mokuhanga, woodcut; 10×10″ (image 6×6″)

“Depiction of Fuzhou Ting in Chinese Reconciliation Park, Tacoma, Washington. The park commemorates violent, white supremacist rioting and the expulsion of Chinese people from Tacoma.”

ARTIST BIO: E.O. Dean is a public health worker who started making prints during the pandemic, to stave off mental breakdown. He makes woodcut prints (mokuhanga) using tradition Japanese materials and techniques. He mostly focuses on built environment subjects with the objective of increasing visibility of history that has been neglected, minimized, forgotten, or erased.