Biography
Jessica Mariko Whyte-Shearer is an American artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Basic Training Program C residency in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB Basic Training Program provides international artists with intensive instruction in the fundamental tools, materials, and techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printing under the guidance of Japanese master printers.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Jessica Mariko Whyte-Shearer is an American artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Basic Training Program C residency in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB Basic Training Program provides international artists with intensive instruction in the fundamental tools, materials, and techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printing under the guidance of Japanese master printers.
Jessica Mariko Whyte-Shearer'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.