Biography
Lenart Merlin is a Slovenian artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) residency program in 2024 as part of Basic Training Program B in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The MI-LAB program, based in Japan's historic Echizen papermaking region, provides international artists with intensive instruction in traditional mokuhanga tools and materials. Merlin's participation represents the growing interest in Japanese woodblock printing among artists from Central and Eastern Europe.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇸🇮Slovenia
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Lenart Merlin is a Slovenian artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) residency program in 2024 as part of Basic Training Program B in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The MI-LAB program, based in Japan's historic Echizen papermaking region, provides international artists with intensive instruction in traditional mokuhanga tools and materials. Merlin's participation represents the growing interest in Japanese woodblock printing among artists from Central and Eastern Europe.
Lenart Merlin'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.