PLAINVIEW, TX — Abraham Art Gallery’s new 2026 exhibition, STEAMROLLED X presented by PrintHouston, celebrates the woodcut and the art of printmaking.
The show features 32 contemporary prints by regional and national artists who participated in the Rockin’ Rollin’ Prints 2025 event hosted by PrintHouston. The exhibit is open Friday, Jan. 23 through Friday March 13. An artists’ reception is open to the public from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 31in the Abraham Art Gallery and atrium. Refreshments will be served.
Abraham Art Gallery is located on the Atrium level of the J.E. and L.E. Mabee learning Resources Center in the heart of the Plainview campus. The gallery to open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m, Friday; and 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday.
PrintHouston is an official Texas non-profit art organization, and after 15 years, has grown to represent a growing global community of artists, curators, and patrons coming together to share their love of printmaking. Their mission is to promote traditional and non-traditional printmaking, encourage print collecting, and further the professional growth of their membership. PrintHouston coordinates many programs for the print community, including annual membership shows, membership group critiques, international portfolio trades and exhibitions, national juried exhibitions as well as public workshops, demonstrations, and guest lectures.
PrintHouston and Rockin’ Rollin’ Prints were the first major events presented in 2011 and have since continued, designed to demonstrate the process of printmaking and to expose the public to local, national, and international artists. For more information, visit www.printmattershouston.org.
Exhibiting artists of STEAMROLLED X include Jacob Amador, James Beard, Rebecca Benitez, Joran Bolduc, Liz Conces Spencer, Jennifer M Dunn, Karen Eisele, Orna Feinstein, Jose Gonzales, Leamon Green, Christie Harrison, Anna Hazel, Jessica Jacobi, John Klosterman IV, Adrian Matheson, Don Mims, Chau Nguyen, David Norton, Nicole Peralta, Armando Rodriquez, Evan Leigh Rottet, Virgilio Ruiz, E. S. Sharp, Jesse Sifuentes, Kelly Snook, Alexander Squier, Chloë Stewart, Robert L Straight, Yannina Taboada, Brittany Warren, Lisa Waskom, and the University of Alabama Print Club.
STEAMROLLED X features large contemporary art prints, averaging about 5 feet, 3 inches by 3 feet, six inches. The process involves carving an image into a block of wood, rolling ink onto the image, followed by printing so only the parts that were not carved away are visible. It is a technique that relies on the natural wood grain to inform the style and energy of the carving as the artist commands negative space to provide high contrast and emotive textures. To print such a large woodcut onto paper, they drive over it with a steamroller, the kind of heavy-duty construction machinery used to level roads. The result is very striking, and each artist’s stylistic voice is unique.
Many of the prints are available to purchase with all proceeds go to the artist.
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