Monika Hinkel (SOAS)

About the Talk

This year, the Dulwich Picture Gallery in London hosted the first special exhibition in the UK and Europe dedicated to the renowned Yoshida family of printmakers. The exhibition showcased three generations of artists from Yoshida Hiroshi (1876-1950) to his granddaughter Yoshida Ayomi (1958-). The works of six Yoshida artists, including three male and three female family members, highlighted the family’s creative legacy and offered insights into the evolution of print styles and themes. The exhibition presented the first generation with prints by Hiroshi and his wife Fujio, the second generation by their sons Tōshi and Hodaka and daughter-in-law Chizuko, and the third generation by Yoshida Ayomi, who created a unique site-specific installation. The talk will focus on the main narratives of the exhibition and provide reflections on the show.

About the Speaker

Monika Hinkel is a lecturer and curator of Japanese art. She is the convenor of the Arts of Japan and Korea module of the SOAS-Alphawood Postgraduate Diploma in Asian Art at the University of London. She also lectures at the V&A. She received her MA and PhD in Japanese Studies and Oriental Art History at the University of Bonn. She worked as a curator for Japanese Art at the Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, lived in Japan for many years, and has written widely on aspects of Japanese art. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Andon, the journal of the Society for Japanese Art. Her main field of research is Japanese woodblock prints. In 2024 she curated the Dulwich Picture Gallery exhibition Yoshida: Three Generations of Japanese Printmaking.