Biography
Manfred Egger is an Austrian mokuhanga artist who participated in the juried international exhibition at the 2021 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Nara, Japan. The 2021 conference, themed around sumi (black ink), brought together mokuhanga practitioners from around the world to exhibit and discuss the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique. Egger's selection for this prestigious juried exhibition places him among the recognized community of international mokuhanga practitioners, representing Austria in the global mokuhanga movement.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇦🇹Austria
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Manfred Egger is an Austrian mokuhanga artist who participated in the juried international exhibition at the 2021 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Nara, Japan. The 2021 conference, themed around sumi (black ink), brought together mokuhanga practitioners from around the world to exhibit and discuss the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique. Egger's selection for this prestigious juried exhibition places him among the recognized community of international mokuhanga practitioners, representing Austria in the global mokuhanga movement.
Manfred Egger'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.
