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INTERNATIONAL ORIGINAL PRINT EXHIBITION 2025

6 - 16 NOVEMBER 2025

This year's works were selected by: 

NICOLA HICKS MBE (Artist & President, the Artists' General Benevolent Institution)

SOPHIE HEATH (Director, Sidney Nolan Trust)

LEONIE BRADLEY (Artist & Editor, Printmaking Today)

DAVID FERRY (RE President)

MARIANNE FERM (RE Vice President)

My etching Themis has been selected for this exhibition.

A grey box with the words "Ghosted." on it, partially open revealing some paper inside.

10 years ago we hosted the London launch of ‘Ghost[ed.] is an innovative suite of eight limited-edition stone lithographs by eight artists. The project was conceived and co-ordinated by Nicole Polonsky and myself, with my role extending to that of master printer on this project. For full details; https://www.suebakerkenton.com/works/ghosted

Logo with the word 'empreinte' next to a minimalist clock icon, for a Luxembourg engraving workshop.

No Place Art Edition One: Materiality awards.

I am one of the three artists selected for interview, for the three week residency award at Atelier- Empreinte in Luxembourg

NO PLACE ART

Poster for an art exhibition titled 'No Place Art'. The poster features a large, textured letter overlay with the names of selected artists and guest artists. The exhibition runs from Friday the 26th to Monday the 29th with specific opening times and includes details about awards and partners.

An exhibition of 80 artists ( 40 painters & 40 printmakers) selected by Bronwen Sleigh, Matthew Burrows,

Lesley de Canchy, Matthew Oliver and Connor Rush.

PV 26th September - open to the public 27th- 29th September

The Handbag Factory, 3 Loughborough St, Vauxhall, SE11 5RB

https://noplaceart.com/edition-one-materiality

I will be showing two selected works in this inaugural exhibition.

Cloud Collective

A wide view of a partly cloudy blue sky with fluffy white clouds.

I have been lucky enough to win a place in the first cohort of this exciting new venture’s online programme. Cloud Collective [cloud] is a multi-national artist-based collective and agency working to support our developing art careers and the developing art careers of other artists, curators, and art writers. We work in the UK, France, Europe at large, and America. The creative powerhouses behind this ambition are Dr Jane Bowyer and Dr Gemma Marmalde.

https://cloud-collective.net

Stack of promotional flyers with light green background, pink text reading 'tweekenzie #1', and smaller pink text 'Summer/Autumn '25' on a wooden surface.
A table with stacks of yellow and green pamphlets labeled 'fountain' with the number 1 and 'Summer/Autumn '25'. There are also black and white photographs on the table.

2queenzine

EDITION 1: 2queenzine launched at the PV of the members exhibition 2025 and is now available at arts centres around Leicester

design and distribution: Amrit Doll @a__doll__

My lithograph Descendants from the Utility & Purpose boxset is included in the first issue

Exhibition 9th - 14th September 2025

Poster for LoOp 2025 art exhibition at Bankside Gallery, Thames Riverside, London, open daily 11am to 6pm from September 9 to September 14, 2025, with a closing party on September 14 from 2 to 6pm. Featuring 28 print artists, celebrating their 20th anniversary, with details of opening hours, dates, and participating artists listed.

I will be showing seven prints from the Utility & Purpose Boxset at LOOP 2025.

This year’s exhibition celebrates the 20th anniversary of the group which was founded by alumni of Camberwell MA Printmaking Course and has now broadened out to include invited artists.

Royal West of England Academy, Queen’s Road, Bristol BS8 1PX

I am happy say that my drawing Pillow Dance has been selected and is included in this eclectic exhibition which opens on 6th September 2025

Event poster for the RWA 172 Annual Open Exhibition held at RWA, Queen's Road, Bristol from September 6 to December 28, 2025. The poster features partial image of a person with blonde curly hair.

