Biography
Ivy Haliimaile Andrade is a Hawaiian artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Advanced Program E residency in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB Advanced Program is designed for artists who already have experience with mokuhanga and wish to deepen their practice through intensive study with Japanese master printers. Her participation in the advanced rather than basic program indicates prior engagement with the technique.
As a Hawaiian artist studying mokuhanga, Andrade connects to the significant relationship between Hawaii and the Japanese woodblock printing tradition, a connection strengthened by the presence of master printer Hiroki Morinoue and the Donkey Mill Art Center on the Big Island.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Ivy Haliimaile Andrade is a Hawaiian artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Advanced Program E residency in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB Advanced Program is designed for artists who already have experience with mokuhanga and wish to deepen their practice through intensive study with Japanese master printers. Her participation in the advanced rather than basic program indicates prior engagement with the technique.
Ivy Haliimaile Andrade'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.
Ivy Haliimaile Andrade 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.