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Terhi Kalliola — Japanese Contemporary Mokuhanga artist

Terhi Kalliola

Finland

Biography

Terhi Kalliola is a Finnish artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Basic Training Program A in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB residency provides international artists with intensive instruction in traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing (mokuhanga) under Japanese master carvers and printers, using traditional tools and materials in a setting surrounded by the washi papermaking heritage of the Echizen region in Fukui Prefecture.

Kalliola's participation in the MI-LAB program places her within the Nordic mokuhanga community and reflects the ongoing interest among Finnish artists in Japanese printmaking techniques. Finland has a strong tradition of printmaking education, and MI-LAB's emphasis on material sensitivity and process-oriented practice resonates with Finnish artistic values.

Key Facts

Nationality
🇫🇮Finland
Works Indexed
2

Frequently Asked Questions

Terhi Kalliola is a Finnish artist who participated in the MI-LAB (Mokuhanga Innovation Laboratory) 2024 Basic Training Program A in Echizen, Japan. The MI-LAB residency provides international artists with intensive instruction in traditional Japanese water-based woodblock printing (mokuhanga) under Japanese master carvers and printers, using traditional tools and materials in a setting surrounded by the washi papermaking heritage of the Echizen region in Fukui Prefecture.

Terhi Kalliola'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.

Woodblock Prints by Terhi Kalliola (2)