Maxine Gregson 'Checkmate' Print Available
Artist: Maxine Gregson
Title: Checkmate
Medium: 6 Color Screen Print
Size: 70 x 50 cm
Edition: 100
Price: £187
Maxine Gregson is a London based artist and printmaker whose vibrant work fuses typography, architecture and photographic collage into what critics call “nostalgic futurism”. Born and raised in the United Kingdom, she trained as a graphic designer during the early days of digital agencies, a background that honed her love of grid structures, clean vectors and bold colour . Working primarily through hand pulled screen prints, she layers vintage postcards, magazine clippings and her own photographs to build luminous, semi abstract landscapes that feel both retro and otherworldly.
Her process begins with hours spent trawling online auctions for mid century travel ephemera, selecting images that carry a whiff of lost optimism. These finds are scanned, cropped and recombined with geometric shapes, sweeping gradients and blocks of text that often read as cryptic signage. The resulting compositions glow with sunset oranges, pool blues and neon pinks, suggesting desert motels, lunar swimming pools or empty cocktail lounges suspended in time . Each edition is printed in her East London studio, where she mixes translucent inks to create depth without losing the flat, poster like punch that defines her style.
Gregson has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, Tate Modern’s Dora Maar Open Call and Jealous Gallery, while commercial commissions range from album sleeves to hotel murals . When she is not printing, she mentors young designers, advocating for slower, more tactile methods in an increasingly screen based world. By merging mid century dreams with contemporary colour, Maxine Gregson invites viewers to cruise down an endless highway where memory and imagination share the driver’s seat.
