Biography
Patricia Clark is an American mokuhanga printmaker associated with the Kentler International Drawing Space's Flatfiles collection and the Mokuhanga Project Space. Working in the traditional Japanese watercolor woodblock technique, Clark creates contemplative prints that demonstrate a refined command of the medium's capacity for subtle tonal variation and atmospheric effects.
Clark's work is published through the Mokuhanga Project Space, an initiative dedicated to commissioning and distributing contemporary mokuhanga prints. Her print 'The Water Table' (2018), a mokuhanga woodcut on Echizen Hongusa Torinoko washi paper measuring 8.25 by 10.75 inches, exemplifies the intimate scale and material sensitivity of her practice. The choice of Echizen washi, one of the most prestigious handmade papers in Japan with centuries of tradition behind it, reflects her commitment to the material foundations of the mokuhanga process.
Clark was included in the Kentler International Drawing Space's mokuhanga Flatfiles collection in Brooklyn, New York, placing her work alongside other contemporary practitioners of Japanese woodblock printing in one of the most important venues for drawing and works on paper in the New York area. While detailed biographical information about Clark's training and exhibition history is limited in publicly available sources, her inclusion in both the Kentler Flatfiles and the Mokuhanga Project Space's published prints program positions her within the active international community of artists dedicated to preserving and extending the mokuhanga tradition.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Subjects
- Abstract
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Frequently Asked Questions
Patricia Clark is an American mokuhanga printmaker associated with the Kentler International Drawing Space's Flatfiles collection and the Mokuhanga Project Space. Working in the traditional Japanese watercolor woodblock technique, Clark creates contemplative prints that demonstrate a refined command of the medium's capacity for subtle tonal variation and atmospheric effects.
Patricia Clark'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.
Patricia Clark's prints frequently feature abstract.
Patricia Clark 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.