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The press.on start-up story: 2022

Johann Booyens and Mandy Conidaris are South African artist/printmakers. Johann (from the Western Cape) has been living in Glasgow, Scotland since 2020, and Mandy at the time was living in Addlestone in Surrey, England - she relocated back to SA in 2024.

In SA we had heard of each other via mutual artist friends and printmaking shows. While living in the Cape, Johann had started a small group called Drukbesig (Print-ready) comprising himself and four other artist/printmakers from the Cape who would print at his studio.

So, when Mandy visited Edinburgh in November 2022 we met up to exchange ideas, initially around how to build a presence of South African artist/printmakers in the UK. (This vision has since been expanded to creating further exposure for our members in SA.)

After a 5-hour conversation in a little coffee shop on The Royal Mile, we decided to start up an initiative we call press.on Print Club. Our early aim was to promote the work of the original Drukbesig group within the UK and SA markets.