chien-Yu Lin, Dean Maassen, Sarah Mühlbacher, Katya Ovechkina, Philip Paulus, Leonie Pirker, Elisabeth Süß, Julia Witzeneder
the print fest 2023
05/12/2023
The first edition of the print fest took place on 5.12.2023. in the print workshop of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna.
The topic of the first fest was about easy access techniques and a light approach to what print can be transformed into and how diverse it already is as a medium.
Program
ebru - turkish marbling technique
workshop held by Nazim Ünal Yilmaz
polyesterlithography
experiments with the help of Gregor Beiwl
kitchen lithography
workshop by Renata Darabant
4D in print
selection of animated film made with printmaking techniques curated by Ayala Shoshana Guy
artists shown: Rachel Gutgats, Ilya Kreines and Ayala Shoshana Guy
exhibiting artists
Nazim Ünal Yilmaz, Fei Li, Clara Olivia Kristoffersen, Richard Magee, Prima Mathawabhan, Liva Jo Juul Streich, Benjamin Ben Amotz, Lino Magyar Pluem, Gregor Beiwl, Chien Yu Lin, Ayala Shoshana Guy, Ilya Kreines, Rachel Gutgarts, Emilia Lichtenwagner, Renata Darabant