Juried International Exhibition

SUMI-FUSION:

Mokuhanga & Nara

墨-フュージョン木版画と奈良

CALL FOR ENTRIES

2021 Juried Exhibition — Sumi-Fusion: International Mokuhanga Exhibition

As one of its central events, the International Mokuhanga Conference 2021 is very pleased to announce a call for entries for Sumi-Fusion: International Mokuhanga Exhibition, which will take place from December 1 to 4, 2021, at Nara Prefectural Cultural Hall.

Owing to the postponement of the conference until 2021, the dates for submission, etc., have been moved to a year hence, see below.

While the conference itself is themed around the concept of sumi and its versatility in water-based woodblock printing (mokuhanga), and the presence of black and its relation to color, the juried exhibition will celebrate classic applications of mokuhanga, as well as contemporary fusions and new approaches to this historic art within the wider disciplinary world of print-media and contemporary art.

Several prizes will be awarded for outstanding prints. Prizes to be announced.

Application timeline

CALL FOR ENTRIES: February 10, 2021
APPLICATION OPEN: February 1, 2021 (note this is a year after the call opened)
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 15, 2021 (midnight Japan time)
RESULTS: July 31, 2021
RECEIPT OF SELECTED WORKS to Japan: by September 30, 2021

Judges

Leonie Bradley (Editor Printmaking Today / Artist / UK)
Claire Cuccio PhD (Independent Scholar / Lecturer / Japan+US)
Hiroko Furuya (Professor, Tama Art University / Japan)
Takuji Hamanaka (Artist / US+Japan)
Kari Laitinen (Former Senior Lecturer / Aalto University / Finland)
Yasu Shibata (Master Printer, PACE Editions / US+Japan)
Annu Vertanen (Professor, Academy of Fine Arts / Finland)

Application guidelines

This exhibition is open to artists worldwide. We invite applicants to submit up to four prints created within the last three years, using water-based woodblock print (mokuhanga), which may feature sumi printing techniques. Up to two works may be selected for the exhibition. Please familiarise yourself with the notes below.

Notes:

NUMBER OF ENTRIES:	1-4 works per artist. From which up to 2 works may be selected.
CONDITION:	Artwork created in the last three years
MAXIMUM PAPER SIZES:	Artists may submit 1-4 works up to and within the maximum paper size of 90 x 90 cm (35.5 x 35.5 inches). There will be a prize for a small print, which should not exceed paper size of 30 x 21 cm (11.7 x 8.3 inches).
SCREENING:	By jpeg. Max size 1 MB. Entries will be made through the CaFE system, opening on March 1, 2021.
ENTRY FEE:	US $50 via PayPal or credit card through the CaFE system. The fee is nonrefundable.
RETURN OF WORKS:	Upon acceptance, if the artist wishes their work to be returned at the end of the exhibition, an additional fee of JP¥2000 must be paid through PayPal to . Otherwise the artist agrees for their work to be donated to the International Mokuhanga Association.