Two Queens Members Show 2025

Exhibition Opens 30th August 2025

An art exhibition flyer for the 'Two Queens Members Show 2025,' featuring artwork by Nick Mobbs, with dates from August 30th to September 13th, at 2 Queen Street, Leicester. The flyer includes a black and white drawing of a forest scene on the left and a textured, spiral-like design with an eye on the right.

Alayrac Residency 2025

A large art piece of a skull with flowing hair, created with bold black and white brushstrokes, laid out on a table in an art studio with stone walls and a window in the background.

Cultural Quarter Lates

Artist Talk

I will be talking about my studio practice, sharing new prints from my ongoing Impedimenta project and road-testing a new idea for an element currently in development.

at Leicester Print Workshop as part of the Cultural Quarter Lates programme

Friday 24th July Starts at 6.00pm

Blueprint or technical drawing on translucent paper, laid on a box with gray foam padding.

Window Box Gallery

During July two small paintings from the series The Place we inherit in the World: Semantic Dementia are occupying The Window Box Gallery in Stamford, Lincolnshire

1st-31st July 2025

Thankyou @sorayasmithson for inviting me.

A storefront window for the Window Box Gallery with pink window trim, showing two abstract black-and-white art pieces and the gallery's Instagram handle.

Drawing (Paper) Show ‘25

An exhibition of over 50 drawing artists from around the world, showcasing drawing in all mediums and sizes that sometimes challenge the conventional definition of what drawing is - or can be.

Friday 11th July - Thursday 31st July

Open Daily 12.00pm - 4.00pm

www.drawingpapershow.com @drawingpapershow

Poster for the Drawing (Paper) Show 2025, held from July 11 to July 31 at The Bridewell Studios and Gallery in Liverpool, with a graphic of a hand holding a jar, outlined in yellow, over a background with black and white abstract textures.

LOOP artists in print

Instagram takeover 16.06.25- 21.06.25

@loop_artists

The image shows an abstract artwork with a cracked surface and pinkish-red coloring, enclosed in a circular frame. The text 'SUE BAKER KENTON' is overlaid in bold red letters, and a hashtag '#meetheartist' is in the bottom right corner.

Drawing Paper Show ‘25

A sketch of a baby being cradled by adult hands, with the baby's face looking upward.

The exhibition runs at The Bridewell Studios and Gallery, Liverpool during Liverpool Biennial ‘25.

Friday 11th July until Thursday 31st July, with the exhibition launching Thursday 10th July.

Exhibited works will be published in the 10th Edition of Drawing Paper, both a printed and digital publication. and be featured in the Directory of Drawing Artists (DoDA).

 

 

(Intervalles)

Excited to have this momento of 2024 Residencies at La Fileuse land on the doormat today.

Many thanks to Ivan Polliart & Valery Pelletier & to Elsa Bezuary for making it all possible.

Several pieces of paper and envelopes placed on a wooden surface. The top sheet features a black and white photo of a ceiling with structural beams, overlaid with the word 'intervalles' in parentheses.

Impedimenta

The many elements of this long term project are starting to take shape. The archival boxes for the collection of etchings A Place of Sacred Waste are now complete.

Open black box with white paper inside, containing a black and white vintage photograph of a woman, with a blank white space on the inside lid of the box.

LOOP artists in print

I have been invited to exhibit with this established group of Camberwell MA Print Alumni in their 20th Anniversary year. 9th-14th SEPTEMBER - LOOP 2025 Bankside Gallery, London.

Collage of monochrome paper cutouts with reflections of trees and outdoor elements.

La Fileuse

Selecting images and texts of Wip

for Ivan Polliart & Valery Pelletier as they prepare

the La Fileuse Residency Yearbook 2024.

Art studio with four large sketches of hands on white display panels, art supplies on tables, and a tiled floor in an industrial space.

LPW Members Exhibition

Framing etchings from early in 2024 for the exhibition

which opens 25 October.

Black and white sketch of a person touching their face with their hand, partially covering their left eye.

