Biography
Wai Yan Leung is a Hong Kong-based 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. Leung is part of the Hong Kong mokuhanga community, which has a growing presence in the international mokuhanga movement through organizations such as Print Art Contemporary (Hong Kong Open Printshop) and the involvement of Hong Kong-based practitioners in the International Mokuhanga Association (IMA).
Key Facts
- Nationality
- 🇭🇰Hong Kong
- Movement
- Contemporary Mokuhanga
Frequently Asked Questions
Wai Yan Leung is a Hong Kong-based 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. Leung is part of the Hong Kong mokuhanga community, which has a growing presence in the international mokuhanga movement through organizations such as Print Art Contemporary (Hong Kong Open Printshop) and the involvement of Hong Kong-based practitioners in the International Mokuhanga Association (IMA).
Wai Yan Leung'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.