Joan Pranata Bogart is an artist drawing inspiration from nature and culture. Botanical and ocean prints carved from linoleum blocks are inspired by the motif of Indonesian Batik, an intricate hand designed textile made from wax resist printing. Her parents are from Indonesia, but she grew up in Southern California, moving around the Bay Area since graduating from University of California, Berkeley. Following a BA in Art Practice she worked in online advertising at Google for over a decade, and she illustrated on the side. Printmaking with her kids was a catalyst for Joan’s self-taught practice of linocut and relief printing. Joan practices her craft in her backyard art studio while raising three children and her pup Willow with her husband in Santa Cruz, CA. When she's not printmaking, she volunteers at her childrens' school and loves to mountain bike the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Joan is a breast cancer advocate after in 2021 she was diagnosed with invasive breast cancer. Through her diagnosis and recovery from double mastectomy, Joan carved the 'Tatas Print', which she sold in print and bandana format. All profits were donated to BCRF (Breast Cancer Reasearch Foundation) and Camp Kesem (camp for children whose parents had/have cancer).
Curving kelp fronds create an almost architectural rhythm in this hand-carved linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. Inspired by the natural forms of the ...
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A hand-carved and hand-pressed linocut inspired by Half Dome in Yosemite. Joan Pranata Bogart brings a bold graphic quality to this familiar Califo...
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Sunflower forms and stripes share the page in this 11 x 14 inch linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The flower is simplified into bold carved shapes, w...
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California ice plants meet a checkerboard in this graphic linocut by Santa Cruz artist Joan Pranata Bogart. Organic forms and hard-edged pattern si...
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Loose wildflower shapes play against a crisp checker pattern in this linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The contrast gives the print a fun push and pu...
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Five shells become a study in shape, repetition, and coastal pattern in this hand-carved linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The Santa Cruz artist ofte...
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A scallop shell and pink moon turn coastal imagery into something a little dreamier in this linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. Strong carved shapes an...
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Magnolia blooms and a simple pitcher make a striking pair in this hand-carved linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The floral forms are bold rather than...
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A protea bloom rises from a pitcher in this graphic floral linocut by Santa Cruz artist Joan Pranata Bogart. Joan’s botanical prints simplify natur...
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A peony shares the page with sun and moon forms in this hand-carved linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The mix of botanical and celestial imagery feel...
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Protea, poppy, and a pink moon come together in one wonderfully packed botanical composition. Joan Pranata Bogart uses carved shapes and repeating ...
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This beach-inspired linocut makes the connection between Joan Pranata Bogart’s California surroundings and the Indonesian batik patterns that influ...
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Kelp, moonlight, and Santa Cruz coastal energy in a compact linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The repeated organic shapes create a calm little rhythm...
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A warm take on Joan Pranata Bogart’s rainbow printmaking, with hand-pressed color and carved relief work layered on Stonehenge paper. The printing ...
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Big, bold, and a little mysterious, this 16 x 20 inch linocut shows Joan Pranata Bogart’s love of strong shapes and hand-printed texture. The Santa...
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Bold carved shapes and layered pattern give this linocut its distinctly graphic feel. Santa Cruz artist Joan Pranata Bogart builds her relief print...
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A sculptural banksia bloom and vase become a strong graphic composition in this hand-carved linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. Joan’s botanical work i...
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Created during Joan Pranata Bogart’s breast cancer diagnosis and recovery, this hand-carved linocut grew out of a deeply personal chapter in the ar...
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Wildflowers and mushrooms share the page in this nature-packed linocut by Santa Cruz artist Joan Pranata Bogart. Her relief prints turn plants and ...
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Chanterelle mushrooms and ginkgo leaves make an unexpectedly good pair in this hand-carved linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. Botanical shapes, repeti...
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A familiar bit of the California coast becomes bold pattern in Joan Pranata Bogart’s hand-carved ice plant linocut. The overlapping botanical forms...
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Santa Cruz’s underwater landscape gets the linocut treatment in this graphic kelp print by Joan Pranata Bogart. The repeating fronds turn a familia...
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Color is the whole point here. Joan Pranata Bogart hand-presses bands of rainbow color onto Stonehenge printmaking paper, then adds her carved reli...
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A carved peony sits over a hand-pressed rainbow ground in this colorful linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. The layered printing process gives the flor...
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Joshua Tree gets a bright, graphic treatment in this hand-carved linocut by Santa Cruz artist Joan Pranata Bogart. Teal, yellow, and fuchsia bring ...
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A tulip and wave are pared down into bold abstract shapes in this 11 x 14 inch linocut by Joan Pranata Bogart. Botanical and ocean imagery meet the...
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Kelp and moon shapes meet in a dreamy coastal composition by Santa Cruz printmaker Joan Pranata Bogart. The design blends ocean imagery with the re...
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