Biography
Studied
Canterbury College of Art (Dip AD)
Camberwell College of Art (MA Printmaking)
Elected RE 2024
Member of the Printmakers Council and PRISM
Work
2010 - present
Founded Volcanic Editions print workshop in Brighton
Specialising in screenprinting and photopolymer etching
1999 – 2010
Course team Leader, FdA Fine Art: Contemporary Practice,
University of Brighton, delivered at Hastings
Artists Statement
Ian Brown has a long-standing interest in the natural world and a forensic fascination with the mediating processes of photography and print. The scale, power and beauty of elemental interactions have often provided the imagery for his prints. Increasingly, concerns reflected in the prints, are directed at the impact on human populations as we disrupt and corrupt the planet's systems.
Recent and Forthcoming Shows
2026
The Guanlan Print Fair, Beijing, China
Guanlan 2025 International Print Biennial Nomination Exhibition, Guanlan, China
PRISM International Printmaking, Art Gallery of Guelph, Ontario, Canada
London Original Print Exhibition, Somerset House, London
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside, London
2025
RE Presidents Choice, International Print Conference, Guardian Arts Centre, Beijing
PRISM, touring show, Krakow, Rzeszow, Gdansk, Poland
On Paper, Ten Finalists, Tinta Invisible Editions, Barcelona
Other Worlds, RE show, Burton Gallery, Bideford
Other Worlds, Burton Gallery, Bideford, Devon
RE Printmakers at Mandells Gallery, Norwich
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside, London
PMC at 60, Oxo Gallery, London
RE at the RBSA Gallery, Birmingham
PMC Mini Print, Belfast Print Workshops, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2024
Krakow Triennial, Nova Huta, Krakow, Poland
3rd TKO International Mini-Print 24, G-7 Gallery, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Japan
London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, London
PRISM, Scuola Graphico, Venice
Inkscapes, PMC, Horsebridge Gallery, Whitstable, Kent
International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside
2023
Thinking for Printing: Printmakers Council, Bankside, London (prize winner)
London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, London
9th International Miniature Print Biennial, Ottawa School of Art, Canada
The International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside, London
Miniprint Kazanlak, Kazanlak Art Gallery, Bulgaria
PRISM, Downpatrick Arts Centre, Northern Ireland
This Has Travelled Through The Night To You III, Kingsgate Project Space, London
Small But Mighty, Bankside, London
The Woolwich (Directors Cut), London
LOOP 2023, Bankside, London
2022
The International Original Print Exhibition, Bankside, London (prize winner)
This Has Travelled Through The Night To You II, Kingsgate Project Space, London
The Art of British Printmaking, Rye Art Gallery
Mini Picture Show, Bankside, London
Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London (invited artist)
PRISM @ Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
The London Original Print Fair, Somerset House, London
2021
Krakow Triennial, (PRISM Krakow-Conspectus), Centrum Gallery, Krakow
RA Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
This Has Travelled Through The Night To You, The Regency Town House, Brighton
Ecologies of Change: Grief and Hope in a Changing World, Royal Over-Seas League, London
The Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers 2021, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
The Natural World (online PMC show)
RE Original Prints 2021, Bankside, London
2020
International Biennial Print Exhibition: 2020 R.O.C, Taiwan
Prism 12, Nordens Lyus Gallery, Stockholm
Prism 12, Moniska Rummet, The Swedish Printmakers Association, Stockholm
Teesside Print Prize 20, Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
LOOP, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
2019
Prism 11, INOAC Ginza, Nanikidori Gallery, Tokyo
2nd International Print Biennale, Yerevan, Armenia
LOOP, Chapel Arts Gallery, Cheltenham
Sydney Coopers Living Room (Installation Emily Peasgood), drawing, SCG, Canterbury
2018
9th International Print Biennial, Duoro, Portugal
Prism 10, Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Scotland
Rye Art Gallery, East Sussex
Miniprint Kazanlak, Bulgaria
Prism 9, Oriel Gallery, Antrim Castle, Belfast, Northern Ireland
2017
Prism 8, Connections, IX International Engraving Biennial, Cremona, Italy
Invited, 3rd Global Print Biennial, Duoro, Portugal
LOOP: Artists in Print, Bankside, London
2016
Air, Fire, Water, (Solo Show) Alberta Printmakers Gallery, Calgary, Canada
