One Tree | Ed Miliano at the Graphic Studio Gallery

Event Details

Exhibition continues from the 13th of September 2025 to the 18th of October 2025

This September, Graphic Studio Gallery presents One Tree, a new body of Mokuhanga prints and unique works by Ed Miliano. The exhibition is supported by IPUT Real Estate Dublin.

The show centres on a single tree — a recurring subject that appears throughout the works, explored across changing seasons, moods, and materials.

Miliano lived in Japan for four years, where he studied traditional Mokuhanga printmaking with Master printer Takahashi Yo. In One Tree, he revisits this centuries-old technique – making it his own – combining it with collage, painting, and gold leaf. His materials include pages from vintage books and magazines, hand-painted and printed papers, and Japanese Chiyogami papers, all layered to create depth and texture.

In one series, the tree is shown through the four seasons, each on a plain white background. In another, it appears against a luminous gold ground, evoking the gilded surfaces of classical Japanese screen paintings. In some of the works, he draws on Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights, using Bosch’s fantastical birds to animate the branches in a surreal fusion of print and paint.

Originally from New York, Miliano studied at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He now lives and works in Dublin, Ireland, and is a member of Graphic Studio Dublin. His practice spans painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and his work is held in a range of public and private collections including the Department of Foreign Affairs, IPUT, OPW, Arthur Cox, and Joseph Walshe Studios.