Biography
Ariadna Abadal Lloret is a Spanish printmaker, educator, and advocate for non-toxic printmaking processes, based in Arenys de Munt near Barcelona in Catalonia. Born in Arenys de Mar in 1977, she graduated in biology from the University of Girona before turning to the family tradition of printmaking that had shaped her upbringing.
Abadal Lloret comes from a distinguished printmaking lineage. Her parents, Claudia Lloret and Jordi Roses, built a printmaking studio in the family home more than thirty years ago and directed the International Printmaking School in Calella and Mataro for fifteen years through their publishing house Murtra Edicions. In 2012, they opened the Art Print Residence, an international printmaking residency workshop near Barcelona, where Abadal Lloret has worked full-time since 2013.
At the Art Print Residence, she teaches courses in a wide range of printmaking techniques including intaglio etching on copper, aquatint, drypoint, soft ground, monoprints, and electroetching. She is a specialist in mokulito, a non-toxic lithographic process that uses wood as the printing surface instead of stone, and has taught mokulito workshops internationally, including a 2019 workshop in Quebec, Canada, and a two-week intensive at the Fundacio Miro in Mallorca. Her research into innovative and environmentally responsible printmaking methods has positioned her as a leading voice in the non-toxic printmaking movement.
Abadal Lloret's own artistic practice spans mokuhanga, mokulito, photo-etching, and monotype. Her mokuhanga work often incorporates textile elements, as demonstrated by her piece 'Autumn Forest,' a mokuhanga print on washi and silk that was stitched together and exhibited at the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference in Echizen, Japan in 2024. She also participated in the Third International Mokuhanga Conference in Nara in 2021.
Alongside Jordi Roses, she operates the Art Print Residence as a professional printmaking studio specializing in intaglio and other methods, hosting international artists for residencies and providing plate-making services including photoetching. The residence, founded in 1992 under an earlier name and operating as Art Print Residence since 2012, has become an important center for printmaking exchange in the Mediterranean region.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1977
- Nationality
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
- 12
Frequently Asked Questions
Ariadna Abadal Lloret is a Spanish printmaker, educator, and advocate for non-toxic printmaking processes, based in Arenys de Munt near Barcelona in Catalonia. Born in Arenys de Mar in 1977, she graduated in biology from the University of Girona before turning to the family tradition of printmaking that had shaped her upbringing.
Ariadna Abadal Lloret was active born in 1977. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.
Ariadna Abadal Lloret's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga tradition in Japanese woodblock printmaking. Contemporary Mokuhanga: Contemporary mokuhanga (literally "wood-block print") encompasses artists working from approximately 1970 to the present who continue or reinvent traditional Japanese woodblock printing techniques.
Ariadna Abadal Lloret is a contemporary printmaker working in the mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock) tradition. Their work contributes to the living tradition of Japanese woodblock printing. Prices for contemporary mokuhanga prints range from $100 for smaller works to $1,500 for major compositions. Most prints sell in the $180–$600 range. The global mokuhanga community has been growing, with increasing exhibition opportunities and collector interest. Contemporary mokuhanga represents an affordable entry point for collectors.
