Biography
Julie Strasheim is a mokuhanga artist based in China and Japan whose work in traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing has earned her recognition at the highest levels of the international mokuhanga community. She is a dedicated practitioner of the technique, working on handmade kizuki kozo paper and engaging deeply with the material and philosophical traditions of mokuhanga.
Strasheim received an award at the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference in Echizen for her work 'expanded egg #2' (2023), a mokuhanga print measuring 53.3 by 25.4 centimeters printed on handmade kizuki kozo paper. This recognition at the IMC places her among the most accomplished contemporary mokuhanga practitioners worldwide.
She participated in the Mokuhanga Project Space residency, and her work was featured in the 'Watermarks' exhibition at Foundry Vineyards, which showcased prints created during the residency program. She has exhibited at the International Mokuhanga Conference juried exhibitions in both Nara (2021) and Echizen (2024), demonstrating sustained engagement with the international mokuhanga community over multiple conference cycles.
Strasheim's practice exemplifies the growing international network of artists who have adopted mokuhanga as their primary printmaking medium, bringing diverse cultural perspectives to a technique rooted in Japanese tradition.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇨🇳China
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Julie Strasheim is a mokuhanga artist based in China and Japan whose work in traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing has earned her recognition at the highest levels of the international mokuhanga community. She is a dedicated practitioner of the technique, working on handmade kizuki kozo paper and engaging deeply with the material and philosophical traditions of mokuhanga.
Julie Strasheim'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.
Julie Strasheim is a contemporary printmaker working in the mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock) tradition. Recognition through awards and exhibitions supports growing collector interest. Prices for contemporary mokuhanga prints range from $150 for smaller works to $2,000 for major compositions. Most prints sell in the $240–$800 range. The global mokuhanga community has been growing, with increasing exhibition opportunities and collector interest. Contemporary mokuhanga represents an affordable entry point for collectors.
