Nana Shiomi
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 and 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.
Works showing courtesy of Rabley Contemporary
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 and 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.
Works showing courtesy of Rabley Contemporary