Giova Prints

Artists who work with ink and paper often become invisible once the prints leave the studio. Giova Prints keeps the process visible on 181st Street, where the neighborhood’s mix of bodegas and pre-war walk-ups provides a quiet stage for handmade work. The address—875 W 181st St, New York, NY 10033—places it just far enough from the subway rush to feel like a deliberate detour.

Printmaking in Washington Heights has a way of sneaking up on you. One week it’s a flyer for a block party, the next it’s an editioned linocut in a storefront window. They produce work that balances precision with the slight imperfections that prove a human hand was involved. Screenprints, relief prints, and occasional monoprints move from studio to street without fanfare, letting the images speak before the artist’s name registers.

If you want to see the current pieces or ask about commissions, call ahead; the phone remains the simplest way to confirm availability. Directions are easiest through the map. Sometimes the door is open, sometimes it isn’t—plan accordingly.