Biography
Kawai Lee is an artist from Hong Kong who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Basic Training Program A residency in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB program provides international artists with intensive instruction in the tools, materials, and techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printing.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Kawai Lee is an artist from Hong Kong who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Basic Training Program A residency in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB program provides international artists with intensive instruction in the tools, materials, and techniques of traditional Japanese woodblock printing.
Kawai Lee'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.
Kawai Lee 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.