I use the computer to construct my compositions, and have incorporated digital printing and laser cut blocks in my work. I often rotate or repeat blocks to generate unexpected patterns. I reuse blocks in various combinations as a library of autobiographical records. I respect traditional craftsmanship, but focus on the most essential characteristics of mokuhanga to make it more accessible for creative artists. I am currently Communications Attaché, managing publicity and social networking for the International Mokuhanga Association.Īs an outsider, I approached the traditional Japanese technique in an unconventional way, developing approaches suited to my own work. I assisted with publicity for the Third International Mokuhanga Conference. I was invited on the board of the First and Second International Mokuhanga Conferences in 20, and spent a month working on my book as the first writer researcher at the Mi-Lab residency program. I also found great support from my friends in Japan. But it was my 2004 residency at Nagasawa Art Park in Japan that transformed my approach and convinced me to devote my energy to this traditional Japanese technique. I have enjoyed unique opportunities at the MacDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts and Anderson Ranch.
Residencies outside New York have been significant sources of inspiration.
My work has been published in journals including Science, Contemporary Impressions and Art in Print and my book Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop was released by Watson-Guptill in 2015. Communicating with other artists through teaching, lecturing and writing is a significant aspect of my identity as an artist. as well as in Canada, Japan, Serbia and Spain. In addition to exhibiting my prints I have taught mokuhanga classes at workshops across the U.S. Images from Opening Exhibition on May 4th, 2018 SHORT ARTIST STATEMENTĪ New York based an artist and printmaker with an MFA from Hunter College, I work primarily in mokuhanga, Japanese woodcut. Alexander / Heath Contemporary Art Gallery 109 Campbell Avenue SW, Roanoke, Virginia
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