Alexa kumiko Hatanaka CV
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Mapping & Linocut prints

Uummatima tillirninga, I can feel my heart beat
2021

Hand-carved and hand-printed relief prints on artist's handmade paper, 212” x 133"

Collaboration with Ashoona Ashoona

Uummatima tillirninga, I can feel my heart beat (Detail)
2021

Collaboration with Ashoona Ashoona
tracing what is done, not done, overdue, to do
2023

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocuts on handmade gampi paper, 83” x 180”

tracing what is done, not done, overdue, to do (Detail)
2023
Faultlines and Loneliness
2024

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocuts on kozo washi produced by Tatsuyuki Kitaoka, 148” x 112.5"
Mapping anxiety
2023

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocuts on kozo washi produced by Tatsuyuki Kitaoka, 96” x 157.5”
Hatanaka standing with Mapping anxiety
2023
2023

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocuts on artist’s handmade paper, 27” x 72”
Crossing the Current (map)
2021

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocuts on artist’s handmade paper, 54” x 54”
Thrashing Tail
2023

Linocut on kozo washi, 65.25” x 84.25”
Nuna/Land (artist’s proof)
2024

Linocut on kozo washi, 65.25” x 84.25”

Nuna/Land (artist’s proof)
2024

Linocut on kozo washi, 65.25” x 84.25”

Leaning against the current (rust)
2024

Linocut on gampi washi, 39.5“ x 63.5“

Crusher
2019

Linocut on artist's handmade paper with artist's handmade iron ore ink, 24” x 18”

Crusher
2019
Crusher
2019
Crusher
2019
Crusher
2019

sculptures

Jazz Times Koinobori
2023
Jazz Times Koinobori
2023

Sewn washi, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, natural dye, ink, rice bags, konnyaku, 23” x 100”
Jazz Times Koinobori (Detail)
2023
Jazz Times Koinobori (Detail)
2023
Kōchi Koinobori
2023

Sewn washi, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku

Kōchi Koinobori (Detail)
2023
Kōchi Koinobori
2023
Koinobori (kelp harvest)
2022

Sewn washi, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku
Koinobori (kelp harvest)
2021

Koinobori (eat rice, play with cats)
2021

Sewn washi, linocut, natural dye, ink, rice bags, konnyaku

Untitled (koinobori)
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stamina
2024

Sewn washi, linocut, natural dye, ink, konnyaku
stamina (Detail)
2024
stamina (Detail)
2024
up&up
2024


Sewn washi, linocut, natural dye, ink, konnyaku
up&up (Detail)
2024
up&up (Detail)
2024
states of change
2023

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocut on washi, konnyaku-starched and sewn, approx. 60” x 60” x 48”
states of change (Detail)
2023
changing in state
2023

Hand-carved and hand-printed linocut on washi, konnyaku-starched and sewn, approx. 60” x 60” x 48”
One Good Year
2024


Linocut, sumi ink, sewn and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku, 54” x 54”

textiles & Sewn washi

Aftershocks
2024

Sewn washi from Kashiki Seishi, Dō paper, sumi ink, natural dye, gyotaku, konnyaku 141” x 168”
Aftershocks (Detail)
2024
Aftershocks (Detail)
2024
Aftershocks (Detail)
2024
namazu (Gallery View at Patel Brown)
2023


Sewn washi (scraps collected over three years), linocut, gyotaku printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku, 70” x 128”
namazu
2023
some became memory, some a moment
2023

Sewn washi, gyotaku and linocut printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku. 74” x 61”
some became memory, some a moment (Detail)
2023
some became memory, some a moment (Gallery View at Patel Brown)
2023
freeze or fly, fly or fight
2024

Sewn washi from Kashiki Seishi, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku

Diptych: 51” x 79" (left) and 51” x 83" (right)
Neko Noren (Flag)
2023

Sewn washi from Kashiki Seishi, sumi ink, indigo, gyotaku printmaking

Neko Noren (Flag) (Detail)
2023
Mist Walker flying Neko Noren (Flag)
2023
Noguchi Plaza Noren
2023

Sewn washi from Kashiki Seishi, sumi ink, indigo, kakishibu, gyotaku, artist’s
handmade paper, linocut print, konnyaku, digitally printed photos by Maya Fuhr, 36” x 86”

OHAYO RADIO Noren
2024

Sewn washi from Kashiki Seishi, linocut, indigo, konnyaku, 20” x 11” 
LOVE / FEAR
2023

