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Biography Aikins, Suezan (1952 - )

Aikens was born in Montreal in 1952. She studied at Mount Allison University, the Ontario College of Art and the L' École du Musee des Beaux Arts, then earned a BFA at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design.
Aikins and her husband, Sam Rogers spent a year at the Yoshida Woodblock Print Studio in Tokyo, studying Japanese woodblock technique under the direction of Tōshi Yoshida. Following the traditional division of labour between carver and printer, Aikins prepares her images and carves the blocks, while Rogers completes the printing tasks.