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Akiko Taniguchi
Available Works
Sean Caulfield and Akiko Taniguchi have each produced a body of related prints that look to classical mythology as motivation in order to explore themes of transformation, transience and regeneration. Investigating a common visual language the artists have developed compositions that utilize biomorphic and organic shapes that reference the natural world. Their images often move between abstraction and representation creating a shifting quality in which narratives and associations to the real world are implied, but are left in an open-ended and unresolved state.
Although Caulfield and Taniguchi have worked together closely, each artist has approached their work from a slightly different perspective. For example, Taniguchi’s work is more influenced by the natural world and her images, rendered in a bold, graphic language, have strong references to plants, and environmental phenomena such as wind, rain and water. In her most recent suite of prints she has utilized a cage form in order to explore humanities ongoing (and futile) effort to contain, control, and dominate the ever-changing forces of nature. Read more from exhibition statement...
Taniguchi’s abstract visual language is based on her continuous research into forms found in the natural world. She looks at connections and forces of regeneration that exist in different environments. Taniguchi starts off with photographs of natural phenomena such as cloud formations, ice crystals, or cracks found in earth that have been parched by drought. Her hand-generated responses to these photographs heighten the rhythms, patterns and structures occurring in nature. To achieve this, she employs a variety of print-media including collagraph, etching, drypoint, mezzotint and chine collé. Her combination of processes creates complex three-dimensional surfaces of bold black forms, delicate calligraphic lines, and areas suffused with color.
• Related Artist: Sean Caulfield
• Recent Exhibitions: Return to the Surface, September 2008; Aqueous, September 2005

Hidden Wings, 2009
Etching, drypoint, collagraph, chine colle. Edition of 12.
14 x 11 inches.
$400
Follower of Helios, 2008
Etching and chine colle. Edition of 6.
36 x 24 inches.
$1300
Fulfilled Entreaty, 2008
Etching, mezzotint, drypoint, and chine colle. Edition of 15.
18 x 24 inches.
$650
Release of Sorrow, 2008
Etching, mezzotint, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 10.
17-3/4 x 13-3/4 inches.
$450
The Waiting, 2008
Mezzotint, etching, chine colle. Edition of 20.
8-1/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
$260
Follower, 2008
Etching and chine colle. Edition of 20.
8-1/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
$260
Release of Wisdom, 2007
Etching, drypoint, mezzotint, chine colle. Edition of 15. This piece won a purchase prize award at the Edmonton Print International.
18 x 24 inches.
$650
Persephone’s Return, 2007
Etching, mezzotint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
18 x 24 inches.
$650
Cage, 2007
Etching, mezzotint, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
15 x 12 inches.
$400
Cage 2, 2007
Etching, mezzotint, drypoint, engraving, chine colle. Edition of 15.
12 x 15 inches.
$400
Cage 3, 2007
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
15 x 12 inches.
$400
Phenomenon 1, 2007
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 30.
5-1/2 x 5 inches.
$160
Phenomenon 2, 2007
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 30.
5-1/2 x 5 inches.
$160
Phenomenon 3, 2007
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 30.
5-1/2 x 5 inches.
$160
Phenomenon 4, 2007
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 30.
5-1/2 x 5 inches.
$160
Waiting for Spring, 1998
Etching, collagraph. Edition of 30.
5-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
$175
Occurrence of the Surface, 2006
Intaglio, chine colle. Edition of 15.
18 x 24 inches.
$650
Glimpse, 2006
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 30.
5-1/42 x 5 inches.
$125
Erosion 1, 2006
Etching, relief. Edition of 30.
5-1/42 x 5 inches.
$150
Erosion 2, 2006
Etching, relief. Edition of 30.
5-1/42 x 5 inches.
$150
Consuming Dawn, 2005
Etching, lithograph, chine colle. Edition of 6.
36 x 48 inches.
$2000
Cold Front, 2005
Etching, mezzotint, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 20.
8 x 10 inches.
$275
After the Rain, 2004
Etching, chine colle. State II. Edition of 10.
20 x 14 inches.
$500
After the Rain 2, 2005
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
20 x 14 inches.
$500
After the Rain 3, 2005
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
20 x 14 inches.
$500
Floating Stone, 2005
Etching, mezzotint, drypoint, chine colle. State II. Edition of 20.
