Biography
Yurie Mamiya (born 1972, Tokyo) is a Japanese contemporary printmaker working primarily in etching combined with pigment-print techniques, and is based in Tokyo. She trained at Joshibi University of Art and Design and completed graduate studies at the same institution, studying under the printmakers Akira Baba (馬場章) and Kiyomi Kato (加藤清美). She is a member of the Japan Print Association, the Print Studies Association, and the Japan Art Association.
Her recent practice is documented in the 68th CWAJ (College Women's Association of Japan) Print Show, which presented her large-format intaglio work 'Seimei VIII' (清明 VIII, 2024), an etching with pigment printing measuring 90 × 61 cm. The Roman-numeral suffix identifies the print as part of an ongoing numbered series. The 'etching / pigment print' designation refers to a hybrid technique that combines intaglio plate-printing with pigment-based colour application, producing the rich tonal and chromatic surface that characterises the work.
Joshibi University of Art and Design, founded in 1900, is one of Japan's principal art universities for women and has trained many of the contemporary women printmakers working in the country today. Mamiya's memberships in the Japan Print Association, the Print Studies Association, and the Japan Art Association reflect a sustained engagement with Japan's printmaking institutions. Beyond the CWAJ catalogue entry and those association listings, little further biographical detail or exhibition history is available through public-facing sources.
Key Facts
- Active Period
- 1972
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
- 1
Frequently Asked Questions
Yurie Mamiya (born 1972, Tokyo) is a Japanese contemporary printmaker working primarily in etching combined with pigment-print techniques, and is based in Tokyo. She trained at Joshibi University of Art and Design and completed graduate studies at the same institution, studying under the printmakers Akira Baba (馬場章) and Kiyomi Kato (加藤清美). She is a member of the Japan Print Association, the Print Studies Association, and the Japan Art Association.
Yurie Mamiya was active born in 1972. They were associated with the Contemporary Mokuhanga movement.
Yurie Mamiya'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.