WINNER OF THE 45th MINI PRINT INTERNATIONAL OF CADAQUÉS, 2025
Born in 1971, Timo Ehmke lives and works in Lüneburg, Germany. From 2020 to 2022, he attended courses on relief and intaglio printing techniques at the Ikarus Art School in Lüneburg, Germany. He also completed several drawing courses at the Ikarus Art School in Lüneburg from 2023 to 2025.
Timo enjoys experimenting with motifs, which he creates using both relief printing (linocuts) and intaglio printing (etchings). Both techniques have their own strengths and unique characteristics. With linocut printing, motifs can be clearly defined by color, but gradual gradations are more difficult to achieve. This often results in distinct areas and rather rigid contours. Intaglio printing is more complex overall, but also more flexible. Here, Timo often uses aquatint technique to achieve varying degrees of color depth. He also employs the technique of line etching (in the style of Goya). In both techniques, he often uses multiple printing plates to create diverse color gradations and overlaps within a single print.
His prints are produced in the printmaking atelier of the cultural association Alltagskultur e.V. in Lüneburg, Germany.
“I often find my motifs in the landscape of northern Germany. I’m particularly drawn to natural scenes of fields or the sea that offer strong color impressions. But everyday objects and impressions of daily life are also interesting subjects for me, especially when they involve color gradations and complex reflections of light.”
Group Exhibitions
2025
Demokratie unter Druck? Internationale Miniprint Ausstellung 2025, Verein Atelier für Druckgrafik Hall, Stadtmuseum Hall, Tirol, Austria.
45th Mini Print International of Cadaqués.
Print Exchange 2025 PETS, Martha Street Studio, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
The Sea & the Lighthouses, Mini Print Internacional Cantàbria 2025, Santander, Spain.
Resilience Print Exchange & Exhibition 2025, Bright Press & Fresh Lemon Print, Boorloo-Perth, Australia.
Sweet-as …, Global Print Palooza Sally Caston, Gallery 1855, Tea Tree Gully, Australia.
International Print Exchange #17 2025, Banks Mill Studios, Derby, UK.
Mini Print Internacional Reus Fortuny 2025, Centre d’Amics de Reus, Spain.
Emerald Print Exchange, Maude Kerns Art Center, Eugene, Oregon, USA.
2024
PrintCard Wrocław Migrations, Za Szkłem Gallery at The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design, Wroclaw, Poland.
23rd Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2024, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
PrintCard Wrocław Migrations, Gallery of Kulturni Centar Osijek, Croatia.
44th Mini Print International of Cadaqués.
Mini Print Internacional Cantabria VII Edición – 2024, Centro de Arte Faro Cabo Mayor, Santander, Spain.
Creating Community. My Backyard, Arthouse Campbelltown, Tranmere, Australia.
International Print Exchange #16 2024, Banks Mill Studios, Derby, UK.
Mini Print International Reus Fortuny 2024, Reus, Spain.
Ein ganzes Leben, Alltagskultur e.V., St. Michaelis-Kirche, Lüneburg, Germany.
2023
VOGELER 150 – Exlibris and Small Graphic Competition for the 150th Birthday of Heinrich Vogeler, Paderborn, Germany.
Worldwide Printmaking Exhibition 2023, The Art Center, Dover, USA.
22nd Lessedra World Art Print Annual — Mini Print 2023, Lessedra Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria.
International Print Exchange #15 2023, Green Door Printmaking Studio, Derby, UK.
International Contemporary Miniprint, Kazanlak Art Gallery, Kasanlak, Bulgaria.
Gefühlt!, Alltagskultur e.V., Heinrich-Heine-Haus, Lüneburg, Germany.
First International Mini Print Galicia, Casal de Ferreirós, Poio, Pontevedra-Galícia, Spain.
2022
Wie es UNS gefällt!, Alltagskultur e.V., Heinrich-Heine-Haus, Lüneburg, Germany.
1st International GCB-MiniPrint, Graphik-Collegium Berlin e.V., Germany.
VOGELER 150 – Exlibris and Small Graphic Competition for the 150th Birthday of Heinrich Vogeler, Worpswede, Germany.