10 x 8 inches.
$275
Essence of Water I, 2004
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
15 x 17 inches.
$450
Essence of Water II, 2004
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
15 x 17 inches.
$450
Essence of Water III, 2004
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
15 x 17 inches.
$450
Essence of Water IV, 2005
Etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 15.
15 x 17 inches.
$450
Midnight Creation, 2003
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 15.
18 x 24 inches.
$650
Cornucopia, 2003
Etching, mezzotint. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 8-3/4 inches.
$250
Silent Existence, 2003
Photo-etching, etching, drypoint, chine colle. Edition of 20.
13-1/42 x 17-1/2 inches.
$425
Sign, 2003
Photo-etching, etching, drypoint, chine-colle. Edition of 15.
18 x 24 inches.
$650
Memorable Scene, 2003
Photo-intaglio, etching, chine colle. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 8-7/8 inches.
$250
Drift, 2003
Etching, chine colle. Edition of 20.
8-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
$250
A Rise in Altitude, 2003
Photo-etching, etching, chine-colle. Edition of 10.
36 x 24 inches.
$1000
Frostwork, 2002
Photo-etching, etching, drypoint, chine-colle. Edition of 10.
36 x 24 inches.
$1000
Fountainhead, 2002
Etching, photo-etching, chine colle. Edition of 20.
13-1/42 x 17-1/2 inches.
$425
Passage, 2002
Photo-etching, etching, mezzotint, chine colle. Edition of 20.
13-1/42 x 17-1/2 inches.
$425
Discovery, 2001
Etching, drypoint, collagraph, chine colle. Edition of 20.
7-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches.
$250
No Trace, 2001
Etching, collagraph. State II. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 8-7/8 inches.
$250
Sleeping Field, 2001
Etching, collagraph. Edition of 30.
7-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches.
$250
Cosmogony, 2001
Collagraph, chine-colle. Edition of 20.
7-3/4 x 9-3/4 inches.
$250
Moment, 2001
Etching, mezzotint, collagraph, chine-colle. State II. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 8-7/8 inches.
$250
Between Nights, 2001
Drypoint, mezzotint, chine colle. Edition of 30.
4-1/42 x 4-1/42 inches.
$120
Mother’s Day in May, 2000
Collagraph. Edition of 5.
23-1/2 x 31-1/2 inches.
$1000
Child’s Room, 2000
Collagraph, relief, chine colle. Edition of 20.
9-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches.
$250
Potential, 2000
Collagraph, relief, chine colle. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
$175
Long, Deeply and Far, 2000
Collagraph. Edition of 10.
24-1/42 x 18-1/42 inches.
$650
Nebulas, 2000
Collagraph, chine colle. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
$175
Satellite, 2000
Collagraph. Edition of 20.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
$175
Evening Drive, 2000
Etching, collagraph, drypoint, chine-colle. Edition of 20.
11-3/4 x 15-1/42 inches.
$375
Urban Fantasy, 2000
Collagraph. Edition of 5.
30-7/8 x 21-3/4 inches.
$800
Remains on the Water, 2000
Collagraph. Edition of 15.
20-3/4 x 15-1/42 inches.
$500
The Origin of life 1, 1999
Collagraph. Edition of 5.
30-7/8 x 21-3/4 inches.
$800
The Origin of life 2, 1999
Collagraph. Edition of 5.
30-7/8 x 21-3/4 inches.
$800
The Origin of life 4, 1999
Collagraph. Edition of 5.
30-7/8 x 21-3/4 inches.
$800
Atom, 1998
Etching, collagraph, chine-colle. Edition of 30.
9-3/4 x 7-3/4 inches.
$250
Sun Flower, 1998
Etching, collage. Edition of 30.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
$175
Southern Wind, 1998
Etching, collage. Edition of 30.
5-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
$175
Lake, 1998
Etching, collage. Edition of 30.
5-7/8 x 7-7/8 inches.
$175
Ami, 1998
Etching, collagraph. Edition of 30.
7-7/8 x 5-7/8 inches.
$175
Mother Earth, 1998
Etching, collagraph. Edition of 15.
19-1/42 x 25-1/42 inches.
$650
Universe, 1997
Etching, collagraph. Edition of 20.
11-3/4 x 16-3/8 inches.
$375

