PRESSURE

Location : Sydney, Australia
Authors: Delara Rahim, Francisco Brown, Jimmy Pan
Year : 2026
Project Status: completed, curation and exhibition design

PRESSURE: Architecture, Process and the Print Studio was an exhibition at Tin Sheds Gallery at the University of Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning in June 2026 that examined the role of the printmaking studio and shifts in architectural education and contemporary practice through selected works and materials from two studios: A83 (New York) and Polyline Press (Sydney). By tracing printmaking processes, the show considered its poetics and the medium’s capacity for spatial experimentation. Organized in two spaces, the exhibition showcases the techniques, technologies, and modes of representation that connect ‘work in progress’ to the completed work.

PRESSURE investigated printmaking as both an artistic medium and a rigorous pedagogical tool, where the deliberate slowness and labor-intensive mechanics of craft are made visible through the process and the physical actions that define the medium and the workshop: separation, reversal, pressure, and repetition.

By temporarily turning the gallery into a printmaking workshop, PRESSURE explored the Tin Sheds gallery's own long and rich history as a workshop space - and more broadly, the printmaking workshop as a central space of education, community, and experimentation.

Curated by : Micropolitan Studio (Delara Rahim, Francisco Brown, Jimmy Pan)
Exhibition Design : Micropolitan Studio
Graphic design by : Willis Kingery
Workshops by : Polyline Press

Participating :
A83, New York (Owen Nichols and Clara Syme)
Architensions, Galo Canizares, MOS, Naho Kubota, Sean Canty, Yasmin Vobis, Young & Ayata, Young Projects

Polyline Press, Sydney (Kevin Liu)
Andrew Daly, Atelier Shhorn,Brooke Jackson, Chibbernoonie,Cody Miner, Complete Thought Studio, Delara Rahim, GFA2, Jessica Spresser, Michael Chapman & Marissa Lindquist, Michael Mossman & Daniel Burtt, Micropolitan Studio, Nida Ekenel, Youssofzay Hart