Nana Shiomi
Nana Shiomi’s woodcuts immerses us in a rich blend of cultural exchange between her native Japan and European influences with her artistic innovation, and personal storytelling.
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1956, Shiomi studied oil painting and printmaking at the Tama Art University (BA, MA), Tokyo, before she came to London to study contemporary art and received an MA in printmaking from the Royal College of Art in 1991. She has been living and working in London since 1989. Shiomi is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and Japan Artists Association Inc. Rabley Contemporary is Shiomi’s representing gallery since 2012. In 2017 Rabley Contemporary and Nana Shiomi co-published ‘This Side and the Other Side, Nana Shiomi Woodcuts 1996 – 2016’.
Internationally, Shiomi’s work has been shown in exhibitions in the UK, United States, Italy, Japan, Iran, Finland, Slovenija, Ireland, China and Portugal. Her work is held in a number of public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oriental Museum, Durham, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, USA, Royal College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London, Brunel University, Middlesex, Aberystwyth University, Wales and Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
Rabley’s special solo presentation is a retrospective and tribute to the artists’ 35 years as a dedicated printmaker. It is an opportunity to collect rare early works by the artist.
Nana Shiomi’s woodcuts immerses us in a rich blend of cultural exchange between her native Japan and European influences with her artistic innovation, and personal storytelling.
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1956, Shiomi studied oil painting and printmaking at the Tama Art University (BA, MA), Tokyo, before she came to London to study contemporary art and received an MA in printmaking from the Royal College of Art in 1991. She has been living and working in London since 1989. Shiomi is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and Japan Artists Association Inc. Rabley Contemporary is Shiomi’s representing gallery since 2012. In 2017 Rabley Contemporary and Nana Shiomi co-published ‘This Side and the Other Side, Nana Shiomi Woodcuts 1996 – 2016’.
Internationally, Shiomi’s work has been shown in exhibitions in the UK, United States, Italy, Japan, Iran, Finland, Slovenija, Ireland, China and Portugal. Her work is held in a number of public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oriental Museum, Durham, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, USA, Royal College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London, Brunel University, Middlesex, Aberystwyth University, Wales and Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
Rabley’s special solo presentation is a retrospective and tribute to the artists’ 35 years as a dedicated printmaker. It is an opportunity to collect rare early works by the artist.
Nana Shiomi’s woodcuts immerses us in a rich blend of cultural exchange between her native Japan and European influences with her artistic innovation, and personal storytelling.
Born in Osaka, Japan in 1956, Shiomi studied oil painting and printmaking at the Tama Art University (BA, MA), Tokyo, before she came to London to study contemporary art and received an MA in printmaking from the Royal College of Art in 1991. She has been living and working in London since 1989. Shiomi is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers and Japan Artists Association Inc. Rabley Contemporary is Shiomi’s representing gallery since 2012. In 2017 Rabley Contemporary and Nana Shiomi co-published ‘This Side and the Other Side, Nana Shiomi Woodcuts 1996 – 2016’.
Internationally, Shiomi’s work has been shown in exhibitions in the UK, United States, Italy, Japan, Iran, Finland, Slovenija, Ireland, China and Portugal. Her work is held in a number of public collections including the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Oriental Museum, Durham, Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY, USA, Royal College of Art, Wimbledon School of Art, London, Brunel University, Middlesex, Aberystwyth University, Wales and Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan.
Rabley’s special solo presentation is a retrospective and tribute to the artists’ 35 years as a dedicated printmaker. It is an opportunity to collect rare early works by the artist.
