Roxy Kaczmarek

Roxy Kaczmarek (b. 1990) is a South African artist, printmaker, and educator based in Johannesburg. Her work explores the relationship between plants and people in overlooked urban spaces, often combining traditional printmaking with unconventional materials like cement. She holds a BFA from the University of Cape Town and a master’s in technology (cum laude) from the University of Johannesburg. Kaczmarek has worked at Warren Editions and is currently a printmaker and project manager at the David Krut Workshop. She lectures part-time at UJ and is a member of The Printing Girls Collective. In 2022, she completed a residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in Germany.

Kaczmarek's work interrogates the intersection of plants and people within liminal spaces of the city. Attempting to break from traditional forms of printmaking her work often experiments with a combination of print and cement. By bringing attention to marginalised urban greenery in between the spaces controlled by humans as well as undisturbed natural areas, Kaczmarek brings into focus how city dwellers are informed by and in turn inform the urban landscape. Kaczmarek was born in the United Kingdom and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Art (Hons), majoring in printmaking, at the University of Cape Town in 2012. She worked at Warren Editions Print Studio as a printer and studio manager until 2016. Completing her Masters in Technology at the University of Johannesburg she graduated cum laude. Her research resulted in a series of paintings and prints for the exhibition ‘Third Landscapes’ (2019). She currently works as a printmaker and project manager at the David Krut Workshop in Johannesburg. Kaczmarek has been a member of The Printing Girls Collective since 2020 and lectures part-time for the University of Johannesburg Fine Art Printmaking department. In 2022 Kaczmarek was awarded a residency at the Leipzig International Art Programme in Germany.

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A View Through the Peephole | Mary Sibande
Jun. 17, 2026

Mary Sibande’s new series titled “A View Through the Peephole” marks a shift toward a new softness: an imagined space...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, David Krut Workshop, Exhibition, Monotype, Printmaking
Between Sips and Smoke | Stephen Langa
May. 21, 2026

At David Krut Workshop, Roxy Kaczmarek introduced Stephen Langa to screen-printing, a technique that suits Langa's graphic, layered style. Langa...

Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, David Krut Workshop, Printmaking, silkscreen
The Summoning of Lady Skollie
Nov. 18, 2025

2025 Photography Essay For her return to the workshop, Lady Skollie brought more than 20 hand carved linoleum blocks to collaborate with Roxy Kaczmarek....

Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Workshop, Lady Skollie, Linocut, Monotype, Printmaking, Roxy Kaczmarek
WORKSHOP HAPPENINGS: July Visits at the David Krut Workshop 
Jul. 28, 2025

Written by: Lungile NgcoboJuly has been an eventful month at our Workshop in Maboneng, Johannesburg, marked by dynamic studio visits...

Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects Johannesburg, David Krut Workshop, Monotype, Printmaking, students, UJ, UJ Art Gallery, UNISA FINE ART STUDENTS, workshop happenings
For the new collector! Our top picks for starting your collection.
Nov. 24, 2023

Starting an art collection is about more than just acquiring pieces—it's a unique way to enrich your living space and...

Tags: art collector, David Krut Print Workshop, Exhibition, south african art
David Krut Podcast: Roxy Kaczmarek – Botanical Sensibilities | Listening time 20 minutes
Oct. 28, 2022

In this episode, we talk to artist Roxy Kaczmarek about her new body of work and recent exhibition Shifting Positions...

Tags: Arts on Main, David Krut Print Workshop, David Krut Projects, David Krut Projects Arts on Main, David Krut Workshop, Exhibition, Printmaking, Shifting Positions
LIA Print collaboration | Atelier für zeitgenössische Radierung Leipzig
May. 4, 2022

Part of the Africa Leipzig International Artist Residency exchange programme (LIA) includes a printmaking collaboration with Master Printer Maria Ondrej...

Tags: Bongile Gorata Lecoge-Zulu, David Krut Print Workshop, hand colouring, Hemali Khoosal, Intaglio, Leipzig International Arts Programme, LIA, Maria Ondrej, Performance art, Printmaking, Tsung-Hui Lauren Lee, Xhanti Zwelendaba
Leipziger Volkszeitung journalist covers ‘African Leipzig’ LIA Residency
Mar. 15, 2022

Journalist Jürgen Kleindienst spent the morning with the first group of South African artists on residency at the Leipzig International...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, Leipzig International Arts Programme, south african artists
Visiting Leipzig Print Studios
Feb. 17, 2022

Within a week of arriving in the city of Leipzig the South African residency group was welcomed into 2 print...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, Maria Ondrej
African Leipzig Residency Exchange
Feb. 13, 2022

South African Artists arrive in Leipzig David Krut printer and artist Roxy Kaczmarek is currently a resident artist, along with...

Tags: David Krut Print Workshop, etching, Hemali Khoosal, Leipzig, Leipzig International Arts Programme, LIA, Maria Ondrej, Roxy Kaczmarek, The Center for the Less Good Idea, Xhanti Zwelendaba
David Krut Podcast – Roxy Kaczmarek | Fenced In & Out | Listening Time: 25 min
Sep. 11, 2020

In this episode, Britt Lawton speaks to Roxy Kaczmarek, artist and printer from the David Krut Workshop. Roxy gives us...

Tags: #DavidKrutPodcast, David Krut Projects, podcast, Printmaking, Roxy Kaczmarek

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