Biography
George Jarvis is an American mokuhanga artist who exhibited at the International Mokuhanga Conference juried international exhibition in Nara, Japan, in 2021. His selection for the IMC exhibition, which accepts works through an open international call, places him among the contemporary practitioners recognized by the international mokuhanga community.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
George Jarvis is an American mokuhanga artist who exhibited at the International Mokuhanga Conference juried international exhibition in Nara, Japan, in 2021. His selection for the IMC exhibition, which accepts works through an open international call, places him among the contemporary practitioners recognized by the international mokuhanga community.
George Jarvis'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.
George Jarvis 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.