Biography
Lana Wilding is an Australian mokuhanga (water-based woodblock) printmaker whose work was selected for the juried international exhibition 'Beauty of Mokuhanga: Discipline & Sensibility,' held at the Art Gallery of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa from 21 August to 1 October 2017. That exhibition was the central show of the 3rd International Mokuhanga Conference — the principal international gathering of mokuhanga printmakers, held every three years and staged in 2017 for the first time outside Japan. It brought together 107 woodblock prints and hand-printed artists' books by invited printmakers from around the world.
Wilding was one of eleven Australian artists whose work was included in the exhibition, alongside Neilton Clarke, John Crawford, Jolanta Ewart, Jacqueline Gribbin, Roslyn Kean, Terry McKenna, Deborah Metz, Susan Rushforth, Margaret White, and Trish Yates. That contingent reflected the strength of the Australian mokuhanga community, which has been among the most active outside Japan in adopting the water-based woodblock tradition, supported by studios and print groups such as the Australian Print Workshop in Melbourne, the Megalo Print Studio in Canberra, and Sydney Printmakers.
Beyond her selection for the 2017 International Mokuhanga Conference exhibition, little biographical detail about Wilding — her training, current studio location, or wider exhibition history — is documented through public English-language sources, and her participation in that exhibition remains the principal record of her place within the international mokuhanga community.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇦🇺Australia
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Lana Wilding is an Australian mokuhanga (water-based woodblock) printmaker whose work was selected for the juried international exhibition 'Beauty of Mokuhanga: Discipline & Sensibility,' held at the Art Gallery of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa from 21 August to 1 October 2017. That exhibition was the central show of the 3rd International Mokuhanga Conference — the principal international gathering of mokuhanga printmakers, held every three years and staged in 2017 for the first time outside Japan. It brought together 107 woodblock prints and hand-printed artists' books by invited printmakers from around the world.
Lana Wilding'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.