Biography
Lari Gibbons is an American printmaker and professor at the University of North Texas, where she teaches printmaking and led the professional fine art collaborative print workshop PRINT Press for a decade. She received an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied under Karen Kunc, and a BA in Art History from Grinnell College.
Gibbons explores new and traditional approaches to printmaking through collaborative, interdisciplinary projects. She is a sought-after consultant in her areas of specialty, which include collaborative printing, intaglio, letterpress, monotype, relief, photopolymers, and post-digital applications such as CNC routing and laser cutting. She has also taken numerous workshops including lithography at Tamarind Institute under Rodney Hamon, and studied low-toxicity intaglio under Keith Howard and Elizabeth Dove.
In 2024, Gibbons participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) residency program as part of Basic Training Program C in Echizen, Japan, expanding her printmaking practice to include traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing techniques.
Her work is published in numerous books, including Bill Fick and Beth Grabowski's 'Printmaking: A Complete Guide to Materials and Processes,' Lynne Allen and Phyllis McGibbon's 'The Best of Printmaking: An International Collection,' and Ashley Rooney and Stephanie Standish's 'Contemporary American Printmakers.' She has held residencies at Banff Centre, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology, Penland School of Craft, and Ucross Foundation, among others.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lari Gibbons is an American printmaker and professor at the University of North Texas, where she teaches printmaking and led the professional fine art collaborative print workshop PRINT Press for a decade. She received an MFA in Printmaking from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she studied under Karen Kunc, and a BA in Art History from Grinnell College.
Lari Gibbons'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.
Lari Gibbons 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.
