Biography
Muntsa Molina, also known as Muntsa MoRe, is a Spanish-born visual artist and printmaker based in Berlin, Germany. Originally from Barcelona, she graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts specializing in Drawing at the University of Barcelona, and also holds a Postgraduate Degree in Illustration from the School of Design BAU in Barcelona.
Molina works with illustration, engraving, and woodblocks, specializing in etching and mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock printing). In May 2019, she completed a residency in Japan where she learned the fundamentals of mokuhanga under the instruction of the artist Terry McKenna. In August 2020, she completed a workshop at La Maldita Estampa studio in Barcelona, where she learned the mokulito technique (lithography on wood).
Her artistic interests focus on nature and animals, and she discovered in Japanese woodblocks a new medium that combines traditional skills and material craftsmanship with the adaptability and freedom of the medium. She was selected for the juried international exhibitions held at the International Mokuhanga Conferences in Nara (2021) and Echizen (2024).
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇪🇸Spain
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Muntsa Molina, also known as Muntsa MoRe, is a Spanish-born visual artist and printmaker based in Berlin, Germany. Originally from Barcelona, she graduated with a BFA in Fine Arts specializing in Drawing at the University of Barcelona, and also holds a Postgraduate Degree in Illustration from the School of Design BAU in Barcelona.
Muntsa Molina'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.