Mashiko Silkscreen Prints, 1974-1980

Mashiko (20th century) USA, Japan #42 1974 + #92 1980 + #72 1977 (3), each Silkscreen ed. AP + 32/35 + 18/38, each signed & dated lower right. Provenance: Medialia gallery, New York. Private Collection, Sydney 52 x 67 cm, 46 x 62 cm, 69 x 26 cm. Exhibitions: the artist is currently represented by Medialia gallery New York. Literature: Mashiko was born in Tailien city, Manchuria, grew up in the city of Kyoto, Japan, and came to the USA in 1962. She has been living in New York since 1964. Until she left Japan for the United States, Mashiko studied painting under an influential master of the time, Kazuo Tsuboi. Her work was accepted into competitions at an early age and she exhibited alongside accomplished artists. In New York, Mashiko studied at the Brooklyn Museum Art School ? having been awarded a Beckman Scholarship. It was at this School that she started carving wood and in the following year began to carve stone. Her initial material ? oil painting ? was replaced by silk-screen printing and pen-drawing. Her childhood passion for writing turned into working in the book-Art format. She found the medallic Art format as a method of combined expression in the early 90's. Since then, she has been encouraging this unique expression to artists as well as promoting it to collectors. Mashiko uses any Art form and material that appeals to her feelings a particular moment, however, her theme always remains a constant.