Willoughby Memorial Trust

A first research visit for an upcoming project to explore the library and archive. Group Exhibition to follow in August 2026

Black and white bookplate for Willoughby Memorial Library in Corby Glen, featuring heraldic shields with various symbols and decorative swirls.

Bird Box Gallery

This small painting is heading to Cambridge for the 2024 Art Trail.

Running September and October.

A small painting of a woman sleeping with her head resting on her crossed arms, depicted in soft, muted colors with expressive brushstrokes.

Common Ground

In May I was amongst the first group of rurally based artists and curators invited to participate in Common Good - a weekend of collaborative making, building new relationships, growing networks, showcasing, reflecting and support. The project was conceived and realised by Kate Genever and Soraya Smithson. Participating artists; Andrew Bracey, Laura Mabbutt, Jayne Cooper, Steve Pool, Tiffany Arntson and David Gilbert.

Collage of various craft or art installations and objects. Includes felted wool creatures, paper art, a yarn project, art displays, and creative setups, set against backgrounds of wood, stone, and paper.
Poster for an artist workshop event in Reims, France, scheduled for April 13-14, 2024, from 2 PM to 7 PM, with free entry, featuring geometric cube designs in red, yellow, and blue.

Ateliers du Grand Est Project

This year the project brings together 43 local arts organisations who organise open days for fine artists and makers from the Grand Est region.

‘Artist workshops are also an opportunity to defend artistic creation and show the best of our territory.’  

Residency 2024

At the beginning of March I began a two month residency at La Fileuse, Reims working alongside 14 other French / international artists. The studio space is vast so I planned to work on large scale work which presents a logistical challenge in my own studio.

Art studio with sketches and paintings in progress, tables with art supplies, large canvases on easels, and natural light from windows.

LPW Members Exhibition

Exhibiting a new hard ground etching from the Territorial Paws Project

A detailed black and white sketch of a woman's face with her eyes closed, featuring expressive lines and shading.

Letterpress

Experimenting to develop an additional  element in the ever expanding

Tools and Utility Project.

Introduction to Letterpress with Theo Miller

A letterpress printing block with the phrase 'THE SOLUTION IS HERE'.

Bookbinding: Boxmaking

Six weeks of precision and concentration with Ina Baumeister

exploring the mysteries of box making.

An arts and crafts workspace with various materials including a black frame, a piece of paper, a green cutting mat, a black stone, and various tools and boxes scattered across the table.

LPW Members Exhibition

An interesting day with Soraya Smithson sorting through our Frans Masereel collective residency experiments. Images made as we began developing a project about the operation of everyday language and its use to curtail and contain.  

Several sheets of abstract art and graphic design on a table, featuring colorful shapes, lines, and patterns, with some overlaying text or newspaper print backgrounds.

Alayrac Residency 2023

Artistic workspace with sketches and paintings on tables and walls inside a room with stone walls and wooden floors.

Dekkle Printmaking Studio

Excited to be making a trip to Dekkle Printmaking Studio in Baldock, Hertfordshire

I am working on their supersize Aubert Press to take some final proofs of two new large scale steel etching plates

Black and white art prints of abstract and realistic face and head sketches on a table, with art supplies and a laptop nearby.

April 2023

In conversation: Residencies

A networking event at LPW for members and studio holders

A pile of crumpled, torn plastic food wrappers and packaging in various colors including red, yellow, black, blue, and gray scattered on a light-colored surface.

Frans Masereel Collective Residency

10 days of experimentation and new technical challenges alongside 6 artists from Belgium, France and Holland.

Interior of a modern building with wooden lattice ceiling and exposed metal ductwork, white walls, and large windows showing an outside dome structure.
Empty indoor space with white partition walls, a whiteboard, chairs, a sofa, and a trolley. The ceiling is industrial with visible pipes and beams. The floor has a checkered pattern of beige and white tiles.

La Fileuse Drawing Residency

August in northern France is quiet and the studio is vast. Space to work and time to think.

Glasgow Women’s Library

A July trip to the Glasgow Women’s Library with Soraya Smithson

to discuss our ideas and our forthcoming collaborative project about language.

