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Berit de Koenigswarter is the perfect example of the multi-faceted artist. In the early days of her career, she worked as a commercial graphic artist in New York City. More recently, she concentrates on creating artwork as a printmaker. She works primarily in Monotype, Etching, Collagraph, Woodcut and Lithography. Her career exhibits the balanced and talented hand of the consummate professional.

Darkness and light, form and texture, create beautiful prints and renderings which virtually pulsate with energy, in her pieces. Her work exhibits a strong understanding of nature's balance as it is translated into design. Whether representational or abstract, her artwork is always dynamic and compelling.

Berit's pieces have been exhibited at the Musee D'art Moderne, Paris and the New York Printmakers Show. Exhibitions in Scotland include: the Dundee Contemporary Art Center, the Dundee Heritage Trust, Dundee Repertory Theatre, the Society of Scottish Artists at the Edinburgh Royal Academy, the Watermill Gallery-Aberfeldy, the Fortingall Art Exhibition, and the Glasgow Print Studio Summershow.

Berit was born in Norway, now lives in New York City. She has received the Venture Magazine Cover Award and studied at the Academie Julian in Paris, The School of Visual Arts and Art Students League. She is also a graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. Her work can be found in private collections around the world.
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About Printmaking


An original print is a piece of art which has been created as a printed impression on paper, with blocks or plates which the artist has created. The plate may be printed in multiple impressions by hand, or by the use of a printing press, as well as one of the following categories and techniques:

  • Relief Printing:
Woodcut, Wood Engraving, Linocut, and Collagraph.

  • Intaglio:
Engraving, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, and Collagraph.

  • Planographic:
Lithography and Monotype.

  • Stencil:
Screenprinting, (Serigraphy).



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