Akira Kurosaki and his works of contemporary art

Akira Kurosaki was born in Manchuria in 1937, but he has been living in Kyoto, Japan and has been active as a recognized woodcut artist who revitalized the woodblock print technique into the twenty first century.

The unique features of Kurosaki’s work can be described the following.
Woodcut prints that contain three-dimensional quality; grading color effects and depth of the design are created by using many blocks and colors. This process, in some pieces, takes as many as 15 blocks and over 20 colors. His editions are normally 50 to 100, but the complicate printing process makes each piece almost an original work.

His seventies and eighties works of art were introduced and exhibited at many institutions and were sold at galleries throughout the U.S. and Europe. However, his nineties works have not been introduced and exhibited aboard as were his previous works, mainly due to changing his printing method after the death of his printer. Since his earlier woodcuts are no longer available, this web site is showing his works from the nineties to date. We are proud to have the privilege to reintroduce Akira Kurosaki, who has established his position as one of the top Japanese woodcut artists of our time.

Kurosaki is a professor in the department of printing at Kyoto Seika University. There is no doubt that he will continue to create new works and nurturing a new generation of the print artists.

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