A collage of five images: a historic stone building with a modern addition, a building with a banner that reads 'We Come Up, We Come Down', an interior scene of a cafe with a floral screen, a bright yellow magazine titled '21 Revolutions' on a gray surface, and a close-up of a window with a wooden frame and glass pane.

La Fileuse, Reims

Beginning to focus possible explorations for August/ September residency. It will come around quickly.

Collective Residency November 2022

Excited to have been accepted to visit Frans Masereel Centrum, Belgium with Soraya Smithson as we develop a new collaborative print project

Issue 4 is live and I’m thrilled to have this interview included. Forward Broadcast: Rebecca Partridge, in conversation with artist Sue Baker Kenton

Click here to access the journal

Forward Broadcast by Keith Allott playing at Leicester Print Workshop 20th & 21st November 2021

 
LPW Gallery 
From Friday 12 November 

.Pressing On, Pandemic Printing is a celebration of our member’s work and an opportunity to come together in collaboration and cooperation. 

Exhibiting Artists:
Sally Adkins - Jonathan Archard - Kate Hodges -Anne Jacob -Kate Fortune Jones
Sue Baker Kenton - Lutz Luithlen  - Soraya Smithson - Andrew Witt - Claire Morris Wright

Delighted that Held Within a new small scale painting will get its first outing in this exhibition

Delighted that Held Within a new small scale painting will get its first outing in this exhibition

September Artist Residency Alayrac, France

September Artist Residency Alayrac, France

Drawing ResidencyMon 23rd – Friday 27th August                              Leicester Print Workshop, 50 St Georges Street, LE1 1QG

Drawing Residency

Mon 23rd – Friday 27th August

Leicester Print Workshop, 50 St Georges Street, LE1 1QG

Forward Broadcast Closing Event:

Talk & Tours

Join us for an exhibition closing event on Sunday 22 August. Meet the artist and learn more about the exhibition at one of our artist talk and exhibition tours. 

These will take place at:

11.30am – 12pm

2pm – 2.30pm

3.30pm – 4pm

Booking advisable. Please email k.kneller@leicesterworkshop.com or call Leicester Print Workshop on 0116 251 4174 to specify your slot and place a booking.

Artemisia Gentileschi Self portrait as an Allegory of Painting, 1638/39 A Face of Her Own: Women Artists and Self-Portraiture An online talk booking now.Join Arts Society lecturer and art historian Dr. Marie-Anne Mancio for a fascinating explor…

Artemisia Gentileschi Self portrait as an Allegory of Painting, 1638/39


A Face of Her Own: Women Artists and Self-Portraiture 

An online talk booking now.

Join Arts Society lecturer and art historian Dr. Marie-Anne Mancio for a fascinating exploration of the history of women making self-portraits.

Wednesday 25th August 6pm - 7pm. £5.00

 The history of women making self-portraits can be traced at least as far back as Catharina van Hemessen's groundbreaking Self-Portrait at the Easel, 1548 and through artists like Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, and today's Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Whether as an advertisement for their skills, a gift for the in-laws, an exploration of a psychological or physical state, or a search for a whole new identity, women's self-portraits remain one of the most fascinating genres. 

Dr. Marie-Anne Mancio is an accredited Arts Society lecturer and has taught art history and critical theory nationally and internationally for institutions like Tate, Dulwich Picture Gallery, City Lit, London Art Salon, and many more. She is a founder member of artist collective InFems and writes historical fiction.

https://www.hotelalphabet.com

This event accompanies the current LPW Exhibition, Forward Broadcast by Sue Baker Kenton. It will take place live via Zoom. You will receive a Zoom link in advance of the event, once your booking has been placed. 

