MOCHIDA SOSHO

• Sousho Mochida, born in Tokyo, Japan. Painter, printmaker, and professor emeritus at Osaka University of Arts. His artistic activities are centered in Osaka, where he incorporates a variety of styles, including three-dimensional modeling and art photography. He also does prints, including recent "branding" works on felt, and taught at Osaka University of Arts (formerly Naniwa University of Arts) from 1960 to early 2000, where he helped establish a printmaking course. Since 1983, he has been exhibiting his works in the print group "Print 8". He has also exhibited his work in the "Ge Exhibition," a leading contemporary art group in the Kansai area. He is still active in the Kyoto-Osaka-Kobe area and has made a significant contribution to the development of print art in Osaka in the postwar period. Major collections include: The National Museum of Art, Osaka; Nakanoshima Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka; Osaka Contemporary Art Center; Museum of Modern Art, Hyogo; Chinese Chinese University Art Gallery; Osaka University of Arts Museum; Minneapolis Institute of Arts; Hongik University Museum of Modern Art; and Ryu Art Museum.