Tetsuro sawada prints and posters

About the artist:

Tetsuro Sawada was a printmaker and painter who was born in Hokkaido, Japan. His medium is primarily the silkscreen print or serigraph (see AskART glossary); early in his career he also did some abstract oil painting and lithographs.

His subjects are landscapes and skyscapes; he has been called “The Skyscape Artist”. His style is semi geometric abstraction, focusing on hard edged horizontal lines, colour, light and his unique technique of shading called “bokashi”.

He graduated from Musashino Art University (Tokyo) where he studied western painting.

Tetsuro sawada prints and posters

He has travelled in North and South America (1966 – 1967), France and Spain (1969). His work has been included in exhibitions in Tokyo, Seattle, San Francisco and in the Norway International Print Biennial (prize). He has also had solo exhibitions in Sao Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Buenos Aires (Argentina), Honolulu (Hawaii), Vancouver (Canada) and Hokkaido (Japa