Original Prints
We sell two sets of Portfolio prints, both as a set, also as individual prints. Please see Portfolios section for prices. In addition to them, we also have some prints from individual artists for sale. Please contact us for mare information.
Chen Yuping 陳玉平（b. 1947, Heilongjiang）
Chen Yuping, who grew up in a rural village in Heilongjiang, originally trained as an hydraulic engineer. Following graduation he worked as an hydraulic technician on the Hulin State Farm, an area of reclamation situated within the vast uncultivated areas of Heilongjiang. In the 1960s he changed direction. Due to the closure of schools and colleges for many years during the Cultural Revolution, it was 1973 before Chen was able to join a basic art class, and completed a course in printmaking at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1983. Chen is a member of the Chinese Artists Association. His work has been collected by many institutions and regularly selected for exhibitions, in China, as well as in the UK, Canada, Japan, Russia, the USA and other countries. His prints are firmly located within the traditions of the Great Northern Wilderness School of Printmaking, recognisable in their subject matter of the landscape of north-eastern China and their use of opaque oil-bound inks that give brilliant effects of colour.
A Beautiful Night良宵, 1998 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 100, 60x70cm £1300
Xing’an Mountain 高高的兴安岭, 1989 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 100, 55x86cm £1300
Facing the wilderness直面苍茫 1995 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 180, 66x68cm £1250
Morning Mist晨雾, 1985 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour Edition of 40, 40x40 cm £1000
Sunshine Rain 太阳雨, 1991 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 150, 40x55.3cm £1200
Spring in Oroqen Land 鄂伦春的春天, 2005 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 100, 56x45cm £800
Snow Beauty雪娇 1990 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 200, 51x74cm £1200
Wild Geese Flying South 雁南飞, 2010 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 100, 61x96cm £1600
Maple Bridge 枫桥, 2003 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 100, 91x58cm £1300
Warm Spring 暖春, 2000 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 100, 61.8x99cm £1750
My Northwest 啊东北, 2009 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 98, 58x100cm £1750
A Moonlit Night on the Spring River 春江花月夜, 2004 Woodblock print with oil bound ink Edition of 99, 91x58cm, 56x91cm £1750
Wemin He 何为民 （b.1964）
Weimin He RE is the artist-in-residence at Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers, a member of the Chinese Artists’ Association and a Trustee of the Muban Educational Trust. His artworks have been exhibited or collected worldwide, including by The British Museum, The Ashmolean Museum, the V&A Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The China National Gallery.
Weimin's work is primarily influenced by the ancient philosophy of Daoism, such as Lao Zi’s ‘knowing the white, retaining the black, it is the form of the world’. Weimin developed his woodcut style primarily from Chinese seal cutting and paper-cutting, creating contrasting geometric forms in black and white. He was trained and active in both China and the United Kingdom.
Day In Day Out III, 1996. Woodblock print with oil-based ink. Edition: 15/30, 60x50cm. £550.
Day In Day Out V, 1999. Woodblock print with oil-based ink. Edition: 15/30, 60x50cm. £550
The Red Light I, 1993. Woodblock print. Edition: 15/20, 50x60 cm. Price: £550
Title: The Red light II, 1993. Woodblock print. Edition: 15/20, 50x60cm. Price: £550
An old cat, 1993 Woodblock print Edition 15/30, 50x60cm Price: £550
On the bus, 1994 Woodblock print Edition: 15/30, 50x60cm Price: £550
Tree of life, 2023. Hand-coloured woodblock print. Date: 2023. Edition: 30. £200
Dance of life, 2023. Woodblock print. Edition: 30. £200
He Sanqing 何三青 （b. 1988）
He Sanqing was born in Shaoyang in Hunan in 1988. He graduated in 2018 with a BA as a specialist printmaker from the China Academy of Art. He is currently a lecturer at the China Central Science and Technology University. He was awarded the First Prize in the Third Muban Educational Trust Woodblock Printmaking Awards in 2018. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association. His prints are collected in Ashmolean Museum, British Museum, Cleveland Museum of Art, China Art Gallery, Zhejiang Art Museum, National Grand Theatre Gallery of Art and many other institutions.
