The Printers

Christopher Hagen, Director | Senior Printer & Studio Manager

Raised by a biologist and a journalist in the forested stretch of northern Wisconsin, Christopher Hagen received a Bachelor of Fine Art in Digital Art & Photography from the University of Minnesota Duluth, and has a Master of Fine Arts from Illinois State University. Chris has completed a professional internship at the Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Minneapolis, USA), served as a graduate assistant with Normal Editions Workshop (Normal, Illinois), and printed Northern Prints Gallery (Duluth, Minnesota). Now dividing time between the US and Brisbane, Australia, Chris teaches printmaking at the Queensland College of Art and the Brisbane Institute of Art.

Chris and Claudia met whilst at the Tamarind Institute of Lithography in Albuquerque, USA in 2013.

Claudia Husband, Director | Assistant Printer & Administrator

Claudia Husband is a practicing visual artist and artsworker from Brisbane, having studied printmaking in Australia and America. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Art with Griffith University’s Queensland College of Art (QCA) in 2012, and has attended the Tamarind Institute of Lithography. Claudia has printed with Manneken Press (Illinois, USA) as well as independently as a contract printer in Brisbane. Upon completing her studies at QCA, Claudia was one of the few printmakers in Queensland teaching the medium of lithography to artists outside of tertiary institutions, and has mentored many emerging artists at the Queensland College of Art and through Brisbane’s local artist run cooperative, Impress Printmakers Studio. Claudia has also worked with several museums and arts institutions and brings arts administrative experience to the studio.

2023 - Rebecca Baker | Studio Intern

Rebecca is the 2022-2023 recipient of the Grey Hand Press Publishing Internship Award, which is awarded to an outstanding graduate from the Queensland College of Art printmaking program. Rebecca works primarily with intaglio to explore her international family history and identity. She is invested in how printmaking and collaborative processes can allow for new possibilities in an artist’s practice.

Past QCA Graduate Award Interns

2022 - Alethea Richter

Alethea works in richly-layered silkscreens to produce editioned and unique works, one of which was a finalist in the 2022 Stand Out Prints biennial by the Highpoint Center for Printmaking (Minneapolis, MN, USA) and was awarded a Print Council of Australia Commission. She practices in Brisbane and contributes studio assistance when possible.

2021 - Isabelle Cowan

Isabelle Cowan recently completed her Honours program at Queensland College of Art, pursues multiple artistic projects in the community, and served as president of the Griffith Print Club. Isabelle works in lithography, painting, and sculpture. She practices in Brisbane and contributes studio assistance when possible.

2020 - Rainer Doecke

Rainer Doecke received a Bachelor of Fine Art from the Queensland College of Art in 2019, completing his Honours year concurrently with the GHP Internship Award. Working largely within the medium of woodcut, Rainer’s work incorporate layers of colour and woodgrain texture to produce highly intricate and delicate prints. Rainer was awarded a Print Council of Australia Commission and practices in Melbourne.