Print London announces the opening of The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition (TOMPE2026).
November 12 – December 3, 2026
OPENING RECEPTION:
November 12, 2026 | 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Cohen Commons
John Labatt Visual Arts Centre
Western University
VIRTUAL CLOSING RECEPTION:
November 28, 2026 | 4:00pm
ZOOM / Facebook Live event
The event link and details will be shared on our website and social media channels a week or two before the closing event.
The Ontario Miniature Print Exhibition (TOMPE2026):
An Open Call to professional Canadian-based artists for TOMPE2026 attracted over 275 entries from across Canada. Artists were invited to submit up to four original miniature prints in any printmaking medium or combination of mediums for consideration by a panel of three jurors:
Eric Euler, Visual Artist; Instructional Assistant (Printmaking), McMaster University
Cassandra Getty, Curator of Art, Museum London
Tricia Johnson, Visual Artist; Associate Dean Academic, Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Western University
We extend our sincere thanks to the jurors for spending an intense jurying session examining the submissions together and carefully selecting 102 works by 71 artists for the final exhibition. This year, they have awarded First, Second, and Third Prizes (monetary awards) as well as three Honourable Mentions. In addition, we have a special prize for the best work on Japanese paper gifted by the Japanese Paper Place.
These prize winners will be announced at the Opening Reception being held on November 12.
TOMPE2026 EXHIBITING ARTISTS:
Anne Abbass-Harkness, Suzie Allen, Siobhán Arnott, Nicole Banton, Luigina Barratto, Souleima Basha, Sylvia Bretzloff, T.J. Brown, Barb Carr, Deborah Chapman, Amanda Chesney, Julie Clapperton, Sandie Collins, Sarah Cowley, Claudine Crangle, Susan S. Cunningham, Florence Désaulniers, Alain Desgagné, Sophie Desjardins, Drew Ellwood, Alysa-Beth Engel, Randie Feil, Kym Fenlon-Spazuk, Karen Fletcher, Amber Forno, Elizabeth Forrest, Brenda Fuhrman, Trina Ganson, John Graham, Vanessa Hall-Patch, Pamela Hodgson, Heather Huston, Katerina Ivanova, Oscar Jarsky, Villia Jefremovas, Kyungsun Kim, SiHyun Vision Kim, Denise Lachance, Stephany Lay, Jaehyang Lee, Patti Lefebvre, Wen Li, Lisa Matthias, Laura McCoy, William McCutcheon, Julie McIntyre, Lauren McKinley Renzetti, Daniel Milner, Shinsuke Minegishi, Rhiana Mitchell, Alex Montes, Eric Mummery, Lisa Neighbour, Patricia Nodder, Mary O'Brien, Kurt Pammer, Susan Perry, Emily Pittman, Walter Procska, Martha Jane Ritchie, Benjamin Robinson, Madeleine Rousseau, Irina Schestakowich, Svetlana Swinimer, Catherine Tam, Ana Teodorescu, Jacqueline Tourigny, Ann Unger, Doug Williams, Ele Willoughby, Meggan Winsley
A full-colour exhibition catalogue will be published to commemorate this exhibition and will be distributed to all participating artists, as well as printmaking collectives and art institutions across Canada.
The exhibition has been generously sponsored by the artLAB Gallery, the Department of Visual Arts at Western University, MUSEUM LONDON, and The Japanese Paper Place. We also acknowledge with gratitude the support of the City of London and the London Arts Council through a generous Community Arts Investment Program (CAIP) Grant.