May 2 – July 11, 2026

Beyond the Surface: Exploring Visibility in Print

Galerie Myrtis

In Person Viewing:

2224 North Charles St
Baltimore, MD 21218

Online Viewing:

https://galeriemyrtis.net/beyond-the-surface-exploring-visibility-in-print/

OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, May 2nd
Time: 2:00 – 6:00 pm

Galerie Myrtis is proud to host Beyond the Surface: Exploring Visibility in Print, a group exhibition organized by the Legacy Print Council (LPC) and guest curated by Delita Martin. This exhibition showcases a collective of eleven artists who examine the layered and often contested concept of visibility through the enduring medium of printmaking. Beyond the Surface will debut the inaugural portfolio produced by LPC, complemented by an array of print works from each contributing artist. This exhibit fosters critical dialogue on the implications of visibility in the digital age through diverse printmaking practices.

“In an era defined by constant image circulation and the immediacy of being seen, Beyond the Surface: Exploring Visibility in Print brings together eleven printmakers whose practices interrogate what it means to appear, to be recognized, and to remain unseen. Rooted in the material and conceptual language of printmaking, this exhibition examines visibility not as a fixed condition, but as a layered and shifting experience, one that is shaped by history, identity, and power.

Printmaking, at its core, is an act of revelation. It is the transfer of mark to surface, the emergence of image through pressure, repetition, and time. Across this exhibition, artists employ a range of techniques—relief, lithography, screen printing, monotype, and hybrid processes—to emphasize the physicality of making as a metaphor for visibility itself. Layers are built, obscured, and reconfigured; textures hold traces of what came before; and surfaces become sites where presence and absence coexist.

Together, the eleven artists in this exhibition invite viewers to move beyond surface readings and into deeper engagement. They ask us to consider not only what is visible, but how we see, who is granted recognition, and what remains overlooked. Through the enduring and tactile language of printmaking, Beyond the Surface becomes both a space of reflection and a call to awareness, challenging us to reconsider our role as observers and participants in the ongoing act of making meaning visible.” – Delita Martin