Namiki Hajime (並木一) (artist 1947 –)

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Biography:

Hajime Namiki was born in Tokyo in 1947. He originally studied sculpture with Shigeru Ogura (小倉茂?) - in 1965 perhaps. In 1974 he joined the Japanese Sculpture Association and from 1974 through 1978 exhibited many of his works. In 1978 Namiki also began making woodblock prints which have been widely exhibited. The artist self-carves his blocks and self-prints each work using traditional methods. The works are printed on gold and silver leaf, which heightens the impact of the image. His prints feature trees, forest settings, Mt. Fuji and Dragons.

Namiki's works are in the collection of the White House, Washington D.C., the University of Wisconsin, Hewlett Packard Center in Palo Alto as well as numerous private collections. Also there are at least 22 different prints by him in the Art Institute of Chicago and two in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. There is one in the Library of Congress, another one in the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston and at least three in the New Orleans Museum of Art.