ABOUT EXCHANGE

The UPE is an unjuried print exchange with no assigned theme, open to all professionals, students and beginners! The UPE is an annual event organized by NAPAPERI Printmaking Studio, Kyiv, Ukraine. This Exchange was founded in 2016 by Ira Gvozdyk with the hopes of supporting development printmaking in Ukraine.

HOW IT WORKS

To participate, you must submit an edition of 14 prints. At the end of the Exchange, each participant will receive a collection of 12 prints from other participants.

NAPAPERI will retain two copies from each edition: one for archiving and exhibition. The other will be available for sale and exhibition.

Deadline: October 30, 2025. Prints must be properly signed, indicating the edition, title of the work, technique, year of creation and the name of the author.

DIMENSIONS: Paper size 23cm x 23cm. The size of the printed area does not matter. 

Techniques: Traditional printmaking methods: engraving, etching, lithography, screen printing, collage, monotype. No photographs or digital printing are allowed, except in combination with traditional techniques. The color and type of paper should match the chosen technique and complement the work. 

CIRCULATION: 14 prints, 23x23 cm, each of which is signed, dated and numbered 1 / 14 -14 / 14.

IMPORTANT: The works must have time to dry!!!

The back of the print must be clean. Each print must be transferred with thin paper (tracing paper, tissue paper etc.). Works with fingerprints and other contamination on both the front and back sides will not be accepted!

COST: 300 UAH for Ukrainian artists and 30 euros for foreign and Ukrainian participants sending works from abroad. The participation fee is not refundable if the submitted works do not meet the requirements (dirty, wrong size, etc.)
Payment- by PAYPAL 
email: id_yllic@yahoo.com


SEND INFORMATION

Send to:
Ira Gvozdyk 
Mykoly Ushakova street 1-V, apt. 82
Kyiv city
Ukraine 
postcode 03179
+380632448682

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