Biography
Stephen Winiecki is an American mokuhanga artist whose work was featured in the Sumi-Fusion Juried International Exhibition at the 2021 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC 2021) held in Nara, Japan. Selection for the IMC juried exhibition represents recognition within the international community of practitioners of traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing.
Winiecki is part of the growing community of American artists who work in mokuhanga, drawn to its water-based, non-toxic process and the distinctive qualities of printing with Japanese tools and materials on washi paper.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇺🇸United States
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Stephen Winiecki is an American mokuhanga artist whose work was featured in the Sumi-Fusion Juried International Exhibition at the 2021 International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC 2021) held in Nara, Japan. Selection for the IMC juried exhibition represents recognition within the international community of practitioners of traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing.
Stephen Winiecki'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.