PRINTED!

Marks konstgrafiska verkstad and Konstnärernas kollektivverkstad i Varberg

Thirty-five artists are participating in this exhibition, which grew out of a collaboration between Marks konstgrafiska verkstad (MKV) and Konstnärernas kollektivverkstad i Varberg, as MKV celebrates its 50th anniversary in 2026. Through regular meetings in their respective workshops, the artists have shared knowledge, tested ideas and inspired one another, shaping the exhibition’s content and form.

The curators are Theo Ågren and Susanne Westerberg.

Today, graphic art is in a dynamic phase. In recent years, interest in printmaking techniques and craft-based processes has grown, not least as a counterforce to an increasingly digitalised flow of images. Printmaking has a particular presence—a physical connection between hand, material and impression—in which every step of the process leaves a trace. It involves both control and chance, precision and resistance.

In TRYCKT! we present a broad range of artistic expressions and techniques: from classic printmaking methods such as etching, screen printing and linocut to more experimental approaches that take printing beyond its traditional boundaries. Paper is used, but also textiles and other materials as carriers of the image. Printing functions both as a method and as an idea—as repetition, variation, displacement and inquiry.

The exhibition does not reflect a unified style, but rather a diversity of individual practices. What the artists share is an approach to printing as a way of thinking and working. Their encounter also gives rise to a collective dimension, bringing into focus the workshops’ role as places for sharing knowledge, experimentation and community.

TRYCKT! is therefore not only a presentation of contemporary graphic art, but also a portrait of the workshop as a vibrant and significant place in artistic life—where experience is passed on, techniques are developed and new forms of expression take shape.

Participating artists: Agneta Astorsson, Ana Carolina Fleming, Anita Johansson, Anita Wohlén, Anna Ryman, Ante Wiklund, Boel Hjertén, Carina Fogde, Carola Melo, Eva Skogar, Gunilla Lagerlöf, Inga-Lill Lodeby, Ingrid Pettersson, Jenny Deimer, Johanna Friberg, Jonas Almqvist, Jonas Ellborg, Karl Pettersson, Kristina Thun, Lena Larsson, Lena Permér, Lisa Burenius, Lotta Malmsten, Malin Arnesson, Malin Wejrot, Marta Runemark, Marie-Louise Lindell, Olga Saxin, Per Erik Ekelund, Rune Persson, Susanne Westerberg, Theo Ågren, Tommy Bolander, Urban Andreasson and Åsa Olofsson.