About Penrose Press

Penrose Press began as a micropublishing endeavour in 2017 when I graduated OCADU and published my first book alongside Joyce Jodie Kim, Natalie Lythe, and several other amazing collaborators. As an art school graduate, I only knew that I wanted to spend all my time on creative projects, but I wasn’t sure what structure my practice would take: collaborative, behind the scenes, with gallery partnership, in public art? It’s nearly impossible to know without trying.

For several years, I left Brianna Tosswill (artist making prints and drawings to be hung in homes and galleries) behind to focus on bookarts. Around the time that COVID shook up everyone’s life trajectory, I began to revisit the fine art side of my practice. Five years after that (and we’re getting to the present) I had my first solo show, here in Edmonton, at dhARTworld.

Now, as at the beginning, Brianna Tosswill and Penrose Press are two separate entities, but this time more people know me as Penrose than otherwise. I love interacting directly with collectors as Penrose Press, setting up tables at my favourite markets and making affordable work that influences and is influenced by my community. I love making ambitious work as Brianna Tosswill, acquiring the skills to make my biggest dreams possible, and dreaming bigger for having those skills.

My email newsletter adresses both aspects of my practice, and is my favourite way to share with folks (extra gratitude to the people who write me back!). The subscriptions link is below!

 

The Summer of 2022 was formative and wonderful.