Making Nowhere Somewhere: A Monograph of Original Prints by Gail Mallatratt

Gail Mallatratt

Hardcover |  30.4 x 2.2 x 25.8 cm | 128 pp

Unicorn Press | 2022 | 9781838395339

This vibrant book celebrates the printmaking works of Gail Mallatratt. Making Nowhere Somewhere takes us through Mallatratt's reactions to her family background and formative years, and her many ‘meanderings’. It provides a legacy of her work and with a re-evaluation of her prints, Mallatratt has forged a new response to her own work.

In so much of the work, there is a story waiting to be told. There is a sense of occasion and an edgy energy about it. Using colour in a dramatic and often surreal way, Mallatratt captures a situation, a place or some aspect of history; making the familiar seem startlingly new.

The vitality of Gail Mallatratt's printmaking is often startling and even surreal, making the familiar seem new. As she says - ‘I hold a dialogue with the print coming off the woodcut’ - and there is always an element of surprise for her in the result, causing her to adapt colour and process as the work proceeds.

Born in San Francisco, Gail came to London in 1972 with an English husband and her first child. She has an MA degree from Stanford University in teaching English, and Graphic Design and Information Design degrees from the University of the Arts. She studied printmaking at Camberwell and was awarded an MA degree. Before taking up printmaking full-time Gail worked in Corporate Identity design.