![]() Nishizawa’s art is displayed at 33 of BART’s 45 stations, including El Cerrito Del Norte, El Cerrito Plaza, North Berkeley, Downtown Berkeley and Ashby, said BART spokeswoman Alicia Trost. 100 Meters Bart Forbes Limited Edition Lithograph 1992 Olympics. I thought it’s great for this project to include people so that’s why I included Oakland.” Wild Horse Uma woodcut woodblock print Japanese moku hanga Washi signed original. “In Orinda the fog is so mysterious, so beautiful. ![]() “In Fremont the sunrise is just beautiful, gorgeous,” Nishizawa said in a statement that is part of the news release. She created three landscapes for BART’s 2016 poster art series, showing views of Oakland, Orinda and Fremont, the latter two with BART trains. ![]() Nishizawa rides BART daily, according to the news release. “(The) Bay Area’s nature is sometimes so close to Japanese nature,” Nishizawa says in a video on BART’s website available at. The artist has specialized in all-handmade woodblock prints with breath-taking views from his own mountain hikes in Japan, Nepal and the European Alps. She will discuss the various processes behind each. He had studied at the Toshida Hanga Academy under the famous shin hanga printmaker Toshi Yoshida, son of Hiroshi Yoshida. According to a BART news release, the abundance of nature in the Bay Area reminded Nishizawa of Japanese landscapes. Join us for a talk with Tanja Softic about the recent prints in her exhibition Hyphae: New Prints. ![]() OAKLAND - BART has chosen Berkeley artist Miwako Nishizawa to create art for stations throughout the transit system.Ī native of Kyoto, Japan, Nishizawa uses the traditional Japanese woodblock tecnique moku-hanga. ![]()
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