His Neither Mountain Nor Water series have been widely collected and exhibited.
In Muban Educational Trust’s exhibition Lu Xun’s Legacy, curator Mary Ginsberg comments:
He Sanqing skilfully exploits the tonal range possible with Chinese ink, calling to mind the traditional Chinese principle that, “If you have ink, you have all the five colours”.
In the exhibition Modern Impressions—Light and Water in Chinese Prints at the Cleveland Museum of Art (4 Nov 2022 – 7 May 2023), curator Dr Clarissa von Spee, Chair of Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art, comments:
This series of five prints transforms landscape elements into abstract patterns while referencing the monochrome tradition of classical ink landscape painting. He Sanqing presses differently shaped and textured, black inked blocks of wood over a grid of preconfigured lines on a sheet of xuan paper. The result are impressions of remarkable variety in texture, monochrome ink shades and shapes. The title, Neither Mountain Nor Water, negates the subject of mountains and water (shan shui) in favour of and with an emphasis on graphic abstraction.
Neither Mountain Nor Water No 1 非山非水之一 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper 61 x 97cm, 2016 Edition of 30 £1500
Neither Mountain Nor Water No 2 非山非水之二 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper 61 x 97cm, 2016 Edition of 30 £1500
Neither Mountain Nor Water No 3 非山非水之三 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper 61 x 97cm, 2016 Edition of 30 £1500
Neither Mountain Nor Water No 4 非山非水之四 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper 61 x 97cm, 2016 Edition of 30 £1500
Neither Mountain Nor Water No 5 非山非水之五 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper 61 x 97cm, 2016 Edition of 30 £1500
Table Mountain 非山非水之案山 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper edition of 30, 80x120cm £2000
Fengshui Chao Mountain非山非水之朝山, 2022 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper edition of 30, 40x60cm £750
Fengshui Yu Mountain非山非水之余山, 2022 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper edition of 30, 40x60cm £750
Fengshui Qian Mountain 非山非水之乾山, 2022 Woodblock print with water-soluble ink, printed on xuan paper edition of 30, 40x60cm £750
Ying Tianqi 应天齐（b. 1949）
Ying Tiangqi graduated from Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing in 1985. This is one of more than thirty prints which Ying made that were based on the vernacular architecture of Xidi village in Yi county, Anhui, made between 1986 and 1994. The printing blocks for these works were created by affixing a collage of differently-textured material onto a thin sheet of plywood which was then printed by relief-printing techniques. These prints have won many prestigious awards and are collected by many museums and institutions around the world, including China National Gallery of Fine Arts. Ying teaches at the College of Arts in Shenzhen University.
Xidi Village Series No. 15, 西递村系列之十五, 1989 Wood block prints with water-soluble colour 40×50cm, edition of 50, £1500
Repetitive Xidi Village Series No. 6, 重复的西递村系列之六, 1991 Wood block prints with water-soluble colour 40×50cm, edition of 50, £1500
Xidi Village Series No. 21 西递村系列之二十一, 1990 Wood block prints with water-soluble colour 40×50cm, edition of 50, £1500
Xidi Village Series No. 16, 西递村系列之十六, 1989 Wood block prints with water-soluble colour 40x50cm, edition of 50, £1500
Xidi Village Series No. 13 西递村系列之十三, 1989 Wood block prints with water-soluble colour 40×50cm, edition of 50, £1500
Cao Ou 曹欧（b. 1987）
Cao Ou was born in Heze in Shandong in 1987. He graduated in 2015 with an MA from the Printmaking Department of the China Academy of Art. Cao lives and works as a freelance artist in Hangzhou. Cao is a member of the Chinese Artists Association. Cao won Second Prize at the Fourth Muban Educational Trust Woodblock Printmaking Awards in 2020. His prints have been collected and exhibited at the British Museum, Cleveland Museum of Arts, British Library, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Princeton University Library, and many other museums and institutions.
