The Taking it with us 2025 collection captures the warmth of late summer through vibrant floral monotypes, combining bold colour palettes with fresh organic shapes and dynamic compositions. Printed on...
The Taking it with us 2025 collection captures the warmth of late summer through vibrant floral monotypes, combining bold colour palettes with fresh organic shapes and dynamic compositions.Printed on premium Somerset Satin 410gsm paper, this one-of-a-kind piece is hand-painted directly onto the screen mesh, making the work a true original.Exclusively available at Print Club London, this unique 1/1 artwork by Valeska Hykel is part of her third Mono Drop.
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.