 

photo: Paul LapsleyVisit Leicester Print Workshop’s Summer Exhibition, Forward Broadcast. Learn more about this immersive exhibition and join the conversation at a live-streamed Artist TalkExhibition Title: Forward Broadcast, Sue Baker KentonExhibition Dates: Open Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10am – 4pm, until 22 AugustOnline Event: Artist Talk, Wednesday 21 July, 6pm – 7pmVenue: Leicester Print Workshop (exhibition) Online (talk)

photo: Paul Lapsley

Visit Leicester Print Workshop’s Summer Exhibition, Forward Broadcast. Learn more about this immersive exhibition and join the conversation at a live-streamed Artist Talk

Exhibition Title: Forward Broadcast, Sue Baker Kenton

Exhibition Dates: Open Tuesdays – Saturdays, 10am – 4pm, until 22 August

Online Event: Artist Talk, Wednesday 21 July, 6pm – 7pm

Venue: Leicester Print Workshop (exhibition) Online (talk)

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East Midlands Contemporary Visual Arts Network

SUE BAKER KENTON Artists Instagram takeover

@cvaneastmidlands   

#CuratingTheEastMidlands

12 – 18 July 2021

June 2021Accompanying the exhibition will be a series of events including; talks, discussions and workshops. Visit www.leicesterprintworkshop.com for further details.

June 2021

Accompanying the exhibition will be a series of events including; talks, discussions and workshops. Visit www.leicesterprintworkshop.com for further details.

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February 2021

In the light of lockdown restrictions the 168th RWA exhibition opening has been pushed back further but will finally be able to open its doors on 17th April.

168 Annual Open Exhibition, installation view, RWA, 2021. Photos: Alice Hendy

January 2021The start of my DYCP funded year of research & development. I am delighted to be in dialogue with Mark Devereux and Rebecca Partridge.

January 2021

The start of my DYCP funded year of research & development. I am delighted to be in dialogue with Mark Devereux and Rebecca Partridge.

November 2020A new studio and all the promise of a new creative space.

November 2020

A new studio and all the promise of a new creative space.

East Midlands Contemporary Visual Arts NetworkALLIGATE Artists Instagram takeover@cvaneastmidlands   #CuratingTheEastMidlands23 – 29 November 2020Visit the Alligate website

East Midlands Contemporary Visual Arts Network

ALLIGATE Artists Instagram takeover

@cvaneastmidlands   #CuratingTheEastMidlands

23 – 29 November 2020

Visit the Alligate website

RWA 168th Annual open exhibition Exhibition opening delayed until 5 December 2020Two works selected and hung in the monochrome gallery

RWA 168th Annual open exhibition

Exhibition opening delayed until 5 December 2020

Two works selected and hung in the monochrome gallery

Prizewinner Exhibition, Guggleton Farm Arts

Prizewinner Exhibition, Guggleton Farm Arts

Online Artist Talk - Wednesday 14 October 7:30pmSue Baker Kenton will talk about her work in conversation with West Yorkshire Print Workshop’s Martyn Lucas.

Online Artist Talk - Wednesday 14 October 7:30pm

Sue Baker Kenton will talk about her work in conversation with West Yorkshire Print Workshop’s Martyn Lucas.

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LPW in Conversation: Sue Baker Kenton
Wednesday 5 February 5.30pm - 7pm

Sue Baker Kenton, will discuss her collaborative practice and the project This Mortal Envelope which can currently see in ReForm which runs until the 15 February 2020.

ReForm - Leicester Print Workshop.16 November 2019 - 15 February 2020 

ReForm - Leicester Print Workshop.

16 November 2019 - 15 February 2020 

The selection panel chose 657 works by 451 artists for the final exhibition. With RW Academicians exhibiting four works each.The exhibition included two etchings Settle & Strand.

The selection panel chose 657 works by 451 artists for the final exhibition. With RW Academicians exhibiting four works each.

The exhibition included two etchings Settle & Strand.

