Art by NW: Eduardo Fausti’s prints reflect the energy of Orcas Island
Channeling forest hikes, lake walks and the starry night sky, the Argentinian artist makes an impression with monotypes and mezzotints.
Brangien Davis is the arts and culture editor at Cascade PBS, where she hosts the series Art by Northwest and writes the weekly Art x NW newsletter.
August 22, 2025
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SEATTLE ART FAIR 2025
Two of my prints were selected by Harris Harvey Gallery Director, Sarah Harvey, to be shown at the Fair. The event is mainly dedicated to contemporary art in the Pacific Northwest. In conjunction with the Seattle Art Museum, this year will be composed by more than 100 exhibitors.
Lumen Field Event Center, Seattle, WA, July 17-20, 2025, Harris Harvey Gallery Booth B11
BROOKLYN FINE ART PRINT FAIR 2025
Happy to announce I’ll be participating at the Brooklyn Fine Art Print Fair with INKY EDITIONS, Booth D5. Ten of my print editions of mezzotints and drypoints including new work will be available and on view during the Fair. 40 galleries and print publishers occupying booths in the 22,517 square-foot column-free Grand Hall, with the additional 30 book arts purveyors, individual artists, and academic printmaking departments to exhibit on tables in the adjacent Loft space.
Powerhouse Arts, Brooklyn, NY, March 27-30, 2025
REFLECTIONS ON SOUND II
Reflections on Sound II is continuation of Argentine-born American artist Eduardo Fausti’s evocative monotypes series, comprising abstract and intuitive meditations on nature. Fausti is an established printmaker who moved from New York City to Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands in 2015, becoming bi-coastal. Fausti finds inspiration for his works on long walks on the island, observing nature, the night skies, and the Salish Sea.
Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, Wa, October 3 - November 2, 2024. Artist’s Reception: First Thursday, October 3, 6-8 PM.
OUTOTSU HANTEN 2024
It’s a pleasure to announce my participation in the upcoming Invitational Print Biennial OUTOTSU HANTEN. Four of my prints will be on view along side prints from several talented Japanese artists-printmakers. The Biennial is organized by OUTOTSU, a printmaking Atelier founded by artist-printmaker Ritsuwo Kanno in 1975 in Nishinomiya, JAPAN.
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo, JAPAN, May 19 -27, 2024
FIRMAMENTO
Such a pleasure to return to beloved Florence for this solo exhibition of mezzotints and drypoints dedicated to the memory of Galileo Galilei. The show includes images from the astronomer’s life as well as depictions of Jupiter and its moons, Saturn, and the solar spots he empirically discovered. Continuing the tradition of studying the heavens, I extended the imagery to include contemporary satellites and telescopes while also exploring the early understanding of the heliocentric system with portraits of the Greek scientist and philosopher Aristarchus of Samos, scientist Nicolaus Copernicus and Galileo, himself. The exhibition emphasizes Galileo’s revolutionary notion that human beings are not at the center of the universe, and highlights how the search for and wonder at the heavens have been constant companions of humanity since antiquity.
The exhibition is hosted at the Art Gallery of Fondazione Il Bisonte, an international school and institution dedicated to the teaching and dissemination of printmaking since its founding in 1959. I am deeply grateful to the Foundation’s Director Simone Guaita for his generosity, and to the Foundation’s Curator, Silvia Bellotti, for her dedication in assembling such an impeccable show. A printed catalog accompanies the exhibition, featuring an essay by Ms. Bellotti and SACI Professor Emeritus Gary Lissa.
Galleria di Stampa d’Arte Il Bisonte, Florence, Italy, November 9 - December 1st, 2023. Opening Reception: Thursday, Nov 9, 5-8PM
THE BRODSKY CENTER AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, THREE DECADES 1986-2017
It's an honor to be part of the "The Brodsky Center at Rutgers University 1986-2017" exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, celebrating the legacy of visionary and founder Judith Brodsky, my teacher and a mentor. I'm humbled to be part of a survey of prints among hundreds of works produced by artist printmakers and master printers at the Center over three decades. In the picture above, i’m at the Center signing 350 woodcuts after been selected by the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey to produce the limited edition of prints for the Annual Meeting of their members. As a subject for the edition, I chose to portrait the poet and physician from Rutherford, New Jersey, William Carlos William. The unprecedented exhibition was curated by Distinguished Professor Emerita, Rutgers University, Ferris Olin and includes a handsome catalog.
Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, September 13 - December 22, 2023. Opening Reception: Wednesday, September 13, 4-8PM
REFLECTIONS ON SOUND
Since I moved my printmaking studio to Orcas Island, I was able to perceive more delicate sounds of trickling water in barely detectable creeks, the sounds of barely visible small song birds, the sounds of swaying Douglas firs, the wind as it rustles through our island habitat and much more. At the same time I was moved by the views of bodies of water including our island’s East and West Sounds after which both are named. This lies behind my choosing the title Reflections on Sound, which embraces many feelings and sensations. I’m thrilled to show ten monotypes of this recent series at Harris Harvey Gallery, one of the leading galleries of Seattle representing artist from the Pacific North West since 1984.
Harris Harvey Gallery, Seattle, WA, October 6-29, 2022. Artist’s Reception: First Thursday, October 6, 6-8 PM.
IPCNY NEW PRINTS 2021 / SUMMER, LONLEY HEARTS
Curated by artist Christiane Baumgartner, the exhibition brings together prints by 36 international artists, each evoking the absence of human presence through images of distant, desolate spaces and quiet solitud.
International Print Center of New York, June 10 - September 18, 2021
CRACKING THE SURFACE
It’s a pleasure to participate in this exhibition featuring an energetic group of talented artists from San Juan Island, Orcas Island and Lopez Island, Washington.
San Juan Islands Museum of Art (SJIMA), Friday Harbor, WA, November 18, 2017 – January 9, 2018.
THE MEZZANINE GALLERY PREMIERS
One of my prints at the MET Mezzanine Gallery was selected by manager Laura Einstein, to be part of THE MEZZANINE GALLERY PREMIERS, The Original Prints of George Condo, James Grashow, and Charlie Hewitt.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Reception April 12, 2019, 6-8PM
FOURTH INTERNATIONAL MEZZOTINT FESTIVAL, EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA
I’m thrilled to be selected to participate again in this Biennial solely dedicated to mezzotints. A four colors, four hundred pages catalogue accompany the exhibition that takes place at The Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, The Museum of Architecture and Design and Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art. The link below provides its catalog entry in the Library. August 11 - September 30, 2017
IPCNY NEW PRINTS 2016 / WINTER
It’s a great pleasure to be part of this show. The prints were selected by: Diana Burroughs (Director, Marlborough Graphics), Carl Fudge (Artist), Clare Garfield,(Collector), Justin Sanz (Artist and Workshop Manager, EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop), David Senior, (Bibliographer, MoMA Library), and Marie Tennyson (Assistant Director of the LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies atColumbia University). I was thrilled to be selected to participate with my mezzotints in this wellknown annual exhibition.
International Print Center New York, January 28 – March 26, 2016
Soeffker Gallery St. Paul, MN, October 17 – November 25, 2016
SECOND INTERNATIONAL MEZZOTINT FESTIVAL, EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA
Announcing my second participation in the largest International Exhibitions of Contemporary Mezzotints. The Festival includes a complete catalogue featuring the prints from each selected artist, plus a series of mezzotints from 1700’s on view at the Museum. The catalog can be seen at The New York Public Library. The link below provides its catalog entry in the Library.
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 18 - June 29, 2013
INTERNATIONAL MEZZOTINT FESTIVAL, EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA
The Festival Jury selected four of my mezzotint prints for this exhibition. The International Competition is devoted exclusively to mezzotint printmaking and received more than than 500 submissions from over 90 artists representing 29 countries. The selected works are published in a full-color catalog produce for the event, which is available at the New York Public Library. The link below provides its catalog entry in the Library.
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 13 - 26, 2011