The Muban Educational Trust

The MET (木版教育信托)is a registered charity dedicated to research, collection and promotion of Chinese woodblock prints and printmaking

The Collection

The collection consists of over 6,500 woodblock prints dating from the1930's to the present day

The Portfolio

An exclusive collection of woodcut prints by 60 contemporary Chinese artists commissioned by the Muban Foundation in 1997

The History

MET was as a successor to the Muban Foundation which was formed in 1997

MET Award

MET Woodblock Printmaking Award is an annual event to promote and discover young Chinese printmaking artists.

Welcome to The Muban Educational Trust

The Muban Educational Trust is a small, non-profit making body based in Putney, London. It is dedicated to the preservation, conservation and development of the extensive collection of Chinese woodcut prints assembled by Christer von der Burg and the late Verena Bolinder-Müller during the late 1990s.

The Trust is administered by Haiyao Zheng, David Barker and Anne Farrer, three individuals with broad interests in the field supported and advised by a board of Trustees.

Our current major project is the completion of a pictorial and biographical archive of the collection which will assist access to the collection by both specialists and non-specialists alike.

The Muban Trust

News

Revolution, Propaganda, Art: Printmaking in Modern China

Exhibition opens at the Museum of East Asian Art in Bath Date:  12… Read more

Oct 29th 2022

In Conversation: Revolution, Propaganda and Art

The Brunei Gallery SOAS and AFSOAS (the American Friends of SOAS) presented a conversation between Mary… Read more

Mar 11th 2022

UK Beijing Arts Centre visited Lu Xun Legacy exhibition

UK Beijing Arts Centre, led by Director Li Hai, visited Lu Xun’s Legacy… Read more

Feb 8th 2022

Lu Xun’s Legacy’s opening at the Brunei Gallery

Finally, we had a Private View reception for the Lu Xun’s Legacy exhibition… Read more

Jan 21st 2022

Revolution, Propaganda and Art: Lu Xun’s Legacy and Printmaking in Modern China

20 January – 19 March 2022,  Brunei Gallery, SOAS, London WC1 Opening time: Tuesday – Saturday,… Read more

Jan 18th 2022

Cao Ou’s prints on display at the British Museum

Three of Cao Ou’s prints from theReconstructed Landscape series are now on display in… Read more

Jan 18th 2022