Biography
Paola Gonzalez is a Chilean mokuhanga artist who was selected for the juried exhibition at the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Echizen, Japan, where her prints were displayed in the Americas regional exhibition. She collaborates with fellow Chilean artist Javier Santander. As a rare Latin American practitioner of traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing, Gonzalez represents the geographic expansion of mokuhanga beyond its traditional strongholds in Japan, North America, Europe, and Oceania.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇨🇱Chile
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
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Frequently Asked Questions
Paola Gonzalez is a Chilean mokuhanga artist who was selected for the juried exhibition at the 2024 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC) in Echizen, Japan, where her prints were displayed in the Americas regional exhibition. She collaborates with fellow Chilean artist Javier Santander. As a rare Latin American practitioner of traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing, Gonzalez represents the geographic expansion of mokuhanga beyond its traditional strongholds in Japan, North America, Europe, and Oceania.
Paola Gonzalez'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.
Paola Gonzalez is a contemporary printmaker working in the mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock) tradition. Their work contributes to the living tradition of Japanese woodblock printing. Prices for contemporary mokuhanga prints range from $100 for smaller works to $1,500 for major compositions. Most prints sell in the $180–$600 range. The global mokuhanga community has been growing, with increasing exhibition opportunities and collector interest. Contemporary mokuhanga represents an affordable entry point for collectors.