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 Sarah Harvey, Director of Harris Harvey Gallery, to be shown at the fair. The event is dedicated primarily to contemporary art from the Pacific Northwest. Presented in conjunction with the Seattle Art Museum, this year’s fair features 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 continues Argentine-born American artist Eduardo Fausti’s evocative series of monotypes — abstract, intuitive meditations on nature. An established printmaker, Fausti moved from New York City to Orcas Island in the San Juan Islands in 2015, becoming bi-coastal. He finds inspiration for his work on long walks, reflecting on the sounds and sights of the islands.”
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 alongside works by several talented Japanese artists. The biennial is organized by OUTOTSU, a printmaking atelier founded by artist 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 this historic exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey), celebrating the legacy of visionary founder Judith Brodsky — my teacher and mentor. I’m humbled to be included in this survey of prints among hundreds of works created by artist printmakers and master printers at the Center over the past three decades.
In the picture above, I’m shown at the Center signing 350 woodcuts, produced after being selected by the Academy of Medicine of New Jersey to create a limited edition of prints for their Annual Meeting. As the subject for this edition, I chose to portray the poet and physician from Rutherford, New Jersey — William Carlos Williams.
This unprecedented exhibition, curated by Distinguished Professor Emerita Ferris Olin (Rutgers University), is accompanied by a four-color catalogue featuring reproductions of all works in the show, published for the occasion.
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
I’m honored that three of my mezzotints were selected by juror and artist Christiane Baumgartner for the New Prints 2021 / Summer Exhibition at the International Print Center New York (IPCNY). The exhibition features thirty-six international artists whose works evoke the absence of human presence through depictions of distant, desolate spaces and quiet solitude.
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
It’s an honor to announce that one of my prints at the MET’s 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 once again to participate in this biennial dedicated exclusively to mezzotint printmaking. A four-color, four-hundred-page catalogue accompanies the exhibition, which takes place at the Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Architecture and Design, and the Ekaterinburg Gallery of Modern Art. The link below provides its listing in The New York Public Library’s catalogue, where it can be consulted in person. August 11 - September 30, 2017
IPCNY NEW PRINTS 2016 / WINTER
It’s a great pleasure to be part of this exhibition. 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, LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University). I’m honored to have my mezzotints included in this prestigious New Prints 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
It’s an honor to announce my second participation in one of the largest international exhibitions of contemporary mezzotints. The festival is accompanied by a full catalogue showcasing the works of all participating artists, as well as a selection of mezzotints from the 1700s currently on view at the museum. The catalogue can be consulted at The New York Public Library; the link below provides its listing in the Library’s catalogue, where it can be consulted in person.
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 18 - June 29, 2013
INTERNATIONAL MEZZOTINT FESTIVAL, EKATERINBURG, RUSSIA
It’s a pleasure to announce that the Festival Jury has selected four of my mezzotint prints for this exhibition. The international competition, devoted exclusively to mezzotint printmaking, received more than 500 submissions from over 90 artists representing 29 countries. The selected works are published in a full-color catalogue produced for the event, which is available at The New York Public Library. The link below provides its listing in the Library’s catalogue, where it can be consulted in person.
Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, Ekaterinburg, Russia, May 13 - 26, 2011