M anneken Press is a fine art publisher producing original, limited edition and unique prints, portfolios and artist’s books by significant contemporary artists. Manneken Press was founded in 2000 by owner/operators Jonathan Higgins and Sarah Smelser and has established a reputation as a leading fine art press. We have worked with a range of American and international artists to create a unique body of contemporary prints that we offer to the public through exhibitions, art fairs and online platforms. Manneken Press currently represents more than 30 artists. While primarily focused on prints, our inventory includes drawings, sculpture and photography to better represent the full scope of our artist’s creative output.
Invited artists create original works of art in intaglio, relief, lithography and monotype in our studio, located in Bloomington, IL USA. The artists work in close collaboration with master printer Jonathan Higgins on their projects which are hand-printed on an etching press, using traditional, time tested techniques and materials.
Manneken Press has exhibited these works at fine art fairs in Chicago, Cleveland, Miami, Boston, Baltimore, Houston, New York City, Palm Springs and in many galleries and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art.
Manneken Press has been the subject of several survey exhibitions: the Peoria Contemporary Art Center mounted Manneken Press exhibitions in 2011 and 2023; at Illinois Wesleyan University in 2005 and 2017; Full Circle: Prints from Manneken Press travelled to venues in California, Texas and Louisiana in 2007; and Reviews of Manneken Press prints have appeared in such publications as Art In Print, Art In America, ARTnews, Grabado y Edición and Art On Paper.