Biography
Susan Rushforth is an Australian mokuhanga artist who has been an active participant in the international mokuhanga community. Her work was included in the Juried International Mokuhanga Exhibition at the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC 2024) held in Echizen, Japan, where she was selected for the Oceania regional exhibition. She also participated in the IMC 2021 conference in Nara, Japan.
Rushforth is part of the established community of Australian mokuhanga practitioners who have embraced the traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing technique, contributing to the growing presence of Oceanian artists within the International Mokuhanga Association (IMA) network.
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇦🇺Australia
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
- Works Indexed
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Frequently Asked Questions
Susan Rushforth is an Australian mokuhanga artist who has been an active participant in the international mokuhanga community. Her work was included in the Juried International Mokuhanga Exhibition at the Fifth International Mokuhanga Conference (IMC 2024) held in Echizen, Japan, where she was selected for the Oceania regional exhibition. She also participated in the IMC 2021 conference in Nara, Japan.
Susan Rushforth'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.
Susan Rushforth 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.