Landscape Theatre – Chessboard “戏“山水-对阵, 2021 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Autumn “戏“山水-知秋, 2018 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, Edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Outing “戏“山水-出游, 2018 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 50x50cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Cool Summer “戏“山水-夏凉, 2018 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 50x50cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Enclosed City “戏“山水-围城, 2021 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Storeyed House “戏“山水-重楼, 2021 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Painted Building “戏“山水-画楼, 2022 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Embraced Mountains “戏“山水-画楼, 2019 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Broken Dream “戏“山水-惊梦, 2022 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Autumn Play “戏“山水-戏秋, 2021 Woodblock print with water-soluble colour 60x45cm, Edition of 30, £850
Landscape Theatre – Mountain in a Bowl 戏山水 – 碗中山, 2019， Woodblock print with water-soluble colour ， Edition of 30, 50x50cm ， £850
Xu Na 徐那 （b. 1986）
Xu Na was born in Zaozhuang in Shandong in 1986. She graduated in 2015 with an MA from the Printmaking Department of the Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts. She is currently a lecturer in the Printmaking Department of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Chinese Artists Association. Xu won Second Prize at the Second Muban Educational Trust Woodblock Printmaking Awards in 2016. Her prints were collected by the British Musuem, Zhejiang Art Museum, Chongqing Gallery of Art, Fujian Art Gallery, National Grand Theatre and many other public institutions.
Four Heavenly Creatures – the Azure Dragon 天之四灵 – 青龙, 2020 Wood Engraving, Edition of 66, 40x50 cm £750 (£2800 for a set of four)
Four Heavenly Creatures – the White Tiger 天之四灵 – 白虎, 2020 Wood Engraving, edition of 66, 40x50 cm £750 (£2800 for a set of four)
Four Heavenly Creatures - the Black Snake Tortoise 天之四灵 – 玄武,2020 Wood Engraving, Edition of 66, 40x50 cm £750 (£2800 for a set of four)
Four Heavenly Creatures – the Vermillion Bird 天之四灵 – 朱雀,2020 Wood Engraving, Edition of 66, 40x50 cm £750 (£2800 for a set of four)
Moonlight Over the Ocean, 海上明月，天涯此时，2021 Wood Engraving, edition of 365, 40x50 cm £250
Guo Shuang 郭双 （1990-）
Guo Shuang was born in Zhoukou in Henan. In 2014 she graduated with a BA from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts and was Young Artist-in-residence at the Academy between 2014 and 2015. Since 2018 she has been studying for an MA at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. She is a member of the Chinese Artists Association. Guo won joint First Prize at the First Muban Educational Trust Woodblock Printmaking Awards in 2015.
Guo Shuang’s prints are mostly monochrome. She is a master cutter with superb skills. She cut most of her prints on pearwood blocks, which she has assembled a large pile and stored them in her parent’s backyard. She cuts blocks out along the planks, keeping both edges of the planks bark intact. So all her blocks are of different shapes, some are imperfect, with natural damages or of insects’ scars. She usually also prints both edges of the planks to form part of the print.
Her prints are collected by Princeton University Library, Sichuan Gallery of Art, Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, Jiangsu Art Museum, Chongqing Gallery of Art, Shenzhen Art Academy and many other public institutions.
