Biography
Landa Townsend is an American mokuhanga artist whose work has been recognized in the international woodblock printing community. She was selected for the juried exhibition at the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Echizen, Japan, where her prints were displayed in the Americas regional exhibition. Townsend is part of the International Mokuhanga Association (IMA) network of artists who practice the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique, contributing to the growing community of mokuhanga practitioners in the United States.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Landa Townsend is an American mokuhanga artist whose work has been recognized in the international woodblock printing community. She was selected for the juried exhibition at the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Echizen, Japan, where her prints were displayed in the Americas regional exhibition. Townsend is part of the International Mokuhanga Association (IMA) network of artists who practice the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique, contributing to the growing community of mokuhanga practitioners in the United States.
Landa Townsend'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.
Landa Townsend 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.
