About the artist: In Shigeru Narikawa’s exquisite color mezzotints two traditions merge – the Japanese art of still-life and floral display and the time-honored mezzotint technique. Small in scale and delicately balanced, Narikawa’s prints are enhanced by the soft, somewhat blurred, tonalities of mezzotint that lend them an supra-realistic appearance. Narikawa studied art at the Tokyo Designer School (1966-67) and at the Honolulu Academy of Arts (1969-73) before moving to New York City in 1977 to specialize in mezzotint at the Pratt Graphics Center which subsequently honored him with a Merit Award in 1979. Narikawa has won other awards including the Contemporary Arts Center of Hawaii Purchase Award (1978, 1979) and the Rockford College Purchase Award (1979)." |