(lithographs at the 2010 Philagrafika yearly U.S. Ģ010: Philagrafika International Printmaker’s Open Forum Ģ010: Midwives Gallery, Philadelphia, Pa. Mexico (boxes)ġ999: Mexican Cultural Institute, New York (boxes and altars) ġ999: Mexican Cultural Institute, Paris, France (boxes) ġ987: Galería de Artes Plásticas, Xalapa, Ver., Mexicoġ986: Chikiudo Gallery, Ginza, Tokyo, Japan (watercolors)ġ975: Preparatoria Juárez Gallery, Xalapa, Ver., Mexicoġ974: Galería número Uno de la Universidad Veracruzana, Xalapa, Ver., Mexicoġ970: Annecy Castle Museum, Annecy, France ġ970: Stadtische Galerie Schlob, Oberhausen, Germany ġ969: Kunsthalle Art Museum, Reklinghausen, Germany Ģ018: Pucéart, MAÍZ MAÏS, espace Saint-rémi Bordeaux, France Ģ017: Museo de la Ciudad de Querétaro, MexicoĢ015: 7th International Lithographic Symposium, Tidaholm, Sweden Ģ014: The White Gallery, Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S. Mexico (altars)Ģ002: Galería Ramón Alva de la Canal, Xalapa, Ver. Mexico (lithography and objects) Ģ003-4: Pinacoteca Diego Rivera, Xalapa, Ver. (photographs and sculptures)Ģ006: Museo Casa Diego Rivera/Instituto de la Culture de Guanajuato, México (altars)Ģ005: Galería Ramón Alva de la Canal, Xalapa, Ver. Mexico (wood-block prints, an introduction to the japanese technique) Ģ006: La Foto Gallery, los Angeles, Ca. Mexico (large format digital photographs) Ģ010: Galería de Arte Contemporáneo, Xalapa, Ver. ġ974-76: Etching at the ‘El Izote’ Studio, Xalapa, Ver., MexicoĢ010: Galería Ramón Alva de la Canal, Xalapa, Ver. ġ976-79: High school at the Area “H” Alternative School, Los Angeles, Ca. Humanities at The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Wa. ġ996: Lithography with Per Anderson in Coatepec, Ver., Mexico ġ990-95: Sculpture and woodworking at 'El Palo' shop, Xalapa, Ver., Mexicoġ985-89: Wood-Block printing (moku hanga, Ukiyo-E technique) at the Yoshida Hanga Academy, Tokyo, Japan and ġ979: Photography at Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, Ca. and 2016: Wood-turning with Joseph Deronzier, Giez, Haute-Savoie, France ġ998 R estoration of antique furniture at the 'Art Conservation Studio' in charge of Frederick Sager from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. I fluently speak Spanish, English, French, some Japanese and some Swedishġ981-2017: Tai Chi Chuan and Qi gong (in chronological order) with masters Huang Wen-chih in Olympia, Wa., U.S., Charles Li in Paris, France, Serges Dreyer in Toulouse, France, Akiko Nakamura in Yokohama-Shi, Japan, Jose Luis Vallejo in Xalapa, Mexico and Sai ying Lin in New York, U.S. Nevertheless, after a few years researching the matter, I achieved technical success outside Japan and have taught the techniqueto numerous groups in Mexico and the U.S. For example, the tortillas one finds in Sweden are not real tortillas, they are made with alternate ingredients. Not finding the right ingredients and materials poses big drawbacks and this is why the moku hanga technique is almost inexistent in other parts of the world. Sometimes, when you attempt to do something outside its context, it can be quite difficult. The Yoshida Hanga Academy, with a 4-generation family history in the field, offered for many years,to selected artists, the possibility to learn this traditional Japanese art technique.I was lucky to be accepted in their shop and I studied there from 1985 to 1989Years later, in 2005, lithographer Per Anderson and I, co-founded and developed ¨La Ceiba Gráfica¨,with the help of a number of local artists.It is now Mexico's most dynamic graphic arts center with a residency program.There, I begun to ¨adapt the Japanese technique to Mexico¨. Nevertheless, this technique has continued up to this day,mostly in Japan, with contemporary art. However, in the Western world little is known about other well developed and rich techniques from Asia, such as Moku hanga, the Japanese wood block printing technique, better known as Ukiyo-E through the works of Hokusai, Hiroshige, Yoshida or Kunisada. A lot of the work done by Picasso for instance, was done with etching.

MOKU HANGA Having studied 4 years at the Yoshida Hanga Academy in Tokyo, I have been teaching Moku Hanga internationally at universities, art institutions and schools In the visual arts world, within the graphic arts, we have techniques such as etching, lithography, woodcut, serigraphy, photography, and now computer graphics.

Moku hanga with regular watercolors