Rie Hasegawa

Traditional Arts

Rie Hasegawa was born in Tokyo, Japan. She received her B.F.A in architecture design from Musashino Art University in 1993. She worked as a painter for a stage company before moving to NYC in 2000. Rie’s works in a variety of print media including intaglio, relief print, lithograph and monoprint. Her prints have been locally and internationally exhibited over twenty five years. Rie’s work can be found in the collections of Yale University Art Gallery, New York Public Library, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Harry Ransom Center, among others and various private collections. She has also been featured in multiple international newspapers and publications such as Carrier Pigeon Magazine and the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. Rie currently works as a Master Printer and Workshop Technician at Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and has taught various printmaking classes and workshops at New York Academy of Art, Women’s Studio Workshop and Whitney Museum among others. As a master printer she has collaborated on editions and provided technical assistance to over 80 artists. Artist collaborators include Zarina Hashmi and Alexandra Bell.