New work by award winning Vancouver printmaker Moriko Ando
Reception: Thursday July 22nd 5 -9PM
In the Whitaker Salon The Rabbit Series - Moriko Ando
Moriko's playful approach to the 'Rabbit' originates in her fascination with Lewis Carol's Alices Adventures in Wonderland. In the this case the Rabbit takes the stage front and centre. She has chosen the intaglio printmaking process and further adds to the prints using the Chine Colle process. This is a laborious process but the results are stunning. Her prints in this series speak to the child and the child in the adult.
Moriko studied visual design and illustration at the Shukuhawa Gakuin College of Hyogo, Japan, and upon graduation worked as a magazine illustrator. Since relocating to Vancouver in 1999, Ando has fully embraced the intaglio printmaking she first studied under respected Japanese printmaker Yasufumi Chuma.
As a freelance designer and illustrator of children's books (including Diane Swanson's A Crash of Rhinos, A Party of Jays (Annick Press, 2006)), her current work is rooted in classical artisan practices. "I've always been attracted to the raw feel of prints created by traditional techniques," says Ando. "There's a conversation between beautiful paper and the ink and the etched plate."
She has received many awards for her work and her work has been exhibited in international print expositions.
2009 3rd Prize "Open Print Show" Federation Gallery(Vancouver,Canada) Selected Print "7th British International Miniature Print Exhibition"(UK) 2008 Selected Exhibition "Fundaful Circus Show" The 14th moon Gallery (Osaka,Japan) Selected Exhibition "PRINT PARALLELS" City Scape Gallery(Vancouver,Canada) Selected Exhibition "5th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition"(Vancouver,Canada) 2007 Selected Exhibition "Artist's Chess Exhibition" GALERIE CENTINNIAL (Osaka,Japan) 2006 Selected Exhibition "4th Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition"(Vancouver,Canada) Selected Print "6th British International Miniature Print Exhibition"(UK) 2005Honorable Mention "International MiniPrint competition in Rosario 3rd"(Argentina) 2004Honorable Mention "Biennial International Miniature Print Exhibition 3rd"(Vancouver,Canada) 2003Semi finarist "Kodansha (Japanese Publisher) Picture Book Competition"(Tokyo,Japan) 1998Special Prize "Artex Contemporary Art Show" (Osaka,Japan) 1989Purchased Prints "Graduation Show" (Shukugawa Gakuin College,Japan)
