Reika Iwami

Reika Iwami (岩見 禮花 Iwami Reika, (1927-2020) is a Sōsaku-hanga woodblock printmaker who works primarily with abstract compositions.[1]

Biography

Iwami was born in Tokyo in 1927 but raised in Kyushu.[2] She currently resides in Kanagawa.[3] She studied doll-making at Bunka Gakuin part-time for 11 years[2][3] before turning her attention to printmaking in 1954.[4]

She studied with Koshiro Onchi, a prominent founder of the Sōsaku-hanga movement.

Prints

Iwami's prints frequently feature sumi black ink, embossing and gold leaf.

"Iwami’s subject is water and its flow, and her genius lies in the almost mystical ability to transmute the grain and texture of pieces of wood she has found into visual images of patterns of water."[2]

Collections

The following is a partial list of collections[3]

Affiliations

Japan Print Association

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References
  1. Rimer, Thomas J. (2004). Collected Writings of J. Thomas Rimer. Routledge. p. 66. ISBN 1135311935.
  2. Tolman, Mary & Norman (1994). Collecting Modern Japanese Prints Then & Now. Tuttle. ISBN 1462903746.
  3. 60th CWAJ Print Show Catalogue. Tokyo: College Women's Association of Japan. 2015. p. 205.
  4. "Hanga Ten » IWAMI REIKA". hangaten.com. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  5. "Winter Composition". British Museum. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  6. "Work / Material Details : The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura&Hayama". www.moma.pref.kanagawa.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-07-25.
  7. "New moon and sea - C, (1991) by Reiko Iwami Reika :: The Collection :: Art Gallery NSW". www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  8. 1927-, Iwami, Reika (2005). "Spirit of water". www.loc.gov. Retrieved 2018-07-25.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. "Iwami Reika | The Art Institute of Chicago". www.artic.edu. Retrieved 2018-07-25.
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