This screen-printed monotype from Valeska Hykel’s Intrusions series is presented in a natural oak float frame. Hykel blurs the boundaries between painting and printmaking by painting directly onto the screen...
This screen-printed monotype from Valeska Hykel’s Intrusions series is presented in a natural oak float frame. Hykel blurs the boundaries between painting and printmaking by painting directly onto the screen mesh. She creates expressive, one-off impressions where her hand and the process’s tactile marks are visible. Each piece is a unique, collectible original. This artwork is framed and ready to hang.
Valeska holds an MA in Multidisciplinary Printmaking from the University of the West of England. She won the Rebecca Smith Prize for Printmaking in 2022. After her residency at Print Club London in 2023, she has released multiple sold-out collections. Her work has appeared at Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair from 2022 to 2024.
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ABOUT THE ARTIST
Valeska Hykel
Valeska Hykel is a painter and printmaker based in Bristol. Her work is an ongoing dialogue between these two practices. Painting directly onto the screen’s mesh she creates monotypes that toy with the boundaries of painting within print. In these works, she embraces the hand of the artist — through expressive brushwork, visible pencil from drawing on the screen and allowing the scars of the process (for example, the textual components of canvas or screen-bed) to add to their narrative. Going beyond the first pull of the monotype, she often finds the finished work in the ghost print. The resulting works, with their muted colour palettes, degradation of image and echoes of the proceeding pull, are haunted versions of the originals, ingrained with their textures and history.
Valeska was awarded the Rebecca Smith Prize for Printmaking. In 2022 she was selected as a ‘Top Pick’ from the Curated Hang by the directors of Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair.
Valeska was Print Club London’s artist in residence in April 2023.