Kakishibu, custom salago papers, konnyaku, 30” x 108”

Sustenance
2025

Collograph, gyotaku and linocut printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku, sewn washi from Kashiki Seishi, 85” x 58”
2023

Gyotaku printmaking, natural dye, ink, konnyaku
Noren
2021

Sewn washi, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, indigo, kakishibu, ink, konnyaku
Noren (Detail)
2021
Noren
2021

wearables

Naname (Drummer’s Top for Wy-J)
2023

Linocut, indigo, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, cyanotype, konnyaku

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Family Tree (For Benja)
2022

Linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku, 24” x 27”

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Sunflower (For Peach Luffe)
2023

Linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, artist’s handmade paper, konnyaku, 24” x 27”

Sunflower (For Peach Luffe) (Detail)
2023
Sunflower (For Peach Luffe)
2023
For Nihon-buyō (Rain Defense)
2023

Linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku, ink, 19” x 56”

Neko Noren (Flag) (Detail)
2023
For Nihon-buyō (Papermakers Tears)
2023

Sewn washi, konnyaku
Pants for Nihon-buyō (Danielle)
2023

Sewn washi, konnyaku, ink
Hood (Shoganai, Future Aftershocks)
2023

Rice bags, linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku, 13” x 17.5”
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Hood (1923 Aftershock)
2023

Rice bags, linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku

Kochi Koinobori
2023
Tie Top (For Mist Walker)
2023

Linocut, kakishibu, indigo pigment, indigo dyed gampi, Kashiki Seishi kozo, Kashiki Seishi gampi, konnyaku, 16” x 16”

Tie Top (For Neng)
2022

Linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku
13” × 33"


Tie Top (For Neng)
2022
Tie Top (For Neng)
2022
Dance Party
2022

Linocut, sumi ink painted and naturally dyed washi from Kashiki Seishi, konnyaku, 8” x 30”
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Bralette (Winter in Japan)
2022

Linocut on Kashiki Seishi washi, konnyaku, 8” x 30“
Jazz Times Koinobori (Detail)
2023
Kōchi City Skirt
2023

Sewn Kashiki Seishi washi, sumi ink, indigo, kakishibu, marbling, linocut print, konnyaku, 17” x 45”

Kochi Koinobori (Detail)
2023
Kochi Koinobori
2023
Anzen Hardware Mini
2023


Sewn Kashiki Seishi washi, linocut print, indigo, gyotaku, kakishibu, konnyaku, 10” x 40”
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Mynmei Mini
2023


Sewn Kashiki Seishi washi, linocut print, indigo, sumi ink, kakishibu, konnyaku, 10” x 40”
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2023

Linocut, indigo dye, Kashiki Seishi washi, konnyaku
Jazz Times Koinobori (Detail)
2023
2023

Indigo dye, natural pigment, Kashiki Seishi washi, konnyaku
Tabis
2021


Sewn Kashiki Seishi washi, linocut print, kakishibu, konnyaku
Tabis
2021
Various tabis
2021
Hazmat (unborn/reborn tsunami)
2020

Sewn washi of artist's decade-long proof print archive, artist’s paper, kakishibu dye, konnyaku, 70” x 67”

Hazmat (unborn/reborn tsunami)
2020
Hazmat (unborn/reborn tsunami) (Detail)
2020
Hazmat (unborn/reborn tsunami) (Detail)
2020
Hazmat (unborn/reborn tsunami) (Detail)
2020
Yoshitaka Boiler Suit
2021

Sewn washi, natural dyes, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, collected paper rice bags, artist’s handmade paper, konnyaku, 70” x 67”

Wooden armature, bent and handcarved ash, collaboration with Yorgo Liapis
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Egg Grader’s Prayer
2021

Sewn washi, natural dyes, linocut, artist’s handmade paper, konnyaku, 70” x 67”

Wooden armature, bent and handcarved ash, collaboration with Yorgo Liapis
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Hazmat (Obachan and The Great Kantō)
2022

Sewn washi, linocut, konnyaku
Hazmat (Obachan and The Great Kantō) (Detail)
2022
Hazmat (Obachan and The Great Kantō)
2022
Firefighter’s Jacket
2022

Kashiki Seishi washi, idigo dye, kakishibu, linocut, gyotaku printmaking, sumi ink, konnyaku