Hiroko is a painter, printmaker, and site-specific installation artist.
She is a member of the Japan Artists Association
and the International Association of Art
and regularly teaches at the Prince’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts and the British Museum.
Solo Exhibition ‘Metamorphoses of Water’ at the Sway Gallery London 30 Oct - 27 Nov 2021
Installation at the Wave Coventry, Jun-Jul 2021
News
Artist Interview with Sway Gallery London
30 Sep 2021 - 30 Jan 2022: A short film of Imada making a woodblock print inspired by Hokusai’s drawing runs at the exhibition ‘Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything’
Wed 9 Feb - 6 Apr 2022 (8 Wedesdays, 6:30 - 8:30pm except 16 Feb:
Japanese Woosblock Printmaking: Colour
at The Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts
Thu 24 Feb 2022: Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop for KS4 & KS5
at the British Museum
Fri 18 Mar 2022: Japanese Woodblock Printkaing Workshop for KS4 &KS5
at the British Museum
Mon 28 Mar 2022: Japanese Woodblock Printkaing Workshop for KS4 &KS5
at the British Museum
Wed 20 Apr - 15 Jun 2022 (8 Wedesdays, 6:30 - 8:30pm)
Japanese Woosblock Printmaking: Black & White
at The Prince's Foundation School of Traditional Arts
Fri 29 Apr 2022: Japanese Woodblock Printmaking Workshop for KS4 & KS5
at the British Museum
Spring 2022 from 1 - 2PM: Lunchtime Lecture
THe Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
(Postponed to 2022, the new date TBA.)
To find out the details of exhibitions, workshops and events,
please go to News or http://www.facebook.com/hirokoimada.uk
Creative Video Campaign shot for Vertu’s Aster Yosegi Wood filmed by the Kalory Agency
HIROKO IMADA Creating a work of art
Vertu commissioned Japanese artist, Hiroko Imada, to develop the campaign visual concept for Aster Yosegi Wood. Born in Tokyo, Hiroko studied at the Tokyo Zokei University and later at the Slade School of Fine Art (University College London). She has a unique talent in blending traditional Japanese artistic methods with modern technology to create something completely unique. These skills along with her experience in Japanese woodblock Printmaking, and Paper installation using her own Japanese handmade paper, make her the perfect artist to collaborate with as we launch the Aster Yosegi Wood.
Vertu invited Hiroko to develop the campaign visual concept for Aster Yosegi Wood because we wanted to work with a Japanese artist to create a piece of work inspired by the Yosegi wood pattern, which is based on bamboo weaves and fishnets. We chose to collaborate with Hiroko as her wood block printing techniques originated in the Edo Period, the same era as that which the Yosegi craftsmen started working. The resulting piece depicts a beautiful, traditional bamboo grove and was produced using a printing method called 'lithography on plywood', which was invented in Japan.
