VIDEO

Veronica Calarco discussing her lithograph prints which are being exhibited in Aberystwyth Printmakers 20 Anniversary Exhibition at Mid Wales Arts, Caersws, Powys, SY16 5SB 

24 March - 19 May 2024

Veronica Calarco is an Australian artist living in Wales who uses  printmaking, painting and weaving to explore her obsession with language and the land in which she lives and visits. 

In the 1990s, Veronica completed a degree in printmaking and a postgraduate degree in weaving at the Institute of Arts, Australia National University. After university, she ran a graphic design business and worked as a community artist in Canberra and then in the remote areas of Australia such as the Kimberleys, in north Western and central Australia where she managed an Aboriginal Art Centre.  

Veronica first visited Wales in 2004 and began living between Wales and Australia, before finally settling permanently in Wales in 2012. She received an A level in Welsh in 2013 and the Dan Lynn James Scholarship to study Welsh in 2014. In 2014, she founded Stiwdio Maelor, an artist residency program. In 2021, Veronica completed a PhD in printmaking at the School of Art, Aberystwyth University.