Biography
Ayomi Yoshida, born in Tokyo in 1958, is a third-generation member of Japan's most distinguished printmaking dynasty. Her grandfather Hiroshi Yoshida was a master of the shin-hanga style, her grandmother Fujio was a noted printmaker, and both her parents — father Hodaka and mother Chizuko — were accomplished modern printmakers.
Yoshida studied art at Wako University in Tokyo, and in 1979 began making silkscreen prints at the Mendocino Art Center in California. She developed a distinctive visual language based on the repetitive use of hand-carved ovals, using a scooped chisel to carve hundreds of identically-sized ovals into plywood surfaces arranged in precise rows covering the entire print area. She won her first award for a woodblock print at the Sunshine Print Grand Prix exhibition in 1980.
In later years, Yoshida evolved from traditional printmaking into large-scale, room-sized installations incorporating woodchips and prints to achieve dramatic transformations of space. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the British Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Freer/Sackler Gallery, and the Portland Art Museum.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1958
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movements
- Contemporary MokuhangaSōsaku-hanga
- Works Indexed
- 17
Frequently Asked Questions
Ayomi Yoshida, born in Tokyo in 1958, is a third-generation member of Japan's most distinguished printmaking dynasty. Her grandfather Hiroshi Yoshida was a master of the shin-hanga style, her grandmother Fujio was a noted printmaker, and both her parents — father Hodaka and mother Chizuko — were accomplished modern printmakers.
Ayomi Yoshida was active born in 1958. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga and Sōsaku-hanga movements.
Ayomi Yoshida's work was shaped by the Contemporary Mokuhanga and Sōsaku-hanga traditions 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. Sōsaku-hanga: ## What is sōsaku-hanga? Sōsaku-hanga (創作版画, "creative prints") was a twentieth-century Japanese print movement defined by a single commitment: the artist must design, carve, and print every work alone.
Ayomi Yoshida's prints frequently feature abstract, rivers & lakes, landscapes, trees.
Original prints by Ayomi Yoshida can be found in collections including Art Institute of Chicago, Minneapolis Institute of Art.
Woodblock Prints by Ayomi Yoshida (17)
Linear Composition I-CGS
1980
Woodblock print, color on paper
Touches 2J-CSB
1985
Woodblock print, color on paper
Surface K.I. - 3
1987
Color woodblock print; artist’s proof
Touches W5- M.G.C.
1988
Color woodblock print
Touches W1-M.A.K.
1988
Color woodblock print
Touches W15-M.C.C.
1989
Color woodblock print
Touches 2W- C.V.B.
1989
Color woodblock print
Water K.Y.-5
1990s
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Touches W11- C.V.B.
1990
Color woodblock print
Black Marks (artist’s proof)
1999
Woodblock print
Yedoensis: Tree-B (artist’s proof)
2010
Digital and woodblock print
White Marks 61 H.S.
2012
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Water 107 Y-P.N.B.W.
2012
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Water 128 I-Y.B.F.
2012
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Tree 74 I.
2012
Woodblock print, ink on paper
Water 74 I-U.B.F.
2012
Woodblock print, ink and color on paper
Kandagawa, Inokashira (One Hundred Views of Tokyo, Message to the 21st Century 東京百景 21世紀へのメッセジ)
1989-99
Color woodblock print