20 Coastal Stations

An international woodcut project with Bess Frimodig and Åsa Andersson, Sweden, Annu Vertanen, Finland, Katsutoshi Yuasa, Japan, Elisabet Alsos Strand and Karen Helga Maurstig, Norway.

Six artists from Norway, Sweden, Finland and Japan, meet in August 2015 to begin an 18 days long residency, where the experience of nature, and local culture seep into the exploration of mokuhanga, the woodcut. Each artist demonstrates a singular approaches to mokuhanga. The goal of the 20 Coastal Stations is to challenge each others’ working methods to expose new ways forward technically and creatively.

The project is supported by Arts Council Norway, Norwegian Artists' Association, Nordland County Council, Sogn and Fjordane County Council, The Association of Norwegian Printmakers, Municipality of Fjaler.