Joryu Hanga Kyokai

My collection of monoprints is a response to today’s mass-produced world.

It draws profound inspiration from the Joryu Hanga Kyokai, Japan's first women's printmaking association (1956-1965). This innovative group of nine women artists formed a collective within the traditionally male-dominated field of printmaking, creating bold experimental works that challenged both artistic conventions and social expectations. They were termed by the media as "Mamasang Hangaka" (The Mummy Printmakers)

The women of the Joryu Hanga Kyokai refused to be confined by societal expectations by juggling the complex roles of motherhood, wife, artist while simultaneously trying to establish themselves as professionals in their field.

Though they never attained the fame of their celebrated male peers—sometimes their own husbands—they found revolutionary power in collaboration, persistence, and collective creative voice.