Biography
Taichi Kodama (児玉太一, born 1978 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese printmaker who works primarily in silkscreen. He trained in printmaking at Kyoto's art universities: he earned a BA in Fine Art Printmaking from Kyoto Seika University in 2001 and an MA in Fine Art Printmaking from the same university in 2003, and later completed the doctoral program in printmaking at Kyoto City University of Arts in 2013.
Kodama's mature practice centers on abstract screenprints built from a harmonious layering of translucent hues, often printed on acrylic board and acrylic-fiber plates. Working with silkscreen as a serious fine-art medium — alongside intaglio, woodcut, and lithography within contemporary Japanese printmaking — he composes luminous, color-field images in which overlapping layers of transparent color produce a quiet sense of depth and light.
His prints have been recognized in international competitions. He received a Special Award at the 7th Split Graphic Art Biennial (2014) and, in 2015, both the NBC Mesh Tech Award and the Awagami Factory Award, among other honors; in 2013 he took part in the Frans Masereel Centrum research residency program in Kasterlee, Belgium. Kodama is one of a cohort of Kyoto-trained Japanese silkscreen printmakers whose work helps sustain screenprinting as a serious medium within Japanese contemporary printmaking, alongside intaglio, woodcut, and lithography.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1978
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Subjects
- SilkscreenLandscapes
- Works Indexed
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
Taichi Kodama (児玉太一, born 1978 in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese printmaker who works primarily in silkscreen. He trained in printmaking at Kyoto's art universities: he earned a BA in Fine Art Printmaking from Kyoto Seika University in 2001 and an MA in Fine Art Printmaking from the same university in 2003, and later completed the doctoral program in printmaking at Kyoto City University of Arts in 2013.
Taichi Kodama was active born in 1978. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.
Taichi Kodama'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.
Taichi Kodama's prints frequently feature silkscreen, landscapes.