Two striking new exhibitions are on show at Cairns Regional Gallery this week. 

Impress: Body to Body showcases a new portfolio of limited edition prints by 12 highly regarded indigenous and non-indigenous printmakers working in the Cairns region.

The exhibition reflects the dynamic and diverse cultural heritage of Far North Queensland and encompasses a range of printmaking techniques, including etching, woodcut, lithography, archival pigment printing, silk-screen and collagraphy.

Artists include Anna Eglitis, Christine Eyres, Margaret Genever, Elizabeth Hunter, Laurel McKenzie, Glen Mackie (Kei Kalak), Justin Majid, Arone Meeks, Billy Missi, Hannah Parker, Brian Robinson and Sasi Victoire.

All are members of Inkmasters Cairns Inc, a non-profit organisation founded earlier this year with the aim of raising the profile of printmaking as an art form in Cairns.

The second exhibition is Passing Through, Lasting Impressions, a solo exhibition from Tableland artist Ben Trupperbäumer.

The exhibition marks a shift in the wood-based artist’s practice, from the reductive process of carving to a process more closely related to assemblage.

The material base for what Trupperbäumer refers to as “sculptured wall panels” is “found” weathered timber and all works are inspired by his firsthand experiences of significant national events that have occurred in Queensland during the past years, from fires and drought to cyclone and floods.

>> Impress: Body to Body and Passing Through, Lasting Impressions will be on display at Cairns Regional Gallery until February 5.

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