Biography
Michiko Hamada is a Japanese mokuhanga artist, educator, and organizational figure in the international mokuhanga community. She is a co-author of the 'MI-LAB Mokuhanga Handbook for Contemporary Artist,' a key educational resource that documents the techniques and philosophy of Japanese water-based woodblock printing as practiced at the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory.
Hamada received the prestigious Keiko Kadota Print Award in 2017, an honor named after the founder of the International Mokuhanga Conference and former director of the Nagasawa Art Park (NAP) mokuhanga training program and its successor MI-LAB. The award recognizes artists who have made significant contributions to the advancement of mokuhanga as a creative practice.
She was selected for the juried exhibition at the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Echizen, Japan, where her prints were displayed in the Asia regional exhibition. Her work and educational contributions reflect a deep commitment to preserving and advancing the mokuhanga tradition while supporting its international dissemination.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇯🇵Japan
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
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Frequently Asked Questions
Michiko Hamada is a Japanese mokuhanga artist, educator, and organizational figure in the international mokuhanga community. She is a co-author of the 'MI-LAB Mokuhanga Handbook for Contemporary Artist,' a key educational resource that documents the techniques and philosophy of Japanese water-based woodblock printing as practiced at the Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory.
Michiko Hamada'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.
Michiko Hamada is a contemporary printmaker working in the mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock) tradition. Recognition through awards and exhibitions supports growing collector interest. Prices for contemporary mokuhanga prints range from $150 for smaller works to $2,000 for major compositions. Most prints sell in the $240–$800 range. The global mokuhanga community has been growing, with increasing exhibition opportunities and collector interest. Contemporary mokuhanga represents an affordable entry point for collectors.