The Translating Travels screenprint was commissioned by Edinburgh Printmakers as part of Imi Maufe’s solo exhibition of the same name in 2017. The work was created during Maufe’s three-week residency at Edinburgh Printmakers where she spent her time investigating new journeys through the medium of screenprint. 

Translating Travels offers a reflective take on what it means to travel and what we take with us after finishing a journey, looking at how multi-disciplinary printmaking can visually represent journeys and experiences of place. 

Biography

Imi Maufe (b.1974) is an artist and curator who works from her studio in Bergen, Norway. She trained as a landscape architect before returning to art school to complete an MA in Multi-disciplinary Printmaking at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Her practice is multi-disciplinary with particular focuses in printmaking, book arts, and jewellery.

“My work is about: capturing INCIDENTS; riding BICYCLES; studying MAPS; exploring GENIUS LOCI; interacting with LANDSCAPE; finding HIDDEN NUANCES; jogging MEMORIES; collating COLLECTIONS; playing with TEXT; challenging POST OFFICES;
manipulating WAYS OF SEEING; discovering the UNEXPECTED; digging up HISTORY;
documenting EXPERIENCE; collaborating with PEOPLE; making ARTISTS BOOKS;
remembering JOURNEYS; responding to PLACE; dismantling TYPEWRITERS;
extracting CONVERSATIONS; in no logical order!” (1)

In 2017 Maufe undertook a three-week residency here at Edinburgh Printmakers. 

Recent exhibitions include 2019 Bergen Ateliergruppe Jubileumutstilling, USF, Bergen; 2019 GG Jubileumutstilling - Galleri Astley, Uttersberg, Sverige; 2018 Translating Travels - Edinburgh Printmakers, Scotland; 2017 All Inked Up - Canterbury Festival, UCA, Canterbury, UK; 2017 Art of the Postcard - Handel Street Gallery, London; 2017 BAG Konglomerat - B-Open / Bergen ateliergruppe, Bergen; 2016 Wanderlust - 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregan, USA; 2016 Innbundet / Ubundet (Bound / Unbound) - Norske Grafikere, Oslo; 2016 Japan Print Now - Northern Print, Newcastle 2015 VARC in the City - Abject Gallery, Newcastle; 2014/15 Wish You Were Here? - Art Circuit touring exhibition, UK.

She has curated and co-oridnated several projects including 2019 Codex Nordica at CODEX; 2019 - San Fran Bay Area, USA for Codex Polaris; 2019 Bibliotek Nordica - a library project involving 82 Nordic artists for Codex Polaris; 2019 Posted/Unposted++ - San Francisco Center of the Book, USA 2018 / 2019 (w)ORD - a Norwegian/Scottish exchange with The Society of Scottish Artists and BAG Art Camp; 2018 China Meets Norway in a Bookshelf No.2 - touring exhibition to Shanghai, Beijing and Hangzhou in collaboration with Northing for Codex Polaris; 2017 Nordic Letterpress Collaboration - 25 printmakers from the Nordic Countries for Codex Polaris; 2016 Suitcase exhibition #1 - 'One Thing leads to Another' by Sue Maufe - Galleri VOX, Bergen; 2015-17 Smak av bok (Taste of Books) - workshop at Tyrkkeriet Bergen and exhibition touring to USF, Bergen; Stormen, Bodø and SFKM, Førde, Norway for Codex Polaris. 

Her work is featured in numerous collections, including those at Bath Spa University Library, UK; Bergen Academy of the Arts Library, NO; Bavarian State Library, Germany; British Library, London; CAB, Dundee Contemporary Arts, UK; Dean Clough Archive, Halifax, UK; Edinburgh School of Art, UK; Lafayette College, Pennsylvania, USA; Library Collection, UWE, Bristol, UK; Louisiana State University, USA; Manchester Metropolitan University, UK; Michigan State University, USA; Oslo Academy of the Arts, NO; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK; Swarthmore College, USA; Tate Library Collection, London; Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Winchester School of Art Library, UK; Wustum Museum of Art, Wisconsin, USA; Yale Center for British Art, Connecticut, USA.

(1) Imi Maufe