10.21.21
Act Natural is a collection of digital and film photography that observes moments of human-made imprints and materials masquerading among natural elements. Printed in 4-colour risograph, the book includes interspersed carbon paper sheets. These sheets invite the reader to interact, doodle, sketch, trace, or write, leaving a new impression on the pages beneath.
Photography and design by Hayley Burns
Edition of 100
Risograph printed and published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC — 2021
10.19.21
The future. Moniker Press invites 12 artists to experiment with 3-colour risograph printing and the 2022 Artists Calendar is the result! Calendar is bound with a spiral coil and designed for hanging or standing display, includes artist biographies and monthly calendar spreads.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
TJ Felix, Serisa Fitz-James, Lisa Taniguchi, Ruby Smith Díaz, Reid Urchison, Diyan Achjadi, gil goletski, Sade Alexis, Preston Buffalo, STANK DADDY, Dariush Alexandra, Erick M. Ramos
Printed + Published by Moniker Press, Vancouver, BC, 2021/22
Proceeds from the Artists Calendar will cover production costs + support Moniker Press’ 2022 publishing projects through the open call for submissions.
05.15.21
Are We There Yet? is inspired by the incredible community resistance work amidst a summer of racial reckoning. A summer spent dreaming of freedom, Black liberation and joy– vibrantly reflected with sumi ink, watercolour, and family photos. Are We There Yet? encapsulates a journey that is deeply personal and hopeful.
Risograph printed and published by Moniker Press
Paintings — Bethlehem Mariam
Book Design — Erica Wilk
Vancouver, BC – 2021
Bethlehem Mariam is an artist and journalist based in Vancouver, B.C. She received her B.A from Concordia University. Her practice spans painting, drawing, collage and zine-making. She works primarily with watercolors, ink and acrylic paint. She also produces various comedy shows including “Blackity Black Show.” You can find her here.
02.04.21
fruit/soil by Kimberly Edgar
fruit/soil observes the evolution of a pandemic– the hyper awareness of the precarious balance between relative safety and the fragility of living in a remote northern community. Whose bodies do we risk when we open up? We feel safe due to our distance, but does that isolation also make us vulnerable?
fruit/soil is an experiment by Kimberly Edgar that exists somewhere between; zine and art object, one-off drawings/comics and other sequential narratives.
Edition of 150
ISBN 978-1-989428-03-0
Riso printed and Published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC / Dawson City, YT, 2021
04.03.21
Quilt of Hope Exhibition Tour
January 23—March 1, 2021
at Massy Books (229 E Georgia St)
360 Views:
Gallery:
Making Of:
Q&A with Nya Lewis
View this post on Instagram
More info about the project here.
23.01.21
Quilt of Hope
VANCOUVER ARTISTS FOR BLACK LIBERATION
Quilt of Hope serves as a call to action, and a renewal of our commitment to positively impact the communities we create in. This publication asks artists to consider their role in the movement, and what art expression has to teach us about radical activism. A collection of voices, the Quilt of Hope shares the perspectives of 25 practicing artists across the Lower Mainland who have responded to the question, “What is the role of artists in dismantling anti-Black racism?”
Contributors: Nataizya Mukwavi (Black Women Connect Vancouver Founder), Moumy Mbacké, Jillian Christmas, Sade Alexis, Adam Hoens (Ndlocal), Rachel Achus, Desirée Dawson, Kali Works, Hue Nguyen, Palesa Koitsioe, AJ Simmons, K. Ho, Jane Shi, Vanessa Richards, Shahanah, Naomi Grace, Ejiwa ‘Edge’ Ebenebe, Tiaré Lani Kela Jung, Khari Wendell McClelland, Maneesa Veeraveyil, Marielle Beth Rosky, Shanique / DJ Softieshan, Amber Dawn, Anoushka Ratnarajah, Karla Decoran, Ground Floor Art Center.
Curator – Nanyamka (Nya) Lewis
Editor – Nic Wayara
Foreward – Cicely Belle Blain
Photography – Shoubhik Roy
Publication Design – Megan Chen, Triet Pham, Nanyamka (Nya) Lewis and Moniker Press
Co-Published by Moniker Press and BlackArt Gastown
Edition of 100, Risograph printed on 65# Natural and 67# Grey paper
with a Burgundy to Bright Red conversion and Black soy ink.