The East Wind is Coming 东风来了 2021. Woodblock print with oil-bound ink, printed on xuan paper. Edition of 50, 29x126cm. It depicts a beautiful spring day, full of exuberant vitality and youthful spirit. Chinese writer Zhu Zhiqing (朱自清)'s prose poem Spring (《春》) is cut into the landscape: "Spring is like a newly born baby, gradually developing itself. Spring is like a girl gorgeously dressed, walking and smiling. Spring is like a robust young man with muscles of iron, leading us all forward." This well-known prose poem was published in 1933 and has been a staple in the Chinese curriculum. This print, printed in green colour, transformed Zhu’s vivid imagination into lively images. £1100
Migrating to the City – Father 进城之父亲, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 27x107cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her father as an air condition installer. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Mother 进城之母亲, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 29x127cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her mother enjoying dancing in the park. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Older Sister 进城之大姐, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 26x101cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her older sister as a market retailer. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Third Sister进城之三妹, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 27x102cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her third sister as a successful business woman. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Youngest Sister 进城之小妹, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 27x103cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her youngest sister as an online retailer. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Brother进城之小弟, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 27x100 cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her brother as a delivery person. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Sister-in-law 进城之弟妹, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 25x105cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting her sister-in-law as a school teacher. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
Migrating to the City – Dream Realised 进城之梦想, 2022. Woodblock print, edition of 50, 29x130cm. A series of 8 Migrating to the City prints, using her family’s stories, reflecting social change and social mobility in contemporary. Here depicting herself realising her dream of becoming an artist. £6000 for a set of 8 prints.
May on the Central Plain五月中原，2019. Woodblock print with oil-bound ink, printed on xuan paper. Edition of 50, 15×120 cm This print depicts the wheat harvest season in Central China. £750
A Collection of Puppet People 木偶人集 2018-2020. Woodblock print with oil-bound ink，printed on xuan paper. A collection of 56 individual prints, each 10x10 cm. Edition of 50. A Collection of Puppet People, an intensely personal collection of 56 small black-and-white woodblock prints, form a powerful set of images of a group of people from right across China, afflicted by the painful and disabling condition, ankylosing spondylitis. The images come with individual testaments, which are heartfelt, courageous, finding hope from despair, full of spirit and admirable resolve to carry on with daily life. £3600 for the set.
Li Yuxuan 李雨萱 （b. 1991）
Li Yuxuan was born in 1991 and received her MA from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. The Academy is traditionally known for its monochrome woodcuts of remarkable refinement and detail. In continuing the institution’s legacy, Li’s prints are exquisite, small and cut with intriguing detail.
Two of the eight Biodiversity prints are collected by The Cleveland Museum of Art and is currently being displayed at MODERN IMPRESSIONS – Light and Water in Chinese Prints (November 11, 2022-May 7, 2023, Gallery 240A).
Dr, Clarissa von Spee, Chair of Asian Art and James and Donna Reid Curator of Chinese Art, wrote:
In these two prints, Li Yuxuan creates the silhouette of an insect cut out in delicate lines from a small wooden block. Indentations on the block create a pointillist texture of white dots that sets the insect against what looks like a diffusion of light. The images provoke the association with insects caught and preserved millions of years ago in semi-transparent amber. Biodiversity points to our heritage of nature and a fragile ecosystem.
Biodiversity – insect 1 万物生∙蜉 1, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 2 万物生∙蜉 2, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 3 万物生∙蜉 3, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 4 万物生∙蜉 4, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 5 万物生∙蜉 5, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 6 万物生∙蜉 6, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 7 万物生∙蜉 7, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Biodiversity – insect 8 万物生∙蜉 8, 2018. Wood engraving. 16x18cm, edition of 25, £200
Gu Xiuhua 顾秀华 (1988 -)
Gu Xiuhuia was born in Liyi City in Shandong province in 1988. He graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Art with a BA degree in 2013 and an MA degree in 2016. He was First Prize Winner at the Second Muban Printmaking Awards in 2016. Gu Xiuhua uses detailed wood engraving technique to produce intricate prints. His print will appear in a wood engraving exhibition at Ashmolean Museum in 2020. One of his prints is also collected by the British Museum.
