About the Yozo Hamaguchi Printmedia Award Programs

The Hamaguchi Scholarship Award and annual award Exhibition recognizes excellence and dedication in the study and practice of printmedia.

The Award

This award is open to all majors whose work is engaged in the practice of printmaking and print media, including book arts, artists books, and papermaking. Students must be enrolled full-time and in good academic standing; including at least one printmedia course during the current academic year. Award recipients are expected to continue their printmedia studies the following semester after earning the award.

The Exhibition

The annual Hamaguchi Exhibition presents artwork by undergraduate award-winners, and serves as an introduction of the incoming Hamaguchi Graduate Scholar and their work to the CCA and Bay Area print communities.

The CCA x KALA Emerging Artist Residency Award

This award partners with KALA Art Institute in Berkeley to offer creative and professional development support for CCA alumni in the first three years of their practice. Alumni receive up to 9 months of studio access, and enrollment in a KALA class of their choice.

The Hamaguchi Graduate Scholar

The Hamaguchi Graduate Scholar is a Master of Fine Arts student who represents excellence and professional achievement in the Print field. The two-year award can be combined with an MFA Visionary Practice or Merit award, and includes a paid Teaching Assistantship and/or Printmedia Studio position.

About Yozo Hamaguchi

In 1995, printmakers Yozo Hamaguchi and Minami Keiko generously endowed a fund at CCA (then CCAC) for the purpose of granting annual awards to outstanding students in printmedia.

Each an artist of international reputation, the Hamaguchis were born in Japan and lived in France for most of the years since the 1930s, arriving in San Francisco in 1982.

After Mr. Hamaguchi retired in 1993 from the practice of printing his own plates (continued by his dealer/publisher), he gave his exquisite American-French Tool etching press to the Printmedia Program.

Mr. Hamaguchi was a renowned master of color mezzotint printing, a form of intaglio printing that has been practiced by few since its invention in 1609. Minami Keiko's focus was copper etching, and her lighthearted illustrative work is held in many collections world-wide.

Later in life, the Hamaguchis returned to Japan. Mr. Hamaguchi passed away December 25, 2000, at the age of 91.