Nana Shiomi makes woodcut prints, often using traditional Japanese icons, but incorporating contemporary and Western

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Nana Shiomi (born Osaka, 1956) makes woodcut prints, often using traditional Japanese icons, but incorporating contemporary and Western influences. She has often cited the ideas of Duchamp as a revelatory influence on her thinking and her development as an artist, though she chose to work in a traditional medium. Her prints embody a philosophy of creativity which takes equally from east and west, traditional and contemporary. She considers her work to be conceptual, using traditional Japanese imagery as a means of expressing her message and philosophy. Shiomi often makes reference to masterpieces from the Japanese ukiyo-e tradition in her own work. Her woodcut printing technique is based on…