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Studio 7 Fine Arts Presents
Hawai’i State Contemporary Artists
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Upcoming workshops & exhibitions:
Downtown Art Center in Honolulu presents
On View in the Main Gallery and Courtyard Gallery, February 17 - March 29, 2024
Interpreting the Wild & Mokuhanga: Building on Tradition
Downtown Art Center is thrilled to present two very special exhibitions in our Main Gallery and Courtyard Gallery: “Interpreting the Wild,” a collection of the work of Hawai‛i Island artists Hiroki Morinoue, Setsuko Watanabe-Morinoue and Miho Morinoue will be in the Main Gallery, and “Mokuhanga: Building on Tradition” will feature a group of artists that have been studying mokuhanga (Japanese woodblock printing) under legendary printmaking pioneer Hiroki Morinoue through the Donkey Mill Art Center. Stay tuned for more activities and information about this exhibition!
On View in the Main Gallery and Courtyard Gallery, February 17 - March 29, 2024
Featured artists for Interpreting the Wild (Main Gallery):
Hiroki Morinoue, Setsuko Morinoue & Miho Morinoue
Featured artists for Mokuhanga: Building on Tradition (Courtyard Gallery):
Bob Douglas, Heide Cumes, Paul Byron, Jerry Walsh, Arlene Widrevitz, Micha Croft, Dorothy Remington, Kathleen Hargrave, Meredith Yasui, Faith Stone and Cydney Taylor
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 17 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Artist Talk and Gallery Walkthrough: Sunday, February 18 from 2-4 p.m.
First Friday Reception: Friday, March 1 from 5:30 - 8 p.m.
Watercolor Pochoir Workshop (stencil printmaking): Saturday - Sunday, March 23 & 24 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Donkey Mill Art Center
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Image taken by Eric Edwards
About Hiroki Morinoue:
A native of Holualoa, Hawaiʻi, Hiroki Morinoue received his BFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts with high honors in 1973 and studied sumi-e painting and mokuhanga printmaking in the early 1980s. Over the course of his 40+ year career, he has worked in a variety of media and received numerous awards for outstanding work in his field.
Morinoue is one of the founders and the volunteer Artistic Advisor for Donkey Mill Art Center, the home of the Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture. He was designated a Living Treasure of Hawaiʻi by the Honpa Hongwanji Mission in 1996, and named a Distinguished Artist by Honolulu Printmakers at their 85th Annual Exhibition in 2013.
His artwork may also be seen in the Hawaiʻi State Art Museum (Capitol Modern) collection, The Honolulu Museum of Art, The National Parks Collection, The de Young Museum print collection in San Francisco, and the Ueno Royal Museum in Tokyo. His art in public places include the Honolulu State Library, Hawaiʻi Convention Center, Pahoa High School and Library, and First Hawaiian Bank locations in Honolulu and Kona, Hawaiʻi.
Photo by Eric Edwards
About Setsuko Watanabe Morinoue:
Born in Kanagawa, Japan, Setsuko Watanabe Morinoue’s interest in the arts began with photography. It has transformed into a love for the fiber arts, natural dyes, mixed media painting, printmaking, and ceramics. She carries a visionary spirit and is one of the founding members of the Hōlualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture (est. 1994), which established the Donkey Mill Art Center.
She has participated in numerous group shows in Japan, Hawaii, and the US Mainland and has received several awards for her clay works in both 2D and 3D, paintings, printmaking, and mixed media. Her works in private, public, and corporate collections include Hawai’i State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Hawai’i State Art Museum (HiSAM), Honolulu Advertiser, First Hawaiian Banks in Honolulu, Kailua-Kona and Guam branches, Bank of Hawaii, Royal Hawaiian Hotel and Advanced Medical Nutrition in Hayward, California, and Onsen Ryokan “Yamaki” in Tochigi, Japan.
In 2017, she spearheaded and organized the 2017 Mokuhanga Conference in Honolulu with a pilot project at the Donkey Mill Art Center, Hawai’i Island. Her vision was to create a melting pot for Mokuhanga printmakers worldwide to gather and share new ways of utilizing this traditional technique and revitalize and perpetuate the important role and responsibility of an artist and their art in society.
About Miho Morinoue:
Miho Kanani Morinoue is a Hawaii based artist living in Holualoa, Hawaii. Raised by two visual artists, Hiroki and Setsuko Morinoue, she has an extensive background in both art and dance. She has had a 10-year career with Complexions Contemporary Ballet Co. in NYC and has danced with Esse Aficionado, Lar Lubovich, Lee Whitchel and Neo Labos. On separate commissions she has collaborated closely with choreographer Dwight Rhoden as a rehearsal director and costume designer for dance companies throughout the mainland. Her costume designs are represented in companies such as Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Ballet Arizona, Ballet Met, North Carolina Dance Theater, Pittsburgh Ballet, and many others. Her art can be found in the collections of the Library of Congress, DC and the Whitney Museum of American Art, NY. Currently she serves as Program Director for the Donkey Mill Art Center, home to the Holualoa Foundation for Culture and the Arts. www.mihomorinoue.com
Mokuhanga: Building on Tradition
During the pandemic, the Donkey Mill Art Center hosted its very first online mokuhnaga course designed for beginners. This on-line course brought together a wonderful group of local and mainland artists that celebrates three years of continued practice in mokhanga. They inspire each other by sharing their curiosities, challenges, styles and techniques.
Featured artists include: Bob Douglas, Heide Cumes, Paul Byron, Jerry Walsh, Arlene Widrevitz, Micha Croft, Dorothy Remington, Kathleen Hargrave, Meredith Yasui, Faith Stone and Cydney Taylor
Anderson Ranch
Mokuhanga, the Baren and Printing at Home
Hiroki Morinoue will be teaching a workshop this summer at Anderson Ranch Center, in Snowmass Village, CO.
This is a great opportunity for artists to register for quality classes at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center, where artists can explore, experiment, and evolve their skills.
Workshop: Mokuhanga, the Baren and Printing at HomeSeptember 9-20th from 9 AM to 5 PM
Registration on, January 4th! Book early as it fills up quickly!
Visit www.andersonranch.org/workshops to register. Don't miss out!
Concept
This exciting printmaking intensive focuses on mokuhanga, a water-based Japanese woodblock printmaking method. This unique process involves hand carving, is environmentally friendly, and is able to be done at home at any scale, at any time, and in any place. The class discipline is to create a dialog between storytelling and a relationship with color, form, and space as a narrative in a diptych or long format. The students compose and recompose prints to create complex images printed from beautiful shina wood onto traditional Japanese mulberry paper.
Media
Traditional and modern mokuhanga