Biography
Roman Weiser is an artist of Czech and American origin who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) residency program in 2024 as part of Basic Training Program C in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The MI-LAB program provides international artists with intensive instruction in traditional mokuhanga tools and materials in Japan's historic Echizen papermaking region.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇨🇿Czech Republic
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Roman Weiser is an artist of Czech and American origin who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) residency program in 2024 as part of Basic Training Program C in Echizen, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The MI-LAB program provides international artists with intensive instruction in traditional mokuhanga tools and materials in Japan's historic Echizen papermaking region.
Roman Weiser'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.