Dennis Ichiyama is an artist focusing on woodblock prints and former professor of Visual Communications Design at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana..[1][2][3][4] Ichiyama attended the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa where he obtained his B.F.A., having grown up in Hawaii.
in Graphic Design from Yale University in 1968, studying under Paul Rand to learn how to create within limitations.
[7][8][9][10] During his career he has received several fellowships[11] and study grants,[12][13] and many awards in Print,[14] Communication Arts, Creativity, and HO publications' annual design competitions.
He uses opaque and transparent inks to layer wood block prints of letters on top of one another.
His work can be found in many library collections in the US, Zurich, Rome, and Corunda, as well as the National Art Museum and Gallery[17] Ichiyama has also designed a number of commercial trademarks.