Mayumi Oda is a printmaker, painter, activist, and Buddhist teacher. She is known for her silkscreen prints of goddesses, Buddhist deities, and famous historical women that take a cross-cultural, transhistorical approach, celebrating aspects of divine feminine power through the ages. Born in Tokyo, she studied design and fabric dyeing at the Tokyo University of Fine Arts, graduating in 1966. She moved to the United States in 1966 and studied printmaking at the Pratt Institute, New York. She currently resides at Gingerhill Farm, an active farm and educational center that she founded in Hawai’i. Oda advocates for women’s rights, the antinuclear movement, the peace movement, sustainability, and opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs).
