Biography
Haaken Abernathey is a Rotterdam-based mokuhanga artist who is self-trained in the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique. He is listed in the Mokumap directory maintained by Mokuhanga Magic, an international network documenting mokuhanga practitioners worldwide. His self-directed path to mokuhanga reflects the growing accessibility of the technique through online resources, workshops, and the international community of practitioners.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇳🇱Netherlands
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Haaken Abernathey is a Rotterdam-based mokuhanga artist who is self-trained in the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique. He is listed in the Mokumap directory maintained by Mokuhanga Magic, an international network documenting mokuhanga practitioners worldwide. His self-directed path to mokuhanga reflects the growing accessibility of the technique through online resources, workshops, and the international community of practitioners.
Haaken Abernathey'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.