photopolymerscourse – Art Print Residence

Alpha Greeff & Ryno Greeff — South Africa
Artists in Residence · June 2026

In June 2026, Alpha Greeff and Ryno Greeff, artists from South Africa, completed an artist residency at Art Print Residence, focused on the exploration of contemporary photopolymer printmaking.

During their stay, Alpha and Ryno participated in a Direct-to-Plate Photopolymer Course, led by Ariadna Abadal.

Throughout the course, they explored the complete direct-to-plate photopolymer process, from preparing the images and exposing the plates to developing, inking and printing. This technique offers artists the possibility of translating photographic and digitally created imagery directly onto photopolymer plates while maintaining a wide range of tonal values, textures and fine details.

Under the guidance of Ariadna Abadal, Alpha and Ryno experimented with the technical and creative possibilities of the process, adapting photopolymer printmaking to their individual artistic approaches.

Their residency at Art Print Residence provided an intensive period of learning, experimentation and shared studio practice, allowing them to deepen their knowledge of direct-to-plate photopolymer and explore new possibilities for incorporating the technique into their own artistic work.

Alpha and Ryno Greeff

Charlotte Ambrose — United Kingdom
Artist in Residence · February 2026

Charlotte Ambrose, an artist from the United Kingdom, joined Art Print Residence for an artist residency in February 2026.

During her stay, Charlotte took part in an Etching and Aquatint course led by Jordi Rosés, with the supervision and technical guidance of Ariadna Abadal. She shared this intensive printmaking experience with fellow artists Pernille Koch Larsen, Mahmood Abdulsaheb Ahmed Hasan and Saidhbh de Búrca.

Throughout the course, Charlotte explored the fundamental processes of traditional intaglio printmaking, working with etching and aquatint to develop line, tonal values, textures and different approaches to image-making on the plate. The course combined technical experimentation with individual guidance, allowing each artist to adapt the processes to their own visual language and artistic practice.

Alongside her work in traditional etching, Charlotte also explored photographic printmaking using photopolymer plates, with the advice and technical guidance of Ariadna Abadal. This process allowed her to translate photographic imagery into intaglio prints and to experiment with the relationship between photography and contemporary printmaking.

Her residency at Art Print Residence offered Charlotte the opportunity to combine traditional etching techniques with photopolymer processes, expanding her knowledge of printmaking while developing new possibilities for her artistic work.

It was a pleasure to welcome Charlotte to Art Print Residence and to accompany her throughout this period of experimentation, learning and creative development.

Charlotte Ambrose