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Originally from Japan, Toru Sugita is an artist and professor who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is known for his black and white intaglio and wood engraving prints with strong architectural elements. He has exhibited his work throughout the United States and internationally. His prints can be found in public collections including the Brooklyn Art Library, the Royal Museum of Antwerp, Belgium, and the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco. Toru has traveled extensively in Latin America, the Middle East, and West Asia. His work is inspired by light and shadow and the temporary shapes they create. He specializes in glowing aquatint etchings, detailed wood engravings, and color reduction woodcuts. Toru is the illustrator of the award-winning book “Floating Lanterns and Golden Shrines.” He has recently exhibited his work in San Francisco, Seattle, and Kyoto, Japan. He is a faculty member at Diablo Valley College, in Pleasant Hill, California, and in charge of its printmaking program.