Biography
Jana Bareham — born Jana Domanová in Slovakia — is a contemporary Slovak-British mokuhanga printmaker based in Sheffield, in the north of England, whose practice in Japanese water-based woodblock is rooted in her engagement with mountainous landscapes encountered as a climber and hiker. Birth and death dates have not been published, and the principal biographical context is her account of having lived in the United Kingdom for approximately the past twenty years after emigrating from Slovakia. Her formal training in mokuhanga has been built principally through specialized British and Japanese short courses across the past several years rather than through a traditional art-school programme. She studied mokuhanga with Lucy May Schofield and with Julia McKinley in workshops across 2022; in 2023 she completed the twelve-week advanced Japanese printmaking course at Morley College, Lambeth, the principal London adult-education centre for the medium; in 2024 she attended workshops at the Fourth International Mokuhanga Conference in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, and also worked on paper-dyeing and book structures with Lucy May Schofield; and in 2025 she completed a five-week advanced Japanese printmaking residency at MI-Lab in Echizen, the dedicated mokuhanga residency programme established by the International Mokuhanga Association as the principal training environment for international practitioners in Japan. Her studio practice operates under the Doma Studio name and is characterized by minimal-but-layered compositions developed from landscapes, trees, and shifting light, frequently translated from photographs taken on climbing trips to mountainous regions in continental Europe. The technical method follows standard contemporary revival practice: hand-carved blocks, watercolour pigments, washi paper, and a bamboo baren; the ecological commitment to a non-toxic, water-based, hand-impression process is foregrounded in her studio writing as one of the medium's primary attractions. Her exhibition record is recent and concentrated in the British mokuhanga and open-print circuit. Recent showings include the 2024 IMC Juried International Exhibition in Echizen, the Wild Landscapes exhibition, The Elements group show, and the Fronteer Open 2025 in Sheffield, at which she won the People's Choice Award and was awarded a solo exhibition for 2027 as a result. Her print Sunrise over Telendos, made after a climbing trip to the Greek island of Telendos in the Dodecanese opposite Kalymnos, was the work included in the 2024 IMC juried exhibition. Public-collection holdings have not been documented, and her place in the contemporary record is best understood as that of an emerging mid-career British mokuhanga maker whose first body of work has been built through the post-2022 MI-Lab and Morley College training network and whose first regional institutional recognition came through the Fronteer Open in Sheffield.
Key Facts
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- Contemporary Mokuhanga
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Jana Bareham — born Jana Domanová in Slovakia — is a contemporary Slovak-British mokuhanga printmaker based in Sheffield, in the north of England, whose practice in Japanese water-based woodblock is rooted in her engagement with mountainous landscapes encountered as a climber and hiker. Birth and death dates have not been published, and the principal biographical context is her account of having lived in the United Kingdom for approximately the past twenty years after emigrating from Slovakia. Her formal training in mokuhanga has been built principally through specialized British and Japanese short courses across the past several years rather than through a traditional art-school programme. She studied mokuhanga with Lucy May Schofield and with Julia McKinley in workshops across 2022; in 2023 she completed the twelve-week advanced Japanese printmaking course at Morley College, Lambeth, the principal London adult-education centre for the medium; in 2024 she attended workshops at the Fourth International Mokuhanga Conference in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, and also worked on paper-dyeing and book structures with Lucy May Schofield; and in 2025 she completed a five-week advanced Japanese printmaking residency at MI-Lab in Echizen, the dedicated mokuhanga residency programme established by the International Mokuhanga Association as the principal training environment for international practitioners in Japan. Her studio practice operates under the Doma Studio name and is characterized by minimal-but-layered compositions developed from landscapes, trees, and shifting light, frequently translated from photographs taken on climbing trips to mountainous regions in continental Europe. The technical method follows standard contemporary revival practice: hand-carved blocks, watercolour pigments, washi paper, and a bamboo baren; the ecological commitment to a non-toxic, water-based, hand-impression process is foregrounded in her studio writing as one of the medium's primary attractions. Her exhibition record is recent and concentrated in the British mokuhanga and open-print circuit. Recent showings include the 2024 IMC Juried International Exhibition in Echizen, the Wild Landscapes exhibition, The Elements group show, and the Fronteer Open 2025 in Sheffield, at which she won the People's Choice Award and was awarded a solo exhibition for 2027 as a result. Her print Sunrise over Telendos, made after a climbing trip to the Greek island of Telendos in the Dodecanese opposite Kalymnos, was the work included in the 2024 IMC juried exhibition. Public-collection holdings have not been documented, and her place in the contemporary record is best understood as that of an emerging mid-career British mokuhanga maker whose first body of work has been built through the post-2022 MI-Lab and Morley College training network and whose first regional institutional recognition came through the Fronteer Open in Sheffield.
Jana Bareham'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.
Jana Bareham 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.