© Vancouver BC, 2020
January 23-March 1 2021— Quilt of Hope Installation at Massy Books, 10AM-6PM daily.
Masks are required inside Massy Books (229 E Georgia St). Note: This exhibition takes place upstairs in the Massy Gallery, which is only accessible by a flight of stairs. More info on the event page.
February 25-28, 2021— Digital Exhibition Tour for Printed Matter Virtual Art Book Fair
Press: CBC, Nya Lewis interviewed for The Early Edition With Stephen Quinn, Jan. 22, 2021
Listen: ‘The role art plays in anti-racism’
INSTALLATION SNEAK PEEK:
11.10.20
The future. Moniker Press invites 12 artists to experiment with 3-colour risograph printing and the 2021 Artists Calendar is the result! Calendar is bound with a spiral coil and designed for hanging or standing display, includes artist biographies and monthly calendar spreads.
FEATURED ARTISTS:
Doan Truong, Odera Igbokwe, Whess Harman, Dre Gutiérrez Reyes, Atheana Picha, Rachel Lau, Tajliya Jamal, Cash X, Chhaya Naran, Cole Pauls, semillites hernández velasco, ryme lahcene
Printed + Published by Moniker Press, Vancouver, BC, 2020/21
Proceeds from the Artists Calendar will cover production costs + support Moniker Press’ 2021 publishing projects through the open call for submissions.
10.10.20
Being alive is complicated when ants have decided to house themselves inside your body.
Edition of 200
Printed and published by Moniker Press
Vancouver BC, 2020
Content notification: trauma, abuse, mental health, self harm
Nathan, Thanh, Sarah, Juli, Kirsten, Bill, Tom, Erica, Lisa, Toby,
and everyone who has supported me. Cảm ơn.
Soft Launch at Vancouver Art Book Fair — October 17-18, 2020
Online Publication Launch and Q&A — November, 7, 2020
01.01.20
Year 2020, 20 Prints, 20 bucks
Moniker Press presents a special edition Printer’s Calendar for the year twenty twenty. Packed with practicality, featuring large scale fold out design with twenty interchangeable loose risograph pieces! Created by Moniker Press, with work by our studio residents: Emma Metcalfe Hurst, Hayley Burns and Aaron Friend Lettner. Proceeds from the Printers Calendar will cover production costs and support Moniker Press’ 2020 publishing projects.
Edition of 200ish riso printed and
published by Moniker Press
Vancouver, BC, 2019/20
06.10.19
To fragment, to uproot lives, to cross livelihoods, to respond to everything else before responding to the responsibility towards a people’s sovereignty, and to interrupt the ancestral movement of life across land—this is the legacy of border regimes.
pensamientos en la frontera is a project that comes as a new generation of Nicaraguan youth are forced into immigration. As they begin to explore and respond to their forced uprooting they look back to the experiences of past generations. The project follows histories of displacement—creating a bridge to connect culture-specific ways forced movement is carried in language, image, and sense of home across cultures. The hope is to foster kinship and inclusive celebration of differences amongst each other, beyond la frontera.
pensamientos en la frontera is an ongoing project compiled by andi and collaboratively riso printed and published with the support of Moniker Press. It consists of a continuously growing folder of publications and prints that feature many perspectives on displacement and borders.
i. pensamientos en la frontera (2nd ed)
concept and drawings by anonymous
ii. Cut-lings
non-fiction short by andi
edited by Mallory Amirault
iii. Untitled
passage by Roxanne Charles
illustrated by andi and Erica Wilk
first edition of 100
a collaborative book design
printed and published by Moniker Press
translations by andi
co-edited by Mallory Amirault and andi
Costa Rica / Vancouver, BC, 2018
BOOK LAUNCH
Launch of pensamientos en la frontera on Friday May 10 at Massy Books. Thank you to everyone who came to support and listen, it was a moving night and hopefully we all learned something we can carry and share.
