Akira Kurosaki
Print artist
Akira Kurosaki (1937-2019)
Akira Kurosaki is one of the most internationally acclaimed artists in the post-war Japanese contemporary printmaking world, elevating traditional "Ukiyo-e" techniques into the context of contemporary art.
From the late 1960s, he transcended the previous concept of creative printmaking—self-drawing, self-carving, and self-printing—and, while utilizing highly skilled, artisanal printing techniques, constructed an extremely abstract and fantastical world. His achievements were not limited to Japan, and he won top prizes at numerous international exhibitions, including the Krakow International Printmaking Biennial and the Ljubljana International Printmaking Biennial. He also dedicated himself to nurturing future generations at Kyoto Seika University, and can be considered a key figure in elevating Japanese woodblock printing to "Mokuhanga of the World."
