Concurrent Exhibitions in the Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery

The One-Off Print: Monotypes from the UWM Art Collection

The monotype is a hybrid printmaking process in which ink is transferred from a flat matrix or printing plate onto a sheet of paper. In other words, the monotype is a print form without a permanent matrix: it can only be printed once. The One-Off Print, curated by Art History MA student Emma Erickson, features monotypes from the UWM Art Collection produced by postwar American artists, a time when experimental printmaking was on the rise. The exhibition highlights the versatility of the monotype, a medium that bridges the disciplines of painting, drawing, and printmaking.

What Is A Print?

Prints – images made through a process of transferring ink from one surface to another – have for two millennia been rich sources of expressive exploration and crucial to the global circulation of images. Until the late-twentieth century, most people experienced visual art primarily through prints. What Is A Print? surveys some of the major print processes represented in the UWM Art Collection, including seminal printmakers like Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco Goya, and Pablo Picasso. By illuminating some of the complex technical details of printmaking, the exhibition will enable viewers to consider the creative, technical, financial, and social contexts the have shaped its history.

Exhibition run March 16 through May 14, 2026

Emile H. Mathis Art Gallery Location and Hours:

Mitchell Hall 170
3203 N. Downer Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211

Museum Hours: Mon – Thurs: 10:30 AM – 2:30 PM
To make an appointment to visit the gallery, please contact the gallery at: mathisartgallery@uwm.edu.