Watermark arts & crafts works on paper

TAKEZAKI Katsuyo
Title: "stars are twinkling in the sky'' 空には星がきらきらまたたいている
Date:2021
Description: Japanese water-based woodblock.
Edition of 5
Size: sheet 64×64cm　

the resonance with color and form

I always like making woodblock prints; the pleasure of envisioning forms, carving the woodblock and pressing Japanese paper to it. The resonance of the forms overlaying one another and bleeding with colors on the Japanese paper is all cozy to me.

When I come across a wonderful paintings, craftwork, fashion, and architecture, they inspire me to grow the image I have longed for. These days, I hope to create a work that has settled in the space like an antique piece.

1973　Born in Osaka
1992　Osaka University of Arts – Woodcut Print major –
1999　The 5th Kanuma Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio Grand Prix Competition (Tochigi) Second Prize
　　　 The 1st Hidatakayama Wood Cut Print Biennale Exhibition (Gifu )
　　　 The 1st Yamamoto Kane Print Grand Prix Competition (Nagano)
2000　The 6th Kanuma Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio Grand Prix Competition (Tochigi) Great Prize
2002　The14th Competition of Contemporary Printing in Osaka Modern Art Center of Osaka-City (Osaka)
　　　 The 5th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints
2005　The 3rd Yamamoto Kane Print Grand Prix Competition (Nagano)
2011　The 7th Hida Takayama Contemporary Woodblock-Prints Biennale (Gifu)
2018　The 9th Oonojyou Madokapia Woodblock-Prints Biennale (Fukuoka)
2020　The 2nd TKO International Miniprint 2020(Tokyo→Kyoto→Osaka)
[Public Collections]
The Museum of Modern Art Wakayama
Kanuma Art Museum of Kawakami Sumio
Tama Art University Museum



自然の景色や身近なものからインスピレーションを受けて制作された木版画による抽象作品。木を丹念に彫り、独特の柔らかな色合いで摺りあげた 可愛らしさ、ユニークな画面構成が印象的です。
日本の伝統的な技法、材料を用いながら、デザイン的な要素を含み、竹崎勝代ならではの独自の世界です。