Rie Hasegawa was born in Tokyo, Japan. She works in a variety of print media including intaglio, relief print, lithograph and monoprint. Her prints have been locally and internationally exhibited over twenty years.

Rie currently works as a Master Printer at EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop and has taught various printmaking classes and workshops at New York Academy of Art and Whitney Museum among others. As a collaborative printer she has collaborated on editions and provided technical assistance to over 80 artists. Artist collaborators include Zarina Hashmi and Alexandra Bell.