Exhibits

& Olive Branch Press
Prize Winner images shown left to right: 1st Linda Wingerter, Homebody 2 2nd Kristina Norvilaitė, Interesting Conversations at Night I 3rd Gunnar Nilmén, Winter at the Sea Honorable Mentions: Yoshiaki Murakami, Buddy; Pat Bacon, T Bird Dream; Rosalyn Richards, Circling

23rd Mini Print International Exhibit

The Mini Print International is a juried exhibition of prints no larger than 4” x 4”. The Exhibition has been held bi-annually since 1985 and was founded and directed by Bev McLean who sought to challenge artists and provide an affordable form in which international art could be brought together. The Ink Shop began organizing this exciting exhibit starting with 16th Mini Print International. Our Mini Print shows have attracted artists from around the world including Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Uruguay as well as many artists from the United States. 
These wonderful prints are displayed in 6” x 6″ frames that make great gifts and can be available to take home during and after December 5th Mini Print Holiday Sale. 

Prize Winners (as arranged in image above left to right)
1st place: Linda Wingerter, Homebody 2
2nd place: Kristina Norvilaitė, Interesting Conversations at Night I
3rd place: Gunnar Nilmén, Winter at the Sea
Honorable Mention: Yoshiaki Murakami, Buddy
Honorable Mention: Pat Bacon, T Bird Dream
Honorable Mention: Rosalyn Richards, Circling

Congratulations to the following artists juried into the 23 Mini Print International!

Ariadna Abadal Lloret • Pat Bacon • Gerald Bailey • Marcy Baker • j.m. barringer • Nandini Bagla Chirimar • Judyta Bernaś • Georg Bothe • Karin Bruckner • Romy Burkus • António Canau • Helen Cantrell • Haruko Cho • Cathie Crawford • Pablo Damseaux • Margaret Day • L J Douglas • Colleen Dwire • Agata Dworzak-Subocz • Matthew Egan • Beth Evans • William Fisher • Kathleen Friedrich • Barbara Graham • Laura Glenn • Mary Gordon McFall • Liz Grantham • Ann Guiliani • Joe Heffron • Milan Hnat • Kathy Holmes • Nadia Holcomb • Jane Hupe • Liz Hunt • Michèle James • Selina Karim • Melody Knight Leary • Isao Kobayashi • Andrea Kornbluth • Hélène Larouche • Lynne Lederman • Sasja Lucas • Bernadette Madden • Heidi Marschner • Judy Mensch • Jose Ney Milá Espinosa • Heather Muise • Yoshiaki Murakami • Gunnar Nilmén • Kristina Norvilaitė • Barbara Page • DeAnn Prosia • Susana Rey Alvarez • Rosalyn Richards • Mihoko Sekiguchi • Buzz Spector • Sigrid Sperzel • Mike Sonnichsen • Yoshihiro Tsuji • Uriel Walker • Jessica Warner • Zellman Warhaft • Madeleine Wenger • Linda Wingerter • Martin Zeiner

Timeline

  • Digital Submission for Jury Deadline: September 5, 2023
  • Print Selection Notification: September 18, 2025
  • Print Arrival Deadline: October 15, 2025
  • Opening Reception: November 7, 2025 –  5pm – 8pm EST
  • Holiday Sale Reception December 5, 2025, 5pm – 8pm EST
  • Exhibition duration: November 7,2025 – January 23, 2026

Juror: Sarah Smelser
Sarah Smelser has been an artist in residence at Vermont Studio Center; Franz Masereel Center, Artica Bilbao, Kala Art Institute, Jentel Artist Residency, Skopelos Foundation for the Arts, Anchor Graphics, Ballinglen Arts Foundation, Tamarind Institute, and Remarque Print Workshop. In 2022 she was a research associate at the Contemporary Print Media Research Center at University of California Santa Cruz.

Smelser has had solo exhibitions in venues such as Bridgewater/Lustberg & Blumenfeld in New York City, Kathryn Markel Fine Arts in New York City, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art in Grand Rapids, and the LUX Center for the Arts in Omaha. Her work has been included in invitational and juried shows, and been shown at numerous art fairs including Art Frankfurt, Estampa Madrid, the Affordable Art Fair in New York, Art Miami, Red Dot Art Fair in New York and Miami, Art Santa Fe, Art Chicago, EDITION Chicago, Boston Print Fair, Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, and the Los Angeles Art Show.

Smelser’s work has been reviewed in Art on Paper: The Journal of Prints, Drawings and Photography, Abstract Art Online, Monotype, Monoprint, & Strappo Ezine and reproduced in New American Paintings. Smelser received her BA from University of California Santa Cruz, and her MA and MFA from the University of Iowa and is the 2022-24 Harold Boyd Endowed Professor in the Wonsook Kim School of Art at Illinois State University in Normal, IL.