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside, London
Masters of Contemporary Art: China and Britain, Yun Contemporary Art Centre, Shanghai
Prism 6, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf, London
Beijing Times Art Museum, Beijing, China
Prism 7, Gallery Spodki, Bialystok, Poland
Changsha Museum, Hunan, China
8th International Printmaking Biennial, Douro, Portugal
NAVIGATE: Re-envisioning Landscape, Brown, McKay, Rubin, Rye Creative Centre, Rye
2015
Prism 4, Goto Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo
Dust and Clouds: Dots and Pixels, (Two Man Show), Kerikeri, New Zealand
Impact 9,Hangzhou, China (invited)
2nd Global Print Biennial 2015, Douro, Portugal (invited)
Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition, Tokushima, Japan
National Original Print Exhibition, Bankside, London
Prism 5, Tea Garden Gallery, Union St, London
2014
RA Summer Show, Royal Academy, London
Prism 3, Spazio Ostrakon Gallery, Milan
Against Nature, Camberwell College of Art, London
Standout Prints, Highpoint Center for Printmaking, Minneapolis, USA
NEO Print Prizes, Bolton, Lancashire
Lucy Bainbridge Open, Union St, London
LOOP: New Works, Bankside, London
2013
The First Twenty Years: A Collaboration in Print, St Barnabas Gallery, Cambridge
LOOP, Redchurch Gallery, London
Lucy Bainbridge Open, Union St, London
Pushing Print, Margate
Sussex Open, Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
2012
Future Outlook and Global Vision of Print, Kyoto Seika University, Kyoto, Japan
BITE, Mall Galleries, London
Pushing Print, Margate
LOOP, Bankside Gallery, London
Climate Change II, Rhyl Library Arts Centre
2011
The International Print Biennale 2011, Newcastle
BITE, Mall Galleries, London
The National Open, Chichester
Magma,Millimetre: Project Site 01, House Gallery, London
Redchurch Gallery, London
Tony Bennett and Ian Brown, Rye Art Gallery
Print and Design Now! 2011, SW1 Gallery, London
Bearspace, Deptford, London
LOOP, Bankside Gallery, London
2010
Volcano: Turner to Warhol, Compton Verney
Chichester Open, Chichester
Originals 10, Mall Galleries, London
A Space Gallery, Solo Show, Hastings
Climate Change, Rhyl Library Arts Centre
2009
London Postgraduate Printmaking in London, Clifford Chance, Canary Wharf
Originals 09, Mall Galleries, London
MA Show, Camberwell College of Art
Affordable Art, London (Brighton Independent Printmaking)
MA & Post Graduate Show, Atkinson Gallery, Somerset
2008
Originals 08, Mall Galleries, London
Awards, Prizes
2023
Intaglio Etching Prize (Thinking for Printing, Printmakers Council)
2022
Intaglio Etching Prize (The International Original Print Exhibition)
2014
Independent Judges Award (Neo Print Prizes)
2013
John Purcell Paper Prize (Lucy Bainbridge Open)
2010
St Barnabas Press Editioning Award (Originals '10)
Climate Change Prize (Rhyl)
2009
Contemporary Screenprint Award (MA Graduate Show, Camberwell)
Galleries Magazine Award (Originals 09)
Work in Public Collections
V&A Prints and Drawings Collection
Tate Britain, Artist Book Collection
Arts Council of Great Britain
British Libraries, Special Collection
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, USA
Printmaking Museum, Guanlan, Shenzen, China
SMTG Krakov
University of Guelph, Chu-Bachinski print study collection, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Museo Ala Ponzone Cremona, Graphic Arts Collection, Prints and Drawings, Italy
Duoro Museum Printmaking Biennial Collection, Portugal
Kultur Dialog, Yerevan, Armenia
Dudley Museum
Manchester Polytechnic
Newport Art Gallery
Portsmouth City Art Gallery
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne
University of Sussex, Brighton
University of the Arts, Camberwell
Wakefield Art Gallery
Professional Practice/Published Works
2025
Screenprints A History, Gill Saunders, Thames & Hudson 2025
Text p240, illustrations p243, p243
2013
Printmaking Today, Summer Issue, Layer and Meaning: Interview with Paul Coldwell
2012
Volcano: Nature and Culture, James Hamilton, Reaktion Books, (illustrated)
Printmaking Today, Up Close and Personal, Wrexham Print Symposium
Printmaking Today, Gemini G.E.L. A conversation with Master Printer James Reid
2011
Printmaking Today, Summer Issue, Article on Artists who run Print Workshops
2010
Volcano, Exhibition Catalogue, James Hamilton, (illustrated)
2008
Printmaking, Traditional and Contemporary Techniques by Anne d’Arcy Hughes and Hebe Vernon Morris, Chronicle Press, San Francisco 2008 Contributor (wrote and edited Screen printing chapter)
2007
Printmaking Today, (illustrated), Rebel With a Cause, Summer issue
1995
Artists Newsletter, New Print Possibilities
1995
Artists Newsletter, Water-based Screen Ink