Josef Williamson

Josef Williamson studied printmaking at Hastings College of Art and Manchester Metropolitan University between 1988 and 1992. After graduating, he made paintings and printed works and exhibited regularly. In 1996, he moved to Japan, settling in Saitama Prefecture. In 2006, he began woodcut printmaking combining techniques of Japanese woodblock print with a European woodcut approach. His first prints were monochrome works depicting views of Tokyo from drawings made while visiting companies in his job as a corporate English trainer. His recent work focusses on colour prints with hard-edged patterns and contrasts drawn from sketches of life outside and inside the studio.