Nana Shiomi – The View, I will see it Yesterday (Book with Print 1)

The Book­­  – ‘The View, I will see it Yesterday, Nana Shiomi, Woodcuts 2016 – 2024’

42 colour pages, 233 x 210mm, fully illustrated with print descriptions, texts and artist biography. ISBN 978-1-8381684-3-8

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Book­­ Print 1 – ‘The View I Will See it Yesterday’ (2024)

Handprinted water-based woodcut
Printed on 90 gsm Echizen Han-Kusa
Image size: 17 x 36 cm / Paper size: 22 x 40 cm
Edition 40

FURTHER DETAILS

The Book – Immerse yourself in Nana Shiomi’s rich blend of cultural exchange between her native Japan and European influences, combined with her artistic innovation and personal storytelling. ‘The View, I Will See It Yesterday, Nana Shiomi, Woodcuts 2016 – 2024’ was co-published by Rabley Gallery and Nana Shiomi in conjunction with her solo exhibitions of 2024. The book is fully illustrated with images of the artist’s woodcut prints made between 2016 and 2024, accompanied by vivid narratives for each piece, penned by the artist herself.

The Prints – Each of the two multiple plate woodcut print is published by Nana Shiomi and Rabley Gallery in an edition of 40. Each print is on a loose sheet of Japanese paper and comes with a signed copy of the publication.

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Nana Shiomi makes contemporary woodcut prints. After a period of examining Western art, Shiomi moved on to consider her own Japanese culture within her prints. Shiomi makes reference to masterpieces from the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition in her own work. She often employs a stage within the composition of her images to present ideas. Her printing approach can be described technically as a combination of relief/intaglio and water-based woodcut printmaking. It is rooted in the traditional methods of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock, printmaking by hand with a Baren, to which she has added her own experimental printing techniques.

Shiomi’s work is held in public collections including her epic cycle of 100 Prints ‘One Hundred Views Of Mitate’ at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Royal College of Art Collection; Pallant House Gallery. Chichester; Wimbledon School of Art Collection; Brunel University, Middlesex; Oriental Museum, Durham; Aberystwyth University, Wales; The Johnson Museum, Cornell University Collection, USA; Tama Art University, Tokyo.

Born in Osaka, Japan in 1956, Shiomi studied oil painting and printmaking at the Tama Art University (BA, MA), Tokyo, and in 1989 – 1991 MA Printmaking at the Royal College of Art, London. She has been living and working in London since 1989.