April Vollmer
April Vollmer · Source: New York Artists Circle · Rights retained by the original rights holders
- Medium
- Paper, Pencil/Colored Pencil, Watercolor, Wood
- Practice
- Books, Collage, Digital/Web based, Printmaking, Works on Paper
April Vollmer is a New York artist, author, and educator with a Masters of Fine Art from Hunter College, New York, 1983. She has specialized in mokuhanga, Japanese woodcut since she first visited Japan with the Nagasawa … Full biography
Biography
April Vollmer is a New York artist, author, and educator with a Masters of Fine Art from Hunter College, New York, 1983. She has specialized in mokuhanga, Japanese woodcut since she first visited Japan with the Nagasawa Art Park Program in 2004. She has taught at the Japan Society and the Lower East Side Printshop in New York; Cabrillo College and Kala Art Institute in California; Art Print Residence in Spain, as well as many other locations. Vollmer actively promotes cultural exchange through printmaking and was on the board of the First and Second International Mokuhanga Conferences in Kyoto and Tokyo. In addition to her many exhibitions, her work has been published in journals including Science, Printmaking Today, and Contemporary Impressions. Her book on the history and contemporary use of mokuhanga, Japanese Woodblock Print Workshop were released by Watson-Guptill in 2015.
Artist statement
I am a New York artist focusing primarily on Japanese woodcuts; my imagery is autobiographical, combining images from nature and art history, altered and refined through the processes of printmaking.
