Printmakers-in-Residence
Residency programmes have become a vital and successful part of the workshop's activities. Printmakers/artists with international reputations have applied to the Workshop from many parts of the world. We have been lucky in that these printmakers/artists, with their different personalities and working methods, have each brought something positive that has benefited members as well as adding to the wider artistic activities in the local community. Their particular skills and diversity of ideas and cultural differences have sharpened the thoughts of other artists using the workshop and set a standard that others might aspire to.

Scott Laverie
5th March - 23rd March 2007
Scot Laverie will be spending three weeks at BPW as an Artist in Residency Programme.
Scott worked along side Workshop Manager Struan Hamilton exploing the printmaking techiniqe of Photo Etching.

As part of the residency programme Scott gave an artist talk on 22nd March 2007 at Belfast Print Workshop.

Wang Chao

7th March 25th March 2005
Wang Chao was born in Heze Shandong Province of China in 1974. He entered that China National Academy of fine Arts in 1994, graduating in 1998 specialising in Woodcut Printmaking. This programme is in partnership with the University of Ulster, Belfast and sponsored by Visiting Arts.
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Pat Maultoa
Belfast Festival at Queens 2004
11 October - 7 November 2004

Pat Maultoa is an International 'urban' artist based in Johannesburg. He draws his inspiration from the street culture, the dynamics of the changing city and the images and people he encounters there.

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Stuart Duffin

Monday 28th June - 9th July 2004

Stuart duffin became absorbed by intaglio printmaking after realizing that a metal plate can be etched, scored, scraped, drilled, hammered, ground down, burnished, polished and distressed in a variety of ways and still print the resulting marks. Stuart was born in Scotland and studied at Gray's School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland - graduating in fine Art Printmaking. He is a fellow of the roayal Society of Painter-Printmakers, an Associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, a professional member of the Society of Scottish Artists and a member of the International Mezzotint Society.

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Mark Balakjian
Monday 19th - Friday 23rd January 2004

Mark Balakjian grew up in Lebanon before arriving in London in 1966. He studied painting at Hammersmith School of Art and did a Postgraduate in printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art.
Mark currently teaches part time at the Morley College in London. Mark has had numerous group and solo exhibitions including many International Print and Drawing Biennales in Europe, Japan and the USA where he has received many awards.

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Natalie Russell
5th January - 17th January 2004

Natalie Russell was born in Dundee in 1972 were she now lives and works. Natalie studied illustration and printmaking at Duncan of Jordonstone College of Art and Design, graduating in 1996 with a First Class Honours degree and returned to Dundee University in 1998 to complete her Master of Design Degree.
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David Mach
27 October – 9 November 2003
David Mach is an internationally respected sculpture-installation artist who has contributed extensively to new departures in sculpture for more than 20 years. He is renowned for the construction of very ambitious and elaborate sculpture-installations and collage displays. David will experiment in printmaking at BPW during the Festival at Queens.

The Residency will culminate in an Open Day and exhibition in Cotton Court of original prints produced during David's residency. Launched by an Artist's Talk at Cotton Court, this exhibition will reflect the variety and creative energy of David Mach.

2003 Paul Molete
2003 saw the second year of the residency programme with Artist Proof Studio,
Johannesburg, South Africa. Paul Molete spent six weeks at BPW during April/May were he worked on a series of linocuts and mono-prints that contained imagery of social concerns in Belfast. Paul's prints were exhibited as part of the Cathedral Quarter Festival, Belfast 2003. The exhibition was accompanied by a very successful Artist's Talk that opened the show.

2002 Nhlanhla Xaba
Nhlanhla Xaba spent six weeks at BPW in April and May 2002, carrying out an exchange fellowship arranged with the Artist Proof Studio in Johannesburg, South Africa. During his stay here Nhlanhla produced work under Struan's guidance in
nearly all the media on offer. His resulting show was highly varied, each piece being different in technique, image and even size.

2001 John Ford
American artist, John Ford, spent six weeks at Belfast Print Workshop during March/April 2001 as Printmaker-in-Residence. For over 15 years he has pursued his work as a creative practitioner (printmaker, painter, installation artist and sculptor) as well as being a teacher and facilitator of international cultural exchanges. John has exhibited in many solo and group exhibitions in the U.S., Ireland and Poland and his work is in many public and private collections. The prints he produced at the Workshop were an important part of his exhibition at the Ormeau Baths Gallery during March 2001.

2001 Barbara Rae
Scottish artist Barbara Rae spent two busy weeks during 2001, working with Struan Hamilton (Manager) making a series of colourful monoprints. Barbara also worked on a series of new multi-plate etchings that were editioned in the workshop. Barbara alternates printmaking and painting, and relishes the way each technique subtly alters her ideas and sends them off in new directions.


1998 James Boharry
James Boharry did a two-week residency at the Workshop in March as part of a three-way exchange programme between Belfast, New York and Newfoundland involving artists who do not normally work in printmaking media producing work in collaboration with printers, in this case Janet Preston and Veronica Wallis.