Ground Zero Printmakers Society is located in the heart of Victoria's Chinatown heritage district. Monthly meetings are held on the first Tuesday of the month from 7pm - 9pm. Hands-on Mini Workshops alternate with business-at-hand meetings.

Facilities for Etching, Intaglio, Relief, small Water-based Silkscreen, and related mediums are available by the year, month, and week. GZPS has a library focusing on printmaking and related subjects, an archive of studio prints, and members’ original prints available for view and purchase.

GZPS has a longtime association with Xchanges Gallery and has held Annual Members Exhibitions in its gallery space.

New members are welcome all year round. Contact us for a studio visit, to receive detailed information or to register for hands-on workshops and classes.

Alain Costaz has been printmaking and teaching at Ground Zero Printmakers Studio in Victoria since 1993. He was printmaking instructor at Victoria College of Art from 1996 to 2007 where he also taught drawing. A graduate of Concordia University, he was Technical Coordinator at La Guilde Graphique printmaking studio in Montreal. In his Victoria Chinatown studio, Alain makes drawings, paintings and collage, creating multi-media, 2 and 3 dimensional pieces. His work is represented by galleries in Victoria, Toronto and Montreal.

Victoria Edgarr, BFA, GZP Instructor   Victoria Edgarr uses images metaphorically, showing an intertwining personal, actual, and mythological narrative. An artist-printmaker for 25 years, Victoria (BFA) has worked extensively with etching, from wall sized monotype works to editions of miniatures. She also uses the artists' book form, ceramics, photography, poetry, drawing, etc. focusing her attention on materials and processes, allowing for freedom of imagination and image-making. Originally from Montreal, Victoria Edgarr studied art at Dawson College and Concordia University (BFA'80.)  In her printmaking training at la Guilde Graphique, Victoria was influenced by the revolutionary practice of S.W. Hayter, of Atelier 17, Paris, in his fusion of artist and technician, his philosophy of art collaborating with materials, and his semi-automatist/surrealist approach to image-making. Victoria is also part of 'CHLOE' with Alain Costaz.