Nana Shiomi – A Fan with a View

In A Fan with a View the icon of the fan is open, revealing pink blossoms. It hovers over a wooden stage. This stage is at the centre of Shiomi’s universe, a place for thought and to play out the cycle of life. In Japan, the cherry blossom is especially revered as a representation of spring. Once a year, the cherry blossoms burst from bud to full bloom, before gracefully dispersing in a cycle that has repeated over thousands of years as seasons change. Shiomi says, “This year’s flowers and next year’s blooms are different things. They are beautiful and fleeting, but here is a fan with a view of cherry blossom. You can open the fan to enjoy the view any time you wish.”

Nana Shiomi’s many images and print series are anchored by the repeated representation of an ochre stage.  This platform of receding linear space with a wood-grained red backdrop offers up a view of an icon, or symbol of an idea. She creates her work from the truth of things and the world’s wonders–nature, science, literature, and reflections on her own life as an artist. Her woodcut prints combine relief and intaglio water-based printmaking, rooted in the traditional Japanese ukiyo-e process. She prints by hand using a Baren, with the addition of her own experimental printing techniques and tools.

Shiomi studied at Tama Art University in Tokyo before moving to London in 1989, where she studied at the  Royal College of Art. A fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers since 2008, her work is held in public collections including: (UK) The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; British Museum, London; Embassy of Japan, London; Pallant House Gallery, Chichester; Ashmolean Museum, Oxford; Oriental Museum, Durham University; Brunel University, Birmingham;  (USA) Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC; Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, New York; (PL) National Museum, Gdansk; (JPN) MOMA, Wakayama; Tama Art University, Tokyo.

THIS PRINT IS PART OF THE FOLIO 25 SET

Folio 25 comprises sixteen fine art prints by sixteen

UK–based artists. Eight sheets are in portrait format,

38 x 28 cm (15” x 11”) and eight sheets are in

landscape format, 28 x 38 cm (11” x 15”).

There are multiple sizes of graphic blocks

and plates, and a selection of different papers, with six

images printed to the edge of the sheet.

Each print has a limited edition of twenty. Ten of each

edition form part of complete folio sets (all sixteen

prints) and ten are available as individual prints. 10%

of each edition is marked AP, one of each edition is

marked HC and another PP

LINK TO FOLIO 25 SET

https://rableygallery.com/shop/artists/folio-25-set/