Mantis hunting Cicada – Chameleon 螳螂捕蝉 – 变色龙, 37x40cm, 2013. Wood engraving, Edition 15/50, £650
Mantis hunting Cicada – Egret 螳螂捕蝉 – 鹭 , 30x40cm, 2013. Wood engraving, Edition 41/50 £650
Judged by nature 自然审判 – 蜗,50×42 cm, 2011. Wood engraving, Edition 12/50, £650
Huang Jinyi 黄金一 (1991-)
Huang Jinyi was born in Jilin Province, China. He graduated from Guangxi College of Arts. He lives and works in Guangxi. Huang was shortlisted for the Third Muban Printmaking Awards in 2018.
Huang Jinyi (1991-) 黄金一 “Migration: dusk” 《南迁 薄暮》, 2/9, 60×90 cm, 2016, £650
Huang Jinyi (1991-) 黄金一 “Migration: movement” 《南迁 悸动》, 2/9, 60×90 cm, 2017, £650
Jiao Wensi 焦文斯（1991-）
Jiao Wensi was born in Sichuan Province. He graduated from Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 2013. He was shortlisted for the First Muban Printmaking Awards.
Jiao Wensi 焦文斯 – Untitled, a/p, 43x80cm, 2013, £550
Jiao Wensi 焦文斯 – Untitled, a/p, 80x60cm, 2015, £550
Jiao Wensi 焦文斯 – Untitled, a/p, 98x55cm, 2014, £550
Jiao Wensi 焦文斯 – Untitled, a/p, 96x53cm, 2014, £550
Zhou Xing 周兴 （1937-）
Zhou Xing was born in Pizhou in Jiangsu in 1937, he is a Member of the Chinese Artists Association and was named an outstanding printmaker by the Chinese Printmakers Association. He is a recipient of the Lu Xun Printmaking Prize.
Zhou Xing (1937-) 周兴 “Clear Mountain Stream” 《在山泉水清》42.5x49cm，edition of 100, 2012, £450
Zhou Xing (1937-) 周兴 “Warm winter”《暖冬》45.5x49cm, edition of 100, 2012, £450
Zhou Xing (1937-) 周兴 “June in Southern China” 《水乡六月》47x50cm， edition of 100, 2012, £450
Zhou Xing（1937-）周兴，Journey to a water town,《水乡行》25x29cm, edition of 100, 2012, sold out
Zhou Xing (1937-) 周兴, Lakeside 《湖畔》27x27cm, edition of 100, 2010, £150
Liao Lei 廖磊（1989-）
Liao Lei was born in Miluo, Hunan Province. He graduated from Guangxi Academy of Arts with a BA degree in 2008 and an MA degree on 2015. He was shortlisted for First MET Printmaking Awards in 2015.
Liao Lei (1989-) 廖磊 Three people’s journey 《三人行》，30×22 cm, 8/10, 2014, £160
Liao Lei (1989-) 廖磊 A lotus in the mouth《口吐莲花》，30×22 cm, 8/10, 2014, £160
Liao Lei (1989-) 廖磊 Unmatched power《气盖世》，30×22 cm, 8/10, 2014, £160
Liao Lei (1989-) 廖磊 Searching for a horse《骑驴找马》，30×22 cm, 8/10, 2014, £160
Lei Ziren 雷子人 （1967 -）
Lei was born in Jiangxi province. He graduated from the China Central Academy of Science with a BA degree in 1993, an MA degree in 2003 and with a Doctoral degree in 2007. Lei taught at the Peoples’ University Art Institute as Head of Research in Eastern Arts and as Deputy Head of the Painting Department. He is currently Director of the Jiangxi Institute of Art.
Lei Ziren (1967-) 雷子人Come and drink tea 《吃茶来》, hand scroll print, 23x130cm, £1500
Lei Ziren (1967-) 雷子人, My Buddha 《我佛》, hand scroll print, 23x248cm, £1500
Lei Ziren (1967-) 雷子人 Autumn rain in a Zen house《秋雨禅房》, hand scroll print, 23x254cm, £1500