Biography
Bruno Lhomet is a French artist and printmaker who received the Runner-up Prize at the 2025 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE) for his work 'Femme qui se peigne' (Woman Combing Her Hair), an etching. The subject of a woman at her toilet places the work within a long art-historical tradition explored by printmakers from Utamaro to Degas, while the jury commended the print for its sublime use of washi, the handmade Japanese paper at the heart of the Awagami exhibition.
Executed in the classical intaglio tradition of European printmaking, the work reflects Lhomet's command of etching — a medium in which a design is bitten into a metal plate and printed as fine, precise line and tone.
The Runner-up Prize places Lhomet among the top-ranked artists at AIMPE 2025, second only to the Grand Prize winner, in an exhibition that drew entries from printmakers around the world. The award reflects Awagami's commitment to honoring excellence across the full range of printmaking techniques, from traditional etching and woodcut to digital and mixed-media processes.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇫🇷France
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
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Bruno Lhomet is a French artist and printmaker who received the Runner-up Prize at the 2025 Awagami International Miniature Print Exhibition (AIMPE) for his work 'Femme qui se peigne' (Woman Combing Her Hair), an etching. The subject of a woman at her toilet places the work within a long art-historical tradition explored by printmakers from Utamaro to Degas, while the jury commended the print for its sublime use of washi, the handmade Japanese paper at the heart of the Awagami exhibition.
Bruno Lhomet'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.