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In this year’s Printfest exchange, artists from Sweden’s prestigious Algården Workshop and Gallery exhibited at the Kaleidoscope Gallery 30 April - 13 May 2019. Selected UK artists were invited to submit works for the curated exhibition Algårde…

In this year’s Printfest exchange, artists from Sweden’s prestigious Algården Workshop and Gallery exhibited at the Kaleidoscope Gallery 30 April - 13 May 2019

Selected UK artists were invited to submit works for the curated exhibition Algården Gallery 17 - 22 September 2019.

An exhibition showing work by selected artists from 2018 residencies.

An exhibition showing work by selected artists from 2018 residencies.

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Antiphony: A Call and Response 
LPW Galleries & The Print Room at LCBDepot  
17 November 2018 – 26 January 2019 

Antiphony was a historical method of music production, whereby two sets of voices sang alternately, through a call and response. This year, members were invited to propose artwork that explored the idea of a response through time.

The imprint Chase & Plate (Sue Baker Kenton and Elizabeth Horwood) exhibited a hand-printed newspaper alongside work from 16 other artists.

An exhibition showing work by artists from 2017 residencies.

An exhibition showing work by artists from 2017 residencies.

Original 200Cupola Gallery, Sheffield1 Sept - 14 Oct 2017As Picasso was mixing Payne’s Grey… exhibited by Chase & Plate.

Original 200

Cupola Gallery, Sheffield

1 Sept - 14 Oct 2017

As Picasso was mixing Payne’s Grey… exhibited by Chase & Plate.

Bristol Artists Book EventBABE at Arnolfini is organised by Arnolfini in collaboration with the Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE Bristol and the Making Books Research Centre, Bath School of Art & Design at Bath Spa University.

Bristol Artists Book Event

BABE at Arnolfini is organised by Arnolfini in collaboration with the Centre for Fine Print Research at UWE Bristol and the Making Books Research Centre, Bath School of Art & Design at Bath Spa University.

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Small Print International

2016 - 2017

Leicester Print Workshop celebrated its 30th Birthday in 2016 with the return of their international miniprint exhibition. Small Print International toured to 6 UK venues during 2016 and 2017 including London Print Studio, Attenborough Arts, The Biscuit Factory (Newcastle) and West Yorkshire Print Workshop.

Ghost[ed.] by Arlene LeisGarageland Vol 21 (Urban Ghosts) Spring 2017 (Transition Editions)

Ghost[ed.] by Arlene Leis

Garageland Vol 21 (Urban Ghosts) Spring 2017 (Transition Editions)

February 2017, Ghost[ed.] acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Word & Image department and can be seen in the Prints & Drawings Study Room.

February 2017, Ghost[ed.] acquired by the Victoria & Albert Museum’s Word & Image department and can be seen in the Prints & Drawings Study Room.

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This exhibition that formed part of the inaugural Hull “Inprint” bienale.

This exhibition that formed part of the inaugural Hull “Inprint” bienale.

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Ghost[ed.] London LaunchLaunch night: 6-9pm Thursday 1 October 2015 Weekend opening: 12-6pm Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 October 2015Westland Place Studios 3-11 Westland Place London N1 7LP* Ghost[ed.] London launch and The Ghost of Marie Ant…

Ghost[ed.] London Launch

Launch night: 6-9pm Thursday 1 October 2015
Weekend opening: 12-6pm Saturday 3 & Sunday 4 October 2015

Westland Place Studios 3-11 Westland Place London N1 7LP

Ghost[ed.] London launch and The Ghost of Marie Antoinette are part of Westland Place Open Studios 2015 www.westlandplacestudios.com

The launch night includes a performance by Jan Goodkin of The Ghost of Marie Antoinette, based on an aria from John Corigliano's The Ghosts of Versailles.*

The Life of a Ghost by Sue Baker Kenton & Nicole PolonskyPrintmaking Today Vol 24 No 2 Summer 2015 (Cello Press)

The Life of a Ghost by Sue Baker Kenton & Nicole Polonsky

Printmaking Today Vol 24 No 2 Summer 2015 (Cello Press)

Research trip to Crown Point Press, San Francisco, June 2015

Research trip to Crown Point Press, San Francisco, June 2015

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