Nichol Markowitz is an artist and master printer specializing in mokuhanga woodblock printing, copper plate etching, and traditional Japanese scroll-mounting techniques. Since graduating with her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007, she has continued to hone her craft at the professional level, executing print projects for artists including Judy Pfaff, Joyce Kozloff, Nicola Lopez, Sandow Birk, Lothar Osterberg, Emilie Clark, Max Gimblett, and Katsura Funakoshi, Swoon, and Artemio Rodriguez. For the past 10 years she has been the art director and master printer for Oakland-based artist Favianna Rodriguez. Recently, Nichol completed her graduate studies, earning a Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art History from Azusa Pacific University in the Spring of 2022. In 2023, she co-founded Moonlight Press, a fine art printmaking based project space that publishes original printed editions with artists, offers a rotating variety of unique workshops, as well as contract fine art printing and plate making services.
Artist, Collaborative Printer, Master Printer and Co-Founder of Moonlight Press
Nichol Markowitz is an artist and master printer specializing in mokuhanga woodblock printing, copper plate etching, and traditional Japanese scroll-mounting techniques. Since graduating with her BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007, she has continued to hone her craft at the professional level, executing print projects for artists including Judy Pfaff, Joyce Kozloff, Nicola Lopez, Sandow Birk, Lothar Osterberg, Emilie Clark, Max Gimblett, and Katsura Funakoshi, Swoon, and Artemio Rodriguez. For the past 10 years she has been the art director and master printer for Oakland-based artist Favianna Rodriguez. Recently, Nichol completed her graduate studies, earning a Masters in Modern and Contemporary Art History from Azusa Pacific University in the Spring of 2022. In 2023, she co-founded Moonlight Press, a fine art printmaking based project space that publishes original printed editions with artists, offers a rotating variety of unique workshops, as well as contract fine art printing and plate making services.
