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Toeko Tatsuno

たつの とえこ

Tatsuno Toeko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1950-01-13 (Okaya, Nagano Prefecture, Japan)
Died
2014-09-29 age 64
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
painter, printmaker, art educator
Active Years
1970-2014
Affiliations
Tokyo University of the Arts (assistant), Tama Art University (professor)
Influenced By
Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg

Education

Tokyo University of the Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts / Painting Department, Oil Painting
Degree: 学士
Period: 1968–1972
Year of Graduation: 1972
Country: Japan
Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School
Graduate School of Fine Arts / Painting (Oil) Master's Program
Degree: 修士
Period: 1972–1974
Year of Graduation: 1974
Country: Japan

Awards

Art Encouragement Prize / Newcomer's Award (Minister of Education)
1996
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Arts Encouragement)
Result: Winner
Mainichi Art Award
2013
Organization: Mainichi Newspapers
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Health

  • metastatic liver cancer
    2014(罹患期間詳細不明)
    Died in 2014 from metastatic liver cancer; the illness curtailed her ability to continue activities.

Legacy

Toeko Tatsuno was an important figure in Japanese abstract painting and printmaking from the 1970s onward, noted for experimental use of photographic silkscreen techniques. Her works are held in numerous museums at home and abroad, and she contributed as an art educator.

Museums

  • National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
  • Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo Koto, Tokyo, Japan
  • Yokohama Museum of Art Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
  • The National Museum of Art, Osaka Osaka, Japan
  • Okaya City Museum of Art and Archaeology Okaya, Nagano, Japan

Trivia

  • While at university she formed the group 'Cosmos Factory' with photographer Toshio Shibata; the group's name was taken from the album 'Cosmo's Factory' by Creedence Clearwater Revival.
  • She was an early adopter of photographic silkscreen techniques in Japan during the 1970s.
  • There is a record of her donating an oil painting to Suwa Futaba High School in Nagano Prefecture.